Smith Connection

I got a Flickr message, last night, from a fellow descendant of Jacob and Agnes Smith, living in South Africa. Ali Lauren Jacobs is the great-granddaughter of Jennie (Smith) Hine's…

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Jennie Smith’s Mother

In January I worked long and hard to connect Jacob and Agnes Smith to their Dutch origins. On the 1900 Federal Census, the Dutch spelling "Smit" is given. Agnes (ne.…

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The Smith Women

Janet Widell has been busy with her scanner and Orville's slide collection. Thanks to her, we all get to enjoy the first batch of images, from the 1959 Smith family…

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Agnes (Alberda) Smith & baby Jeanette (Smith) Wendt

Agnes Alberda Born 8 December 1868, Uithuizen, Eemsmond Municipality, Groningen, NetherlandsDied 29 April 1942, Chicago Jacob Smith Born 22 October 1866, Warffum, Eemsmond Municipality, Groningen, NetherlandsDied 20 May 1951, Chicago…

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Smith Family Picnic

Jennie Smith is 3rd from the right. The handwriting on the photo says "Catherine Mom Smith" and "Aunt Jennie Weeber" and "Jeanette Smith". Catherine Mom Smith could be Jennie's grandmother…

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