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Dingeman Marinus de Smit, geb. ± 1847 te Wissenkerke, ovl. te (...), beroep(en): Landbouwer, zoon van Cornelis de Smit en Adriana de Witte
Gehuwd 28 mei 1873 te Wissenkerke, @N13@ met: Janna Kallewaard, geb. 18 nov 1851 te Nisse, ovl. 3 dec 1943 te Kalamazoo (Michigan, USA), dochter van Pieter Kallewaard en Jacoba Rademaker Geen bewezen match met deze persoon, maar wel een op papier aantoonbare verbinding met een direct familielid met gezamenlijke voorouders binnen 6 generaties |
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1) Jacoba Adriana (Cora) de Smit, geb. 23 apr 1879 te Wissenkerke, ovl. 10 aug 1957 Geen bewezen match met deze persoon, maar wel een op papier aantoonbare verbinding met een direct familielid met gezamenlijke voorouders binnen 6 generaties https://www.zeeuwsarchief.nl/onderzoek-het-zelf/archief/?mizig=862 was ook: zeeuwengezocht.nl Gehuwd 2 nov 1897 te Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA), @N510@ met: John Bajema, geb. 25 jul 1872 te Baarderadeel, ovl. 3 jun 1960 te Bellingham (Whatcom, Washington, USA), zoon van Ruurd Jans Bajema en Gerritje Tjeerds Abma Birth registered in Baarderadeel, act nr. 136 , burried in Lynden (USA): Source: Portrait of Lynden by Dorothy Koert, Lynden Tribune, 1976 THE BAJEMAS In telling the story of the Bajema families and tracing their family lines a revealing picture comes of the interleaving of relationships in Lynden. John Bajema was the oldest of the four Bajema brothers who came from Friesland to Lynden. In 1893, at twenty one, John came to the United States, living for a brief time in Iowa, in South Dakota, and in Minnisota [ed note: Michigan]. In 1897 he married Jacoba (Cora) De Smit, who came to America with her parents when she was three years old. John and Cora lived in Michigan from 1897 until 1906, at which time they moved to Lynden with their four children: Ray, Jennie (Post), Dingemon (college professor who died in 1974), and Charles. Within the next seventeen years, they had seven more sons, Sam (served in the Washington State Legislature, died 1974), Neil, Garrett, Peter, Adrian, Paul, and Donald and, two more daugthers, Nellie (Komen) and Ruth(Meyers). Of the ten sons, seven served in World War II: Charles, Paul, and Donald in the Navy; Garrett and Peter in the Seabee's; Adrian in the Army. These seven sons and the youngest daughter, Ruth(Meyers) are living today. These seven sons had a variety of careers: One was a carpenter in Lynden and Bellingham; one taught Physics in a Portland, Oregon high school; two had careers in the Navy; two were dairy farmers in the Lynden area; one was an auto mechanic in Bellingham, one served as a fireman in San Diego, Calif., one is now a realtor, and one teaches Chemistry in a high school in Anahiem, Calif. The John Bajema family had twenty-seven grandchildren, forty great grandchildren and eleven great, great grandchildren. When the family first came to Lynden, they attended the First Christian Reformed Church, later they became charter members of the Second Christian Reformed Church. During their first years in Whatcom County the family lived in Lynden. Then in 1910 they moved to a small farm at Greenwwood, two miles south of Lynden, where John did some farming along with other jobs. In 1944 he retired and moved to Lyden to a home at the corner of First and Grove Streets. Mrs. Bajema died in August 1957, and John Bajema died June 1960. |