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Regina Halsema Smid

Birth	:	12 Feb 1844 Wehe-den Hoorn, De Marne Municipality, Groningen, Netherlands
Death	:	6 Oct 1909 Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Calvary Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.7939000, -96.1527100
Plot	:	B166-2
Description	:	Reina Luurts Halsema (her Dutch name) was born on 12 Feb 1844 in Wehe-den Hoorn, Groningen, Netherlands to Luurt Eisses Halsema (1815-1859) and Helena Hendricks Durenkamp (1816-1848). She married Roelof Harmannus Smit (Rudolf Smid) on 27 May 1864 in Kloosterburen, Groningen, Netherlands. She and Rudolf lived in Maarhuizen, Winsum, Groningen, Netherlands where they had thirteen children, five of whom died in infancy. They and their eight surviving children immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on 15 May 1882. Their youngest child died soon after, but two more children were born after they settled... Read More	Reina Luurts Halsema (her Dutch name) was born on 12 Feb 1844 in Wehe-den Hoorn, Groningen, Netherlands to Luurt Eisses Halsema (1815-1859) and Helena Hendricks Durenkamp (1816-1848). She married Roelof Harmannus Smit (Rudolf Smid) on 27 May 1864 in Kloosterburen, Groningen, Netherlands. She and Rudolf lived in Maarhuizen, Winsum, Groningen, Netherlands where they had thirteen children, five of whom died in infancy. They and their eight surviving children immigrated to the United States, arriving in New York on 15 May 1882. Their youngest child died soon after, but two more children were born after they settled in Plymouth County, Iowa. [Information compiled from birth, marriage, death, and immigration records from the Netherlands and the USA.] The following obituary appeared in the Le Mars, Iowa newspaper, Oct 1909: "The death of Mrs. Rudolf Smid, an old resident of LeMars and Plymouth County resulted on Wednesday [6 Oct 1909] after an illness of five years. Mrs. Smid had been confined to her home on North Washington Street for a number of years with an incurable malady, cancer of the stomach. For the past year her life hung on the side of the grave by only a balance of a hair. Mrs. Smid was a most beautiful Christian woman and mother and her absence among the family circle will make an aching void in their hearts. She bore her suffering with remarkable fortitude displaying more than exemplary patience and resignation and her relatives have the consolation that with soul and body racked with pain she never uttered words of complaint, but accepted their ministrations for relief with an unfailing courtesy and an abiding faith in the wisdom of a Greater Being and a fuller life beyond the veil. Mrs. Smid was essentially a homemaker. The mother of a large family, many of her children died when young, disease and death taking her dear ones, their loss entailed heart pangs of which only a parent can be cognizant. She devoted her time and energy for her husband and children and worked early and late in days of storm and sunshine for their upbringing and betterment. She was an ideal helpmate, a devoted mother, kind neighbor and Christian woman, and the home is sorely bereft by her passing away. Mrs. Smid was a native of Holland where she was born in 1844, her maiden name being Regina Hals[e]ma. She was united in marriage to Rudolf Smid in Den Hoorn Holland in 1864. They came to LeMars twenty-seven year ago [1882] and settled on a farm in Plymouth county, [and] seven years ago [1902] they came to live in town. Mr. and Mrs. Smid had fifteen children born to them. Six died in infancy and one daughter Lucy, died at the age of nineteen. With the father, eight children mourn the loss of a devoted mother. They are Mrs. Robert Ackerman of Slayton, Minn.; Mrs. Herman Kolker, who lives east of town; Herman and Frank who farm in this county; Mrs. Bert Groves of this city; Louis, Martha, employed with the LeMars Sentinal Office [and John] who live at home. The funeral was held at the St. Joseph's church on Friday morning at ten o'clock and interment was made in the St. Joseph's cemetery."

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Regina Halsema Smid's memorial is located at: Calvary Cemetery, Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA.
When did Regina Halsema Smid death?
Regina Halsema Smid death on 6 Oct 1909 in Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 42.7939000
Longitude: -96.1527100

Family Members:

Spouse

Rudolf Harmannus Smid

(1842 - 1928)

Children

Helena Maria Smid Kolker

(1868 - 1953)

Frank Smid

(1877 - 1947)

Louis Smid

(1878 - 1955)

Jennie Smid Groves

(1880 - 1974)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 42.7939000, -96.1527100

2. Memorial Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7875000, -96.1504920

3. Resthaven Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8586655, -96.1265106

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6. Saint Peter Cemetery
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7. Hillside Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7291985, -96.2544022

8. Assumption Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.7214480, -96.2583450

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Coordinate: 42.8953018, -96.2005997

10. Christ Lutheran Church Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8514600, -96.2902600

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Coordinate: 42.6786003, -96.1900024

12. Saint Marys Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8078003, -95.9781036

13. Remsen Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8058014, -95.9775009

14. Plymouth Presbyterian Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.8208760, -96.3318410

15. Union Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6917000, -96.0291977

16. Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Adaville, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7484000, -96.3315000

17. Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6447560, -96.1148360

18. Floyd Valley Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6556015, -96.2514038

19. Saint Johns Cemetery
Craig, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8939018, -96.3225021

20. Mathwig Wetrovsky Cemetery
Le Mars, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6338000, -96.1723000

21. Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery
Hinton, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6330950, -96.1937720

22. Saint Marys Cemetery
Maurice, Sioux County, USA
Coordinate: 42.9594002, -96.1769028

23. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Johnson Township, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7416992, -96.3707962

24. Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery
Ruble, Plymouth County, USA
Coordinate: 42.8372000, -96.3799000