Person:Hans Smidt (2)

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Hans Jurgen Smidt
b.3 Nov 1696 Falun, Falu, Kopparberg, Sweden
d.27 Dec 1753 Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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m. Est 1715
  1. Tobias Smith, Hatter1724/25 - 1781
  2. Frederic Smith1727 - Bef 1806
  3. Ericus Smith1734 - Abt 1797
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Name Hans Jurgen Smidt
Gender Male
Birth[1] 3 Nov 1696 Falun, Falu, Kopparberg, Sweden
Marriage Est 1715 Falun, Swedento Maria Stalcup
Death[1] 27 Dec 1753 Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Burial[1] Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Hans Jurgen was a miner of German extraction, one of the colony of Germans living in and around Falun because of the mines. In New Sweden, he became a hatmaker, was elected churchwarden and vestryman of the Old Swede's Church, and owned a pew (a mark of relative wealth and status).

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