Born in Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Adriaan Lodewijk de Bruijn
and Hendrika (Coenen) Debruin
Sister of
John L. Debruin, Henry J. Debruin, Cornelia (Debruin) Vandenburg, Anna M. (Debruin) Smits, Wilhelmina Debruin, Theodora M. (Debruin) Francken, Antoinette (Debruin) Deboth and Henrietta M. (Debruin) Gerarden
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 54
in De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Dec 2018
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Biography
Mary was born on February 2, 1874 in Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States.[1] Her parents are Louis DeBruin and Hendrika Coonen.
Family
She married Silvester Smith on October 4, 1893 in De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States.[2] They had 5 children:
1. Virgil Aloysius Smits[3]
2. Irvin Aloysius Smits[4]
3. Stella M. Smits[5]
4. Raymond Smits[6]
5. Donald A. Smits[7]
Death
She passed away on December 24, 1928 in De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States. She was buried at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States.[8]
Sources
- ↑ "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH4B-BX2 : 4 December 2014), Joanna M Debruin, 02 Feb 1874; from "Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Brown, Wisconsin, reel 0011, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRJH-SZL : 30 January 2020), Mary De Bruin in entry for Silvester Smith, 1893.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRX2-RHH : 30 January 2020), Mary Debrim in entry for Virgil Aloysius Smits, 1894.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRR6-GR9 : 30 January 2020), Mary De Brun in entry for Alois Smits, 1896.
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSD-27Y : 10 March 2018), Mary Smits in household of Sylvester Smits, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin; citing p. 68, line 68, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,440.
- ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSD-27Y : 10 March 2018), Mary Smits in household of Sylvester Smits, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin; citing p. 68, line 68, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,020,440.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP24-LFJ : accessed 1 March 2020), Mary J Smits in household of Sylvester Smits, De Pere Ward 1, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 20A, family 460, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1701; FHL microfilm 1,375,714.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130097382 : accessed 01 March 2020), memorial page for Mary DeBruin Smits (2 Feb 1874–1928), Find A Grave Memorial no. 130097382, citing Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Devri Speaks (contributor 48295085) .
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