When Mary Magdalene (Helena) Smits was born in 1735 in Utrecht, Netherlands, her father, Daniel Smits, was 47, and her mother, Anna Maria Hausman, was also 47.
Marriage and Children
Mary Magdalene (Helena) Smits / Smith married Adrianus (Arie) Theodorisz van Ockhuijsen on the 2nd of May 1767 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland. Mary was his third wife, they had six children during their marriage. Arie already had nine children from his previous marriages' so this was a busy household.
She passed away in 1801 (1735–1801), she was buried on the 24th of November 1801 Utrecht, Nederland.[1]
Sources
↑ "Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLGP-GPCK : 6 October 2017), Helena Smit, Burial 24 Nov 1801, Utrecht, Nederland; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Utrecht NH begraven 1801-1805, archive 711, inventory number 140, record number , folio 99; Utrecht NH begraven 1801-1805; Het Utrechts Archief.
She is named in her daughter Johanna's (Anna) death record - "Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLK1-SK34 : 2 December 2019), Helena Smits in entry for Johanna Ockhuijsen, Death 25 Oct 1844, Utrecht, Netherlands; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Utrecht 1844, archive 481, inventory number 1189-02, record number 1153; Utrecht 1844; Het Utrechts Archief.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary Magdalene by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary Magdalene: