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Smits, Hermann
Identity
Category
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Status
- Professional
Details
Life dates
Koblenz [D], 1871 - Marcinelle, 1934
Activity
1899 * - 1900 / Gand, Place du Commerce, 12 [Recollettenplein]
Hermann Joseph, ° 9.12.1871; + 6.2.1934. Sometimes transcribed "Herman". Brother-in-law of Achille Sacré - Smits (see that name). Already at this address from 14.5.1886 until 1.5.1889 as a photographer’s apprentice when he left for Koblenz. After having journeyed to Antwerp, Charleroi and Lille [F], Smits returned to this address on 28.10.1899. CV with printed credit of Achille Sacré - Smits operating here overstamped "Hermann Smits" on verso. A larger photographic mount has his name and this address printed on the front. Left for Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 179 on 9.8.1900.
1903 - 1904 Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 81
Already recorded as a photographer domiciled in Koblenz [D] but resident in Marchienne-au-Pont at the occasion of his wedding in Marchienne-au-Pont on 6.7.1895. Probably already operating on this street from 1900 onwards.
Hermann Joseph, ° 9.12.1871; + 6.2.1934. Sometimes transcribed "Herman". Brother-in-law of Achille Sacré - Smits (see that name). Already at this address from 14.5.1886 until 1.5.1889 as a photographer’s apprentice when he left for Koblenz. After having journeyed to Antwerp, Charleroi and Lille [F], Smits returned to this address on 28.10.1899. CV with printed credit of Achille Sacré - Smits operating here overstamped "Hermann Smits" on verso. A larger photographic mount has his name and this address printed on the front. Left for Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 179 on 9.8.1900.
1903 - 1904 Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 81
Already recorded as a photographer domiciled in Koblenz [D] but resident in Marchienne-au-Pont at the occasion of his wedding in Marchienne-au-Pont on 6.7.1895. Probably already operating on this street from 1900 onwards.
Locations
1899 * - 1900 / Gand, Place du Commerce, 12 [Recollettenplein]
1903 - 1904 Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 81
1903 - 1904 Marchienne-au-Pont, Rue de Châtelet, 81
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Management
Record source
DIRECTORY_1997#3910
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Dates of creation/revision
SFJ revised 20.10.2017 & 25.7.2019 based on information supplied by M. Demaeght; MD revised 22.10.2020; MD revised 9.12.2021 based on information supplied by Philippe Debergh (Archief Gent)