His second wife Maria Elisabeth Van Kempen had died in Echt in 1858 before Joannes emigrated to America in 1863 - probably accompanying the two children of his son Franz who were John Peter and maria Agnes. Maybe Jan Joseph Smeets who was family of his first wife was part of the same trip. He joined his son Franz Hubert who had already emigrated one year before in 1862.
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