In this photo Grandmother VanVuuren, Ann Norris (?), Grandfather VanVuuren, Aunt Gertrude VanErden (that is the order in which the names were written on the back of the photograph; I’m assuming they read from right to left) are preparing for Dirk & Maartje VanVuuren’s 50th wedding anniversary.
Maartje DeYoung VanVuuren (born April 25, 1835, died 1 August 1911) married
Dirk VanVuuren (born 12 September 1834, died 21 February 1906) on 3 December 1854. Their 50th wedding anniversary would have been in December 1904.
Maartje was the oldest of Jacob DeJong and Geertje Eenigenberg DeJong‘s 16 children, nine of which died in childhood, including three on the boat from Schoorl (The Netherlands) in 1949. The family settled in High Prairie (Roseland, Chicago.) They were farmers and co-founders of the Dutch Reform Church in Roseland.
Dirk was the son of Roel VanVuuren and Grietje Baardwijck VanVuuren.
Photo from Glenn Hine’s collection.
