The De Jong Name
Source"Back in the days before Napoleon conquered a good bit of Europe most common persons only had one name. Jan, Dirk, Pieter,…
Dutch Genealogy: DeJong, Eenigenburg, Alberda, Smit…
Translation is Finished! I have translated all the Dutch genealogy of Jacob De Jong and Geertje Eenigenburg's ancestors. It still needs to…
Ancestors of Jan DeJong and Maartje Hoogvorst
I found a Dutch website with a wealth of information about our ancestors, specifically the lineage of Jan DeJong and Maartje Hoogvorst…
Eenigenburg and Schoorl
I spent some time googling around about our ancestral homeland. Our ancestors hail from two villages in northwest Holland. The two locations…
Eenigenburg Family (Jacob De Jong’s wife Geertje)
All information in this post is from eenigenburg.org. Do go check it out; it includes information about the immigration of our Dutch…
Jacob de Jong and Geertje Eeingenburg de Jong
Geertje Eingenburg DeJong was born 17 July 1810 in Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She died 3 October 1896 in Roseland (Chicago, Illinois). Jacob…
1900 Census – Dirk and Maartje Van Vuuren
Click to view record. Transcription below. Name: Dirk Van Vuuren[Dick Vanvuuren] Home in 1900: Chicago Ward 34, Cook, Illinois Age: 65 Birth…
More on South Holland
From http://www.lib.niu.edu/2001/ihy010451.htmlChange in South Holland in 1900Geraldine CochranThornwood High School, South HollandAn important part of life, in fact, an important factor in…
Timeline of South Holland, Illinois
A Timeline of South Holland's History (from http://www.southholland.org/History/timeline1.phtml) The Beginning: 1600s to 1894 1600s Fertile lands and abundant catfish, sun fish, pike,…
Van Vuren Home
Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois. The handwriting in the top right corner of this photo says "Grandfather Van Vuren's house on the corner…
The Dutch Families of Roseland
Father Jacob De Jong was born on July 17, 1810 in Holland, Nederland and came to America in the year 1849 on a sailing ship over the big Ocean. The trip took 42 days. It was very stormy and with an epidemic of cholera on board 32 passengers died. They landed in New York and went immediately by steamboat to Chicago where they landed on St Street on July 4, 1849. They traveled the 14 miles south and bought land for five dollars an acre. The place was called Hoogie Prarie (High Prairie).