The Family of Peter de Vos
This is a fun discovery! Two discoveries, actually. The above photo of Peter de Vos, Maggeltje (Maggie) van Vuuren, and their children.…
Dutch Chicago Historic Maps
Snyder's real estate map of Cook County, IL, 1886, Library of Congress. Flower, S.H. Burhans & J. Van Vechten 1862 Map of…
The Dutch Communities of Chicago
By Amry van den Bosch, phD, assistant professor of political science, University of Kentucky, printed by Carlstrand-Rook Company for the Knickerbocker Society…
Hine Genealogy, Updated
This is the genealogy document that Glenn Hine has meticulously and lovingly maintained for many years, and now his daughter Laurie Hine…
Update on my long-standing Van Vuuren sisters photo mystery
I have spent years going back and forth trying to identify the individual Van Vuuren sisters in the few photos we have,…
Roel and Grietje Van Vuuren
Richard Hine's great-grandparents Roel and Grietje Van Vuuren were born in the Netherlands and emigrated to Chicago in 1848 at the age…
First van Vuuren Settlers
While poking around on Ancestry.com, I found a page from the 100th Anniversary book of the First Reformed Church of South Holland, which…
Van Vuren Sisters Identified…Sort Of
I've spent many an hour staring at these faces, trying to deduce which van Vuuren sister is which. I recently discovered a labeled…
1870 and 1880 Census Dirk VanVuuren family
Dutch names are a pain in the neck! Every record has different translations and spellings of both surnames and given names. It…
Van Vuuren Sisters
I've been trying to match the faces in these two photos taken several decades apart. Above is my best guess in matching…
Grandma Van Vuuren and her six children
The handwriting on the back of this photo reads "Grandma VanVuuren and her six children." Grandma VanVuuren was Maartje DeJong VanVuuren, mother…