Letter from Richard Hine to Jennie Smith 1908
This was written a little over a year before they were married (and over 100 years ago) after what must have been…
Van Vuren Sisters
Does anyone know who is who in this photo? Kate (Trientje) Van Vuren must be one of them... Full size photo here.…
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).