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…
Richard Hine Stationary Store
I recall my dad telling me Richard Hine had a shop in Roseland where he sold stationary and repaired typewriters. We ended…
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…
Jacob and Agnes Smith and Children
Agnes Alberda Van Welde and Jacob Smith (seated). Top row, left to right: Jeanette Smith, Jennie Smith (later married Richard Hine), Nicholas…
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,…
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).