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Recollections of Ellen De Young VanderSyde on Roseland Origins
A Calumet Weekly Index profile recalls Ellen De Young VanderSyde’s 65 years in Roseland lore. She recalls 1847 Chicago arrival, Michigan Avenue’s drift from trail to city artery, the De Young family two hundred acre landholdings, early Dutch schooling, a one room home, deer and wolves near the first house, and a first marriage that followed a skating journey to Blue Island.
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Roseland
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