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The Pioneer Dutch of Roseland in Chicago’s South Side
The piece traces Roseland’s Dutch origins in the 1840s near Lake Calumet, the 1848 settlement by Kuyper et al, and the shift after Pullman’s 1881 growth. It notes the Dutch Reformed roots, early churches, and evolving demographics as Roseland transformed into a cosmopolitan Chicago neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Browning
Chicago Tribune
Pointer
Lake Calumet
Lower Michigan
New York
High Prairie
Holland Settlement
Roseland
South Africa
Batavia
Pullman
Chicago
Andreas
Holland
Amsterdam
Nieu
South Holland
Edna Ferper
Rotterdam
Cornelius Kuyper
Peter and
Klas Dalenberg
Jan Ton
Peter
Jacob DeJong
John Bras
Hark
Gerritt Eningenburg
Abram de Kohn
Kuyper
103Rd Street
Tracy Avenue
DeJong
Peter Dalenberg
Lina VanderSyde
Dutch Reformed Church
Mich
Church of the Reformed Church of America Association
Peter DeJong
Ferdinand Schapper
Blue Island
Cook County
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Zion German Lutheran Church