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Early Settlers of Calumet Region Recounted in Dutch Family Tree
A historical draft by Ferdinand Schapper invites readers to correct and expand the Calumet Region Dutch Family Tree listing pioneers and settlers in Blue Island Roseland South Holland and surrounding townships from 1847 to 1860. It catalogs Dutch natives and others with arrival dates, noting incomplete entries and offering public access to limited printed copies for archival preservation.
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Great Lake
Ferdinand Schapper
Blue Island
Calumet Region
Schapper
Worth
Palos
Orland
Bremen
Rich
Bloom
Thornton
Calumet
Ninety-fifth Street
Lake Calumet
Grand Calumet River
Chicago Historical Society
Holland
Roseland
South Holland
Isleo
F. Schapper
New Street
Cornelius Aarentsen
Henry de Young
Jan Killewinger
Huisbert Scheurwater
Jacob Duim
Klaas Paarlenberg
Cornelius Schay
Simon Benschop
Klaas Pool
Isaac Schilling
Roelf van Vuuren
Avi de Reuter
R. Rambout
Jen van Eye
W. C. Wust
Jan Ambaul
Peter Dalenberg
Jacob de Young
Gerritt Henigenburg
Cornelius Kuyper
Jan Vonker
Jan Bras
Klaas Dalenberg
Peter de Young
Hark Eenigenburg
Leendert Vander Sijde
Jan Ton
Abram de Koker
Tunis de Young
Wm. Gouwens
Thys Gouwens
Peter Gwynenberg
High Prairie
Low Prairie
Aarentsen
Cornelius
Admiral
Jacob
Ambuul
John
Ainsworth
Anker
Ann
Andrews
David
William
Baardwyk
Brandt
Braschler
Brashart
Martin
Bucknell
Thomas
Buhl
Charles H
Burdick
Button
Leander
Cooper
Crumby
Darius
Cavitt
Tunis
Cochran
James W
Dalenberg
Peter
Klaas
de Young
Henry
de Jong
Gerritt
Dirk
Their Prairie
Pieter
de Ridder
Ow Prairie
de Reuter
Ari
de Kock
de Vries
High Prairila
High Prai