PHOTOS OF EARLY DUTCH RESIDENTS IN CHICAGO
This first photograph is Hendrik Van Bruggen, born 1879 Groningen Netherlands. He came to America once in 1893 with his father Jan. They returned to Groningen before 1900. Then Hendrik returned about 1901-1905. He was in Chicago, where he met and married Cornelia Boersema. Hendrik was in El Paso, Texas at least by 1907. He and Cornelia journied between Chicago and El Paso many times. The other photos on this page are of unknown family members. You will see a resemblance between some of these folks...sisters? Brothers? Are they Van Bruggen, Boersema, Van Wartum...who are they?? If you can identify any of these people please email me.
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Some of the photos above, and ALL of the photos to follow were taken from an old heavy photo album owned by Cornelia Boersema
The following clipping was tucked inside this old album. Cornelia had lived in El Paso for years by 1953 so someone in Chicago had to have sent her this article. Was she related to the folks in the article or was it sent because of human interest??
This photo of William McKinley was also inside the album. It is printed on heavy cardboard. Were these elaborate photos distributed to the American public due to the fact that McKinley was murdered?
