H02-1477. Penn, William H.
Papers, 1829-2002. 4.00 linear ft.

Abstract

The collection consists of materials inherited by William H. Penn from his pioneering Dutch-American immigrant ancestors and those with whom they interacted. These ancestors include Cornelius Kuyper (Kuijper), John Brandt (Jan Brand), Jacob Pen, Annigje Stobbe, and Maartje Dalenberg. The majority of the papers come from the Roseland, Illinois, and Calumet County area near Chicago, where Cornelius Kuyper was an important settler. There is correspondence with relatives and friends in the Netherlands. Also includes early (1850-forward) correspondence with Dutch immigrants in America, in such places as Kansas and Kalamazoo. Correspondents include Jan Bos and Cornelius Hillegonds. Many materials relating to genealogy and the family trees of Brandt, Kuyper, Eenigenburg, Dalenberg, Ton, de Jong, and Penn (Pen).

Accession No.:H02-1477
Provenance:William H. Penn
Donor:William H. Penn
Photographs:Family Photograph Album (Box 1)
Processed by:Michael Douma, January, 2003

Biography

William Henry Penn was born in 1917 to Ettie Brandt and Henry Penn. William's maternal grandmother was a daughter of Cornelius Kuyper.
Henry Penn was born in Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, the Netherlands in 1887. In 1890, he came over with his parents to America where they settled in Chicago. An avid baseball fan and player, Henry played in professional leagues for seventeen years. He was a large man for his time-six foot one, two hundred and fifteen pounds. Scholastically, he received his B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois and went on to become a professor in that field at the Armour Institute of Technology and later the District Engineer for the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Cornelius Kuyper was born in the village of Schoorl, near Alkmaar, the Netherlands, in 1816. He married Martje Daleburg in 1840. He was the only one of his family to emigrate when he left for America in 1849 when he moved to Roseland, near Chicago. There he founded a general store. A strong Republican, Cornelius supported the Union and aided the Underground Railroad. He became an upstanding, well-known and respected citizen who served as County Constable and helped organize the Dutch Reformed Church in Chicago along with aiding the general growth and development of Chicago. He died in 1913.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of materials inherited by William H. Penn from his pioneering Dutch-American immigrant ancestors and those with whom they interacted. These ancestors include Cornelius Kuyper (Kuijper), John Brandt (Jan Brand), Jacob Pen, Annigje Stobbe, and Maartje Dalenberg. The majority of the papers come from the Roseland, Illinois, and Calumet County area near Chicago, where Cornelius Kuyper was an important settler. There is correspondence with relatives and friends in the Netherlands. Also includes early (1850-forward) correspondence with Dutch immigrants in America, in such places as Kansas and Kalamazoo. Correspondents include Jan Bos and Cornelius Hillegonds. Many materials relating to genealogy and the family trees of Brandt, Kuyper, Eenigenburg, Dalenberg, Ton, de Jong, and Penn (Pen).

Container List

Box 1

Biography, Henry Van Allsburg, n. d.
Book, De Familie vanaf 1714, 1983
Calumet Charter, Union League Club, 1863
Change of Address Form, Brandt, 1855
Class notes vocabulary lesson, n. d.
Cornelius Kuyper
Account Book, 1854-1857
Banker's Note, 1868
Constable, Court Summons, 1870-1871
Distribution of Assets to Heirs, 1904
Envelopes addressed to, 1881, 1884, n. d.
Excerpts from book, Down an Indian Trail in 1849, the Story of Roseland, Marie Rowlands, 1987
Immigration Record, n. d.
Land Purchase Agreement, n. d.
Maartje Dalenberg, Folk Songs, n. d.
Newspaper Clipping, 1914
Note, Thomas Morgan, 1851
Property, 1926, 1930
Receipts, DeJong and Bros Brick, 1872-1873
Scrap of Grocery List, n. d.
Writ of Attachment, 1873
Envelope, Petition to Cornelius Hillegonds, n. d.
Ettie Brandt Penn, Expense List, David Adler and Sons Clothing, n. d.
Family Tree Info
Dirk Janszoon Ton, n. d.
Jacob Kuijper, n. d.
Jan de Jong, n. d.
Jan Ton Family, n. d.
Johannes Brandt, n. d.
Joris Hark Eenigenburg, n. d.
Klaas Kuijper, n. d.
Kuyper, n. d.
Neeltje Kijper, n. d.
Pieter Cornelisz Dalenburg, n. d.
Volken Harmens (Pen), n. d.
William Henry Penn, n. d.
Fragment of Biblical Dictionary, n. d.
Fragment of Songs, n. d.
Funeral Card, Annigje Stobbe (wife of Jacob Pen), 1923
Henry Penn
Driver's License, 1941
Vehicle License, 1962
War Ration Book, 1943
Henry Penn, writing, information relating to Pen Family history, n. d.
Holland-American Song Lyrics, n. d.
John Brandt, Sr.
Bill to Mr. Moreson, Fernwood Park, 1893
Death by drowning, 1904
Judge of Election, 1899
Mortgage Receipt, 1890
Permission Note, Alkmaar, 1872
Receipts, 1884, 1888, 1891, 1893, n. d.
White Swam Laundry Receipt, 1901
Winnersheik Insurance Company Receipt, 1866
Land Registration Chart, 1859
Letters
1855
A. Pol to Cornelius Kuyper, 1885
Aagje de Jong to John Brandt, 1865
Aunt Jamelker, n. d.
B. Feinstra to Henry Pen, 1955
Christ Lanberg to J. Brandt, 1907
Cornelius Hillegonds
Kalamazoo, 1855
Jan Brandt
1868
1869
Cornelius Kuyper
1868
1882
Dalenberg, Chicago, 1854
E. A. Warfield to John Brandt, 1891
H. de Graaf
n. d.
1923
Henry Madderom to Henry Penn, Genealogy, 1961
Henry Penn
Death of Mr. Jack Smit, 1955
Death of Ann Van Hoek, 1957
Death of Renerus Age Zeinstra, 1961
Hiram to Henry Penn, Family Tree Sketch, 1958
J. H. Van Vlissingen to John Brandt, 1888
Jan Booij, n. d.
Jan Bos to John Brandt, 1866
John Brandt
General, 1862, 1868, 1889
To Cornelius Kuyper, 1849
K. Stobe to Henry Penn, 1955
L. P. Pollock To Cornelius Kuyper, 1850
Mr. Muis Boon, 1871
New Mexico, 1868
Nico Coba Stobbe to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Penn, n. d.
Panera, 1890
President of the Reformed Parish of Blokzijl, 1882
Priscilla Wdowiak to Geoffrey Reynolds, 2002
S. Pandeloup to John Brandt, 1869
Scraps of Letters, 1868, 1871, n. d.
Virginia Lofstrand to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Penn, 1970 (Henry Penn Bio)
William Penn, 1961
Maartje Daleberg, Writing, 1831
Marriage Booklet, Jacob Pen and Annigje Stobbe, 1875
Memorial Booklet, First Commercial Building, Kuyper Building, 1929
Newspaper Clippings
Baseball, n. d.
Mr. Henry Penn/Kuyper
Henry Penn, Baseball, 1967 (Biography)
Nick Penn, 1969
Photograph Album, Pen, Brandt and Stobbe Families, 1860-2002
Property Info, Lamar Missouri, 1915
Property Taxes, Mais Boon, 1870
Purchases, Snip and Brandt, n. d.
Rae (Penn?), Schoolwork, J. Bas, n. d.
Receipt
1868
Elders and Balcom Lumber, 1860
Union League Club Bulletin, 1930
Writ of Attachment, Vanderlytle and Kuyper vs. Adriance, 1879
Zelf Hulp Burial Funds, 1894

Box 2

Aantje de Jong, Action of Separation, 1896
Cornelius Kuyper
Account Book, 1857
Account Records, 1840-1845
Biography, n. d.
Certificate of Sold Land, 1855
Fire Policy, 1870
Lease, 1870-1871
Lease from Henry T. Lewis, 1869
Property Contract, 1913
Purchases
n. d.
1849-1850
1850
1851-1852
Receipts
1854, 1867, 1872, 1873, 1886, 1894
Klaas Dalenberg, 1850, 1854
Statements of Purchases, 1849-1850
Transactions, 1850
Henry and Ettie Penn
Bond Certificate, 1927
Release of Mortgage, 1925
Jacob Pen, Appointment as Veldwatcher, 1890
John Brandt
Declaration of Forfeiture, 1870
Property Tax, 1865
Letter
Kaakman from Alkmaar, n.d.
Lewis Pollock to Cornelius Kuyper, 1850
Maartje Dalenberg, Writing, 1829
Property Issues, Fernwood Park District, 1910, 1912, 1925

Box 3 (Oversized Items)

Advertisement, Oviatt Patent Bob Sled, 1870
Book Illustration, A. Bouwens, Eave Wijmuller, n. d.
Cornelius Kuyper
Addition to Pullman, Street Map, n. d.
Lease from Frederick R. Wilson, 1869
Jacob Pen
Passport, Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1873
Change of Address Form, Emigration, 1890
The Calumet Index Annual Yearbook, Roseland, 1969

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