Leendert -Leonard- Van Driel

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He was born as Leendert van Driel in the village of Heerjansdam, north of the river Oude Maas, Zuid-Holland, son of Jan van Driel and Hilligje Havelaar.

Leendert van Driel married on 17 april 1864 in Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, at the age of 25 years to the one year younger Cornelia Groenewoud, born in the village of Maasdam, south of Rotterdam, in the southern part of the Dutch southwestern province Zuid-Holland, daughter of Matthijs Groenewoud and Annigje Mallegrom.

Leendert and Cornelia van Driel-Groenewoud had in Maasdam the following children:

• Christiana, 15 June 1865; died 10 January 1945 in Lansing, Illinois, USA;
• Annigje (Anna), 21 October 1866, died 13 July 1934 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, unmarried;
• Jan van Driel, died 9 November 1868, 0 years;
• Hillegonda, 27 October 1869;
• Stillborn daughter, 28 April 1871;
• Maria, 14 April 1872.

The family Van Driel emigrated in 1872 to the USA.

Daughter Christiana alias Christine married about 1889, very probably in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, to Jacob Hillegonds, who was also born in the Netherlands.

In June 1900 Leonard Van Driel (62, born in December 1838 in Holland, teamster), his wife Cornelia (61, December 1839) and their daughter Anegje (34, October 1866) were living at a rented home in Calumet Township, in the southern Ward 34 of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

His wife Cornelia Van Dreel died in May 1911 at the age of 71 years in Chicago, 310 W. 111th St., Cook County, Illinois. Retired laborer Laindert Van Driel, son of John Van Driel and Hilliege Havelaar, died in Chicago too, at 210 W 111th Street, in May 1915, at the age of 76 years.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 1 2020, 17:16:39 UTC

• Immigration: 1872
• Residence: 210 W 111th St, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 210 W. 111th St, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 210 W 111th street, Chicago, Cook, Illinois
• Residence: 210 W. 111th St., Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 1880 - Riverdale, Cook, Illinois, United States
• Residence: 1900 - Precinct 55 Calumet Township Chicago city Ward 34, Cook, Illinois, United States
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