Person:Dina Kuijpers (1)
Dina Kuijpers
b.19 Jan 1809 Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
d.10 Nov 1900 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Wouter Kuijpers1806 -
  2. Dina Kuijpers1809 - 1900
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Aug 1837
  1. Frederik Luderus1837 - 1838
  2. Maria Petronella Luderus1839 -
  3. Johanna Louisa Luderus1840 - 1913
  4. Dina Cornelia Luderus1842 - 1902
  5. Frederick Pierre Luderus1844 - 1880
  6. Pierre Arnoldus Luderus1846 - 1916
  7. Willem Luderus1849 - 1909
  8. Johannes Ludérus1853 -
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Facts and Events
Name Dina Kuijpers
Gender Female
Birth[1] 19 Jan 1809 Sprang, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Marriage 16 Aug 1837 Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlandsto Pierre Luderus
Census? 12 Jun 1900 4th Precinct, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Death? 10 Nov 1900 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Burial? Forest Home Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, United Statesre-interred at Oakridge Cemetery when Forest Home demolished for freeway


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Notes on Deina Kuipers Luderus by Tammy L Hensel (3rd great-granddaughter)

Deina also appears on records as Dina and Dena. The family immigrated to the U.S. in 1857 arriving in New York Harbor on the 19th of September on the ship R. Robinson. The ship departed from Liverpool, Great Britain. For some reason Germany is given as their country of origin instead of Netherlands. They were listed in the 1860 U.S. Federal Census in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Before Pierre's death in 1868, the family had relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the exception of son Fred and daughter Deina Cornelia Luderus. Deina had married in 1865 to Joseph Bennett, and remained in Michigan. The 1870 Census lists the family in Milwaukee with a few misspellings: Deina as Gina, Mary (Maria Petronella), Louise (Johanna Louisa), Peter, Wellion (William), and John.

The oldest son, Fred, joined the Michigan 17th Rifle Regiment of the Union Army. According to the records of the regiment, Fred P. Luderus of Detroit enlisted on 3 October 1862. Fred was reported missing, presumed dead on 13 December 1862, but it was later learned he had been captured as a prisoner of war. He was paroled in a prisoner exchange on 27 December 1862, examined by the medical staff, and sent back to the Army of the Potomac on May 23, 1863. In the meantime, he's been charged with desertion, apparently because they thought he had been released earlier. There was a mix-up with the records, with some records keeping him on the deceased list, some of the desertion list, all the while he continued to serve until the end of the war. He appears to have re-enlisted after the war and travelled to Texas with the army, where he married and settled. It seems Fred's family back in Michigan never got word that he did not die in 1862 and it looks like he never communicated with them again. Deina petitioned for his Civil War pension in 1898 based on the report of his 1862 death. She was turned down due to the desertion record. (see more on Fred on profile for him).

I can't find an 1880 Census record for Deina, her daughter Johanna Louisa (who was married to Paul Leline by that time), or for John. So, Deina could have been living with either of them. I found records for families of all the other children and she was not listed with any of them. Deina was living with the Leline family in 1900 in Cook, Illinois, USA. She died that same year.

References
  1. ↑ Huwelijksbijlagen, in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. Burgerlijke Stand
    Akte 252, 1837.
  2.   Death Certificate for Dina Luderus, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Dept. of Health, Chicago, Illinois.

    Statistic listed: born, Holland; age 91 yrs, 10 mos, 23 days;Burial Forest Home; Cause of Death: Heart failure due to old age

  3.   U.S. Federal Census 1900 4th Precinct, Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
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