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Show II 'l III I III II I ' III! Ill III I - Tons of Tons Hold Ton Family Reunion ClilCAGO. Nearly 1(H) years njo a boatload of Hollanders landed at Chicago. The voyage, voy-age, on the steamboat ltoston, tnrted fr.mi Havre and continued up the Greet Lakes from r.ulYalo in another an-other boat, was one of hazard and worry. John Ton and Agnes Van dor Syde plighted their troth during the voyage and became the llrst settlers of the enormous Ton family, which held Its twenty-eighth reunion at Thornton forest preserve the other day. 4 John and Agnes bought n large tract of what Is now Hosedale, on One llun- dred Third street, ''hey decided It was a good locality, according to their daughter, the family historian, Mrs. F. W. Jensen, who still resides at the old homestead, 816 West One Hundred Third street They wrote glowing reports re-ports to John's brothers nnd sisters In Holland, and seven of them came over to try their luck lu the thriving village of Chicago. The nine original Tons who settled in Chlca? ) had an average of ten children chil-dren each. There were approximately '700 Tons at the Chicago reunion. Sixty-six Tons live in Los Angeles. 'They also held a reunion. According to the by-laws of the Ton family, which was Incorporated In Mill, lifly or inoru sc tiling elsewhere than I'hlrago are entitled en-titled to hold n reunion. Twenty-two Tons In Holland sent greetings by mull. They are the only Tons there, according accord-ing to Mrs. J ansen. To remain lu good standing all members mem-bers must report births, deaths and marriages to the historian. Only one misunderstanding has occurred oc-curred In the family since John and Agnes bought the land around Rose-land. Rose-land. That was when two of the family fam-ily went Into politics. It was like this, according to reports: re-ports: Alderman Guy Madderoin decided de-cided to run again In the Ninth ward, which Is Itosedale, the last city election. elec-tion. Ills family descended from Tryntje Ton. He got the support of many Tons. Then Albert Ton decided to run. Other Tons supported him. Hoth were defeated, but two or three nren't on speaking terms yet. The family traveling farthest to attend at-tend were Mrs. C. Ton of New Orleans and her son. Burroughs, seventeen, and daughter, Cornelia, nine. They drove to Chicago. They are of the family of C. J. Ton, who started the reunions. |