The family of Bastiaan van Drunen with descendants in Illinois

On 26 May 1856 the ship "Epaminodas" departed from Rotterdam, transporting 216 emigrants. They arrived in New York on 9 juni 1856. Many of those immigrants settled in Illinois. 
Among them were several members of the Van Dunen family of Sleeuwijk, Brabant, The Netherlands:

1. Bastiaan van Drunen (1792-1873) and his wife Vijverke Snoek (1795-1877);
2. Their daughter Anneke van Drunen and her husband Dirk Schaap and their 6 children;
3. Their son Johannes van Drunen, his wife Willemke van Krugten and their son Rokus;
4. Their son Pieter van Drunen, his wife Hester van de Graaff and their son Bastiaan;
5. Their daughter Dientje van Drunen and her husband Wouter Swets and their daughter Aartje;
6. Their daughter Adriana van Drunen who later married fellow passenger Wouter de Graaff;
7. Rokus van Drunen and his wife Adriana Snoek, siblings of Bastiaan and Vijverke.

In The Netherlands Bastiaan and Vijverke had left behind several sons, including their eldest son Lucas van Drunen (1813-1895). The Streekgeschiedenis Alblasserwaard Blog describes the family and descendants of Bastiaan's daughter Anna van Drunen and her husband Dirk Schaap, who additionally had a 7th child Adriana (Jane) in Illionois.

Dirk Schaap  and Anneke van Drunen and their children