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Date |
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| 1 | 1844 | - 1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
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| 2 | 1845 | - 1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
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| 3 | 1847 | - 1847: On Lake Michigan in the US, the ship 'Phoenix' perishes. On board were 250 emigrants, mostly from Winterswijk, Aalten and Varsseveld.
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| 4 | 1856 | - 1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
1836 - 1856 (19 years)