Achterhoek Ancestors

Johanna Aleida Elisabeth Boeijink

Female 1829 - 1882  (52 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1834 
  • 1834: The Winterswijk church gets a new organ by the famous organ builder Naber.
1835 
  • 1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
1844 
  • 1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
1845 
  • 1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
1847 
  • 1847: On Lake Michigan in the US, the ship 'Phoenix' perishes. On board were 250 emigrants, mostly from Winterswijk, Aalten and Varsseveld.
1856 
  • 1856: The emigrant vessel Ocean Home perishes in the English Channel off Lizard Point. 70 people drown, including several emigrants from Dinxperlo.
1880 
  • 1880: The railroad from Winterswijk to Bocholt in Germany is opened.
  • 1880: Piet Mondriaan, then 8 years old, moves to Winterswijk and grows up there. He would later become a famous painter.