Achterhoek Ancestors

Willem Dirk Swijtink

Male Abt 1891 - 1918  (~ 27 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1891 
  • 1891: Dinxperlo gets its own department of the 'Geldersch-Overijsselse Maatschappij van Landbouw', a society to improve agriculture techniques.
1896 
  • 1896: A dairy processor is opened in Dinxperlo.
1902 
  • 1902: A cooperative bank is established in Dinxperlo.
1903 
  • 1903: About 2/3 of the workers are involved in a railroad strike in Winterswijk to improve working conditions and wages.
1908 
  • 1908: The hamlet of De Heurne near Dinxperlo gets their own church.
1911 
  • 1911: The smallest church in the Netherlands, de Rietstap, is built in Dinxperlo. The owner had inherited money on the provision he would build a church.
1914 
  • 1914: As a result of the 'great war', traffic ceases to flow between the Achterhoek and Germany.
  • 1914: For the first time, an aircraft is spotted in the sky above Dinxperlo.