Achterhoek Ancestors

Janna Geertruid Maas

Female Abt 1807 - 1845  (~ 38 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1809 
  • 1809: King Lodewijk Napoleon Bonaparte visits Bredevoort.
1811 
  • 1811: With the introduction of the civil registration, all inhabitants are forced to chose a fixed family name. The practice of farm names is now officially abolished, although it is still in use informally today.
1812 
  • 1812: Many conscripted soldiers die during Napoleon's disastrous march to Moscow.
1813 
  • 1813: The Cossacks drive out the French occupiers.
1818 
  • 1818: The municipalities of Bredevoort and Aalten are combined into the new municipality of Aalten.
1822 
  • 1822: In the night of September 27, a fire in Winterswijk destroyed five houses, leaving 15 people homeless.
1824 
  • 1824: In Winterswijk, new taxes on slaughtering animals cause a riot.
1827 
  • 1827: Start of the division of the common grounds.
1834 
  • 1834: The Winterswijk church gets a new organ by the famous organ builder Naber.
10 1835 
  • 1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
11 1844 
  • 1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
12 1845 
  • 1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.