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| 1 | 1835 | - 1835: Jan Willem Meijerink starts the first textile factory on the Lappenbrink in Winterswijk.
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| 2 | 1844 | - 1844: The first emigrants leave Winterswijk and Aalten for North-America.
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| 3 | 1845 | - 1845: Winterswijk Seceders get their own church at the Zonnebrink.
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 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.
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Achterhoek Ancestors
Abt 1835 - 1881 (~ 46 years)