Roman Catholic Almshouse, Aalten

Roman Catholic Almshouse

Armenpad / Hogestraat, Aalten

The Armenpad, which connects Hogestraat and Stationsstraat, is one of the typical Aalten Gängeskes (alleys). The name recalls the Roman Catholic almshouse that once stood here.

This almshouse consisted of eight rooms, each measuring 4 by 4 meters, and was located on the grounds of Dr. Hartman. The residents received support from the Roman Catholic Church, which provided them with clothing and food. Additionally, they had a small garden where they could, for example, keep a goat. The almshouse came to an end in 1937, when the Hartman family decided to no longer allow the residents to live on their land.¹

Around 1912, the eight dwellings were reconfigured into four dwellings.

Besides the Catholic almshouse, Aalten formerly also had a Reformed almshouse on what is now Haartsestraat.

Newspaper reports ²

Features

Cadastral No.³	I-11345
Function	Almshouse
Year of construction	1860
Demolition	1937

Owners

Overview is incomplete.

Year	Plot	Owner	Description
1860	I-2540-2547	the Roman Cath. poor of Aalten	14 m² house-yard (8x)
1883	I-2540 (87) I-2541 (87a) I-2542 (87b) I-2543 (87c) I-2544 (87d) I-2545 (87e) I-2546 (87f) I-2547 (87g)	the Roman Cath. poor of Aalten	14 m² house & yard (8x) including house numbers, between brackets after plot number)
1894	I-4581	the Roman Cath. poor of Aalten	1.600 m² almshouse, barn & yard
1913	I-4581	the Roman Cath. poor of Aalten	1,700 m² house, almshouse, barn and yard
1914	I-5615 I-5616	the Roman Cath. poor of Aalten	40 m² almshouse 1.660 m² house, barn and farmland

Residents

The overview below contains a link to the corresponding family card in the population register for each period and room/household from 1860 to 1910.⁵ ⁶ What we noticed: it appears that residents occasionally changed rooms; the residents were mostly single women (widows); and many had Bocholt as their place of birth. Our research is still ongoing, errors excepted!

1860	Resident(s)	1870	Resident(s)	1880	Resident(s)	1890	Resident(s)	1900	Resident(s)	1910	Resident(s)	1934	Resident(s)
88	M. Kalb, A. Huls	87/1	A. Huls	97/1	A. Bekink, J.A.H. Bloemers	90/1	J.A.H. Bloemer, J.G. Stritholt, B.J.M. Berendsen & 5 kinderen	112/1	J.A.H. Bloemer	A142/1		A143a
		87/2	A.H. Huitink	97/2	A.H. Huitink	90/2	J.A.H. Bloemer	112/2	E. Geuring	A142/2	A.J. Hubers	A143b	A.J. Hubers
88	H. Buiel, G. Veenhuis	87/3	G. Veenhuis, J.A.H. Bloemers	97/3	W. Jansen	90/3	J. Stöckert, J.C. Antink	112/3	J.G. Stritholt	A142/3	M.M. Boekwinkel	A143c	Wed. A.H. Sauer
89	H. Unland	87/4	H. Unland	97/4	H. Unland	90/4	P. Lorijn, J.G. Stritholt	112/4	T. Huls	A142/4		A143d	Wed. J.G. Albers
89	L. ten Haken	87/5	L. ten Haken, A. Bekink	97/5	Harmina Bennink	90/5	H. Bennink, T. Huls	112/5	No mention (found).	A142/5
89	J.E. Benning	87/6	J.E. Benning, J.E. Bokkers	97/6	J.A.H. Bloemer	90/6	C. Bartholomeus, E. Geuring	112/6	A.E. Doinck, A.J. Hubers & W.G. Hubers	A142/6
				97/7	J.E. Bokkers	90/7	No mention (found).	112/7	Harm Bakker
		87/6	A.H.E. Gintherr	97/8	A.H.E. Gintherr	90/8	A.E. Doinck	112/8	No mention (found).