| Cadastral reference: | P-797 |
|---|---|
| Function: | Farm |
| Year built: | 1888 |
Overview
Oude Drenthel is a hall-house farm dating from 1888. Date anchors in the rear façade, at the threshing-floor end, indicate the year of construction, while the building was extended in 1913. An adjoining barn runs along the right-hand side. Together these form a so-called ‘tweekapper’, a paired farm arrangement.
The building is constructed in brown brick and has rendered plinths. Most openings are set beneath segmental and basket arches with keystones, in keeping with the historicising architectural style. The upper storeys are contained within hipped gable roofs covered with ceramic tiles.
At the front, the living quarters have an entrance on the right set within a shallow porch, interspersed with windows fitted with T-shaped sash frames. There are three windows on the upper floor. The side elevations combine stable entrances, small stable windows and windows belonging to the living quarters.
The farm section has broad entrances at both the barn and threshing-floor end; at the latter the opening is set beneath a lintel. The barn doors are beneath a basket arch. Here too are stable entrances and small stable windows, including several oculi.
Archives
Verpondingskohier (Land Tax Register), 1647
Ten Drentel, Jor. Welervelt ten Diepenbroeck.
House and Schopperhof, 1½ schepel; 16 mudde of arable land, at one-third share, a
meadow yielding 3 loads of hay or 2 mudde of sowing land, dark peaty soil.
1 Vercken of Rijxdlr.
t’Beswaer afgetrocken, blijft 181 – 0 -. Eijcken Boomen.
Liberal Gift 1748

Residents
First known residents:
Willem ten Drentell (✝ ca. 1605)
Grietken (Margriet) Wissinck (Miste – Haart < 1639)
Next residents, widow and second husband:
Engelbert ten Pijtenpoel alias ten Drentell (Haart – Haart < 1634)
Grietken (Margriet) Wissinck (Miste – Haart < 1639)
In 1614 Engelbert Drentell and his brother Geert ten Pijtenpoell were involved in a fight with Henrick Broeckman and Geert Bleckinck. Henrick later died from injuries inflicted by Engelbert (Voluntary Protocol, 14-02-1615).
Next residents:
Jan ten Drentell (Haart), son of Willem and Margriet
Gertken Bouwers (Miste)
Jan was the farmer at Drentel in 1650 (Verpondingscohier, original register).
Next residents:
Berent Drenthel (ca. 1612 – < 1664)
Children:
- Metcken Drentel (Haart, ca. 1644), married in 1664 in Winterswijk to Hendrick Goormans
- Hendersken Drenthel (Haart, ca. 1647), married in 1647 in Lichtenvoorde to Jan te Braak
- Herman Drentel (Haart, ca. 1637), married in 1662 in Winterswijk to Enneken Berenschot
Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:
Herman Drenthel (Haart, c. 1637), married in Winterswijk on 25-05-1662 to
Enneken Berenschot (Miste, ca. 1642)
Children:
- Berent Drenthel (Aalten, ca. 1663), married in 1692 in Aalten to Enneken Geurkink
- Geert Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 23-04-1665)
- Jan Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 19-02-1668)
- Joost Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 22-08-1669), married in 1697 in Aalten to Geesken Oonk
- Aeltjen Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 07-07-1672), married in 1700 in Eibergen to Fredrik Vunderink
Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:
Berent Drenthel (Haart, c. 1663), married in Aalten on 26-06-1692 to
Enneken Geurkink (Miste, February 1660, baptised in Bredevoort)
Children:
- Enneken Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 26-03-1693)
- Gerrit Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 02-06-1695), married in 1721 in Bredevoort to Elsken Swarts
- Hermken Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 31-07-1698), married Derk Coops in Winterswijk in 1721; they went to live at Drenthel Schoppe
Berent Drenthel died before 1702. Enneken Geurkink remarried Hendrik Reeckman, also known as Ubbink, and left the Oude Drenthel farm.
Next residents (probably):
Berent te Kreijl (Miste, born 1672), married in Winterswijk on 18-01-1699 to
Aelken Stottelers (Woold, geb. 1673)
Children:
- Aeltjen te Kreijl alias Drenthel (Winterswijk, baptised 20-01-1700)
- Janna te Kreijl (Winterswijk, baptised 08-10-1702)
Next residents, daughter and son-in-law:
Geert Wamelink alias Drenthel (Winterswijk, baptised 21-11-1694), married in Aalten on 12-12-1717 to
Aeltjen te Kreijl alias Drenthel (Winterswijk, baptised 20-01-1700)
Children:
- Gerrit Jan Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 14-04-1720 – < 10-1730)
- Jan Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 07-05-1724)
- Christina (Stijne) Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 15-12-1726), married in 1750 in Aalten to Hendrik Hoornenborg
- Janna Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 02-05-1728), married in 1745 in Aalten to Barent Heinen
- Gerrit Jan Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 08-10-1730)
- Jan Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 15-12-1731)
- Barentje Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 04-12-1735)
- Elisabet Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 04-01-1739)
- Geertruid Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 08-07-1742)
Next residents:
Teunis Tolkamp alias Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 11-04-1751 – Haart, 14-05-1841), married in Aalten on 31-01-1777 to
Maria Meijnen (Lichtenvoorde, baptised 17-11-1753 – Aalten, 02-04-1830)
Children:
- Berendina Tolkamp (Aalten, baptised 28-05-1778)
- Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 20-06-1779 – Aalten, 28-07-1833), married in 1810 in Aalten to Johanna Ligterink
- Harmina Tolkamp (Aalten, baptised 03-09-1780), married in 1808 in Winterswijk to Jan te Brinke
- Janna Geertruid Tolkamp (Aalten, baptised 13-03-1782 – Aalten, 21-06-1837), married in 1805 in Aalten to Harmen Jan Hoornenborg
- Garritje Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 15-06-1783)
- Dersken Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 06-02-1785)
- Derk Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 26-03-1786 – < 11-1789)
- Berendke Tolkamp (Aalten, baptised 10-08-1788 – < 10-1791)
- Derk Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 15-11-1789)
- Barentje Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 23-10-1791 – Aalten, 16-07-1869), married in 1817 in Aalten to Gerrit Hendrik Rensink
- Gerrit Jan Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 15-09-1793)
- Johanna Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 23-06-1797)
- Aaltjen Drenthel (Aalten, baptised 29-06-1798)
Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:
Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Aalten, 13-06-1779 – Aalten, 28-07-1833), married in Aalten on 16-09-1810 to
Johanna Ligterink (Aalten, baptised 28-07-1788 – Aalten, 14-06-1827)
Population Register 1823–1850
“Drentel”
Jan Hendrik Drentel (Aalten, 13-06-1779 – Aalten, 28-07-1833)
Johanna Ligterink (Aalten, baptised 28-07-1788 – Aalten, 14-06-1827)
Children:
- Dora Frederika Drenthel (Haart, 26-01-1812 – Aalten, 31-07-1834), married in 1833 in Aalten to Garrit Jan Hoftijzer
- Jan Berend Drenthel (Haart, 20-12-1813 – Haart, 05-12-1872), married in 1839 in Aalten to Everdina Heijink
- Derk Antonij Drenthel (Aalten, 23-01-1816)
- Janna Geertruida Drenthel (Aalten, 27-01-1818), married in 1843 in Aalten to Garrit Jan Wikkerink
- Manes Drenthel (Haart, 22-04-1820)
- Tonija Drenthel (Haart, 13-06-1822 – Haart, 09-02-1825)
- Mina Drenthel (Haart, 31-07-1824 – Aalten, 09-07-1890), married in 1855 in Aalten to Antonij Wevers
- Teunis Drenthel (Aalten, 06-06-1827 – Aalten, 07-06-1827)
Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:
Jan Berend Drenthel (Haart, 20-12-1813 – Haart, 05-12-1872), married in Aalten on 27-07-1839 to
Everdina Heijink (Haart, 26-12-1813 – Haart, 12-12-1884), widow of Garrit Jan Hoftijzer
Children:
- Gerharda Johanna Drenthel (Haart, 20-09-1839 – Aalten, 26-10-1918), married in 1860 in Aalten to Jan Hendrik te Paske
- Johanna Drenthel (Haart, 11-11-1841 – Aalten, 28-11-1927), married in 1869 in Aalten to Harmanus Winkelhorst
- Gesina Drenthel (Haart, 18-06-1844 – Aalten, 21-01-1905), married in 1874 in Aalten to Hendrik Jan Winkelhorst
- Harmina Drenthel (Haart, 05-03-1849 – Haart, 25-04-1849)
- Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 05-04-1850 – Haart, 27-02-1852)
- Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 03-01-1853 – Aalten, 08-12-1915), married in 1879 in Aalten to Willemina Eeltink
- Herman Drenthel (Haart, 26-09-1855 – Haart, 11-10-1855)
- Harmina Drenthel (Haart, 16-04-1857 – Haart, 21-04-1857)
- Jan Drenthel (Haart, 17-04-1858 – Aalten, 22-11-1932), married in 1900 in Aalten to Johanna Willemina Prinsen
Population Register 1850–1860
Jan Berend Drentel (Aalten, 20-12-1813)
Everdina Heijink (Aalten, 26-12-1813)
Population Register 1860–1870
Jan Berend Drentel (Aalten, 20-12-1813)
Everdina Heijink (Aalten, 26-12-1813)
Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:
Population Register 1870–1880
Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 03-01-1853 – Aalten, 08-12-1915), married in Aalten on 20-06-1879 to
Willemina Eeltink (IJzerlo, 23-07-1854 – Aalten, 18-04-1913)
Population Register 1880–1890
Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 03-01-1853 – Aalten, 08-12-1915)
Willemina Eeltink (IJzerlo, 23-07-1854 – Aalten, 18-04-1913)
Children:
- Jan Berend Drenthel (Haart, 21-11-1880 – Aalten, 18-09-1958), married in 1912 in Aalten to Johanna Berendina Voskuil
- Gesina Willemina Drenthel (Haart, 15-10-1882 – Doetinchem, 22-09-1959), married in 1909 in Aalten to Jan Hendrik Debbink
- Everdina Drenthel (Haart, 15-10-1882). married in 1904 in Aalten to Berend Hendrik van Lochem
- Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 15-02-1895 – Aalten, 13-11-1953), married in 1925 in Aalten to Christina Hoftijzer
Population Register 1890–1900
Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 03-01-1853 – Aalten, 08-12-1915)
Willemina Eeltink (IJzerlo, 23-07-1854 – Aalten, 18-04-1913)
Children:
- Jan Berend Drenthel (Haart, 21-11-1880 – Aalten, 18-09-1958)
- Gesina Willemina Drenthel (Haart, 15-10-1882 – Doetinchem, 22-09-1959)
- Everdina Drenthel (Haart, 15-10-1882 – 19-04-1962)
- Gerharda Johanna Drenthel (Haart, 15-01-1884)
- Johanna Drenthel (Haart, 31-08-1886)
- Willemina Hendrika Drenthel (Haart, 30-03-1889)
- Gerrit Jan Drenthel (Haart, 10-10-1891 – 06-10-1969)
- Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 15-02-1895 – Aalten, 13-11-1953)
Population Register 1900–1910
Jan Hendrik Drenthel (Haart, 03-01-1853 – Aalten, 08-12-1915)
Willemina Eeltink (IJzerlo, 23-07-1854 – Aalten, 18-04-1913)
Probably in early 1906 they moved to the newly built house Nieuw Drenthel.
Next residents, arriving from Wisch on 27-03-1906:
Hendrik Jan Seinhorst (Lintelo, 25-05-1866)
Hendrika Willemina Oberink (Binnenheurne, 17-02-1869)
Population Register 1910–1920
Hendrik Jan Seinhorst (Lintelo, 25-05-1866 – Aalten, 19-04-1949), married (1) in Wisch on 22-03-1906 to
Hendrika Willemina Oberink (Binnenheurne, 17-02-1869 – Aalten, 08-06-1913)
Child:
- Bernard Willem Seinhorst (Haart, 08-12-1907 – Aalten, 26-07-1997), married in 1942 in Aalten to Johanna Hendrika Lievers
Hendrik Jan Seinhorst (Lintelo, 25-05-1866 – Aalten, 19-04-1949), married (2) in Aalten on 10-02-1916 to
Willemina ten Barge (Bredevoort, 14-11-1886 – Bredevoort, 26-09-1968)
Children:
- Drika Theodora Seinhorst (Aalten, 21-06-1916 – Bredevoort, 09-02-1995), married in 1942 in Aalten to Hendrik Jan van Lochem
- Frederik Willem Seinhorst (Aalten, 06-04-1919 – Aalten, 27-12-2006)
Address Directory 1934
Haart 52 > 53
Address Directory 1967
“Oude Drenthel”
Haart 53 > Spiekerdijk 1
Owners
This overview is incomplete.
| Year | Plot | Owner | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | D-843 | Roelof Arendzen e.c., assessor | 2,110 m² house & yard |
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