Armenpad / Hogestraat, Aalten
The Armenpad, which connects Hogestraat and Stationsstraat, is one of Aalten’s characteristicGängeskes. The name recalls the Roman Catholic almshouse that once stood here.
The almshouse consisted of eight rooms, each measuring 4 by 4 metres, and stood on land belonging toDr. Hartman. The residents received support from the Roman Catholic Church, which provided them with clothing and food. They also 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 that the residents could no longer remain on their land.1
Around 1912, the eight dwellings were reconfigured into four dwellings.
Besides the Catholic almshouse, Aalten also once had a Reformed almshouse on what is now Haartsestraat.
Newspaper reports 2
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 children | 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 | Widow of 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). |
Footnotes
- R. de Boer, in response to Facebook page Old Aalten ↩︎
- Delpher ↩︎
- Cadastral map ↩︎
- Land Registry ↩︎
- WieWasWie (WhoWasWho) ↩︎
- ECAL ↩︎