Button manufacturer
Willem te Gussinklo Jr. (1888–1969), nicknamed ‘Piepkes Willem’, was one of the key figures in the history of the horn-working industry in Aalten. He was the director of Dutch Button Works in Bredevoort.
Willem te Gussinklo Jr. was born on 18 May 1888 at house number 239a in Aalten, which is approximately where the JAWI garage is located today. He was the son of pipe manufacturer Willem te Gussinklo (Sr.) and Maria Jacoba Gangel (a sister of the Reverend Gangel). On 7 July 1914, Willem Jr. married Engelina Arriana van Houte in Zwolle (Overijssel).
He served as the director of Dutch Button Works (DBW) in Bredevoort and lived at Slingesteyn in Aalten.
Willem te Gussinklo Jr. passed away on 5 June 1969 and is buried at the Old Cemetery on Varsseveldsestraatweg in Aalten.
