Tag: Notary

Willem Catharinus Janzen was born on 21 October 1899 in Est en Opijnen (Gelderland), the son of Ernst Janzen and Catharina Krijgers. In 1929, he had his surname officially changed to Krijgers Janzen.

On 5 June 1929, he married Gerria Noteboom from Rhoon in Amsterdam. As far as is known, four children were born from this marriage, one of whom was stillborn.

In 1939, he succeeded J.H.W. Mensink as a notary in Aalten.

Krijgers Janzen lived with his family at Bredevoortsestraatweg 67 in Aalten.

He passed away on 3 April 1991 and is buried at Berkenhove Cemetery.

John Bernard William Maitland was born on 7 May 1826 in Vorden, the son of retired captain John Maitland and Catharina Willemina Mellink. On 28 October 1862, he married Bernarda Aleida Schepers in Dinxperlo. This marriage produced three sons and a daughter, all born in Dinxperlo.

All three sons passed away at a young age, also in Dinxperlo; one died after just 15 days (Bernard), while the other two reached the ages of only 8 (John) and 17 (Dirk). Only their daughter, Catharina Antoinette Bernarda, reached adulthood, married and had children of her own.

Profession and residence

On 16 December 1859, Maitland was appointed notary in Dinxperlo by Royal Decree. Up to that point, he had been working as a candidate notary (kandidaat-notaris) in Vorden. Two months later, on 16 February 1860, he was additionally appointed deputy cantonal court judge in Aalten. He held this position until the Aalten cantonal court was abolished in 1877.

On 18 July 1882, Maitland was appointed notary in Aalten, succeeding notary B.A. Roelvink, who had passed away earlier that year. Together with his wife and daughter, he moved into the house of the late notary Roelvink on Gasthuisstraat (now Haartsestraat). Around 1886, they relocated to a stately house on Landstraat, which is today number 41.

Public and civic roles

Alongside his profession, Maitland was also active in civic life. In Dinxperlo, for instance, he served as the director of the ‘Aurora’ choral society. From 1877 to 1885, Maitland was a member of the Provincial States of Gelderland, representing the electoral district of Aalten.

Furthermore, in 1892, Maitland invited ‘a number of residents’ of Aalten to the sociëteit club to exchange ideas about establishing a local tourist board (VVV). To achieve this goal, it was proposed that “photographs would be taken of the most beautiful spots and walking maps would be created”. However, we have been unable to find any evidence that this actually took place.

Passing

John Bernard William Maitland passed away on 11 October 1894 in Aalten. He was buried at the Old Cemetery on Varsseveldsestraatweg.

He was succeeded by P. Losecaat Vermeer, who until then had been a candidate notary in Nijmegen.

From 1843 to 1852, Roelvink served as clerk of the cantonal court in Aalten; prior to this, he was a deputy public prosecutor at the district court (arrondissementsrechtbank) in Zutphen. On 6 April 1852, he was appointed notary in Aalten by Royal Decree, succeeding his father in the role.

From 8 March 1853 until his death, Roelvink was also a member of the Provincial States of Gelderland, representing the electoral district of Aalten.

Bernard Andries Roelvink remained unmarried and passed away on 17 April 1882 at house number 385 in Aalten (Haartsestraat 10).

Following his death, he was succeeded by J.B.W. Maitland, who until then had been a notary in Dinxperlo.

Jan Hendrik Willem Mensink (1869–1943) was a notary in Aalten from 1909 to 1939.

Jan Hendrik Willem Mensink was born on 19 March 1869 in Miste (Winterswijk), the son of farmer Hendrik Jan Mensink and Hanna Catharina Tenkink.

On 21 October 1926, at the age of 57, Mensink married Grada Gesina Wensink in Aalten, who was 11 years his junior.

In 1909, he succeeded P. Losecaat Vermeer as notary in Aalten. By that time, he had already been serving as acting notary for three years due to Losecaat Vermeer’s illness. Mensink tendered his resignation in 1938 at the age of 69. He was succeeded in 1939 by W.C. Krijgers Janzen.

Notary Losecaat Vermeer initially lived and worked at Hogestraat 2a (later known as the premises of saddler Gerstmann) and, from around 1930, at Markt 18 (which later became the ABN-AMRO bank).

Jan Hendrik Willem Mensink passed away on 4 February 1943 in Aalten. He was buried at Berkenhove Cemetery.

Pieter Losecaat Vermeer (1856–1909) served as a notary in Aalten from 1894 to 1908.

Pieter Losecaat Vermeer was born on 8 January 1856 in Beek (Ubbergen), the son of Pieter Anthoni Jacobus Losecaat Losecaat Vermeer and Ephraïma Bartha Johanna De Jong.

At the end of 1894, he was appointed notary in Aalten, succeeding notary J.B.W. Maitland, who had passed away shortly before. At the time of his appointment, he was working as a trainee notary (kandidaat-notaris) in Nijmegen.

Notary Losecaat Vermeer lived and worked at various addresses in Aalten, successively: Landstraat 23-25 (now Kuypers Florist), Markt 1 (now the police station on Köstersbulte) and Hogestraat 2a (later known as the premises of saddler Gerstmann).

On 18 May 1905, at the age of 49, Pieter Losecaat Vermeer married Paulina Cornelia Johanna Antoinetta de Wilde from Schoonhoven, who was 21 years his junior, in Haarlem.

Illness

In early 1906, illness forced him to step down from his duties. J.H.W. Mensink, until then a trainee notary in Winterswijk, was appointed as deputy notary. Unfortunately, Losecaat Vermeer did not recover from his illness. In November 1908, he was granted an honourable discharge by Royal Decree, and Mensink was appointed as his successor.

At the end of November 1908, Pieter and his wife moved to Haarlem. Just a few months later, on 20 March 1909, Pieter Losecaat Vermeer passed away there. He was buried at the General Cemetery in Schoonhoven.

Otto Hendrik Roschet was an ‘imperial notary’ in the canton of Aalten in the early 19th century. He was baptized on November 24, 1769, in Arnhem, as the son of Willem Hendrik Roschet, steward of the ‘t Loo estate in Apeldoorn, and Arnolda Elisabeth Wakker. The surname was originally written as ‘Rochet’.

The first mention we have found of O.H. Rochet in Aalten dates from 1809, during the French period, with his profession listed as ‘lawyer’. In 1812, he was appointed notary in the canton of Aalten by imperial decree. In 1813, he lived on Kerkstraat.

His younger brother Theodorus Gerardus had settled in Aalten as a pharmacist in 1802, but passed away in 1804 at the age of 28 from “a severe putrid fever”. Whether Otto Hendrik was already living in Aalten at that time is unknown to us.

The last mention of Roschet as a notary in Aalten that we found dates from 1815. The next mention of him was found in the Arnhemsche Courant of February 6, 1816, in which he is listed as the steward of ‘t Loo in Apeldoorn. Subsequently, he was mentioned in the Arnhemsche Courant of April 4, 1816, as the acting mayor of Apeldoorn.

Otto Hendrik Roschet passed away on November 21, 1824, at the age of 55 at ‘t Loo in Apeldoorn. At that time, he was an overseer and captain in the garrison company there.