Tag: Other Small Business

Landstraat 5 in Aalten is a characteristic residential and commercial building dating from 1911, built for the Heijmans firm, drapers and cloth merchants. The new building replaced an older house on the same site. The Aalten architect Jan Brill was responsible for the design.

In the 1930s, Bulten’s Bloemenhuis (flower shop) established itself here, and two greenhouses were erected at the rear of the property. In 1947, the narrow northern section of the building—originally consisting of a room, kitchen, and upper room—was incorporated into the business. The ground floor then housed a garage/workshop, a florist’s workshop, a small kitchen, and an office, with a storage attic above.

Geling’s Department Store

In the late 1950s, S.H.J. Geling established a department store here, specialising in household goods and toys. Under his instruction, the building underwent extensive renovations in 1960, based on a design by H.A. and J.L.F. Waalders. During this project, the building was fitted with new shopfronts and a modernised layout.

Three years later, in 1963, a significant expansion followed on the western side, including additional shop and warehouse space, also designed by the Waalders architectural firm from Winterswijk. In the following decades (1960s and 1970s), the shop and its facade were further modernised, and the workshop was integrated into the retail area.

Following the closure of Geling’s department store, Theissen Tweewielers (a bicycle shop) occupied the premises for some time. Currently (2025), the building has been vacant for many years.

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Owners

Overview is incomplete.

Year	Plot	Owner	Description
1832	I-1269 I-1270 I-1271 I-1272	widow of Jan Hendrik Brethouwer	38 m² house & yard 51 m² house & yard 192 m² house & yard 350 m² garden

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Residents

1813

Aalten 63

Jan Hendrik Brethouwer (Aalten, 14-06-1761), cloth merchant

1 man
1 woman

Population register 1823-1838

Aalten 63

Harmina (Hendrika) Manschot (Aalten, 21-12-1766), shopkeeper
widow of Jan Hendrik Brethouwer

Next residents:

Joseph Wilhelm Stephan Blomesath (Bocholt, 26-12-1806), weaver
Johanna Magdalena Vultink (Aalten, 21-03-1811)

Population register 1838-1850

Aalten 60

Joseph Wilhelm Stephan Blomesath (Bocholt, 26-12-1806), weaver
Johanna Magdalena Vultink (Aalten, 21-03-1811)

Next residents:

Derk Prins (Aalten, 09-09-1794), farmer
Willemina Aleida Freriks (Aalten, 30-11-1801)

Next residents:

Johan Henrich Geuting (Bocholt, 06-03-1808), cotton spinner
Johanna Hafkenscheid (Ulft, 23-08-1803)

Next residents:

Derk Hendrik Gerhardus Brethouwer (Aalten, 25-02-1794), farmer
Johanna te Bokkel (Aalten, 15-02-1807)

Population register 1850-1860

Aalten 60

Derk Hendrik Gerhardus Brethouwer (Aalten, 25-02-1794), farmer
Johanna te Bokkel (Aalten, 15-02-1807)

Next residents:

Johan Wilhelm Carl Schmeinck (Bocholt, 26-02-1803), office clerk
Antonetta Kramer (Aalten, 16-08-1816)

Next residents:

Population register 1860-1870

Aalten 60

Hendrikus Brethouwer (Aalten, 06-08-1823), grocer
Everdina Wilhelmina Margaretha Smits (Winterswijk, 18-07-1834)

Next residents:

Population register 1870-1880

Aalten 75

Maria Adriana Ledeboer (Oud Beijerland, 04-09-1815)

Next residents:

Nathan Salomon Heijmans (Groenlo, 14-11-1826), merchant
Bettij van Oss (Emden/D, 12-01-1847)

Population register 1880-1890

Aalten 83

Nathan Salomon Heijmans (Groenlo, 14-11-1826), merchant
Bettij van Oss (Emden/D, 12-01-1847)

Population register 1890-1900

Aalten 79

Nathan Salomon Heijmans (Groenlo, 14-11-1826), clothier
Bettij van Oss (Emden/D, 12-01-1847)

Population register 1900-1910

Aalten A101 > A130

Nathan Salomon Heijmans (Groenlo, 14-11-1826), clothier
Bettij van Oss (Emden/D, 12-01-1847)

Next (head) resident, son:

Simon Nathan Heijmans (Aalten, 01-11-1877), clothier

Population register 1910-1920

Aalten A130 > 131

Simon Nathan Heijmans (Aalten, 01-11-1877), clothier

Address directory 1934

Aalten A131 > Landstraat 5

N.S. Heijmans

Address directory 1967

Landstraat 5

S.H.J. Geling