Old Aalten

Tag: Peperstraat

  • Van Herwaarden Coppersmith Workshop

    Van Herwaarden Coppersmith Workshop

    Peperstraat 4 (a), Aalten

    House of coppersmith Van Herwaarden, Peperstraat 4, Aalten – © EHDC
    Photo: Euregionaal Historisch Documentie Centrum, Aalten

    At this location once lived the Van Herwaarden family, a lineage of coppersmiths who operated a workshop here for approximately 125 years until 1850. Around 1725, the couple Everhard van Herwaarden and Berendina van Isendoorn settled in Aalten, initially living with Berendina’s father, Abraham van Isendoorn, a man of high social standing. They subsequently established a coppersmith workshop on the small street that later became known as Peperstraat.

    Generations later, their children and grandchildren also lived in Weesp, Naarden, and Amsterdam, including Jacobus Hendricus van Herwaarden. He was born in 1817 in Weesp, as the son of coppersmith Jacobus Everhardus van Herwaarden and Anna Catharina Berner, a ‘coppersmith-trader’. Jacobus Hendricus moved in with his grandfather Jacob(us), who had taken over the coppersmith workshop in Aalten and saw in him a successor.

    However, this succession in Aalten never came to fruition. In 1837, the twenty-year-old Jacobus Hendricus left for Amsterdam and from there departed for Suriname. In 1848, Jacobus, nearly 89 years old, returned to his city of birth, Amsterdam. This marked the end of the Van Herwaarden coppersmith workshop in Peperstraat.

    Owners

    Overview is incomplete.

    YearPlotOwnerDescription
    1832I-1148Jacobus van Herwaarde240 m² house & yard

    Residents

    Jacobus van Herwaarden (Amsterdam, 21-10-1759 – Amsterdam, 05-01-1854)
    married on 22-03-1789 in Aalten to
    Mette te Kulve (Winterswijk, 23-09-1763 – Aalten, 27-02-1844)

    Jacobus became a church member in Aalten on 07-04-1779.

    Jacobus is mentioned in 1813 as a ‘garçon de chaudronnier’ (coppersmith’s assistant) in the Register Civique of Aalten.

    Population register 1823-1838

    Aalten 254

    Jacobus van Herwaarden (Amsterdam, 21-10-1759 – Amsterdam, 05-01-1854), coppersmith
    Mette te Kulve (Winterswijk, 23-09-1763 – Aalten, 27-02-1844)

    Population register 1838-1850

    Aalten 269

    Jacobus van Herwaarden (Amsterdam, 21-10-1759 – Amsterdam, 05-01-1854), coppersmith
    Mette te Kulve (Winterswijk, 23-09-1763 – Aalten, 27-02-1844)

    Next residents:

    Jacob Simon Schaap (Aalten, 02-02-1813), merchant
    married on 04-02-1836 in Aalten to
    Rebecca van Gelder (Winterswijk, 10-12-1812)

    Population register 1850-1860

    Aalten 269

    Jacob Simon Schaap (Aalten, 02-02-1813), merchant
    Rebecca van Gelder (Winterswijk, 10-12-1812)

    Next residents:

    Cornelis Philippus Jacobus Penning (Zutphen, 04-01-1818), registrar
    married on 18-09-1857 in Aalten to
    Maria Jacoba Bekink (Amsterdam, 24-06-1821)

    Population register 1860-1870

    Aalten 269

    Cornelis Philippus Jacobus Penning (Zutphen, 04-01-1818), registrar
    Maria Jacoba Bekink (Amsterdam, 24-06-1821)

    Population register 1870-1880

    Aalten 346

    Cornelis Philippus Jacobus Penning (Zutphen, 04-01-1818), registrar
    Maria Jacoba Bekink (Amsterdam, 24-06-1821)

    Population register 1880-1890

    Aalten 390

    Cornelis Philippus Jacobus Penning (Zutphen, 04-01-1818), former registrar
    Maria Jacoba Bekink (Amsterdam, 24-06-1821)

    Next residents:

    Jan Hendrik Lensink (Aalten, 05-11-1833), tailor
    married on 05-11-1870 in Aalten to
    Helena Kloss (Wertherbruch/D, 21-04-1839)

    Population register 1890-1900

    Aalten 384

    Jan Hendrik Lensink (Aalten, 05-11-1833), tailor
    Helena Kloss (Wertherbruch/D, 21-04-1839)

    Population register 1900-1910

    Aalten 454 > 509

    Jan Hendrik Lensink (Aalten, 05-11-1833), tailor
    Helena Kloss (Wertherbruch/D, 21-04-1839)

    Next residents, son and daughter-in-law:

    Herman Lensink (Aalten, 21-04-1873), tailor
    married on 03-08-1899 in Aalten to
    Josina Johanna Hoftijzer (Aalten, 28-09-1870)

    Population register 1910-1920

    Aalten C509 > D562

    Herman Lensink (Aalten, 21-04-1873), tailor
    Josina Johanna Hoftijzer (Aalten, 28-09-1870)

    Address directory 1934

    Aalten D562 > Peperstraat 4a

    H. Lensink

    Aalten D562a > Peperstraat 4

    J.H. Lensink

    Address directory 1967

    Peperstraat 4a

    A.A.J. Driessen

    Peperstraat 4

    H. Luimes

    Features

    Cadastral no.I-11118
    FunctionResidential house,
    Coppersmith workshop
    Year of constructionunknown
    Demolitionunknown

    Sources

    Peperstraat, Aalten – Fragment cadastral map, 1937
    Fragment cadastral map, 1937 (plot I-6926)
    Peperstraat 4, Aalten
    In the building currently located at number 4, on the right of the photo, Lensink’s grocery store was once situated, later Luimes electronics, and currently Dierservice Aalten is located here.
    Van Herwaarden Coppersmith Workshop, Aalten – Opregte Haarlemsche Courant, 13 June 1846
    Opregte Haarlemsche Courant, 13 June 1846
    Peperstraat 4 , Aalten (Lensink) – Aaltensche Courant, 12 September 1924
    Aaltensche Courant, 12 September 1924
  • Stad Munster Lodging House

    Stad Munster Lodging House

    Peperstraat, Aalten (no longer extant)

    Stad Munster Lodging House in Peperstraat, Aalten (image AI-generated based on an old photograph).
    Stad Munster Lodging House in Peperstraat, Aalten (image AI-generated based on an old photograph).

    Stad Munster Lodging House was once an important rest stop for travellers and mail coaches. It stood in Peperstraat, situated between the former post office and ‘De Postiljon’, opposite Stegers. Following the municipal reorganisation of 1816, it briefly served as a courthouse (Rechthuis). In 1873, the building was completely destroyed by fire and was never rebuilt.

    A Coaching Inn for the Diligence

    In previous centuries, when the mail coach—or diligence—was the official mode of transport, ‘Logement Stad Munster’ (also known as ‘Hotel Wamelink’) functioned as a coaching inn for the diligence and a place of rest for weary travellers. Those embarking on a long journey who could afford it would board at Hotel Wamelink, after which the journey continued, jolting and bumping towards its destination. Those with less to spend put on their ‘steffels’ (boots) and undertook the journey on foot; a walk to Arnhem or Zutphen was no rarity in those days. People had the time. Stad Munster welcomed travellers of all kinds, such as a manufacturer from Armentières in France, a merchant from Stadlohn, and a clerk on foot from Oosterwijk. Three English factory workers from Manchester, Ashton, and Oldham once stayed there for two months.

    In 1823, Johanna Maria Martha Mensinck was registered at this address as the lodging house keeper. She was the widow of Gerrit Jan Wamelink, who had passed away in 1822. Johanna died in 1854. Their son, Lambertus Hermanus Wamelink, continued the business. In 1852, at the age of 39, he had married Johanna Catharina Heming. After her death in 1854, he remarried Wilhelmina Louisa Hendrina Meijrink in 1856.

    Fire

    On 2 April 1873, a violent thunderstorm broke out over Aalten. Labourers in the fields fled into barns and garden sheds. Thunder rolled incessantly and lightning filled the sky. Suddenly, a loud crack was heard, and shortly thereafter, everyone could hear the tolling of the fire bell in the church tower above the sound of the rain. A lightning strike had hit the building next to the lodging house, which was occupied by Mr Van Eerden and the national tax collector, Mr Boudewijn.

    By the time the fire wardens arrived, both buildings were engulfed in flames. The fire engines could do little against such a blaze. The old lodging house—the pride of the Wamelinks, who had lived there since the beginning of the 18th century—burnt to the ground, as did the adjacent house on the corner of Kerkstraat. The lodging house was never rebuilt, and the site has remained an open passage between Peperstraat and Het Hoge Blik ever since.

    Owners

    This overview is incomplete.

    YearPlotOwnerDescription
    1832I-1152widow of Gerrit Jan Wamelink 490 m² house, barn
    1858I-2011
    I-2012    		widow of Gerrit Jan Wamelink
    heirs of Lambertus Hermanus Wamelink     		490 m² house, yard
    260 m² barn, stabling
    1863I-2011
    I-2012    		Wilhelmina Louisa Hendrina Meijerink,
    lodging house keeper    		490 m² house, yard
    260 m² barn, stabling

    Residents

    Population register 1823-1838

    Aalten 256

    Johanna Maria Martha Mensinck (Winterswijk, 16-08-1788), lodging house keeper

    Widow of Gerrit Jan Wamelink.

    Population register 1838-1850

    Aalten 271

    Johanna Maria Martha Mensinck (Winterswijk, 16-08-1788), lodging house keeper

    Population register 1850-1860

    Aalten 271

    Johanna Maria Martha Mensinck (Winterswijk, 16-08-1788), lodging house keeper

    Next residents, son and daughter in law:

    Lambertus Hermanus Wamelink (Aalten, 18-02-1813)
    (1) Johanna Catharina Heming (Vreden/D, 02-07-1822)
    (2) Wilhelmina Louisa Hendrina Meijerink (Aalten, 06-11-1823)

    Population register 1860-1870

    Aalten 271

    Wilhelmina Louisa Hendrina Meijerink (Aalten, 06-11-1823), lodging house keeper

    Population register 1870-1880

    Aalten 348

    Wilhelmina Louisa Hendrina Meijerink (Aalten, 06-11-1823), lodging house keeper

    Features

    Cadastral no.I-11441
    FunctionLodging house
    Year of constructionunknown
    Burned down1873

    Sources

    Stad Munster Lodging House, Peperstraat, Aalten
    Stad Munster Lodging House, Aalten – Fragment cadastral map, 1858
    Fragment cadastral map, 1858 (plot I-2011)
    Stad Munster Lodging House, Aalten – Fragment cadastral map, 1879
    Contours of the former Stad Munster Lodging House, taken from a cadastral auxiliary map from 1858, projected onto a map from 1879.
    Illustration: Piet te Lintum
    Stad Munster Lodging House, Aalten – De Tijd, 26 April 1873
    De Tijd, 26 April 1873