Emigration Archieven

Pioneers in Wisconsin – Walvoord

Stories of members of the Walvoord family who emigrated to the US

Newspaper articles and advertisements by and about emigrants from Aalten

What is the state of the family, four years after their emigration in 1951?

Emigrant on holiday in Aalten tells how our fellow townspeople are doing

The emigration story of Willy Bulten and Peter Klaassen (1955)

In 1955, Granny Lammers visited emigrated relatives in Canada

The Prinzen family (9 people) emigrated to Argentina in 1955

Mr. Kaemingk calls it “Elucator” (electricity + educator)

American corporal visits Aalten in 1953 and speaks Achterhoeks

Wilhelmina te Slaa (1899–1981) left for the US in 1911

Johan Bosman and Riek Kraaijenbrink from Canada married in Aalten in 1951

Causes and motives why many residents of Aalten are departing for other countries

In 1950, Hendrik Jan Tuininga visited the old homeland

Farming family of fourteen to try their luck (1949)

After WW2, many Aalten residents emigrate again, especially to Canada

Young couple Ter Horst-Somsen saw no future in the Netherlands (1948)

Cousins Johan and Jan Hoftiezer emigrate to the US in 1948

This list is still ‘under construction’.

Emigrants from Aalten to the US in the period 1835–1920

About a conflict between descendants of Aalten emigrants and original inhabitants