{"id":143644,"date":"1920-12-27T21:53:00","date_gmt":"1920-12-27T19:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten-achteruit\/gerrit-heersink\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T19:54:15","slug":"gerrit-heersink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/society\/population\/biography\/gerrit-heersink\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrit Heersink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1 wp-block-paragraph\">Constable<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gerrit Heersink was born on 13 May 1846 in Hummelo, the son of day labourer Jan Willem Heersink and Berendina Eenink. On 8 May 1873, he married Aleida Gesina Prinsen in Aalten. Nine children were born from this marriage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heersink served as a &#8216;veldwachter&#8217; (rural constable) in Aalten for nearly five decades. He lived with his family on the Kattenberg, on what is now <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/berkenhovestraat-07\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Berkenhovestraat<\/a>. His brother Lammert ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/aalten\/lichtenvoordsestraatweg-005\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bakery<\/a> just a stone&#8217;s throw away.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early 1920, Gerrit Heersink moved to Haaksbergen, where he passed away on 27 December 1920 at the age of 74.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a1acc0f788c7&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a1acc0f788c7\" class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"599\" height=\"449\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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