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Hendrik Meijer
Dutch-American businessman (–)
For other uses, see Hendrik Meijer (disambiguation).
Hendrik Meijer (December 28, – May 31, ) was a Dutch businessman who founded the supercenter chain Meijer in the United States.
He is the great-grandfather of former RepublicanMichigan congressman Peter Meijer.
Early life
Meijer was born on December 28, , in Hengelo, Netherlands.[1] With the town being recently industrialized following the Industrial Revolution, his father worked under harsh conditions at a Stork B.V.
mill.[2][3] Beginning at the age of 12, Meijer worked at the mill himself, adopting anarchist and socialist views during this time.[2][3] He began distributing pamphlets and posters in support of these ideologies and criticizing Dutch colonialism.[4] Meijer later joined the Dutch military to avoid further factory work.[4]
After leaving the military, he met Gezina Mantel, the daughter of ana