Simon Levy van Essen was the youngest of the ten children of Levy Nathan van Essen and Betje van Creveld. He was a wool agent and travelled to Hamburg. He and his brother Abraham Levy van Essent also ran a large wholesale firm for colonial products, located on the Hoofdstraat in Veenendaal.
Simon Levy van Essen served two terms with the Veenendaal town council. In the 1914 municipal elections he …