Josephina Katan was the only child born to Joël Katan and Lea van Straten. She lived with her parents in Crooswijkseweg, Rotterdam. Circa 1898, she stayed in Amsterdam for a year with the Cats family at Ferdinand Bolstraat 130. She was a member of the committee 'Voor Vrouwen door Vrouwen' (for women by woman). She is said to have been a very kind woman, who was firmly in charge of the shop where e…