Benjamin van Gelder, a skin merchant, was a son of the butcher David van Gelder and Eva Leman. He married Saartje Leman in Avereest on 8 August 1899, a daughter of Abraham Mozes Leman and Bettje Karsseboom. The couple had one child: on 20 May 1900 their son David was born. However, one week later, on 28 May 1900, Saartje Leman died in Dedemsvaart (probably in childbirth) and she was interred in th…