Jozef Levie, a son of Salomon Gerson Levie and Siphora Polak, was born on 15 January 1875 in Smilde (Drenthe). He was a cigar maker, became a cigar manufacturer and in later years owned agencies. He married Bertha Blumenthal on 3 December 1905 in Groningen, who was born in Winschoten on 27 August 1871, the daughter of Selig Sandel Blumenthal and Henriette Polak.
The Levie-Blumenthal couple lived i…