Samuel Elekan was the only son of Maurits Elekan and Rebecca Lopes Carança. He was born on 28 September 1901 and followed in his father’s footsteps – he learned the leather trade and ran a leather goods shop.
On 10 Decembe 1930 he married in Onstwedde (province of Groningen) Geertruida Goudsmid, a daughter of Sander Goudsmid and Engeltje Weinberg. Geertruida was born in Ontswedde on 9 May 1895, li…