The florist Abraham van West was born on 20 October 1885 in Amsterdam as a son of Salomon van West and Betje Lelie. He married on 14 August 1919 in Amsterdam Dina Berlijn, who was born on 6 March 1891 in Ede as a daughter of Jacob Levie Berlijn and Betta Fuldauer. The couple Van West-Berlijn had a son Jacob, who was born on 22 May 1920 and who later was employed as an office clerk.
Since the 1920s…