On 19 May 1895 Sophie Henriques de la Fuente was born as the 4th child of Jacob Henriques de la Fuente and Benvenida Engers. At her age of 16, she became an apprentice at the ANDB, to be trained as a rose-diamond cutter. Also her father Jacob, brothers Emanuel, Hijman and David Henriques de la Fuente were employed in the diamond industry. Her apprenticeship started in June 1911 and ended in April …