Gerrit Poppegaai was a son of Joseph Poppegaai and Aaltje Schellevis. He was born on 9 April 1884 in Amsterdam and earned his living as cigar maker. After he was married in Amsterdam to Magdalena van Geldere on 18 December 1913, he became a cigar manufactuer en shop keeper in tobacco articles and had his shop in the Albert Cuypstraat 149.
His wife, Magdalena van Geodere was born in Doesburg on 13 …