Salomon Meijer

Salomon was weduwnaar van
Francina de Jong (1865-1939) waarmee hij op 16-04-1924 in Amsterdam trouwde.
Hij was een zoon van
Simon Andries Meijer (1835-1923) &
Schoontje van Dijk (1833-1918)

Salomon Meijer committed suicide on the 20th of May, 1940 by hanging on at the Albert Cuypstraat 222a in Amsterdam.

Meijer was a representative in parquet floors and was burried on the Jewisch cemetery in Muiderberg.  

Source: : Lucas Ligtenberg, “Mij krijgen ze niet levend” Uitgeverij Balans 2017, ISBN 978 94 600 3845 7

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