Saul van Geldere, born in Rotterdam on 5 April 1860, was the 2nd of the 13 children of Salomon van Geldere, born in Naaldwijk and Sophia Polak from Rotterdam. Saul left Rotterdam for Doesburg on 16 August 1888 and at the age of 28 he married there the 27-year old Sientje Fransman, who was born on 5 May 1861 in Rotterdam as a daughter of Naftalie Fransman and Magdalena Heid. Shortly after her birth…