Samuel Henriquez de Granada was the descendant of Spanish-Portuguese Jews who sought refuge in Suriname in the 17th century after escaping the Spanish Inquisition. He became the District Commissioner of the district of Lower Commewijne (Suriname) in 1909. In Commewijne he met a woman with whom he had a daughter, some of whose greatgrandchildren live in Israel. As the most veteran of district commi…