Leentje Weenen-Löwenstein

Leentjen Löwenstein was a natural and legalized daughter of Saartjen Löwenstein. She married in Amsterdam 2 November 1892 to Goedman Weenen, a son of Samuel Weenen and Fijtje Zante.
Leentjen Löwenstein passed away in Amsterdam on 6 September 1942 and was interred in the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen on 9 September 1942.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Goedman Weenen, website www.wiewaswie.…

Goedman Weenen and Leentje Löwenstein were the parents of Fijtje Weenen. They lived with the family of their daughter on the same address.
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