Benjamin Sternfeld was a son of Hendrik Sternfeld and Aaltje Rubens. As a divorced husband of Wilhelmina Besseling, he married on 6 December 1929 in Den Haag to Johanna Wilhelmina Kippel, from whom he also divorced on 19 November 1940.
Benjamin's parents, Hendrik Sternfeld and Aaltje Rubens had six children, of whom one son died only a few months old. The other children Sternfeld were Sientje (who passed away in 1938 and who was married to Jacob Gosschalk), Jozeph, who died already in 1906, Eva and Betje.
From Aaltje Rubens' first marriage to Jozeph Levie Schenk four children has been born of whom the first born son died only one month old. Benjamin's other halfbrothers and halfsister were Maurits Schenk, Levie Schenk and Jette Schenk.
Municipal Archive of Den Haag, certificates of marriage and death of Benjamin Sternfeld and the website www.wiewaswie.nl.
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