Leentje de Haan was the widow of Heiman Engelsman.
Haags Gemeentearchief, death certificate Leentje de Haan (c 1712, 1951)
Leentje (Lea) de Haan had three children from her marriage to Heiman Engelsman. Later she had a fourth child with a man she was engaged to, but who died before they could marry. After her marriage she lived alternately in Amsterdam and Antwerp, where her husband worked in the diamond industry. He died of tuberculosis. When World War I broke out she fled with her four children from Antwerp to the Netherlands, where she settled in The Hague. According to tradition she refused to go into hiding. She said: 'I have lived my life. Young people should not risk their lives for me.'
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In addition, a Jokos file (number 15281) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.