Jacob del Canho died on 16 July 1943 in Westerbork transit camp and he was cremated on the same day. The urn with his ashes was placed on the Portugese-Jewish cemetry in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel on field 1924, row U, grave nr. 5.
Register van joden die in het kamp Westerbork zijn gecremeerd, 1943-1944; archief van de gemeente Westerbork, opgenomen in het archief van de gemeente Midden-Drenthe te Beilen, inv. n 3789
Jacob del Canho was deported to Westerbork in June 1943 from Vught on the so-called children's transport. He was 1 year old when he died.
J. de Moei, Joodse kinderen in het kamp Vught (Vught 1999) 23