Henri van Stratum, a grocery merchant, was the son of Jacob van Stratum and Anna Croonenberg. He was born in Eindhoven on 28 August 1882 and married in Antwerp on 19 September 1922 to Elisabeth Penha, who was born there on 29 March 1883 as the daughter of Mozes Penha and Rebecca Juliard. They both lived with their parents in Antwerp since 1897, where Henri later had his business at Tolstraat 49 and after his wedding, he lived with his wife Elisabeth at Provinciestraat 147 in Antwerp. As far as could be ascertained, the Van Stratum-Penha couple had no children.
On 20 September 1943, Henri and Elisabeth were both deported with Convoy 22A from Mechelen to Auschwitz and on arrival on 23 September 1943, they were immediately murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz Birkenau.
Sources include The Dossiers of Foreigners of the City of Antwerp no. 88636, images 700-707 and no.170730, images 855-868 and the Memorial of the Deportation of Belgian Jews.