Alexander van Tijn, the eldest son of Izaak van Tijn and Saartje van Meer, was born on 19 August 1902 in Den Haag. In 1905, he moved with his parents to Utrecht, where he was employed later as an office clerk. Presumably he had also - unsuccesfully - his own bussiness, which has been declared bankrupt by verdict of the District Court of Utrecht on 13 March 1929.
In early 1930 he moved from Utrecht…