Raphaël Goudeketting was a son of Levie Goudeketting and Heintje Moffie. On 2 April 1919 he married Lina Jons in Amsterdam, a daughter of Elja Jons from Crieve (or Criwa) in Russia and Sara Rato (also known as Sara Ratofini and Sara Ratoet), from Dunaborg in Latvia. At the time of his marriage, he was a warehouse clerk in a fashion fabrics trade.. Later he started his own business in fashonable la…