Abraham is een zoon van Isidor Francken en Judith Porcelijn. Hij trouwde 14 september 1916 met Reintje Deen (31 jaar), dochter van Jacob Deen en Racheltje van Kreveld.
In addition, a Jokos file (number 25134) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.The Jokos file reveals that a claim was lodged for compensation for valuables surrendered to the Lippmann-Rosenthal looting bank (L-claim, number 3369/6607).
Abraham Francken was born in Venlo in 1893 to Isidor Francken and Judith Porcelijn. His father was a butcher, and the family lived in Hoogstraat 8. Abraham had four brothers: Emmanuel, Meijer, Maurits en Louis. Both parents are buried in the Jewish cemetery in Venlo.
Abraham left Venlo to Amsterdam in 1910. He worked at a small clothing shop in Vrolikstraat, owned by Jacob Deen. Six years later he…