Meijer Leijden van Amstel's professions durint his life were cigar maker, workman, construction worker and breaker. Toghether with his wife Femma Abas, he had eight children, of whom one, Grietje, has died in childhood and one son Maurits, got married to Hendrika Zwart. Meijer was a syndicalist, who often lost his job because of his political activities. And especially, when they found out that he…