Joseph van Gelder

Joseph van Gelder was a son of Levie van Gelder and Kaatje Sluijter. He was born as the 2^nd child  on 19 March 1884 in Amsterdam and on 15 March 1904 he was drafted for the Militia  and was assigned in 8th Regiment Infantry, were he was dismissed on 31 December 1918 “due to end of service”. He provided in his living as a window dresser and painter. His last job was bread deliverer.

Joseph’s parent…

Joseph van Gelder and Berendina van Gelder, the widow of Martin Kan, had given notice of their intended marriage. The wedding could not take place because one of them was deported before the wedding date.
Documents concerning intended marriages which were not performed; archives of the Westerbork municipality, currently at the archives of Gemeente Midden-Drenthe in Beilen

This person lived alone …