Joseph Ritmeester was a son of Moses Ritmeester and Esther Lierens. He married 13 April 1904 in Amsterdam Aaltje Brander, daughter of Isaac Brander and Marianne van Bever. Aaltje Brander passed away on 17 January 1940 and was iterred at the Jewish Cemetery in Diemen.
The couple had six children: Mozes, Marianna, Esther, Betje and Margaretha. Their daughter Rachel died in July 1937 and she was also buried at the Jewisch Cemetery in Diemen.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Isaac Brander and Joseph Ritmeester, websites www.wiewaswie.nl and akevoth/molum/burial permits.
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