Barend Emden

Barend Emden was a son and youngest of Levy Emden (1868) and Elisabeth Plukker (1868). Barend was born on 4 May 1912 in Amsterdam and when he started working he became a shop assistant in a store selling crystal objects. He was later also a pastry chef and even in later years he became a sales representative from which he earned his living. His parents had a family of six children in total, namely…

Mozes van Praag, (1866-1931), shoemaker, bread depot keeper and grocer, married Grietje Fransman (1867-1941) on 15 May 1889, and had six children with her, namely: Arnold on 11 April 1893; Leendert on 17 July 1895; Meijer on 2 March 1898, who died however as a baby on 19 April 1899, only 13 months old. Then there was Bertha who was born on 1 February 1900, followed by Debora on 11 August 1903 and …

Bertha Levy-van Praag and Debora van Praag were sisters of Marianna Emden-van Praag.
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