Levie Smeer was a son of Aron Smeer and Sara Appel. He married 13 September 1905 to Grietje Bromet, a daughter of Israel Bromet and Saartje Presser. The couple had eight children, of whom the youngest baby in 1929 only lived for 1 day. Their other children, Sara, Flora, Sientje, Rozetta, Hendrika, Israel and Aron, were all killed during the Holocaust.
Grietje Bromet however, passed away on 19 November 1935, and Levie Smeer remarried 6 October 1937 to Dina Deen, a daughter of Levie Josef Deen and Margaretha Zomerplaag. Dina was previously married in 1910 but divorced in 1936. From her previous marriage, two daughters have been born: Anna and Margaretha.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Aron Smeer, Emanuel de Jong and website www.wiewaswie..nl.
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