Rachel Jakoba Levie was born in Oude Pekela on 19 December 1874 as daughter of Jakob Levie and Henriette Pinto. She married on 6 July 1902 in Groningen Benjamin Velleman, haberdasherer, born 29 December 1871 in Groningen, son of Jacob Benjamin Velleman and Klaartje Druijf. The couple had two daughters, namely Hester in 1903 and Klaartje in 1907.
The Velleman family moved from Groningen to Amsterda…