Leman Geleerd was a son of Philip Simon Geleerd and Rebecca Jacob de Jongh. He married 21 Februarty 1918 in Amsterdam to the Roman Catholic Gertrud Paefgen from Düsseldorf, but from whom he has been divorced already on 15 November 1918.
Before his marriage, he has resided for some time in Antwerp, were he was registered as "merchant in haberdasheries" During his marriage he lived some time in Den …