Levie Stodel was a son of Joseph Stodel and Elisabeth (Betje) Metz. He was born on 12 April 1877 in Amsterdam and he was a potato vendor by trade, just as his father. He married in Amsterdam on 24 February 1904 Lea Bleekrode, who was born there on 19 January 1873 as a daughter of Samuel Bleekrode and Mietje Trijtel. The couple had two children, namely Joseph, born 8 February 1905 and Mietje on 25 …