Rachel Jacoba da Costa Senior

Amsterdam, – New York,

Reached the age of 90 years

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Abraham da Costa Senior and his family

We have been unable to determine whether one or more members of this family survived the war. While their names do not appear on the lists of survivors, we have not been able to trace them in In Memoriam either. They are therefore labeled as 'surviving' and their names are not listed.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 10691) on this family is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject…

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When Rachel Jacoba da Costa Senior was born on October 7, 1917, in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, her father, Abraham, was 31, and her mother, Estella, was 30. She survived the war, married Kurt Hermann Weil before June 1945. They emigrated to Brazil and were both naturalized on 22 Jun 1945. She divorced Kurt Weil. She then married Maurice Alfus on August 20, 1948, in New York City, New Yo…

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