Elkan Hartog de Vries

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Elkan Hartog de Vries, birth 25 Jun 1842 Amsterdam, baptised FR.15 ELLUL5682, died 8 Sep 1922 Amsterdam, occupation: Jew.meat-market butcher, son of Hartog Jacob de Vries and Heintje Oudkerk
Married 16 Dec 1868 Amsterdam to:
Schoontje Lissauer, birth 23 Aug 1846 Amsterdam, died 9 Dec 1918 Amsterdam, daughter of Samuel Salomon Lissauer and Marianne Isaac Kleerekoper

1) Heintje de Vries, birth 31 Jan 1871 Amsterdam, died 3 Nov 1941 NN
Heintje died at sea while in flight from occupied Europe.
Married 28 Feb 1894 Weesp,Holland to:
Adolf Arnold, birth 22 Feb 1866 Potswalsky,Russia, died 5 Feb 1941 Tarbes,France, occupation: Diamond merchant
Adolf Arnold was a naturalised Netherlands subject. Many couples choosed to marry outside of Amsterdam, places like Weesp,Haarlem or Zaandam, because this was much cheaper! So their marriages are not to be found in A'dam Archives.

2) Marianne de Vries, birth 29 Nov 1872 Amsterdam, died AB.1943 Auschwitz
Married 24 Sep 1902 Amsterdam to:
Abraham Witjas, birth 6 Oct 1873 Amsterdam, died ? WW2, occupation: Diamond-polisher, son of Isaac Witjas and Matje Schoolmeester
According to Eddy Witjas the familyname is derived from the Russian word for knight. But there are different possibities. It has most probably to do with Chay Riffen - Agsteribbe.

3) Beletje-Bet de Vries, birth 9 Sep 1874 Amsterdam, died AB.1944
Married 16 Mar 1898 Amsterdam to:
Joseph Klisser, birth 17 Mar 1873 Amsterdam, died AB.1932 Amsterdam, occupation: Travelling salesman, son of Elias Klisser and Marianne Polak

4) Judith-Julia de Vries, birth 11 Jun 1876 Amsterdam, died AB.1943 WW2
Married ? Amsterdam to:
Marcus-Marc Susan, birth 1878 Amsterdam, died ?, occupation: de Vries&Susan Man.Comp.
de Vries&Susan Manufacturing Company: see Samuel Elkan de Vries 120.

5) Hartog Elkan de Vries, birth 15 Jun 1878 Amsterdam, died 17 Dec 1880 Amsterdam

6) Samuel Elkan de Vries, birth 31 May 1880 Amsterdam, baptised 12 CHESWAN 5703, died 23 Oct 1942 Mauthausen (Austria), occupation: De Vries & Susan Comp.
Married 21 Dec 1904 Amsterdam to:
Jansje de Jager, birth 4 Apr 1883 Amsterdam, baptised FRI,2 IYAR,5703, died 7 May 1943 Sobibor, daughter of Barend Wolf de Jager and Esther Elias van Es
Grandmother Jansje was a sick woman, when she was taken away by the Germans on a stretcher from their appartement at Beethovenstraat 158 in Amsterdam. Source: Eddy Witjas.

7) Jacob Jesaya de Vries, birth 23 May 1882 Amsterdam, died 1 Jul 1883 Amsterdam

8) Henriette-Jet de Vries, birth 21 Apr 1884 Amsterdam, died AB.1943 WW2
Married 8 Jul 1903 Amsterdam to:
Jacob Wijnberg, birth 1875 Amsterdam, died 5 Jan 1923 Amsterdam, occupation: daimond-cutter, son of Izaak Jacob Wijnberg and Eva Tunninge

9) Joseph Elkan de Vries, birth 21 Apr 1884 Amsterdam, died 27 Jan 1931 Scheveningen,Holland, buried Muiderberg, occupation: tobacco-dealer
family-rumor had it that he committed suicide,because of his wife's free spending. They lived at Hertoginnelaan-Scheveningen. Source: Eddy Witjas. to:
Elise Kardorff, birth 1891 Vienna (Austria), died WW2, daughter of Jakob Kardorff and Netti Setzler
According to her marriage-certificate she was born in Vienna, had French nationality and was living with her parents in the Hague.

10) Jansje de Vries, birth 20 Mar 1886 Amsterdam, died 27 Sep 1940 Amsterdam
Married 13 Jun 1906 Amsterdam to:
Isaac-Ies Meyer Wessel, birth 4 Feb 1878 Amsterdam, died 14 Dec 1920 Amsterdam, occupation: Diamond-polisher, son of Meyer Wessel and Selli Barmes
At their marriage his occupation is noted as: roosjesslijper.

11) Mina de Vries, birth 8 Jun 1888 Amsterdam, died 19 Jan 1961 Amsterdam, buried Muiderberg
Tante Mina managed brother Samuel's estate after WW2 and was my (Lodi) warden. to:
Levie-Johnny Wessel, birth 18 Jun 1879 Amsterdam, died 1 Apr 1970 Amsterdam, buried Muiderberg, son of Meyer Wessel and Selli Barmes

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