Benvenida Rodrigues Parreira was the youngest of the six children of Abraham Rodrigues Parreira and Jetje Brandon. She was born in Amsterdam on 10 July 1914 and she was a seamstress by profession. She married Benjamin de la Penha in Amsterdam on 15 December 1937, a son of Hartog de la Penha and Lea Pais; and he was born on 1 February 1911 in Amsterdam.
Benjamin was employed as warehouse clerk, tai…