Koopman Speelman (sometimes named Karel), was born on 3 April 1868 in Amsterdam as a son of Jacob Speelman and Elisabeth de Leeuw. He was a diamond polisher by profession. He married on 29 August 1889 in Amsterdam Judith Kan, who was born in Leeuwarden on 10 June 1865 as a daughter of Izak Kan and Betje Bierschenk. The couple had four children, viz. Jacob Abraham in 1890, Isaac in 1891, Elizabeth …