Daniel Vrenkel (nicknamed Daantje) was a son of Mozes Vrenkel and Grietje de Jong. He got married in 1930 with Sara West. At the end of 1938, the couple left Ter Apel for Deventer. They had one daughter, Greta Vrenkel.
Together with his father and brother Heiman, Daniel ran the 'Veenkoloniale Zakkenhandel Fa. M. Vrenkel en Zonen' at the westside of the Hoofdstraat, a business dealing in bags, ra…