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Marcus Swart and his family

Marcus Swart, son of Gabriel Swart and Sara Peper, married Betje van Beezem, daughter of Hartog van Beezem and Margaretha Degen, on 17 January 1900. The couple had eight children: Gabriel, Sara, Margaretha (deceased in 1934), Mathilda, Hartog, Dina, Frouwke and Abraham. The family lived at several addresses in Amsterdam, including at 8 Benviljoenstraat and 14 Christiaan de Wetstraat. Marcus Swart was a market vendor. He had a stand on the Groentenmarkt [vegetable market].

Copies remain of the birth certificate of Marcus Swart, the marriage certificate of Marcus Swart and Betje van Beezem and the ketubah of their chuppah.