Louis van Straten was a son of Mozes van Straten and Kaatje Marcus. He married in Beesd (Gld) on 5 July 1897 to Sara Rubens, daughter of Hartog Meijer Rubens and Doortje Dusnus.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Louis van Straten and Sara Rubens.
In October 1941, an obituary was placed in Het Joodsche Weekblad for Louis van Straten.
Het Joodsche Weekblad, 17 October 1941, 8