Biography

About Marcus Israël

Marcus Israël and Clara Barnstijn were married at Westerbork transit camp on 1 March 1943. He was a retired civil servant at the Dutch Railways, and the widower of Clemence Maisonpierre. He was a son of the cattle dealer Jacob Israël and Helena Wolff, both deceased. Clara, a merchant, was the widow of Abraham Marcus. She was a daughter of Ephraim Barnstijn and Schoontje Dondorp, both deceased.
Record of marriage certificates of the Westerbork municipality, currently at the archives of Gemeente Midden-Drenthe in Beilen

Marcus Israël had three sons with his first wife: Jacob, Philip and a son that survived the war.
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