Biography

About Joseph Brilleslijper

Joseph Brilleslijper was a son of Machiel Brilleslijper and Rebekka Bamberger. He married 15 November 1911 to Vrouwtje van Geens, daughter of Jonas van Geens and Margaretha Halberstadt. Together they had three children: Machiel, Margaretha and Rebekka.
On 24 July 1924 Vrouwtje van Geens passed away and one year later on 1 July 1925 Joseph Brilleslijper married in Amsterdam to Duifje van Velzen, daughter of Salomon van Velzen and Dina Berghoff.
Toghether they had again two children, of whom Salomon died as a baby of 3 months old in 1926, and Hartog.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Joseph Brilleslijper and website www.wiewawie.nl.

In addition, a Jokos file (number 7467) on this person is at the Amsterdam Municipal Archive. Access is subject to authorization from the Stichting Joods Maatschappelijk Werk.