Bareend Kornalijnslijper was a son of Abram Salomon Kornalijnslijper and Saartje Jacob Goudsmit. He married on 10 March 1880 in Amsterdam to Betje Pesaro, daughter of Abraham Pesaro and Naatje Jacob Haat. Betje passed away there on 6 June 1896. The couple had one son in 1881, Abraham. After the death of Betje Pesaro, Barend Kornalijnslijper remarried on 29 May 1907 in Amsterdam to Alida van Kollem, daughter of Izaak van Kollem and Betje Jacob de Jong.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Barend Kornalijnslijper and website www.wiewaswie.nl.
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