Joseph Lievendag, born 17 July 1869 in Borne, was a son of Salomon Lievendag and Rozetta Sleisner. 21 October 1903, he married Rachel Dikker in Amsterdam, a daughter of Mozes Jacob Dikker and Sophia Zadoks. The couple had four children; Rozet and Salomon have died as babies; Sophie (1905) and Salomon Mozes (1909) were killed in the Shoah.
After the wedding, the Lievendag family lived in Enschede a…