DRAPER GOODS I.VAN DAM CLOTHING. That is to read above the door of the store of Izaak van Dam in Zuidlaren. In the shopdoor are standing Izaak van Dam, his wife Eva Nathans, his niece Betje Polak, emloyee and an unmarried daughter of Eva's sister Aaltje and her husband Philip Polak and an unknown woman, presumably also an employee. Photo made about 1925.
Eva Nathans was a daughter of Simon Nathans and Betje de Jong. She married the draper and clothing retailer Izaak van Dam in Haren (Groningen) on 3 September 1919, a son of Simon van Dam and Betje de Jong. The couple had five children, of whom Martha Betje and Machiel Nico have died already before t…
Izaäk van Dam was married to Eva Nathans. The couple had three sons, Martijn Bertus, Siemon Machiel and Bernard Max. They owned a textile goods shop at 42 Stationsweg in Zuidlaren. The two eldest sons, Martijn Bertus and Siemon Machiel, worked in the shop and peddled textiles to farmers. Betje Polak…