The Kothoffs, ca. 1895. Top left to right Henriette, Izaak, Jeltje, Benedictus, Israël. Bottom Jacob, Samuel, Martha Lezer (holding son Abraham who resided in the Dutch East Indies on her lap), Betje and Hendrika. (photo M. v.d. Vathorst) F.J. Hulst en H.M. Luning, De Joodse gemeente Assen. Geschiedenis van een behoorlijke kille, 1740-1976 (2e druk; Assen 1993) 111.
Jacob Levy van Baren was a son of Karel van Baren en Hester Meibergen. On December 27, 1897 he got married to Betje Marianna Kolthoff. She was a daughter of Benediktus Abraham Kolthoff and Martha Lezer. The couple had two children, of whom a son Carel Benedictus did not survive the war.
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