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Johan Henri Alexander van Steenvelt

Johan van Steenvelt was a brother-in-law of Jan Gies.

Person

  • Johan Henri Alexander van Steenvelt
  • Born on: Jan. 6, 1882
  • Born in: Padang, Nederlands-Indië
  • Died on: Sept. 8, 1946
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Johan van Steenvelt was a brother-in-law of Jan Gies. He worked as a proxy holder.[1] On 17 August 1916 he married Rosina Wilhelmina Gies in Amsterdam. Their daughter Willy Lucie was born on 27 July 1917. On 13 December 1928, he was witness to the first marriage of his brother-in-law Jan Gies with M.M.G. Netten.[2]

On 6 May 1944, the engagement party of their daughter Lucie with Victor Bernard took place in their house on Amstelveenseweg.[3] Jan and Miep Gies were present. Anne Frank wrote in her diary what Miep said about the party.[4]

Source personal data.[1] Address: Amstelveenseweg 334-II, Amsterdam.[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart J.H.A. van Steenvelt.
  2. ^ SAA, Burgerlijke Stand (toegang 5009), inv. nr. 5852: register van huwelijksakten 1928, deel 55-3g, 44v, akte 769.
  3. ^ Privébezit familie Den Drijver – Bernard: verlovingskaartje Lucie van Steenvelt en Victor Bernard.
  4. ^ Anne Frank, Diary Version A, 8 May 1944, in: The Collected Works, transl. from the Dutch by Susan Massotty, London [etc.]: Bloomsbury Continuum, 2019.