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Aäron van Pels

Aäron van Pels was the father of Hermann van Pels and the grandfather of Peter.

Person

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  • Aäron David van Pels
  • Born on: March 13, 1869
  • Born in: Oude Pekela, Nederland
  • Died on: Dec. 27, 1941
  • Died in: Amsterdam, Nederland

Aaron van Pels, vermoedelijk Osnabrück, 22 maart 1936

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Status onduidelijk

Aäron van Pels married Lina Vorsänger on 15 April 1893 in Quakenbrück.[1] They had six children. Because Aaron van Pels had remained a Dutchman, his children were given Dutch nationality.

In 1922, he established a trading company in butcher's supplies in Osnabrück..[2] Lina died on 21 November 1923.[1] His son Hermann worked in his father's business from about 1932 until his emigration in 1937. The business was closed down on 19 September 1938 as a result of National Socialist measures..[2]

In February 1939 he came to Amsterdam. He moved in with his daughter, Henny. Four of his five other children also settled in and around Amsterdam at the end of the 1930s.[3]

On 24 May 1939, he received a certificate of good conduct from the municipality of Amsterdam, because of his intention to leave for South America..[4] He was planning to join his daughter Meta in Brazil, but that country rejected his visa application. An application to the United States failed because of the rigidity of the procedure.[5] 

Source personal data.[1][6] Addresses: Gehrde; Osnabrück; Okeghemstraat 6 I, Amsterdam (Feb. ’39); Zuider Amstellaan 114c III (June ’39); Minervalaan 49 I (3 May 1940).[1]

Footnotes

  1. a, b, c, d Stadsarchief Amsterdam (SAA), Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaart A.D. van Pels.
  2. a, b Niedersächsisches Landesarchiv Hannover (NLH), Entschädigungsakten Hermann van Pels, Nds. 110W, Acc. 70/95 Nr. 538, beschikking inzake "Entschädigung", 15 januari 1969.
  3. ^ SAA, Dienst Bevolkingsregister, Archiefkaarten (toegangsnummer 30238): Archiefkaarten A.D. van Pels, D.M. van Pels (1893), H. van Pels (1890, abusief), H. van Pels (1895), I.H. van Pels (1896) en C. van Pels (1900).
  4. ^ SAA, Archief Secretarie, Afdeling Algemene Zaken, toegang 5181, inv. nr. 7641, indicateur van aanvragen van bewijzen van Nederlanderschap en van goed gedrag, 1939, volgnr. 5546.
  5. ^ NLH, Nds 110W, Acc. 75/95 Nr. 538, Entschädigungsakten A.D. van Pels, beëdigde verklaring Ida Selowsky - van Pels, 21 maart 1960.
  6. ^ SAA, Burgerlijke Stand, toegang 5009, inv. nr. 6940, registers van overlijdens 1941, deel 13, akte 382.