Jeannette Groenteman

Meijer Machiel Groenteman was a son of Jonas Groenteman and Schoontje Turfrijer. He was born on July 5, 1913 in Amsterdam and he was a tailor by profession. On 5 September 1934 he married Lena Kroonenberg in Amsterdam, who was born in Amsterdam on 23 May 1914 as the daughter of Willem Kroonenberg and Naatje Peperroot. The couple had three children, viz. John in 1935, Anne in 1936 and Jeannette in …

Jeannette Groenteman was born on 2 August 1938 in Amsterdam as the youngest child of Meijer Machiel Groenteman and Lena Kroonenberg. She had a brother, John, and a sister, Anne, who were respectively three, and one a half years older than she was.

The family lived at Nieuwe Kerkstraat 61 hs and father Meijer earned his living as a tailor. He had a workshop where coats were made. His wife Lena, mot…