Abraham van Esso

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Abraham van Esso, birth 1 Aug 1849 Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland, died 23 Jul 1923 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland, son of Meijer Mozes van Esso and Vrouwke van Dam

Married 4 Jan 1881 Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland to:

Bettje Kroon, birth 6 Dec 1855 Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland, died 2 Nov 1942 Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland, daughter of Samuel Moshe Shmuel Abraham Kroon and Frouke Lazarus de Vries

1) Meijer van Esso, birth 18 Jan 1882 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland, died 3 Jul 1884 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

2) Samuel van Esso, birth 8 Jul 1883 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland, died 20 Mar 1943 Sobibor, Biala Podleska, Polen to: Bloemmetje Spier, birth 20 Sep 1882 Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland, died 20 Mar 1943 Sobibor, Polen

3) Vrouktje van Esso, birth 18 Dec 1884 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland, died 2 Aug 1938 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

4) Sientje van Esso, birth 19 Jan 1887 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland, died 19 Feb 1943 Auschwitz*

5) Stillborn Son van Esso, birth 15 Jun 1889 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland, died 15 Jun 1889 Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

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Bettje van Esso-Kroon was born in Appingedam as daughter of Samuel Kroon and Frouke de Vries. The couple had eleven children. She married on 4 January 1881 in Appingedam to Abraham van Esso. He was born in Vollenhove as one of six children of Meijer Mozes van Esso and Vrouwke van Dam.

Bettje and Abraham had five children: Meijer (1882-1884), Samuel (1883-1943), Vroukje (1884-1943), Sientje (1887-1884), and a baby who died during birth.

Abraham – nicknamed Bram de Soep – was one of the Van Esso’s who were in the silver trade. He had his first shop on Touwstraat, later on Grote Kerkstraat. Of all the ‘Silver Van Esso’s’ Abraham was the least wealthy.

After the death of Abraham on 23 July 1923, Bettje and her daughter Sientje were left in Meppel. Sientje was unmarried and lived together with her mother on Emmastraat. Sientje was a talented actress; she and Mrs Worst-Maat, were the best actresses that Meppel ever had. Sientje was a member of the theatre group TAVENU and played some unforgettable roles. Together with director Harm Plenter, and also under his direction, she played brilliantly. She acted in the plays Filmmaniakken (1927) and the Bruiloft (wedding) van Kloris and Roosje (1927).

Harm Plenter stimulated cultural life in Meppel at the beginning of the 20th century. He was theatre director, writer of revues, platform speaker and actor. In the field of culture he found that Jewish girls had a little extra to offer compared to their non-Jewish colleagues and that they dominated their male colleagues in every respect.

At the beginning of the Second World War, mother and daughter Van Esso must have gone through a very quiet and lonely period. And as far as they would have felt the need for it, for Sientje’s cultural hobbies was of course no more place. Mother and daughter were taken out of their house on 3 October 1942 and transported to Westerbork, where they stayed together for a month.

Bettje died on 2 November in camp Westerbork and was buried at the Jewish cemetery in Assen. She was 86 years old. Seintje stayed at Westerbork until 16 February 1943 and was then transported to Auschwitz. Three days after her arrival on 19 February she died. She was 56 years old.

Bruidegom: Abraham van Esso Geboorteplaats: Ambt Vollenhove Beroep: Koopman Vader bruidegom: Meijer Mozes van Esso Moeder bruidegom: Vroukje van Dam Bruid: Bettje Kroon Geboorteplaats: Appingedam Vader bruid: Samuel Abraham Kroon Beroep: vleeschhouwer Moeder bruid: Frouwke Lazarus de Vries Gebeurtenis: Huwelijk Datum: dinsdag 4 januari 1881 Appingedam bruidegom 31 jaar; bruid 25 jaar

Overledene: Abraham van Esso Geslacht: Man Geboorteplaats: Ambt-Vollenhove Geboortedatum: woensdag 1 augustus 1849 Leeftijd: 73 jaar Beroep: Koopman Vader: Meijer Mozes van Esso Geslacht: Man Moeder: Vroukje van Dam Geslacht: Vrouw Relatie: Bettje Kroon Relatiesoort: Echtgenote Geslacht: Vrouw Gebeurtenis: Overlijden Datum: maandag 23 juli 1923 Gebeurtenisplaats: Meppel