Martinus Johannes Braun (1900 - 1988)

Born 20 Apr 1900 in Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Husband of Wilhelmina Johanna Maria (Sweerts) Braun — married 9 Jan 1935 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

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Biography

Martinus Johannes Marie Braun, born 20 April 1900^[1] in Beverwijk, son of Johannes Braun and Maria Catharina Theodora Boonekamp. He passed away 15 December 1988.

Martinus Johannes married 23 January 1935^[2] with Wilhelmina Johanna Maria Sweerts

Occupation: in the 1930’s and 1940’s Martinus was a merchant in drapery and soft goods and a commissionairagent in furniture. Things did not always go well and Martinus went bankrupt several times^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/28107524
2. ↑ no primary birth record avialable, source is an announcement in the Haarlem’s Dagblad, 10-01-1935: https://nha.courant.nu/issue/HD/1935-01-24/edition/0/page/2
3. ↑ Newspapers in Noord-Holland 1935-1950: https://nha.courant.nu/search?query=m.j.m.%20braun&period=1930%20-%201989&sort=issuedate%20ascending

Acknowledgments

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