Captions 4

Captions and photos by Vibeke Olsen

262. In August 1999 members of the family gathered to discuss their possible participation in the international family reunion in Barcelona.
263. A lovely picture of Josephine Sealtiël DU4. She is the latest member of my family that I have discovered in the Netherlands. She could be mistaken as a sister to my grandmother Jacoba DQ3.
264. The slightly odd marriage between Vibeke Sealtiël Olsen of mixed Danish-Dutch-Sephardic origine and the Egyptian muslim Alla Hassan from Cairo was celebrated with this double portrait taken in 1999 at Studio Heine nearby the Munttoren in Amsterdam.
265. A lovely picture of Yusef Lennart Abu Hamad, taken at the kindergarten "De Kleine Gast" in Amsterdam, January 1999. The four different nationalities of the grandparents of Yusef testifies to the effectiveness of today's multi-cultural societies.

267. This is the cover design for the Sealtiel Family Book, including pictures of several members of the Dutch family, as they looked like in the 20th century.

269. A picture of Rosa de Groot, the very bright daughter  of politician Paul de Groot.

271. This 19th century portrait of Aron Rocamora and Sara Sealtiel is a link to our Sealtiel cousins in Hamburg.
273. A 1993 picture of the house at Nieuwe Kerkstraat 63, where Joseph David Sealtiël AA8 lived with his extended family. In 1999 this building was demolished.
276. The Dutch newspaper announcement of the decease of Joseph AA8 stated that "everyone who knew the precious deceased will know what we all lose with him".
277. David Sealtiel DB3 painted this picture of his cousin David Sealtiel DC1 dressed as clown. The painting is owned by Frida Sealtiel, a granddaughter of the second David.

301. Rosa Frank was the daughter of Salomon Frank and Frederika Sealtiel DB2. She was a beautiful and lovely girl with her protruding front teeth. Nobody could have been more happy that Lion Borstrock, the wealthy englishman who won her heart.
304. Rachel Sealtiel DB7 was born in Amsterdam, she married a gentile man and later they were divorced in Belgium. She lived the rest of her life in Bruxelles, where she made a living as a market stall holder. Thepicture is taken at the Place du Jordan market in 1960.