Hendricus Franciscus Vittali & Hendrika van Meerveld - great-grandparents
Hendricus Franciscus Vittali was born on 24 July 1912 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland. He was raised by his father, trained in hand-making brushes, but put out of work when factories took over the local demand; and his mother, who worked as a cleaner to support the family.
Hendrika van Meerveld was born on 26 August 1915 in Diemen, Noord-Holland. She was the eldest child of thirteen. In 1928 her family moved to Duivendrecht, where each child attended the local Christian school. They lived in a terrace and their father owned a farm nearby.
Hendricus and Hendrika married on 14 August 1940 in Amsterdam. They had two children and moved to Haarlem at the end of the War. They lived in the same house there for over fifty years. Hendricus died on 12 June 1997 aged 84, and Hendrika spent her final months in a nursing home in Heemstede where she died on 23 November 2002 aged 87.
Children: Robert Hendricus Vittali (living) Marianne Hendrika Vittali (1946-2004)