Pierot/Stokvis/Van Essen

Visa Recipients

  • PIEROT, Eva née STOKVIS P A
    Age 64 | Visa #1394
  • PIEROT, Jacques P A
    Age 58 | Visa #1393
  • STOKVIS, Alice Hedwige née MEYERFELD
    Age 51
  • STOKVIS, Alice née STOKVIS A
    Age 53
  • STOKVIS, Charles Ferdinand
    Age 70
  • STOKVIS, Hugo
    Age 63
  • STOKVIS, Louis Gustaaf
    Age 55
  • STOKVIS, Marguerite (Mignonne) née BOEUF
    Age 47
  • STOKVIS, Samuel Raphael John P A
    Age 24 | Visa unnumbered
  • STOKVIS, Theodora/Thea
    Age 29
  • STOKVIS, Theodorus/Theo
    Age 66
  • VAN ESSEN, Marcel
    Age 25

About the Family

The PIEROT couple received their visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 12, 1940. They crossed into Portugal and sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Exeter in August 1940.

The STOKVIS family and Marcel VAN ESSEN received visas signed by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bayonne on June 22, 1940.

Theodorus and Alice STOKVIS, along with their daughter Theodora, flew from Lisbon to New York on the Dixie Clipper in August 1940. Charles F. STOKVIS flew to New York on the Dixie Clipper in September 1940.

Hugo and Alice STOKVIS, along with their son Samuel and his friend Marcel VAN ESSEN, flew to New York on the Atlantic Clipper in September 1940.

Louis Gustaaf and Marguerite STOKVIS sailed from Lisbon to New York on the ship Exeter in October 1940.

  • Photos
  • Artifacts

Visa issued to Samuel STOKVIS in Bayonne

Consular stamp of visa for Samuel STOKVIS

1372-1407

Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon

Letter from Portugal to Brussels

Letter from Portugal to Brussels