Lodewijk Gerardus van Kamp, born in Amerongen on May 28, 1886, son of Evert van Kamp (coppersmith) and Aukje Keimpes Feenstra (maid servant), traveling salesman.

Lodewijk was married in Amersfoort on April 24, 1913, at the age of 26 to
Lambertha van Nieuwenhuizen (aged approximately 22 years), born in Leusden circa 1891, daughter of Cornelis van Nieuwenhuizen and Lubberta van Elten.