Born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Robert Kan and his family escaped the Nazis on May 13, 1940 and emigrated to Queens, New York via the Dutch East Indies. He received a BA in Economics from Hofstra Univeristy and worked for thirty years for the US government at the Department of Commerce, the Atomic Energy Commission, the National Science Foundation, and the American Embassy in Tokyo. After retiring from the government, he became a Certified Financial Planner. He was a lifelong Boy Scout and accomplished philatelist. He was married for 58 years to Francisca Verdoner Kan and had three daughters, Jeanette, Susan, and Eleanor.
Title handwritten on film label for all of Film ID 2478:"Graduation Betsy Robs Silver Point Donald-Kew Gardens 1949 Kinderen Joe Colland Joplin Feb 1950 Ellison 195" Not sure which titles correspond to Stories 4434-4438. The donor has not identified people in footage.
Color. Betsy walking a baby stroller down a sidewalk (similar to 01:09 on Film ID 2478). Grandparents walk down a sidewalk towards the camera. CU baby in white sleeping in the stroller. Betsy and the baby walking along the sidewalk with Betsy's parents-in-law.
Kan family in US postwar: Betsy's baby