Jurjentje Rauwerda

Jurjentje Aukes Rauwerda (14 December 1812, in Oentsjerk – 3 October 1877, Amsterdam), later Jurrentje Weinthal, On 3 October 1835 she gave birth to a daughter, Jacoba Frederika, who was reputed to be the daughter of Parisian porcelain manufacturer Monsieur Lejeune. By 1837 she was living in Leeuwarden, and gave birth to a son, Johan Frederik, who died a year later.

In 1843, she was officially registered as a seamstress in Leeuwarden, living with her two surviving children in Speelmansstraat, in the Jewish part of the city. In May that year she moved to the adjacent Zuupsteeg. Their son, Bernard, was born in 1844. In 1847 they moved to Groningen.

Around 1850 the adjacent buildings were purchased and the brothel extended into them. The brothel was now from 227 - 229 Voorburgwal. The revamped establishment now boasted a winter garden, a large salon where the women could meet clients and luxuriously appointed 'work rooms'. Behind the scenes there were dormitories to the women, who all lived-in.