Background
She was born in Zwolle as the daughter of the beer brewer Herman van Marle and his wife Lamberta Holt. After her father died her mother married another brewer, Geurt Greve, and he merged his business with Van Marle"s at the brewery "De Gouden Kroon", located in the Voorstraat (behind the Vrouwenhuis on a street parallel to the Melkmarkt).