Willem van West was a son of David van West and Keetje Cohen and he was the second child in a family of 12 children. Willem was born in Amsterdam on 6 April 1887 and he earned his living as a hawker. With his parents and sibs he lived at home in the Tweede Oosterparkstraat 63 in Amsterdam until his wedding to Rosette Kloot. Rosette was born on 18 June 1889 in a family of also 12 children as a daug…