Louis Davids was the second son of Isaac Davids and Catharina Hart and was born on 3 August 1874 in Rotterdam. He earned his living as a docker in the port of Rotterdam. On 1 July 1903 he married in Rotterdam Jetje Moscoviter, a daughter of Leendert Moscoviter and Rachel Brandon.
The couple had eight children, namely Catharina, Rachel, Rebekka, Sientje, Alida, Leendert and the twin Isaac en Joseph…