Tobias van West was a son of Philip van West and Kaatje Sjouwerman and married in Weesp on 24 August 1892. After his first wife Betje Boutelje died on 16 May 1931, Tobias remarried in Amsterdam on 8 November 1939 to Anna Groen.
Tobias and Betje were the parents of Joseph Philip van West.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, archiefkaart Tobias van West.