Emanuel Zwaab was a son of Philip Elias Zwaab and Reintje Verdoner. He was born in a family with five other siblings, who have passed away all before the war. Emanuel married 26 September 1883 in Amsterdam to Duijfje Komkommer, a daughter of Hartog Komkommer and Branke Achttienribbe.
Emanuel and Duifje had seven children together of whom one was stillborn, one sone died only 3 months of age, anot…