Roosje Peereboom was a daughter of Levie Peereboom and Jette Bloemhof. She married Jacob Zilverberg from Coevorden and they had together five children. One daughter has survived the Holocaust, but the other four children, Louis, Jetje, Cato en Levie, have been killed in the Shoah.

Roosje Peereboom was born into a family with nine children. Two children died in childhood. One son passed already before the war and one daughter has survived the Holocaust. However Abraham, Mozes, Roosje and Reintje self have been killed in the Shoah. However Abraham, Mozes, Betje, Reintje and Roosje self, have been killed in the Shoah.

City Archive of Amsterdam, family registration card of Levie Peereboom, Archive of Drente, various death certificates.