Esther van West was the eldest of the five children of Levie van West and Margaretha de Metz. She was born in Amsterdam on 3 October 1872 and married David Koekoek on 17 May 1899 in Antwerp. He was born in Den Haag on 14 October 1872 as a son of Salomon Koekoek and Elisabeth van Creveld
David Koekoek arrived from den Haag in Antwerp already in November 1895, where he worked as commercial agent. He…