Meijer Swaab was a son of Nathan Swaab and Saartje Koord. He married Raatje Gerritse in Amsterdam on 12 June 1889, a daughter of Izak Tobias Gerritse and Judith Jacob Korper.
The couple had eight children, of whom one baby daughter already died, only 1 1/2 year old. Two sons and one daughter have survived the war but the other four children: Sara, Catharina, Debora and Mietje have been killed dur…