Jacob Zilverberg was a son of David Ziverberg and Froukje Duitscher. He married 6 October 1915 in Amsterdam to Mirian Cohen, a daughter of Mozes Cohen and Ester Mirian Roos.
Jacob and Miriam had six children. One child, married and living at a different address, survived the war.
Stadsarchief Amsterdam, gezinskaarten and www.wiewaswie.nl.