Hijman de Vries was a son of Joel Isaak de Vries and Klaartje Hijman Neeter. He married 17 August 1887 in Amsterdam to Jansje Bonewit, daughter of Philip Bonewit and Engeltje Fierlier. The couple had five children: Joel, Engeltje, Philip, Isaac and Clara.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Hijman de Vries and website www.wiewaswie.nl.
In October 1941, an obituary was placed in Het Joodsche Weekblad for Hijman de Vries.
Het Joodsche Weekblad, 24 October 1941, 10