Manuel Hilversum was a son of Salomon Hilversum and Johanna Zwaab. He married 14 June 1905 in Amsterdam to Grietje Frank, a daughter of Hartog Marcus Frank and Klaartje de Wilde.
The couple had eight children, of whom one baby-daughter has died only 7 months old. Their children Johanna, Clara and Salomon did not live anymore in their parent house: they lived elswhere in Amsterdam. At home were sti…