Emanuël Hijman van Blijdenstijn was a son of Hijman van Blijdenstijn and Judith Docters. He was born 2 April 1887 in Ophemert as eldest of the six children in this family, of whom in 1893 a stillborn son was born. The other siblings were Antje Jeannette, Maria, Jeannette and Izak, who were all killed during the Shoah.
Emanuël Hijman van Blijdenstijn married Kaatje Levie in Zwolle on 2 May 1916. Sh…