Arie Schelvis was a son of Mozes Schelvis and Marianne Wurms. He married 24 November 1909 in Amsterdam to Elsje Polak, daughter of Wolf Levi Polak and Rebekka Drees. The couple had seven children: Wolf, Mozes, Levie, Marianne, Rebecca, Salomon and Esther.
City Archive of Amsterdam, archive card of Arie Schelvis and website www.wiewaswie.nl.
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