Isaac van West, the eighth of the nine children of Salomon van West and Betje Lelie, was born in Amsterdam on 21 August 1891. Like his father, he was a florist and merchant by trade. On 2 August 1917 he married Alida de Rood, a daughter of Hartog de Rood and Naatje Kesner. Alida was born in Amsterdam on 29 December 1895
The Van West-de Rood couple had three children, viz. Vogelina in 1918, Hartog …