Hendrik Johannes Rooijers was born on 29 May 1890 in Haarlem. He was the son of house painter Johannes Thomas Adrianus Rooijers and his wife Catharina Muller. Catharina died when Hendrik was just five and the following year his father remarried to Hendrika Anthonetta Reemer.
Hendrik married Maria Anthonia Cramer on 23 April 1914 in Haarlem. They had four children. Hendrik worked as a barber.
Hendrik died on 4 September 1953 in Haarlem, aged 63. He was survived by Maria.
Children: Johanna Maria Gemma Susanna Rooijers (1915-1962) Johannes Thomas Adrianus Rooijers (1918) Maria Anthonia Catharina Rooijers (1919-2001) Hendrik Johannes Rooijers (1920)