Salomon Hersch was born in 1880. Salomon Hersch's father was Isak Spiler and his mother was Beile Ziffer. His maternal grandparents were Shelomo Samuel Ziffer and ?. He was the oldest of four children. He had a brother and two sisters, named Leib, Cirl and Gitel. He died, at the age of 5, in 1885.