Joseph was born on February 17th, 1898 in Zutendaal. Joseph's father was Petrus Bobbaers and his mother was Gertrudis Linmans. His paternal grandparents were Josephus Bobbaers and Christina Schrijvers. He had five brothers and five sisters, named NN, NN, <Unknown>, <Unknown>, <Unknown>, <Unknown>, <Unknown>, <Unknown>, <Unknown> and <Unknown>. He died at the age of 44 on February 9th, 1943 in Zutendaal.