Maurits van Oosten was the son of Jonas van Oosten and Gonda Godschalk. He had two brothers and a sister. Maurits was known as Mau. Machiel ran the furniture shop De Walvisch (which opened in 1896) with his father Jonas van Oosten and his brother Machiel. In addition to selling home furnishings, the firm arranged moves. The firm's large orange lorry was the first transport vehicle in Assen. The ex…