Maurits Reens was a son of Jacob Reens and Anna Reens. He married Esther Prins, the eldest daughter of Abraham Prins and Grietje Levitus, on 29 September 1937. Their marriage certificate lists Maurits Reens as an upholsterer and Esther Prins as an overcoat decorator.
Esther Prins was born on her mother's seventeenth birthday at the women's ward of the Wilhelminagasthuis. She was raised by her mot…