Cent Maat1

M, #412, b. 1868
FatherNicolaas Maat1 b. Sep 1832
MotherPieternella Traas1 b. Mar 1842


Cent Maat was born in 1868 in 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zuid Beveland, Zeeland, The Netherlands.1 He married Maria Speijkers on 11 July 1889 in 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zuid Beveland, Zeeland.1,2


An article appeared on 3 July 1914 in the Het Oosten (pg. 29.)2

More information:
Cent Maat and Maria Maat immigrated on the Statendam, from Rotterdam, arriving on 4 Sep 1898 in New York, with six children: Nicholas (8), Neeltje (7), Jacobus (5), Pieternella (3), Cornelis Willem (2) and Jacoba (1 mo). They were going to his father Nicolaas Maat in Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey.3

Census Records:
1910 Fed. census: Household of Cent Martin, Westervelt Lane (#475), Acquackanonck Township, Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of Cent, his wife Mary and 10 children: Nicholas (20), Nellie (18), James (17), Trina (15), Cornelius (13), Cora (12), Jennie (10), all born in Holland, and Peter (7), John (6), Johanna (1 + 7 mo), all born in NJ.4
1920 Fed. census: Household of Cent Martin, Westervelt Lane (#405) (5th Ward), Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey. Household consists of Cent, his wife Mary and 8 children: James (26), Cora (21), both born in Holland, and Jennie (19), Peter (17), John (16), Johanna (11), Gerrit (9), and Vincent (7), all born in NJ.5

Citations

  1. [S3] Wie Was Wie, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at http://www.wiewaswie.nl/, 's-Heer Arendskerke Marriages : 1889 #16.
  2. [S16] Oosten, Jul 3, 1914, pg 29.
  3. [S2] Ellis Island, Statendam, 4 Sep 1898, pg 288, line 17-24.
  4. [S5] 1910 Federal Census, Cent Martin, 29 Apr 1910. T624 Roll: 904 Page: 28, ED 58.
  5. [S7] 1920 Federal Census, Cent Martin, 2 Jan 1920. T625 Roll: 1062 Page: 257, ED 11.