Joseph Hermann MAERTENS [2751]

  General Notes:

Joseph Herman Maertens
Vital Birth Information
Date 28 JAN 1877
Location Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
No description has been added.

Marriage Information
Mertin (Maertens), Joseph Herman
Date 1914
No place has been added.
to Lydia Sarah Bell
No description has been added
This conflicts with the birth dtes of his children and other marriage data probably 1904 is correct.

In the 1940 Census all the family but Joseph Hermann Maertens and Joseph Cootey were racially classified as Part Hawaiian

Joseph Herman Maertens
Vital Death Information
Date 24 FEB 1961
Location Kamuela, Hawaii, Hawaii, United States
No description has been added.

Maertens, Joseph Herman Obituary Honolulu Advertiser, Friday, March 2, 1951
Honolulu Advertiser, Friday, March 2, 1951
Joseph Maertens Buried at Kamuela
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the family plot at Kamuela, Hawaii, for Joseph Herman Maertens, 74, who died at his home there Saturday. Mr. Maertens had been a resident of Kamuela for 52 years. Services were conducted by the Rev. Simtier of Imiola church.
He was born in Honolulu Jan. 28, 1877, the son of William L. and Emma Booth Maertens. His father was the founder of the firm of Hoffschlaeger Co., in the islands.
Mr. Maertens was educated at Punahou school here, at San Mateo, Calif., and in Germany. He was a leading baseball player on Hawaii for many years.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lydia Deverill Maertens of Kamuela; a brother, William Maertens of Honolulu; two brothers, Herman and Frederick residing in Germany; the following children: Mrs. Emma Haena of Hilo; Frederick and Arthur, Kamuela; Mrs. E. C. Hooper, Mrs. J. H. Davis and Mrs. George Webster, Honolulu; Mrs. E. L. Berry, Phoenix, Ariz.; Mrs. Ed Balles, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. John Damiana, Niagara Falls, N.Y.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Josephs grandaughter writes in 2013 "The Family buried in Waimea were buried in the Maertens Cemetery at the back of their home, until Imeola Church took it over in 2000 when my Uncle passed away."

  Other Records

1. Census: US Hawaii, 8 May 1910, Waimea Village Sth Kohala Hawaii. Joseph is recorded as Jos head of house married aged 33 a teamster with his own wagon working on his own account born Hawaii his father was born in Germany. He was living in his own house free of mortgage.

2. Census: US Hawaii, 19 Jan 1920, Waimea Village Sth Kohala Hawaii. Joseph is recorded as head of house married aged 42 a farmer on a general farm working on his own account born Hawaii his father was born in Germany.

3. Census: US Hawaii, 10 Apr 1930, Waimea Village Sth Kohala Hawaii. Joseph is recorded as head of house married aged 53 park keeper County of Hawaii born Hawaii his father was born in Germany.

4. Census: US Hawaii, 20 Apr 1940, Waimea Sth Kohala Hawaii. Joseph H is recorded as head of house married aged 63 living on his own means in his own house valued at $1500 born in Hawaii

Joseph married Lydia Sarah DEVERILL [2752] [MRIN: 901], daughter of Alfred Palmer DEVERILL [2742] and Emma Angeline LINDSEY [2743], on 25 Apr 1904 in Waimea Village Sth Kohala Hawaii. (Lydia Sarah DEVERILL [2752] was born on 3 Dec 1885 in Waimea Village Sth Kohala Hawaii, died on 16 Sep 1967 in Hilo Hawaii HI and was buried on 18 Sep 1967 in Imiola Church Cemetery Kamuela, South Kohala, HI.)