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From: "Elizabeth DeLeo" <>
Subject: Re: [MARTIN-UK] William Martin b approx 1856
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 14:44:23 -0800
References: <20040323.111613.2100.0.lori-n@juno.com>


I have some Martins. Don't know if they might be related to yours however.
Here's the url to one Martin page on my website...
http://groups.msn.com/CelticConnectionsofWalesandCornwall/notesonwilliammartin.msnw
Toward the bottom I give an update.
Always tons of Williams and Marys etc. It's an ongoing job to sort them all
out.
Cheers
Lizzie


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Subject: [MARTIN-UK] William Martin b approx 1856


> Hello,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list, and will be happy to be able to get to know
> everyone here.
>
> I am working on finding information for my g grandfather, William Martin,
> and his parents, William and Mary Martin.
> On my g grandfathers death certificate, it lists his mother as Mary
> Martin. My first thought was that they didn't use her
> maiden name, my second thought was that maybe Martin was her maiden name
> as well.
>
> I don't know much about these folks prior to William marrying my g
> grandmother, Ellen/Nellie Ryan in Ohio in 1880.
> According to census records, William immigrated to the US in 1870. He
> would have been about age 14, and I have still
> not been able to find out if he came alone, or with one or both of his
> parents. I suspect that he (or they) arrived in New York,
> and that William later sought work in Ohio, as he was working as a waiter
> in a hotel in my g grandmothers town in 1880.
>
> My father grew up under the impression that William was from the
> Liverpool area, but I have nothing that would confirm
> or dismiss that.
>
> My researching has been further complicated by the names being so common.
>
> If anyone has come across anything that might help, I'd really appreciate
> it, as well as being more than happy to share
> what I have on him from 1880 forward.
>
>
> Thanks so much!
>
> Lori
>
>
>
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