Martha Colman

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Colman was born in June 1858, in Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States, her father, George Colman, was 30 and her mother, Odelia Schuler, was 32. She married Samuel Elmore Dickinson in 1881, in Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Butler, Butler Township, Branch, Michigan, United States for about 20 years and Tekonsha, Tekonsha Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died in 1900, in Tekonsha Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Saint Joseph Cemetery, Clarendon Township, Calhoun, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Elmore Dickinson
1854–1937
Martha Colman
1858–1900
Marriage: 1881
Ola Z. Dickinson
1888–1895
Marion M. Dickinson
1892–1977

Sources (9)

  • Martha Collman in household of George Collman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Martha Colman in entry for Dr Ward Francis Seeley and Marion Madeline Dickinson, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Martha Colman in household of George Colman, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Irish (Mayo and Sligo) and English: variant of Coleman .

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kohlmann or Kollmann .

Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kalman or Kolman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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