English Ernest Martin

Brief Life History of English Ernest

When English Ernest Martin was born on 23 February 1892, in Patrick, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Fountain Martin, was 35 and his mother, Martha Jane Rakes, was 33. He married Nettie Elva Williams in December 1919, in Patrick, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Dan River, Patrick, Virginia, United States in 1900 and Premier, McDowell, West Virginia, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 14 October 1930, in Slab Fork District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Stuart, Patrick, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

English Ernest Martin
1892–1930
Nettie Elva Williams
1900–1993
Marriage: December 1919
Virginia Katherine Martin
1920–2009
Vera Evelyn Martin
1922–2021
Louella Alice Martin
1923–
Wayne Hermon Martin
1923–1999
Charles Edward Martin
1925–1982
Ella Martin
1927–
Sadie Marie Martin
1928–2002
Robert Daniel Martin
1929–2023

Sources (23)

  • E E Martin, "United States Census, 1930"
  • E. E. Martin, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • E E Martin, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

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Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.

English: variant of Marton .

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.

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

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