Redmond Edward Martin

Brief Life History of Redmond Edward

When Redmond Edward Martin was born in 1815, in Raleigh, West Virginia, United States, his father, James John Martin, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca Pearcy, was 25. He married Elizabeth Midkiff on 8 December 1843, in Kanawha, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kanawha, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1882, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Alum Creek, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Redmond Edward Martin
1815–1882
Elizabeth Midkiff
1814–1884
Marriage: 8 December 1843
Susan Martin
1845–1900
Lucetta Martin
1846–1882
Charles William Martin
1846–1918
James Martin
1850–
Mary Ann Martin
1856–
John D. Martin
1858–

Sources (14)

  • Redmund Martin, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Redmond Edward Martin - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1816; Virginia, United States
  • Redmond Martin, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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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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