When Paul Jacob Martens was born about 1769, in Molochansk, Tokmak, Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Soviet Union, his father, Jacob Martin, was 31 and his mother, Maria Dyck, was 27. He married Katharina Thiessen in 1792, in Molotschna, Tavrida, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died in 1828, in Molotschna, Tavrida, Russian Empire, at the age of 60.
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North German (also Märtens), Dutch, and Flemish: patronymic from the personal name Marten . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the surname Martens may also be an altered form of the Dutch variant Maartens. Compare Martins .
English: variant of Martins .
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