When Johann Diedrich Martens was born on 30 August 1842, in Lamstedt, Neuhaus an der Oste, Hanover, Prussia, Germany, his father, Ahrend Martens, was 41 and his mother, Maria Adelheid Fruchtenicht, was 28. He married Julie Marie Margarethe Schumacher on 24 June 1870, in Lamstedt, Neuhaus an der Oste, Hanover, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 13 April 1916, in Warstade, Neuhaus an der Oste, Hanover, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 73.
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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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