Brief Life History of William Hockinson
When William Hockinson Martin was born on 5 June 1876, in Pine Canyon, Tooele, Utah, United States, his father, Peter Gillespie Martin, was 26 and his mother, Christina Hockinson Blomdahl, was 21. He married Mary Jane Whittle on 1 October 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Marion, Cassia, Idaho, United States for about 20 years and Marion Election Precinct, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 13 May 1958, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Marion, Cassia, Idaho, United States.
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Sources (38)
- William H Martin, "United States 1950 Census"
- William H. Martin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- William Hockinsen Martin, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1876–1958 Male
1881–1958 Female
Children (9)
1904–1948 Male
1906–1973 Male
1908–1990 Female
1910–1993 Female
1912–2000 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1850–1933 Male
1855–1886 Female
Siblings (9)
1874–1878 Male
1875–1877 Female
1876–1958 Male
1877–1960 Male
1879–1879 Female
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 5
1881
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 22
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.
Story Highlight
Memoirs from Grandma Ora Martin Anderson
The following stories are recorded from memory that Ora Martin Anderson shared with her Granddaughter Nancy Sue Anderson Wilkes: As Ora’s mother, Mary Jane Whittle Martin, lay upon her deathbed, all …
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