John Martin

Brief Life History of John

When John Martin was born on 21 August 1828, in Torphichen, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Martin, was 47 and his mother, Janet Stewart, was 28. He married Sarah Ann Sargent on 3 June 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1843, at the age of 17, his occupation is listed as english chimney sweep. He died on 24 March 1915, in Wilson, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Martin
1828–1915
Sarah Ann Sargent
1836–1911
Marriage: 3 June 1855
Sarah Ellen Martin
1856–1945
John Martin Junior
1858–1921
Louisa Martin
1860–1934
Janet Martin
1862–1863
Mary Ann Martin
1864–1949
Genevra Martin
1866–1910
William Martin
1868–1869
Lenora Martin
1871–1879
Joseph Albert Martin
1873–1875
Rachel Martin
1875–1938
Elizabeth Martin
1878–1879
Idella Louvisa Martin
1881–1968

Sources (68)

  • John Martin, "United States Census, 1910"
  • John Martin, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • John Sr. Martin, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1841

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source

1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

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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John Martin was born August 21, 1828 at Jorpheston, near Bathgate Lintethgoshire, Scotland the son of Robert Martin and Jenet Stewart. Their marriage was an unhappy one. He was the second son and las …

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