Isaac M. Martin

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• Eby ID Number: 00075-4350

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Isaac Martin, "the fourth child of Michael and Anna (Moyer) Martin, was born May 11th, 1848. He was married, October 21st, 1884, to Nancy, daughter of Isaac H. and Esther S. (Weber) Moyer. She was born June 7th, 1863. They resided at John B. Martin's, a little south of Conestogo where he died March 22nd, 1894. Their family consisted of four children".


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Isaac married Anna "Nancy" Moyer 21 Oct 1884. Anna (daughter of Isaac Moses Moyer and Esther S. Weber) was born 7 Jun 1863, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1946; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Emmerson Martin
2. Sylvester M. Martin was born 11 Oct 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Feb 1951; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Anna Martin was born 19 Apr 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 May 1907; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
4. Mary Ann Martin was born 29 Apr 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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• Eby ID Number: 00075-4349
• Occupation: 1881, Clinton Twp., Lincoln Co., Ontario; farmer

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Michael Martin, "the only son of Peter and Elizabeth (Weber) Martin, was born in Waterloo County about the year 1821, and was raised at the Twenty where he died in February, 1888. He was married to Anna Moyer and had a family of eight children, namely:...These children were all born in Lincoln County. No information received of any of their descendants save of Isaac, the fourth member of the family, who came and settled in Waterloo County."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

Michael — Anna Moyer. Anna was born 24 May 1823, , Ontario, Canada; died 24 Apr 1903, , Lincoln Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Moyer Burial Ground, , Lincoln Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4349.1

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Martin-Anna, widow of Michael Martin, was born May 24, 1823, and died at her home in Lincoln Co., Ont., April 24, 1903. She had been many years a faithful member of the Mennonite church. The remaining family have the sympathy of their many friends. The burial took place at the Moyer burying ground. Funeral services were held by Isaac Rittenhouse of South Cayuga, Ont. Text, Rom. 8: 18.


Herald of Truth, Vol. XL, No. 23, June 4, 1903, Page 182, 183

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• Interesting: story, religion
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4348

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Peter Martin, "the third son of Peter and Anna (Zimmerman) Martin, was born January 21st, 1799, and died November 7th, 1834. He was married to Elizabeth Weber. They resided in Woolwich Township, a few miles north of Waterloo where he was engaged in farming. They had one child, a son named Michael. Some time after Mr. Martin's decease the widow was again married to Joseph Fretz from the Twenty, Lincoln County, where she afterwards resided."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Martin Meeting House

According to Isaac Horst, "Martins meeting house was the first of the Old Order places of worship to be built. A meeting house is reported to have been built in 1830; burial was begun in the adjoining cemetery in 1831. Martins was aptly named. The first three bishops of the area were Martins, all descended from the pioneer, Peter Martin. The land on which the house stands was formerly owned by Martins (1979: 376)." Peter Martin, Jr. purchased 220 acres of land from his brother, Henry Martin, on May 8, 1824. Apparently he set aside four acres for a meeting house and burying ground at that time. The first burial is reported to have been that of Peter Martin, Sr., who died March 2, 1831. The meeting house was enlarged in 1900. John Weber was the first minister, followed by Abraham W. Martin, Samuel Weber, Paul Martin, Tobias Martin and Urias Martin. At one time surrounded by countryside, the meeting house and cemetery are now completely encircled by the commercial development brought about by the rapid expansion northward of the city of Waterlo.


Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

Peter — Elizabeth Weber. Elizabeth was born Abt 1800, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Fretz
• Name: Elizabeth Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4348.1
• Residence: 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38400277
• Interesting: story, pioneer, religion
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4295
• Residence: 1830, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 010, Waterloo County, Ontario

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Peter Martin, "was born in West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 26th, 1769. He was married to Anna Zimmerman, December 25th, 1793. She was born February 18th, 1775. He followed farming in his native state, but owing to the poor harvests for several years in succession, together with low wages and many business failures, caused him to make arrangements with his numerous family to move to Canada. Two of his daughters, Barbara, married to David Martin and Maria, married to Christian Zimmerman, remained in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, while the parents with fourteen of their children, together with Daniel Weber and others, moved to Canada in 1819. They, at their arrival here, settled first on the farm now owned by Dilman Shantz and the heirs of the late Abraham Groff, but not finding this to their taste they finally located on the farm now possessed by Menno Gingerich. Here they resided until their deaths. He died March 2nd, 1831, and she died December 12th, 1836. They had a family of seventeen children, all of whom were married."

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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Martin Meeting House

According to Isaac Horst, "Martins meeting house was the first of the Old Order places of worship to be built. A meeting house is reported to have been built in 1830; burial was begun in the adjoining cemetery in 1831. Martins was aptly named. The first three bishops of the area were Martins, all descended from the pioneer, Peter Martin. The land on which the house stands was formerly owned by Martins (1979: 376)." Peter Martin, Jr. purchased 220 acres of land from his brother, Henry Martin, on May 8, 1824. Apparently he set aside four acres for a meeting house and burying ground at that time. The first burial is reported to have been that of Peter Martin, Sr., who died March 2, 1831. The meeting house was enlarged in 1900.

John Weber was the first minister, followed by Abraham W. Martin, Samuel Weber, Paul Martin, Tobias Martin and Urias Martin. At one time surrounded by countryside, the meeting house and cemetery are now completely encircled by the commercial development brought about by the rapid expansion northward of the city of Waterloo.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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...Martin was 62 when died in 1831, just 12 years after coming to Canada, but his important role in local history was not forgotten. His home doubled as the Martin's Church before the Martin's Meeting House on King Street North was completed.

The meeting house still stands today, next to the Martin's cemetery that holds Peter Martin's remains. Across King Street was the Martin's School (SS21), in use until 1972. It's gone now.

Because of his large family, 17 children in all, Martin was once described as "probably the most vigorous progenitor in the history of the region." His story is told in a booklet Thou Art Peter, published in 1983 by the Mennonite historian Isaac Horst of Mount Forest.....

Flash from the Past: Peter Martin House once stood in Waterloo, Waterloo Region Record 4 May 2013 Jon Fear, Record Staff

Peter married Anna Zimmerman 25 Dec 1793. Anna was born 18 Feb 1775, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 9 Dec 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38400457
• Name: Anna Martin
• Eby ID Number: 00075-4295.1