John Martz^[1]

1857 - 1922  (65 years)

• Name	John Martz
  Born	6 Jan 1857	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Roman Catholic
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Roman Catholic
  Occupation	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Blacksmih
  Residence	1891	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Blacksmith
  Crime	1922
  	attempted murder and suicide
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240704491
  Name	Johannes Märtz
  Name	John Mertz
  Eby ID Number	00124-7591.1
  Died	7 Oct 1922	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Cause: cause of death: bullet in head (7 days), laceration of brain (7 days) suicide
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I3837	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Martz,   b. 1784, , Baden, Germany ,   d. 2 Dec 1860  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Katharine "Katie" Wintemberger,   b. 1834, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1873, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 39 years)
  Married	1 Apr 1851
  Family ID	F225648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Unger,   b. 20 May 1859, Strasburg (Kitchener) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jul 1894, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Married	5 Sep 1880	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Children	1. John Martz,   b. 28 Sep 1881, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jul 1882, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)   2. Catherine Laura "Laura" Martz,   b. 23 Feb 1885, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jan 1930, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 44 years)   3. Miranda Eva "Eva" Märtz,   b. 20 Oct 1887, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Aug 1961  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025
  Family ID	F1235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		John Mertz gmertz1269 originally shared this to Ancestry Public Member Tree
  		Martz-John-1857-1922-001-familyAncestryPublicMemberTree-Enhanced.jpg John Martz with wife Catherine Unger and daughters Catherine Laura and Miranda Eva - gmertz1269 originally shared this on 11 Oct 2012

  
  

• Notes

  GALT MAN DIES OF WOUND John Martz Who Tried to Murder His Son-in-Law, Dies of Injuries GALT, Oct. 9-John Martz, who attempted to murder his son-in-law, E. Lamarle, and who then put a bullet in his head, died Saturday. He took a turn for the worse Friday. An inquest was opened at 11 o'clock this morning and adjourned until Thursday next. Martz had been a resident of Galt for 40 years and was about 63 years old. The Daily Sun-Times, Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada Mon, Oct 09, 1922 Page 2 _________________ JOHN MARTZ DIED AT GALT FROM WOUNDS GALT, Ont., Oct. 7.-John Martz, who a week ago this afternoon attempted to murder his son-in-law, E. Lamarble, and who then put a bullet in his head, died early this morning. He took a turn for the worse yesterday. An inquest was opened at 11 o'clock this morning and adjourned until Thursday next. Martz had been a resident of Galt for 40 years and was about 63 years of age. Two daughters Mrs. Gibb, of Elora, and Mrs. E. Lamarble, city, survive. Kitchener Daily Record, Sat, Oct 07, 1922 Page 8 _________a SHOOTS SELF AFTER HIS SON-IN-LAW Respected Galt Citizen Slightly Wounds Ernie Lamarble GALT, Oct 2.-An attempted murder and suicide occurred here Saturday afternoon at 21 Queen St. east, when John Martz, aged about 63, a well-known and respected resident, shot his son-in-law, Ernie Lamarble, in the head and then put a bullet in his own forehead. Martz is in the hospital in a semi-conscious condition, with a slight chance for his recovery, while Lamarble, by a miracle, is out and around. The bullet, which flattened itself on the inner plate of the skull, has been removed. Martz, a resident of Galt for many years, has been in poor health for the past year, and it is believed. that brooding over his sickness deranged his mind and caused him to commit the rash act. No reason can be advanced for his attempt to lake his son-in-law's life. The Standard, St. Catharines, Mon, Oct 02, 1922 Page 3 __________ Coroner Radford's jury, investigating the death of John Martz, Galt, rendered a verdict of "suicide while mentally deranged." The Standard, St. Catharines, Sat, Oct 14, 1922 Page 7

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 552. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Catharine Unger Born: Canada Age: 20 Father: George Unger Mother: Elizabeth Unger Born: abt 1860 Spouse: John Marts Age: 23 born: Canada Father: Jacob Marts Mother: Catharine Marts married 5 Sep 1880 married: Waterloo [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-3 Page 2. [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, C-3 Family Number: 14 Page: 2. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. John Martz Death Date: 9 Oct 1922 Death Location: Waterloo, Galt b 6 Jan 1857 son of Jacob Martz (born Waterloo) & Catharine Wintemberg (born Waterloo) Cause of Death: bullet in head (7 days), laceration of brain (7 days) suicide [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 4 Page 7. [S1800] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1891, Section 2 Page 24. [S844] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1861, Sect. 14 Page 85. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. John Marts Born: Canada Age: 23 Father: Jacob Marts Mother: Catharine Marts Born: abt 1857 Spouse: Catharine Unger Age: 20 born: Canada Father: George Unger Mother: Elizabeth Unger married 5 Sep 1880 married: Waterloo, Galt

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Jan 1857 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Roman Catholic - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 5 Sep 1880 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmih - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Blacksmith - 1901 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: cause of death: bullet in head (7 days), laceration of brain (7 days) suicide - 7 Oct 1922 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth