Josiah Martin^[1]

1884 - 1939  (55 years)

• Name	Josiah Martin
  Born	1 Jan 1884	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Farm Laborer
  Occupation	1907	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Farmer
  Eby ID Number	00075-4429
  Died	21 Apr 1939	Yatton, Peel Twp., Mapleton Township Wellington Co., Ontario   [4]
  Buried	South Peel Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Wallenstein, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario   [4]
  Person ID	I4746	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Tilman B. Martin,   b. 28 Nov 1855, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Dec 1925  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Shantz,   b. 20 Sep 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Nov 1936  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1881  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F4989	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susannah Bauman,   b. 12 May 1885, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1907	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F292206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Josiah Martin, "born January 1st, 1884." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ____________ Josiah Martin (By Chronicle Correspondent) YATTON.\emdash Mr. Josiah Martin of Yatton passed away on Friday, April 2Ist from an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Martin had been in ill health for some time suffering from asthma and a weak heart. He was 56 years old and resided In this community for the past thirty-one years. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tilman Martin, from near Waterloo. He is survived by his widow, two adopted children, Mrs. Edwin Bowman, who resided with him and Mr. Melvin Bowman of the Macton district, five sisters, Mrs. Simeon Martin near Elmira, Mrs. Ezra Bauman near Hawkesville, Mrs. Israel Brubacher, third of Peel, Mrs. Isaac Bauman, fourth of Peel, Mrs. Urias Bauman, near Elmira. and four brothers, Edwin Martin, third of Peel, Allan Martin, Floradale, Ananias Martin, Waterloo and Tilman Martin, sixth of Peel. The funeral was held Monday morning to the townline Mennonite Church, near Macton, and was largely attended. Interment was made in the adjoining cemetery. The Waterloo Chronicle 28 Apr 1979 pg 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020752-07. Josiah Martin, 23, occ. Farmer, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Tilman Martin and Mary Shantz married Susanna Bowman, 21, b. Woolwich, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Enoch Bowman and Susanna Martin, Witness(es) Tilman Martin and Menno Shantz both of Waterloo, 19 February 1907 in Waterloo Twp [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..., 39. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 14. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62754538/josiah-s-martin. [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..., 38. [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..., 429.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jan 1884 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farm Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1907 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 19 Feb 1907 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Apr 1939 - Yatton, Peel Twp., Mapleton Township Wellington Co., Ontario Buried - - South Peel Old Order Mennonite Cemetery, Wallenstein, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth