Esther Martin^[1]

1831 - 1901  (70 years)

• Name	Esther Martin
  Born	17 Feb 1831	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Esther Strome
  Residence	1855	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Protestant
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	E. Methodist
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00075-4341
  Died	9 Apr 1901
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I624	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Christian Martin,   b. 16 Oct 1797, Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Nov 1863, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Esther Stauffer,   b. 7 Feb 1796,   d. 21 Oct 1851  (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abraham Rosenberger "Abram" Strome,   b. 21 Mar 1833, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Nov 1923, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	15 May 1855	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 9, 10]
  Children	1. Jeremiah M. Strome,   b. 27 Feb 1856, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 May 1894, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 38 years)   2. Menno M. Strome,   b. 3 Aug 1857, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Oct 1939  (Age 82 years)   3. Almeda Strome,   b. 10 Jun 1859, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1860  (Age 0 years)   4. Mary Ann Strome,   b. 13 Jan 1861, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jan 1861  (Age 0 years)   5. Clara Melissa Strohm,   b. 6 Mar 1862, Pilkington Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Oct 1888, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   6. Merritt Strome,   b. 8 Apr 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Apr 1862  (Age 0 years)   7. Christian Strome,   b. 3 Dec 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1864  (Age 0 years)   8. Lydia Ann Strome,   b. 28 Feb 1873, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1873  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F224	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Esther Martin, "was born May 29th, 1831. On May 15th, 1855, she was married to Abram R. Strohm." 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.].

  
  

• 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..., 529. [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..., 27. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Division 2 Page Number 44 Household Number 198. [S141] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1851, Div 3 Pg 4. Chistian C. MARTIN Farmer Pennsylvania USA Mennonist 55 Hiram MARTIN Carpenter Canada Mennonist 23 Esther MARTIN Canada Mennonist 18 Menno MARTIN Canada Mennonist 16 Conrad MILLER Tailor Germany Lutheran 50 Maria MILLER Germany Lutheran 34 John MILLER Canada Lutheran 4 [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-4 Page 3. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 44. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 32. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 4 Page 34. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 30. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Abraham Strohm, joiner of Woolwich married 15 May 1855 in Berlin by banns to Esther Martin of Woolwich, wit: Christ. Rosenberger of Dumfries & David Strohm of Blenheim?

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Feb 1831 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1855 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 May 1855 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - E. Methodist - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth