Joshua Leonard Martin^{[1, 2]}

1855 - 1909  (54 years)

• Name	Joshua Leonard Martin
  Born	19 Mar 1855	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Protestant
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	--
  Occupation	1880	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	clerk
  Occupation	1881	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Store Clerk
  Occupation	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Bar Keeper
  Occupation	1909	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	ladder maker
  Eby ID Number	00075-4333
  Died	9 Oct 1909	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Cause: typhoid fever (one week) & laxaemia (four days)
  Buried	Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I2818	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry S. Martin,   b. 30 Sep 1826, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Jane Eisenhauer,   b. 1831, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	2 May 1852	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F1592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Fredericca Reitzel
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Elliott Renshaw,   b. 22 Aug 1860, Blair (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Apr 1884, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 23 years)
  Married	15 Dec 1880	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Theresia Reising,   b. 6 May 1865, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Jan 1888, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F9924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Catherine Straub,   b. 9 Apr 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth Martin,   b. 22 Feb 1890, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Apr 1960, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 70 years)   2. Clara Matilda Martin,   b. 2 Feb 1891, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Catherine Theresa Martin,   b. 20 Jun 1893, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Helena Edna Martin,   b. 25 Dec 1894, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Francis Henry Martin,   b. 15 May 1897, Drayton, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario ,   d. 17 Apr 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joshua Martin, "the eldest, resided in Wallenstein, Ontario. He was married twice, first to Mary Renshaw and after her decease to Fredericca Reitzel." 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..., 25. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 17 Apr 1884. Apr. 5, 1884 Mary Elliot Martin, wife of Joshua L. Martin, died in Elmira at age of 23 years, 7 months and 13 days. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Joshua L Martin Born: Woolwich Age: 25 Father: Henry Martin Mother: Mary Martin Born: abt 1855 Spouse: Mary E Renshaw Age: 20 born: Waterloo Father: John Renshaw Mother: Margaret Renshaw married 15 Dec 1880 [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (Town/Ville) A-11 Page 7. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 45. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 57. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, 29683-1909. Joshua Leonard Martin d. 9 Oct 1909 Berlin b. 19 Mar 1855 Elmira, occ. ladder maker, s/o Henry S. Martin & Mary Jane Isenhour (b. Boston, Mass.), cause: typhoid fever (one week) & laxaemia (four days) [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 4 Page 34. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Henry Martin aged 24, joiner, Woolwich Twp. married 8 May 1852 Greenbush by banns to Mary Jane Eisenhauser aged 20 , Woolwich [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Frederick W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., 1 Jan. 1852 - 1 Jan. 1853 #226.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Mar 1855 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Protestant - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - -- - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - clerk - 1880 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Dec 1880 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Store Clerk - 1881 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Bar Keeper - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - ladder maker - 1909 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: typhoid fever (one week) & laxaemia (four days) - 9 Oct 1909 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth