Martin


The earliest genealogy of our MARTIN family
remains quite obscure and difficult to trace
both in North Ireland, where so many records
were destroyed and, also in Scotland.
The surname being so numerous in occurance
compounds the difficulties many times over.
The known path begins in County Down, North Ireland
and makes its way to Ayrshire, Scotland.

First Generation
The earliest known progenitor of our MARTIN
family
James MARTIN
[....-bef.1872] and his wife, Elizabeth ............
[....-....]
James MARTIN was a gardener by occupation and is believed
to have lived and worked in Co. Down, North Ireland
James MARTIN and his wife, Elizabeth, had one discovered child,
Francis "Edward" MARTIN
bc 1829 in Annahilt Parish, Co. Down, Ireland
How many other children may have been
born to this couple
and, their identities, remains a frustrating mystery, as does the
unknown surname of Elizabeth.

Second Generation
1861
Census of Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
Dwelling: 3 Ebens
Francis E. MARTIN,
head, married, age 32, agricultural
labourer, born Ireland
Esther MARTIN, wife, married, age 30, born Ireland
James MARTIN, son, age 7, born Colmonell, Ayrshire
Adam MARTIN, son, age 4, born Colmonell, Ayrshire
William MARTIN, son, age 4 months, born Colmonell,
Ayrshire
*******
1871
Census of Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
Dwelling: Corwar Mains Cottage
Edward
MARTIN, head, widower, age 41, agricultural labourer,
born Ireland
William MARTIN, son, age
10, born Colmonell, Ayrshire
Selena MARTIN, daughter,
age 5, born Colmonell, Ayrshire
John MARTIN, son, age 2,
born Colmonell, Ayrshire
*******
1881
Census of Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
Dwelling: 11 Main Street
Edward MARTIN, head, married, age
51, general labourer, born Ireland
Agnes MARTIN, wife, married, age 52, born Colmonell,
Ayrshire
William MARTIN, son, single, age 20, farm servant,
born Colmonell, Ayrshire
John MARTIN, son, age 12, scholar, born Colmonell,
Ayrshire
*******
Francis "Edward" MARTIN
Agricultural Labourer
bc 1829
Annahilt Parish, Co. Down, Ireland
d Unknown Date, after December, 1889
Unknown Place
s/o James MARTIN and Elizabeth ............
married (1st)
15 June, 1848
Loughaghery, Annahilt Parish, Co. Down, Ireland
Esther FERGUSON
bc 1830
Dromore Parish, Co. Down, Ireland
d 26 January, 1869
Corwar Mains, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
the daughter of John FERGUSON,
weaver,
and his wife, Sarah SCOTT,
both born in Ireland.
Sometime between their
marriage in 1848 and
the earliest discovered birth of a child in 1850,
Francis "Edward" MARTIN and Esther FERGUSSON
emigrated from Co. Down, Ireland to Ayrshire, Scotland.
There were eight known children born to
their marriage:
1. Elizabeth MARTIN
bc 1850
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date, before 1863
assume Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
2. Sarah
Jane MARTIN
bc 22 March, 1852
Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date, possibly before 1855
assume Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland
absent from 1861 census - whereabouts unknown
Possible Marriage Unknown
3. James MARTIN
bc 1854
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
4. Adam MARTIN
b 25 April, 1857
Ebens, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d 3 June, 1869
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
5. William MARTIN
Farm Labourer (1881)
b 1 July, 1860
Ebens, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
6.
Elizabeth MARTIN
b 12 April, 1863
Ebens, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date, possibly before 1871
assume Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland
absent from 1871 census - whereabouts unknown
Possible Marriage Unknown
7.
Selena MARTIN
b 28 July, 1865
Corwar Mains, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
8. John MARTIN
b 31 May, 1868
Corwar Mains, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
a view in
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
Esther FERGUSON
died at Corwar Mains, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
on 26 January, 1869, seven months after the birth of her last child
and in the same year as her son Adam died, aged 12 years.
Her burial site is unknown.
A number of the family seemingly disappear
somewhere between the years 1881 and 1891
leaving no discovered trace.
At the time of the census in Scotland
1881
William b 1860, farm labourer, and John
b 1868, student,
were living with their father, Francis "Edward"
Martin,
general labourer, and his second wife, Agnes Aitken,
at 11 Main Street, Colmonell, Ayrshire.
James, bc 1854, was married and living with
his wife and three
eldest born children at Camregan Cot Houses, Dailly, Ayrshire.
Selena b 1865, not yet married, was living
in Dailly, Ayrshire,
in private employ as a general house servant to a family.
Sarah Jane b 1852 and Elizabeth
b 1863
are unaccounted for and it is not known whether they may
have been deceased or possibly married to spouses yet to be
discovered.
By the time of the 1891 census in
Scotland,
with the exception of James Martin, who was already
married,
Selena Martin, who is now married
and John Martin who is now also married,
the remainder of the children are sofar not to be
found in Colmonell Parish or elsewhere in Ayrshire
or indeed, anywhere at all in Scotland.
This same scenario also applies to
Francis "Edward" Martin
and his second wife Agnes Aitken
who cannot be found on the 1891 census anywhere
in Scotland
however
Agnes MARTIN, nee AITKEN,
aged 72 years,
born c 10 June 1827, Colmonell, Ayrshire
is discovered to have died on 26
March, 1900
at Scaurhead, Colmonell, Barrhill District, Ayrshire
Alexander
Aitken, Agnes's brother, also resided
at Scaurhead Cottages, Colmonell, Barrhill District, Ayrshire,
during the census years of 1881 through 1901.
Alexander Aitken, was the
"informant of record" at the death of
his sister.
The
record of the death of Agnes Aitken MARTIN
indicates "married to Edward Martin, labourer".
At
first glance the inconclusive wording of the record
makes it appear that Francis "Edward" Martin
may have been living, though presumably not present
however
At the time of the 1891 Census of Colmonell, Ayrshire
when Alexander Aitken is enumerated
residing at
Scaurhead Cottages, living on her own, three cottages away is
Agnes AITKEN
Widow
aged 64 years
born
(1827)
Colmonell, Ayrshire
The very real possibility exists that this individual is indeed
Agnes Aitken Martin
enumerated by her maiden surname,
a not unheard of practice in Scotland.
This same "Agnes Aitken"
is subsequently missing from Scaurhead
Cottages, Colmonell, Ayrshire on the 1901 census
of Ayrshire.
If the supposition of her identity is correct, then her husband,
Francis "Edward" Martin,
who was known to be still alive as of December 1889,
died prior to the time of the 1891 census in Scotland.
Additionally:
A
search of the General Records Office of Scotland
index of death records reveals an
"Agnes AITKEN"
recorded as deceased,
aged 72 years, in 1900, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire.
This record proved to be an "AITKEN"
surname recording
of the death record of our Agnes MARTIN nee AITKEN.
Francis "Edward" MARTIN
married (2nd)
25 June, 1872
Barrhill, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire,
Agnes AITKEN
bc 10 June, 1827
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire,
d 26 March, 1900
Scaurhead, Colmonell, Barrhill District, Ayrshire,
d/o of Hugh AITKEN,
woolen weaver, born Colmonell, Ayrshire
and Mary (nee)
AITKEN,
born New Luce, Wigtownshire
There were no known
children born to this second marriage.
however
Agnes AITKEN
at the time of her marriage to
Francis "Edward" MARTIN
was mother of
a. Hugh AITKEN
bc 1849
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d 12 April, 1919
Barleith, Hurlford District, Ayrshire
married 1st
6 June, 1873
Hillhead Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
Janet Jack SMILLIE
bc 1851
assume Ayrshire
d 3 October, 1876
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
d/o Joseph SMILLIE and Janet JACK
and
married 2nd
28 November, 1879
Kilwinning, Ayrshire
Mary STEWART
b 14 July, 1843
Stevenston, Ayrshire
d 12 May, 1921
Barleith, Hurlford District, Ayrshire
d/o John STEWART and Elizabeth McCULLOCH
b. Agnes AITKEN
b 9 February, 1858
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
28 December, 1883
Scaurhead, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
John HAMILTON
Joiner
b 23 February, 1860
Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o Robert HAMILTON, Farmer, and Agnes McLEAN
A death record for
Francis "Edward" Martin,
born Co. Down, Ireland,
son of James Martin and Elizabeth unknown,
cannot be found in the General Register Office
records of Scotland after repeated searches.
The death date and place and burial site of
Francis "Edward" MARTIN
remain an unsolved mystery.
Colmonell Village Church and Graveyard
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire

Third Generation
James Martin was variously recorded as an
agricultural labourer, carter, ploughman and platelayer
3.
James MARTIN
Ploughman (1891/1901)
bc 1854
Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d 7 May, 1939
Dunaskin, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
aged 85 years
s/o Francis "Edward" MARTIN and Esther
FERGUSSON
married
16 December, 1874
Mathewscroft, Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
Mary BAXTER
b 29 May, 1855
Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
d 4 May 1930
Dunaskin, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
the daughter of Robert BAXTER,
Jr.
born Donaghadee, Co. Down, Ireland
and Janet "Jenny" HARKINS
born Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
There were six known children born to their marriage:
i.
Janet MARTIN
b 26 July, 1875
Laggan Cot House, Laggan Estate, Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
ii.
Robert Baxter MARTIN
Farm Servant (1901)
b 30 March, 1879
Garphar, Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
iii. Henry Baxter MARTIN
Ploughman (1900)
Grain Mill Labourer (1901)
Dairyman (1909)
b 29 January, 1881
Camregan Cothouses, Dailly Parish, Ayrshire
iv. James MARTIN
Agricultural Labourer (1901)
b 19 June, 1883
Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
v. David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
Mill Apprentice (1901)
b 28 April, 1886
Baron's Mill, Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
vi. Agnes Kennedy MARTIN
b 14 April, 1891
Currah Farm, Chapeldonan Estate, Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
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7. Selena
MARTIN
b 28 July, 1865
Corwar Mains, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d 6 August, 1924
Galston Parish, Ayrshire
d/o Francis "Edward" MARTIN and Esther
FERGUSSON
married
27 May, 1884
Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
William McBRIDE/McBRYDE
(surname recorded MUIR at birth)
Ploughman (1881)
Estate Worker (1901)
Woodsman/Woodcutter (1911)
b 11 February, 1862
Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
d 24 September, 1916
Newmilns, Loudoun Parish, Newmilns District, Ayrshire, Scotland
***s/o William McBRIDE/McBRYDE***
Ploughman
and
Jane MUIR
***unmarried couple***
***note:
Jane MUIR married 25 September, 1876, Girvan, Ayrshire
becoming 3rd wife of John DICK, watchmaker
There were ten known children born to their
marriage:
i.
Jane Muir McBRIDE/McBRYDE
Madras Weaver (1901)
b 18 March, 1885
Straiton Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
ii.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" McBRIDE/McBRYDE
Madras Weaver (1901)
b 10 July, 1887
Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
d 11 January, 1911
Galston Parish, Ayrshire
Spinster
iii.
Selena McBRIDE/McBRYDE
Nurse - Mental Asylum (1916)
b 27 October, 1889
Kirkoswald Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
iv. Wilhelmina McBRIDE/McBRYDE
Nurse - Mental Asylum (1916)
b 21 July, 1892
Maybole Parish, Ayrshire
d 26 November, 1916
New Cummock Parish, Ayrshire
Spinster
v.
Sarah Jane McBRIDE/McBRYDE
b 12 January, 1894
Kirkmichael Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
29 December, 1922
Darvel, Darvel District, Ayrshire
David Young ROBERTSON
Time Keeper (1922)
b 27 January, 1896
Newmilns, Loudoun Parish, Newmilns District, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o Andrew ROBERTSON, Painter/Journeyman, and
Margaret Roxburgh "Maggie" McMILLAN
vi.
Mary McBRIDE/McBRYDE
b 12 June, 1896
Dalrymple Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
vii.
Esther Ferguson McBRIDE/McBRYDE
b 28 August, 1897
Dalrymple Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
26 November, 1920
St. Sophia's Catholic Chapel, Galston Parish, Ayrshire
Robert GRAHAM
Railway Engine Fireman (1920)
b 21 December, 1896
Galston, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o Patrick Gordon GRAHAM,
Coal Miner,
and Margaret Gordon TONNER
viii.
Maggie McBRIDE/McBRYDE
Lace Curtain Worker (1914)
b 14 April, 1899
Galston Parish, Ayrshire
d 1 May, 1914
Newmilns, Loudoun Parish, Newmilns District, Ayrshire
Spinster
ix. William McBRIDE/McBRYDE
Lace Weaver (1924)
b 14 August, 1901
Galston Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
1 August, 1924
Newmilns, Loudoun Parish, Newmilns District, Ayrshire
Mary Margaret CLEMENT
b 1903
Galston District, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
d/o William CLEMENT, Gamekeeper, and Margaret
WATSON
x. Helen McBRIDE/McBRYDE
bc 1905
Ayrshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
married
17 April, 1925
Newmilns, Loudoun Parish, Newmilns District, Ayrshire
William CAMPBELL
Lace Weaver (1925)
b 5 July, 1900
Newmilns, Loudoun Parish, Newmilns District, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o Thomas CAMPBELL, Lace Factory Engine Keeper,
and
Mary BORLAND
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8. John MARTIN
Ploughman
Coal Miner
b 31 May, 1868
Corwar Mains, Barrhill, Colmonell Parish, Ayrshire
d 5 April, 1948
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
s/o Francis "Edward" MARTIN and Esther FERGUSSON
married
27 December, 1889
Cadder, Western District, Lanarkshire
Jane "Jean" DOW
b 14 April, 1865
Bishopbriggs, Cadder District, Lanarkshire
d 16 July, 1922
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d/o John DOW and Elizabeth HAMILTON
There were nine known children born to their marriage:
i. Marion MARTIN
b 6 February, 1889
Bishiopbriggs, Cadder, Western District, Lanarkshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
19 April, 1919
Glasgow, Blythswood District, Lanarkshire
John CLARK
bc 1890
Unknown Place, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o John CLARK and Janet "Jessie" MORRISON
ii. Williamina MARTIN
b 16 July, 1890
Cadder, Western District, Lanarkshire
d 13 September, 1892
Newton, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
iii. Edward MARTIN
b 16 November, 1891
Newton, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d 1892
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
iv. Elizabeth Hamilton MARTIN
b 1893
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d 1895
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
v. Jane MARTIN
b 16 May, 1895
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
2 July, 1917
Glasgow, Blythswood District, Lanarkshire
*+ Alexander McGREGOR, Pvt., MM
3rd Battalion
Royal Scots Fusiliers
b 25 May, 1893
Dunlop Parish, Ayrshire
d 17 August, 1919
Unknown Place, assume British Isles
as a result of WW l active service
buried Cambuslang (Westburn) Cemetery, Lanarkshire
s/o Robert Moreland McGREGOR and Agnes WILSON
vi. Margaret Dow "Maggie" MARTIN
b 1896
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
vii. John MARTIN
b 1900
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d 16 April, 1901
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
viii. James Hamilton MARTIN
b 1902
Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d 6 August, 1903
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
ix. Esther Ferguson MARTIN
b 31 May, 1904
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
d 1905
Hallside, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire
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In
1914 at the start of the First World War
James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER were retired
and living in the village of Dalrymple, Ayrshire.
Both James and Mary died at
Dunaskin, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire.
Their places of burial in Ayrshire remain unknown.
Sadly, no photographs of them exist in our possession.

Fourth Generation
2. i. Janet
MARTIN
Domestic Servant on Farm (1895)
b 26 July, 1875
Laggan Cot House, Laggan Estate, Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date, after January 1937
Unknown Place
d/o James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER
married
27 May, 1898
Woodland, Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
Robert McMILLAN
Farmer
b 18 March, 1864
Kirkmichael Parish, Ayrshire
d 7 January, 1937
Newtonhill, Kirkinner Parish, Wigtownshire
s/o Robert McMILLAN, Farmer, and Elizabeth COWAN
There were three known children born
to their marriage:
i.
John Martin McMILLAN
b 14 November, 1895
(b John McMillan MARTIN)
Clachanton, Kirkoswald Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
ii. Jeanie Greig McMILLAN
b 14 December, 1898
Balchriston Cottage, Kirkoswald Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date and Place
married
22 October, 1925
Newton Stewart, Penninghame Parish, Wigtownshire
Adam SMITH
Farmer
b 31 October, 1889
Sorbie Parish, Wigtownshire
d Unknown Date and Place
s/o John SMITH, Farmer, and Margaret Wallace
McADAM
ii. Robina
Martin McMILLAN
b
26 May, 1903
Penninghame Parish, Wigtownshire
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
Additionally:
1901 Census of Ayrshire, Scotland
John Martin McMILLAN, aged
5 years,
is found enumerated in the home of his grandparents,
James MARTIN and Mary
BAXTER
Doonholm Road, Dumfries Park, Ayr and Alloway, Ayrshire
Robert McMILLAN, his wife, Janet MARTIN
and their daughter, Jeanie Greig McMILLAN
are found enumerated in 1901 at
Manor Farm Cottages
civil parish of Thorpe (Entire),
ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary's Thorpe (Entire),
Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
Robert is "Farm Foreman"
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2. ii.
Robert Baxter MARTIN
Farm Servant (1901)
b 30 March, 1879
Garphar, Ballantrae Parish, Ayrshire
d 4 December, 1952
Darvel, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
s/o James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER
married
11 June, 1907
Ayr, Ayrshire
Janet Wallace "Jessie" RICHMOND
b 5 September, 1886
Lochiends, Maybole Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date, 1952-1956
assume Dunaskin, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d/o Robert RICHMOND,
woodcutter,
and Margaret Chestnut "Maggie"
CRAIG
(b Margaret Chestnut SLOAN)
There were six children born to their marriage:
i.
Mary Pollock Baxter "Polly" MARTIN
bc 1911
Ayrshire, Scotland
dc 1998
Unknown Place, Ayrshire
married (1st)
22 November, 1932
Dundonald, Ayrshire
Alexander Wood MORRISON,
b 1910
Unknown Place, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place, Scotland
s/o James MORRISON
and Margaret LUMSDEN
and
married (2nd)
30 January, 1956
Darvel, Ayrshire
John RICHMOND
b 1915
Unknown Place, Scotland
dc 1983
Unknown Place, Ayrshire
s/o James
RICHMOND
and Margaret SHIMMONS
ii. Jessie
MARTIN
b Unknown Date
Ayrshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
iii. Wallace MARTIN
bc 1915
Ayrshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
married (1st)
Unknown Date
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
Unknown Wife
b Unknown Date and Place
d Unknown Date
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
d/o Unknown Parents
and
married (2nd)
c 1985
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
Unknown Wife
b Unknown Date and Place
d Unknown Date
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
d/o Unknown Parents
iv. Jean MARTIN
b Unknown Date
Ayrshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
v. David MARTIN
b Unknown Date
Ayrshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date
Holland - The Netherlands
Bachelor
vi. Selena "Lena" MARTIN
b 12 April, 1925
Ayrshire, Scotland
d
married
Unknown Date
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
Alexander Malcolm Smith GEMMELL
b Unknown Date
assume Scotland
d
s/o Unknown GEMMELL and Unknown Wife
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2. iii. Henry
Baxter MARTIN
Ploughman (1900)
Grain Mill Labourer (1901)
Dairyman (1909)
b 29 January, 1881
Camregan Cot Houses, Dailly Parish, Ayrshire
d 24 April, 1943
5 Dalmellington Road, Alloway, District of Ayr, Ayrshire
s/o James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER
married
4 May, 1900
Monkton, Monkton and Prestwick Parish, Ayrshire
Jane Dryden "Jeanie" BRYAN
b 13 March, 1877
Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d 15 September, 1958
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
d/o James Williamson BRYAN, Ironstone Miner,
and his 1st wife, Margaret WHITEFIELD
There were seven children born to their
marriage:
i. Margaret Whitefield "Peggy"
MARTIN
b 7 June, 1900
Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d 9 February, 1976
Whalley, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
married
Unknown Date
British Columbia, Canada
Unknown WATSON
b Unknown Date and Place
d Unknown Date
assume British Columbia, Canada
s/o Unknown WATSON and Unknown Wife
ii. Mary Baxter MARTIN
b 23 February, 1902
Dumphries Park, Alloway, District of Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
d 15 February, 1981
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
married
Unknown Date
British Columbia, Canada
Unknown GIBSON
b Unknown Date and Place
d Unknown Date
assume British Columbia, Canada
s/o Unknown GIBSON and Unknown
Wife
iii. James MARTIN
bc 1904
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
d Unknown Date and Place
Possible Marriage Unknown
iv. Robert Bryan MARTIN
bc 1906
assume Ayrshire, Scotland
d 4 April, 1981
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Possible Marriage Unknown
v. George McDowell MARTIN
b 1 July, 1909
Dumphries District, Dumphriesshire, Scotland
d 27 May, 1977
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
married
11 June, 1931
British Columbia, Canada
Jennie BUTTERWORTH
b 1913
Unknown Place
d 1983
British Columbia, Canada
d/o Unknown BUTTERWORTH and Unknown Wife
vi. John Bryan MARTIN
b 1 July, 1909
Dumphries District, Dumphriesshire, Scotland
d 29 July, 1909
Righead Cottages, Glenorple Road, Dumphries District,
Dumphriesshire, Scotland
vii. Elizabeth
Chapman MARTIN
b 31 December, 1911
Ayrshire, Scotland
d 30 March, 1983
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
married
15 October, 1930
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Thomas James NOBLE
b 21 March, 1907
Wigton, Cumberland, England
d 12 October, 1971
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
s/o Unknown NOBLE
and Unknown Wife
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2. iv.
James MARTIN
Agricultural Labourer (1901)
b 19 June, 1883
Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
d Unknown Date, after 1948
Unknown Place, assume Canada or USA
s/o James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER
married
Unknown Date and Place, assume Canada
Unknown Wife
b Unknown Date and Place
d Unknown Date
assume "Western" Canada
d/o Unknown Parents
There was one child born to their marriage:
i.
Donald James MARTIN
b Unknown Date
Unknown Place, Canada
d
married
Unknown Date, 194?
Unknown Place, assume Western Canada
Florence unknown surname
b Unknown Date
assume Canada
d
d/o Unknown Parents
In
Addition:
James MARTIN was last seen
or heard from in
Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the spring
of 1948
at which time he learned that his brother David
was deceased.
He was, by that time, estranged from his wife and son.
Several attempts over the years
to locate James were fruitless and eventually,
he had to be assumed dead.
His son

Donald James Martin
Florence
Two Eldest Daughters
c1951 - Alberta, Canada
Youngest Daughter
c1951 - Alberta, Canada
Donald James MARTIN, farmer, and wife, Florence,
were last known to be living in or near
Butte, Clearwater County, Alberta, Canada in 1951,
when he corresponded with family in Toronto, Ontario.
Donald and Florence were known to have three daughters.
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Home from the War
1919
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
b 28 April, 1886
Baron's Mill, Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
his wife
Elizabeth MacNeish MacDONALD
their eldest child and daughter
Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
Born after her father's departure overseas, serving with
the Canadian Army Expeditionary Force of WW I,
this homecoming day was the first meeting between
father and daughter
2. v. David
Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
Mill Apprentice (1901)
b 28 April, 1886
Baron's Mill, Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
d 27 January, 1948
Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
s/o James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER
married
1914
Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth MacNeish "Bessie" MacDONALD
b 8 May, 1890
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
d 1 August, 1973
Toronto, York County, Ontario
d/o Donald McDONALD
and Elizabeth Lyle SMITH,
both born Greenock, Renfrewshire
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
Elizabeth MacNeish MacDONALD
Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
James Donald MacDonald MARTIN
Georgina MacDonald MARTIN
David MARTIN
1933
Ontario, Canada
There were four children born to their marriage:
Elizabeth Smith
MARTIN
b 25 April, 1915
aged 3 years
1918
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
i.
Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
b 25 April, 1915
Toronto, York County, Ontario
d 27 January, 2005
Merrickville, Leeds-Grenville County, Ontario
married
17 January, 1942
Toronto, York County, Ontario
William "Ross" BURTON
b 6 March, 1914
Raymore, Saskatchewan, Canada
d 18 May, 1982
Toronto, York County, Ontario
s/o Rev. William James BURTON, minister, United
Church of Canada
and Helen Elizabeth ROPER
and stepson of Ann Jane Catherine "Jen" BROWN

Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
William "Ross" BURTON
17 January, 1942
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
William "Ross" BURTON
1942
husband of
Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
ii.
James Donald MacDonald MARTIN
b 6 May, 1920
Toronto, York County, Ontario
presumed d Unknown Date
Ontario
married (1st)
c 1949
Tottenham, Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario
Margaret Joan WILLIS
b 23 September, 1920
Simcoe County, Ontario
d 26 April, 1952
Toronto, York County, Ontario
d/o Unknown WILLIS and Unknown Wife
and
married (2nd)
c 1960
Toronto, York County, Ontario
May SOMMERS
b Unknown Date and Place
d
d/o Unknown SOMMERS
and Unknown Wife

James Donald MacDonald MARTIN
1942
iii.
Georgina MacDonald MARTIN
b 9 November, 1921
Toronto, York County, Ontario
d
married
25 June, 1949
Toronto, York County, Ontario
Herbert James ASHLEY
b 22 August, 1915
Bristol, Gloustershire, England
d 16 September, 1977
Toronto, York County, Ontario

Georgina MacDonald MARTIN
c1945
iv.
David MARTIN
b 12 January, 1926
Toronto, York County, Ontario
d
married
30 June, 1948
Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Evelyn Reid KILCUP
b 8 January, 1926
Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
d
d/o Percival KILCUP and Emily JEWELL
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
his infant son
David MARTIN
June 1926
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

David MARTIN
April 8, 1945
************
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
his wife
Elizabeth MacNeish MacDONALD
their daughter
Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
wife of
William "Ross" BURTON
1942
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
his son-in-law
William "Ross" BURTON
his son
James Donald MacDonald MARTIN
Fathers Day - June, 1947
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
One of the last known photographs taken of
David before his death in January, 1948
at age 61 years
Elizabeth MacNeish MacDONALD
widow of
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
their daughter
Elizabeth Smith MARTIN
wife of
William "Ross" BURTON
and
daughter and eldest grandchild
Patricia Elizabeth BURTON
aged 2 years
November 1950
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Elizabeth MacNeish MacDONALD
widow of
David Baxter Kennedy MARTIN
their eldest great grandchildren
Gregory "Mark" McCABE and Sean William Patrick McCABE
8 May, 1971
on the occasion of her 81st birthday
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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2. vi.
Agnes Kennedy
MARTIN
b 14 April, 1891
Currah Farm, Chapeldonan Estate, Girvan Parish, Ayrshire
d 29 December, 1980
Patna, Patna District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d/o James MARTIN and Mary BAXTER
married
19 May, 1916
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
Benjamin Thomson MOFFAT
Coal Miner
b 23 February, 1885
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d 23 March, 1924
Burnfoothill, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
s/o Robert MOFFAT, coal/ironstone miner,
and Isabella "Bella" THOMSON
There were three known children born to their marriage:
i. Robert MOFFAT
b 6 August, 1917
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d 16 May, 1920
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
ii. James Ferguson Martin MOFFAT
b 7 April, 1920
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d 13 August, 1920
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
iii. Mary Donaldson Baxter Martin MOFFAT
b 13 July, 1921
Dunaskin, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
d
married (1st)
31 December, 1940
Patna, Patna District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
Thomas Carlyle FYVIE
b 1920
Ayrshire, Scotland
d
s/o John FYVIE, coal miner/machineman, and Agnes
NELSON
and
married (2nd)
20 March, 1953
Waterside, Waterside District, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire
John Robertson PETERS
b 1920
Patna, Dalmellington Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland
d
s/o Thomas PETERS, coal miner, and Sarah ROBERTSON

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