Maria UNK (c. 1816- )

1. Maria UNK was born circa 1816 in Marylebone, London. She married James MARTIN.

 

James MARTIN was born circa 1807 in St. Pancras, Middlesex. He was a Printer & Stationer. He appeared in the census. He and Maria UNK had the following children:

 

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William H MARTIN (c. 1832- )

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John MARTIN (c. 1839- )

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Caroline M A MARTIN (c. 1843- )

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Alice A MARTIN (c. 1845- )

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Thomas Charles MARTIN (c. 1859- )

Second Generation

2. William H MARTIN, son of James MARTIN and Maria UNK, was born circa 1832 in Marylebone, London. He was a Printer.

 

The 1861 census gives his occupation as "Assistant to Business", presumably his father's.

 

3. John MARTIN, son of James MARTIN and Maria UNK, was born circa 1839 in Marylebone. He was a Printer.

 

The 1861 census gives his occupation as "Assistant to Business", presumably his father's.

 

4. Caroline M A MARTIN, daughter of James MARTIN and Maria UNK, was born circa 1843 in Marylebone. She was a Teacher.

 

Listed, aged 18, in the 1861 census as a teacher.

 

5. Alice A MARTIN, daughter of James MARTIN and Maria UNK, was born circa 1845 in Marylebone. She was a Printer.

 

The 1861 census gives his occupation as "Assistant in Business", presumably his father's. She was about 16 at the time.

 

6. Thomas Charles MARTIN, son of James MARTIN and Maria UNK, was born circa 1859 in Marylebone. He was a Printer, Bookbinder, Stationer. He appeared in the census. He married Margaret FRENCH.

 

Thomas Charles was born about 27 years after his eldest sibling, and about 14 years after the next youngest: clearly a "mistake"??!!

In the 1861 census gives his age as 12. Most of his elder siblings were working for his father's printing business, with the exception of his (then) 18 year-old sister Caroline, who is listed as a teacher. It is presumably his father's business which he eventually takes over.

In the 1891 census Thomas C Martin was living with his wife and daughter Daisy at 21 Streatley (?) Road, Willesden, London. Under occupation he is listed as an employer, working as a printer, bookbinder and stationer. They lived with one servant. In the 1901 census they lived at the same address and all three of their children had been born.

 

Margaret FRENCH, daughter of The Venerable Robert James FRENCH (1836-1904) and Celesia DEANE (aft1836- ), was born from 1861 to 1862 in India. She was a Painter. She and Thomas Charles MARTIN had the following children:

 

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Daisy MARTIN (c. 1888- )

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Charlie James MARTIN (c. 1892- )

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Violet Valentine MARTIN (1899-1985)

Third Generation

7. Daisy MARTIN, daughter of Thomas Charles MARTIN and Margaret FRENCH, was born circa 1888 in Marylebone, London. She was a Music Hall Artiste. She married Raymond METCALFE.

 

Raymond METCALFE was a Music Hall Artist.

 

8. Charlie James MARTIN, son of Thomas Charles MARTIN and Margaret FRENCH, was born circa 1892 in Brondesbury. He was a Civil Servant. He married Emily Mabel "Girlie" WALLER. He married Bessie WIRE.

 

Not much is known about the life and occupation of Charlie James Martin. His daughter Iris knew that he was a civil servant, working in London, but never knew the exact nature of his work. His first wife died young, and apparently he had some health problems later in his life (it is unsure whether they were mental or physical) and required the attention of a nurse. His second wife Bessie was apparently his nurse; Charlie's daughter Iris never accepted this marriage and hardly ever saw him in later life, after he had retired to St. Mawes, Falmouth, Cornwall.

According to his daughter Iris he was an extremely strict father who often made her lie for long periods on hard boards to straighten her back, for example. He was a religious man.

 

Emily Mabel "Girlie" WALLER, daughter of George Edward WALLER (1863-1955) and Emily Charlotte WILLIAMS (1863-1949), was born on 13 March 1888 in Camberwell. She died on 19 May 1941. She was buried in Golders Green Crematorium. She and Charlie James MARTIN had the following children:

 

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Iris Margaret MARTIN (1920-2001). Iris was born on 21 February 1920 in Finchley, London. She was a Housewife. She married Peter Fiennes WILSON on 21 May 1949 in Ilminster Church. She died in December 2001 in Crowborough, E.Sussex.

 

9. Violet Valentine MARTIN, daughter of Thomas Charles MARTIN and Margaret FRENCH, was born on 14 February 1899 in Brondesbury (Birth registered in Hendon district). She was a Music Hall Artiste. She died in January 1985 in Hove, Sussex.