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Genealogy of the Martin surname in
Ireland, London and Sheffield
I have limited information on my own
name, but a summary is as follows.
My G G Grandfather was John Martin who
was born in about 1821 in the RC Parish Division of Caulry (Civil Parish of
Ballyloughloe now named Mount Temple), 4 miles east of Athlone Westmeath
Ireland. In 1835 at the age of 14 he joined the 97th Regiment of
Foot (The Earl of Ulsters) in Portsmouth. His Regimental number was 829 and he
retired in 1861 as a Corporal to settle in London. He spent 18 years overseas
with the Regiment and was awarded the DCM in the Crimean War. His DCM and
Crimean War Medals were sold at a Sotherby’s auction in May 2000 to an unknown
buyer. He is also on the medal roll for the India Mutiny Medal (Lucknow) but the
whereabouts of the medal is also unknown.
At some time John married Ellen McCave,
(possibly McCabe), but there is no record of a marriage during the periods that
the Regiment was in England, so if they married it may have been in Ireland or
elsewhere overseas. John Martin died in 1870 at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington
London. His death certificate did not give any family information but it
mentions an Alfred Smith as present. Also the hospital records do not give any
family information.
It is possible that John’s parents were
Peter Martin = Mary Ganly whose other children were Mary, Catherine, Eleanor and
Rose. The Martin children were baptised in the same parish.
My Great Grandfather William was born
in 1863 London, and is in the 1881 Sheffield census. To date I have not found
any other family for this period. William became a champion short distance
runner, winning the Sheffield Handicaps in 1883 and 1884.
In 1884 he married Emily Norton and
their 3 children were: Laura 1890, Violet 1895 and my Grandmother Emily Annie in
1885 (who married William Wragg in Sheffield see separate page).
My Grandmother left Sheffield with her
sons to settle in Guildford SRY with Walter Dewey who was a Fishmonger and they
owned a Fish shop there on Woodbridge Hill. My Grandmothers sons were Clifford,
William and my father Leslie, all born in Sheffield.
There are some links to John Martin but
not resolved, with the names Alexander Lyon from Scotland and his second wife
Winifred Martin, maiden name Sinnett who was born in Ireland and married a James
Martin who may be a brother/cousin of John. Also links to Glasgow and Liverpool
which is maybe where the Martin family settled from Ireland.
Other surnames linked to the family are:
Norton of Sheffield, Norfolk and Suffolk
back to 1720
Jolliffe of Somerset/Wiltshire and
Dorset back to 1712
Baker of Bedfordshire and
Huntingdonshire
Peckett Sheffield and Scarborough
Wragg, see separate page
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