Searchings for the parents of Charles Samuel Martin, born 1875 in Nashville, Tennessee

Question

Hello,

I am searching for the parents of Charles Samuel Martin ( http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Martin-24030&public=1 .

He was born on the 7th July of 1875 in Nashville Tennessee.

I was not able to find his birth certificate or a census entry of him and his family in 1880 or 1890.

The sources I have already found are linked in his Wikitree profile.

Can anyone of you help me finding more information about him or tell me where I possibly could find information on him?

 

Thank You!

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Hi, if you haven't already found his file in Antwerp. Otherwise you may ignore this post.

Charles Samuel Martin °b 7 jul. 1875 Nashville.  
His parents were: Nat? Martin, age 56 in 1899, birthlocation unknown,
and Rose, Lamb °b Nashville, age 45 in 1899. Both were living in Nashville.  

Occupation: agent for American society A. Eickler (Music sitar) in Berlin, Rue de Pernice? 85). He had 2 addresses in Germany Cologne (Duranerstrasse 164) & Dusseldorf (Hohestrasse 38). He made 4000 à 5000 Franks per year.  
He married on 24 May 1897 in Dover with Berthold Josephine.

He arrived 1 Aug. 1899 in Antwerp, Belgium. He carried as legal documents a passport delivered 15 Feb. 1899 by the American ambassade/consult in Berlin.  
SOURCE: Felixarchief, city archive of Antwerp:

//zoeken.felixarchief.be/zHome/Home.aspx?f=100&inv=2962

(look at the long blue bar)

1st select in the first column: 'FAMILIENAAM' (Surname)

2nd 'BEVAT' (contains) and

3rd type a piece of a surname + Enter

*Example 'HLIN' instead of McLaughlin so you get variants.

Answer 1

U.S.passport applications 1795-1825;born July 7 1875,Nashville,Tenn.

passport issued Feb. 17 1897.

Immigration 1886-1900,to Antwerpen Belgium

Passport issued Feb 24 1903,For some reason he went overseas several

times.Was he white or african American.

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Thanks for your help!
I do already know this record.
The reason Charles traveled so much was probably that he was a merchant of profession.
He was white but because of some information I gained about his son it is possible that he was a jew.

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Hi, if you haven't already found his file in Antwerp. Otherwise you may ignore this post. 

Charles Samuel Martin °b 7 jul. 1875 Nashville. 
His parents were: Nat? Martin, age 56 in 1899, birthlocation unknown,
and Rose, Lamb °b Nashville, age 45 in 1899. Both were living in Nashville. 

Occupation: agent for American society A. Eickler (Music sitar) in Berlin, Rue de Pernice? 85). He had 2 addresses in Germany Cologne (Duranerstrasse 164) & Dusseldorf (Hohestrasse 38). He made 4000 à 5000 Franks per year. 
He arrived 1 Aug. 1899 in Antwerp, Belgium. He carried as legal documents a passport delivered 15 Feb. 1899 by the American ambassade/consult in Berlin. 
SOURCE: Felixarchief, city archive of Antwerp: 

//zoeken.felixarchief.be/zHome/Home.aspx?f=100&inv=2962

(look at the long blue bar) 

1st select in the first column: 'FAMILIENAAM' (Surname) 

2nd 'BEVAT' (contains) and 

3rd type a piece of a surname + Enter 

*Example 'HLIN' instead of McLaughlin so you get variants. 

 

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I need some more informations about this family. My children are ancestors from this family.

Volkmar Heinz

Answer 2

Without his parent's names, it would be nearly impossible to find birth or census records. In 1880, there were lots of families with a young son named Charles Samuel Martin born about 1775 in Tennessee. Link

I suspect that much of the information already gathered could at best be considered speculative association.