Martin Marson (1845 - aft. 1910)

Born Sep 1845 in Denmark

Husband of Elsa Christine Nelsen — married about 1873 in Denmark

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Martin Marson was born in September of 1845 in Denmark. He married Elsie S (alternately Elsa K) Christine Nelsen approximately 1873 in Denmark.^[1][2] Martin, Elsie and their four eldest children emigrated from Denmark on 14 December 1884.^[2] At least two additional children were born in Pennsylvania.

Martin became a naturalized citizen on 14 September 1896.^[2] In 1900, Martin was working as a tanner, and his eldest son, John Chris Marson, had married and was living nearby. Martin and Elsie's household included their younger children:

• Marie, born 29 April 1877 in Denmark
• Martin, born 21 December 1881 in Denmark
• Valentine 'Tina', born 14 February 1884 in Denmark
• Anna, born 27 June 1885 in Spring Creek, Warren County, Pennsylvania
• Johanna 'Hannah', born December 1888 in Pennsylvania.

Elsie died on 30 September 1902,^[3] and by 1910, Martin and his youngest daughter Hannah lived with daughter Tina and her husband, John Dahlstrand.^[4]

Martin died sometime after 1910.

Sources

1. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Erie County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Corry, enumeration district (ED) 63, sheet 4A (penned), dwelling 88, family 92, Martin Marsen household; digital image, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DYSS-M6J and FamilySearch Image: S3HT-DYSS-QKV : accessed 26 January 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1407.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Erie Society for Genealogical Research, Inc., “Erie County, Pennsylvania Naturalizations, 1825-1906,” (Marceline, MO : Walsworth Publishing Co., Inc., ca. 1983), entry for M.C. Marson, 1896, p. 91.
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #139056906 : accessed 27 January 2022), memorial no. 139056906, Elsie K. Marson, (1846-1902), gravestone photographed by Mare, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania
4. ↑ 1910 U.S. Census, Erie County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Corry City, enumeration district (ED) 61, sheet: 2B (penned), dwelling 40, family 41, John B. Dahlstrand household; digital image, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRNB-9Q9L : accessed 27 January 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1341.