Martin Nolan (abt. 1836 - aft. 1873)

Born about 1836 in Peterborough Co., Ontario

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Biography

Martin was the third of six (or seven) known children of James and Catherine McNertney Nolan, born in Peterborough County, Canada West, likely in Douro Township. There are only two references to Martin found to date. Relying on the 1861 Census, Martin was born in Peterborough in 1836 or 1837.^[1]Martin would have been a child when his family moved from Peterborough County to Waterloo County. (Martin was inexplicably not listed with the family on the 1852 census,^[2] and is noted as absent from the family, along with his older brother Anthony, on the 1861 Census when he was identified as age 25.)

Martin is also the name of an assumed cousin, Martin Nolan, the son of Edward Nolan, who also settled in Douro Township, Peterborough County, Ontario. The use of the same given name by two men considered brothers--one for his eldest son, the other for the second son-- lends a bit of weight to the belief that the men are in fact brothers and may have both been the son of a man named Martin. However, family sources have identified a person named Edward as the paternal grandfather of the two Martin Nolans.

Martin is also listed as a beneficiary of his father's will, indicating he was living in April 1873 when the will was drawn up.^[3]. These are the only references found for Martin.

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Census, Canada West
2. ↑ 1851 Census, Canada West, Waterloo County, Wellesley Township, Part 4.
3. ↑ Surrogate Court Records, Waterloo County, Ontario, Number: 761 Register: 1872-74, June 6, 1873