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Martin was born about 1825 in the Russian Empire in what is now Poland.[1][2] He married Caroline Klatt in about 1847, with whom he had eight children: Karoline, Karl, Andras, Jacob, Wilhelm, Gottleib, Elizabeth and Maryanna.[1] He passed away in 1889 of cancer in Ewin, Volhynia (today Гевин, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine) in the Russian Empire at the age of 64.[1][2]
A story of the birth of Martin and his brother Johann, and the move of their parents from Alsace-Lorraine to Poland is now a WikiTree Thing.
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Research Notes
Martin and Caroline's children were Karl (31 Jan 1851 - 9 Apr 1921), Karoline (1848 - 21 Mar 1917), Andras (~1854), Jacob (4 Jan 1857- 1938), Wilhelm (24 Mar 1862 - 27 Mar 1938), Gottlieb (~1865), Elizabeth (~1867 - 1945), Maryanna (2 Feb 1871 - 12 Nov 1957).[1]
Gordon Zelt wrote about the Earliest Roots of the Lechelt Family. The story of the move of the parents of Martin and his brother Johann from Alsace-Lorraine to Poland, the birth dates of the two boys, the death of the parents and the separate adoptions of both boys is discussed.[1]
Martin died 31 Aug 1889 in Ewin, Kr Wladimir, Parish: Rozyszcze. He was 64 yrs old, formerly in Radziwilow, G. Warschau.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Descendants of Martin Lechelt By Gordon William Zelt. circa 1995.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Death Record. The Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe. Public Search. Record: AGAD/1889, page 231, register 930.