George William Martin (1890 - 1974)

Born 31 Aug 1890 in Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jul 1974 at age 83 in Wilkin, Minnesota, United States

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Biography

Private George Martin served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 23 June 1918
Unit(s): 55th Infantry, Company H; 7th Division
Service ended: 27 June 1919

George was born in 1890 and was the son of Ocenia DeVall and Hearman Marten. He was a private in the US Army in World War I.^[1] After the war, he lived with his parents and worked on the farm.

By 1936 he had married Ethel Cox and had at least one child. When he registered for the draft in World War II, he was working for the Monarch Elevator Co. in Breckenridge, Minnesota. He was 5' 8" with brown hair and brown eyes. He passed away in 1974 and is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Wahpeton, North Dakota.

Sources

1. ↑ Wilkin County in the World War, 1919. Page 77 (https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog)

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8WM-LZZ : 13 March 2018), George William Martin, 1917-1918; citing Wilkin County, Minnesota, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,695.
• "Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QY3H-K96Z : 6 March 2020), George W Martens, .
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4MS-7JR : accessed 11 June 2019), George Marten in household of Herman Marten, Sunnyside, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States; citing ED 266, sheet 3B, line 62, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 867; FHL microfilm 1,820,867.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X369-9ML : accessed 29 August 2019), George W Martin, Sunnyside, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 2A, line 37, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1134; FHL microfilm 2,340,869.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSLK-P8B : 14 March 2018), George Martin, Sunnyside Township, Wilkin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84-29, sheet 1A, line 32, family 7, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1968.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKCC-HF16 : 13 October 2017), George William Martin, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4WZ-JWN : 4 December 2014), George William Martin, 16 Jul 1974; from "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Wilkin, Minnesota, record 1918807, certificate number 018640, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT9J-7PN : 10 January 2021), George Martin, Jul 1974; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "North Dakota, Cemetery Records, 1877-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6CBG-Z3TH : 2 November 2021), George W Martin, 1974; citing Burial, Fairview Cemetery, Fairview Junction, Richland, North Dakota, United States, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, North Dakota; FHL microfilm 004250901.
• Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for George William Martens Martin (31 Aug 1890–16 Jul 1974), Find A Grave Memorial no. 111841047, citing Fairview Memorial Gardens, Wahpeton, Richland County, North Dakota, USA; Maintained by ❀ T Burt (contributor 47009168). (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111841047/george-william-martin)