Anna (Morrison) Martin (abt. 1804 - bef. 1850)

Born about 1804 in Mississippi Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Norman Martin — married [date unknown] in Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died before 1850 before about age 46 in Union, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Anna Morrison and her husband Norman Martin were first cousins. Their mothers were sisters.

Because there are no dates and there is no photograph of the grave, it is likely that this record is a cenotaph. I'm including it here for reference purposes. It states that burial details are unknown, but it is possible that she did pass away in Louisiana because that was where two of her younger children were living with their father and their grandmother in 1850. It is unclear where the death date came from in this record, but she was likely deceased before 1850. That appears to be the year by which her husband remarried to the widow Eleanor Chapman Mott; their first and only child was born in 1851.

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[1]

Name Anna Morrison Martin

Birth 1800

Death 1844 (aged 43–44), Union Parish, Louisiana, USA

Burial Burial Details Unknown

Memorial ID 195062277

Notes Her children included:

1. Allen Martin

2. George Martin

3. William H. Martin

4. Norman Martin, Jr.

5. Elizabeth Martin

6. Nancy Martin

7. Abigail Martin

8. Mary Martin

9. Katherine Martin

Here is the 1850 census that identifies two of her youngest children.

1850 United States Federal Census #1 ^[2]

Name: Norman Martin

Sex: Male

Age: 51

Event Date: 1850

Event Place: Union, Louisiana, United States

Event Place (Original): Union parish, Union, Louisiana, United States

Birth Year (Estimated): 1799

Birthplace: North Carolina, W

Race: White

Household ID: 407

House Number: 407

Line Number: 9

Schedule Type: 1850 Population

Affiliate Film Number: 241

Affiliate Publication Number: M432

Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Norman Martin M 51 North Carolina

Mary Martin F 15 Mississippi

Norman Martin M 12 Mississippi

Mary Hattan F 75 North Carolina [mother]

It is worth noting that one of her older sons, Murdoch, was living in Clarke County, Mississippi in 1850, as was his father with his second wife's family. It is not clear if he had lived in Louisiana at one time and was in the process of moving his family members back to Mississippi, or if there was another reason for the residence in Union Parish.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 May 2021), memorial page for Anna Morrison Martin (1800–1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #195062277; Maintained by Robert Miller (contributor 46933197) Burial Details Unknown.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJX-9V1 : 22 December 2020), Norman Martin, Union, Louisiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).