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F Eliza Martin

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Index to marriage record, Colchester S. Twp, Essex Co., ON: Alpheus Adams married 1886.

Obituary, 1915, HEIRS files:
Alphens Adams ... was married to Eliza Martin, daughter of the late Robert Martin, of Colchester South, and their family of eight are all still living as follows: Ada (Mrs. William Bertrim), Essex; William, Gosfield South; Forest, Ora, Raymond, Carmine and Verda, who live with the mother at home; Lillian, (Mrs. Allex Fox), of Colchester South...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 495-496:
Thompson Martin (deceased) was during his lifetime one of the popular farmers of Anderdon...
     Mr. Martin was born in Colchester township Dec. 7, 1850, son of Robert and Jane (Palon) Martin, who came from Ireland. Robert Martin and his wife were among the prominent old families of Colchester South and were members of the Church of England. They died at their home there, he Feb. 8, 1886, his wife in April, 1893...
     Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of a large family of children: John, dying when a child. The others were as follows: (1) Thomas, the eldest, now a retired farmer of Harrow, now residing in Colchester, was married to Miss Caroline Woodbridge, of Gosfield, who died July 30, 1904, and by whom he has one daughter, Georgiana, now Mrs. Silas Brush, of Colchester. (2) Mary J., deceased, was the wife of Lennox Thompson, of Colchester, and had five children, all of whom are deceased. (3) James, who died in April, 1898, left a wife (formerly Julia McLean) and eight children, three of whom are married, Ida (Mrs. George Atkinson, of Gosfield), Robert (who married Miss Jessie Brown, of Colchester), and Mina (the wife of Mr. William Klie, of Colchester North). The others are George, Edward, Susan, Ross and Norman. (4) Ellen, Mrs. James Brush, has a family of four, three of whom are married, Amanda (Mrs. J. H. Pettypiece, of Amherstburg), Mary (Mrs. James Gibb, of Anderdon), and John (who married Miss Maggie Thompson, of Colchester). Martin is unmarried. (5) Francis (deceased), born in Colchester, married Maggie Pettypiece, of Anderdon, settled in Colchester and died leaving one daughter, Jane, now the wife of Nelson Fox, of Colchester. (6) Thompson. (7) Edward died in June, 1880, unmarried. (8) Sarah, who died in March , 1896, was the wife of Jacob Snyder, of Colchester, and left four children, Robert (who married Eliza McCormick, of Colchester), Ella, Lena and Earl. (9) William, who is on the old homestead, married Miss Susan Martin, of Malden, and has three sons, Arthur, Frank and Kenneth. (10) Eliza, born in Colchester, is the wife of Alpheus Adams, who resides in Sandwich West, and has eight children Ada, Willie, Forrest, Lillie, Ora, Raymond, Carmen and Verda...

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 472-473:
Klie. The Klie family, so worthily represented in Colchester South by men of the highest integrity and public spirit, originated in Germany, the emigrant ancestor being Godfrey Klie, the grandfather of Henry and Albert Klie...
     Henry Klie, son of Godfrey, accompanied the family to this country in 1855. In Germany he had wedded Louisa Duva, who was born in Oldendorf, Germany, May 26, 1826...
To Henry Klie and wife were born the following children: ... Henry is mentioned below...
     Henry Klie, son of Henry and Louisa (Duva) Klie, and one of the enterprising farmers of Colchester South, was born at the Canadian "Soo," May 2, 1860, but he grew to manhood in the County of Essex...In 1893 he married Ellen Adams, a daughter of Matthew Adams, and two sons and one daughter have been born of this union: Archibald, Robert and Beatrice...
     ADAMS. Mrs. Henry Klie comes of a distinguished family of the States... Joshua Adams, son of Edward and grandfather of Mrs. Klie, was born in Maryland, and came to the County of Essex, unmarried, about 1798... He married Elizabeth Quick, who died aged seventy-two years. Their children were: ... Matthew...
     Matthew Adams was born April 13, 1823, in Colchester South, and there grew to manhood, at a time when educational advantages were limited... Mr. Adams married Hannah McCormick, a daughter of Matthew McCormick, and to them came children as follows: ... Alpheus, a farmer, living near Windsor, married Eliza Martin, and his children are: Ada, William, Forest, Lillian, Ora, Raymond, Carmen and Verda ...

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Robert Martin 1810-1886   Jane Palen ca 1817-1893
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Eliza Martin ca 1861-