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Robert Watson MARTIN (1899-1971)
| Name: | Robert Watson MARTIN |
| Sex: | Male |
| Father: | - |
| Mother: | - |
| Spouse: | Elsie PEAKE (1896-1987) |
| Cause of Death: | heart attacks |
| Children: | Samuel Robert (Bob) MARTIN |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 24 Apr 1899 | Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland 1,2,3 |
| Census | 1901 (age 1-2) | From online GRO for Campbeltown South, Page 10 3,4 |
| Immigration (1) | 6 Aug 1920 (age 21) | to Sailed on the S.S. Corsican from Liverpool, England to Quebec, Canada where they landed on August 15, 1920 3,5 |
| Immigration (2) | 1920 (age 20-21) | to Form 20-A completed July 20, 1920 - see copy 3,6 |
| Residence (1) | 1928 (age 28-29) | Normanhurst Ave, Hamilton, ON 3 |
| Residence (2) | btw 1929 and 1946 (age 29-47) | 295 Strathearne Ave., Hamilton, ON 3 |
| Residence (3) | btw 1946 and 1968 (age 46-69) | 754 Cumberland Ave., Burlington, ON (now the corner of Cumberland and Fairview) 3 |
| Retirement | 1968 (age 68-69) 3 | |
| Residence (4) | btw 1968 and 1971 (age 68-72) | Lakeshore Road, Nanticoke, ON 3 |
| Death | 2 Jun 1971 (age 72) | Hagersville, ON, CA 3,7 |
| Burial | Jun 1971 (age 72) | White Chapel Cemetery, Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, CA 3 |
Additional Information
| Death | Cause: heart attacks |
Marriage
| Spouse | Elsie PEAKE (1896-1987) | |
| Children | Samuel Robert (Bob) MARTIN (1922- ) | |
| Angus Frank (Frank) MARTIN (1924-2003) | ||
| Arthur Ernest (Red) MARTIN (1927-2000) | ||
| William Watson MARTIN (Bill) (1929- ) | ||
| Marriage | 24 May 1921 (age 22) | Laidlaw United Church, 155 Ottawa Street, Hamilton, ON, CA 3 |
Individual Note (shared)
For some reason, his mother left when Robert was about 1 year and sister Jessie was about 5 or 6 years old. Their father sent the two children to live with his mother, Margaret Watson Martin in Shaw's Bridge, Ballylesson, near Belfast in Northern Ireland. The name "Martin" was given to the children as grandmother Margaret's second husband's name was Angus Martin. Apparently Angus was very mean to Robert who, along with his sister Jessie, never heard from either his mother or father again.
Robert's Uncle Angus (oldest son of Margaret and Angus), helped arrange his passage to Canada. He boarded the S.S. Corsican in Liverpool, England on August 6, 1920 with about five pounds in his pocket. It was on board this ship that he met Elsie Peake, his future wife. He asked her if she wanted to dance, but she replied that she didn't know how. He told her that was alright because neither did he.
Upon disembarking from the ship, they must have exchanged addresses. Robert was bound for Forest, ON where he worked for about a year before coming to Hamilton. He and Elsie married in May of 1921. He got a job as a clerk in a hardware store, and they worked as farm hands. They later bought a house on Strathearne Avenue and Robert went to work as a maintenance man for the Hamilton Stove Exchange at the corner of Kenilworth and Barton. Robert served in the Air Force during WWII and was stationed for a time overseas. Some time after his discharge, they bought a 5 acre farm at 754 Cumberland Ave. in Burlington, ON, now the corner of Cumberland and Fairview St. They retired in 1968 and bought a home near Nanticoke, ON on Lake Erie at the end of Cheapeside Road. Robert suffered a heart attack on the night of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary and died in hospital a short time later.
Early upon coming to Canada, Robert corresponded with his sister Jessie, who had stayed in Ireland and married a man with the last name of Copeland or Copelan. Elsie used to write the letters for him. She wrote infrequently and stopped in the 1950s when it is believed that Jessie had died.
1901 census Trumlesible (? - Rd?)
Duncan Watson, Head, Married, age 32, Calder Pit Head man?, Worker, b. Southend
Henrietta, wife, age 32, Pit Head man's wife, b. Campbeltown
Jessie C., daughter, age 4, b. Campbeltown
Robert, son, age 1, b. Campbeltown3
Sources
| 1 | "British GRO, Births". ID 8206952 / Robert's birth "certificate" issued 20th
January 1912.
Text From Source: When & where born: 1899, 24th; 6h 15m pm / Queen Street, Campbeltown Parents & When Married: Duncan Watson Distillery Workman / Henrietta Watson M.S. Campbell / 1895 June 6th, Campbeltown |
| 2 | "British GRO, Census". 1901 British Census Page 10, Civil Parish of
Campbeltown...
Text From Source: Duncan as head, with wife Henrietta and children Jessie (age 4) and Robert (age 1) |
| 3 | "File (merged): Lynn_Fournier_ancestors.GED". |
| 4 | "British GRO, Census". online, Page 10 for Civil Parish of Campbeltown,
Drumlemble (part).
Text From Source: Duncan Watson, Head, Married, Age 32, Collier? Pit Head Man, Worker, born Campbeltown, Rooms with one or more windows - 4 Henrietta, Wife, Married, Age 26, Pit Head Man's wife, born Campbeltown Jessie C., Daughter, Age 4, born Campbeltown Robert, Son, Age 1, born Campbeltown |
| 5 | "National Archives of Canada". have Manifest from Microfilm (#s not recorded). |
| 6 | Ibid. have copy of form from Microfilm (#s not recorded). |
| 7 | Funeral Director's Proof of Death, R.H.B. Anderson Funeral Homes Ltd in Hagersville. |