A few months ago, I posted about Albert MARTIN, son of William Stephen MARTIN and Ella Orvilla BOWER. I wondered if he had married - who his family was. A distant relative, Pamela, was so kind to reply and inform me that Albert had married a lady named Daisy.
I was thrilled to get this info! I went to familysearch.org and put in this new information. I simply typed 'Albert Martin' into the name field, 'Missouri' into the birthplace and 'Daisy' as the spouse.
The first 4 records that came up were a hit! Three were census records from 1900, 1920 and 1930. I learned that Albert and Daisy had 7 children: Grady, Alfred, and Neal (boys), and Irva, Mary, Susan and Ruth (girls). I was able to find death dates for the boys, but don't know if the girls are still living or not.
The fourth was a death record that confirmed that the Albert MARTIN I was looking at was married to Daisy and was indeed the son of William and Ella. I learned that Albert's middle name was Enis, that he was a farmer, and that he died of cerebral hemorrhage (or a stroke). I laughed when I saw that a contributing factor was High Pirtention - which I'm sure is Hypertension (or high blood pressure).
I decided to refine my search again and put the residence of 'Texas', since I now know he lived there. The 6th record to come up was a marriage record. Now I know that Albert married Daisie ROBERTS in 1895 in Ellis, Texas. This gives me an idea where to look for more records on the Martin family between the 1880 census in Missouri and the 1900 census in Texas.
I really wanted to find Albert's family in the 1910 census, but searching for Albert and Daisy didn't help. I decided to look for their oldest son Grady born in Texas. I found the family in 1910 living in Oklahoma!
Thanks to Pamela, I was able to find out so much more about the family.
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