John Leonard MartinAge: 74 years1851–1926
- Name
- John Leonard Martin
- Given names
- John Leonard
- Surname
- Martin
 Birth | September 13, 1851 |
 Marriage | Ida Aldora Germain — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 5 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 15 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 15 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 17 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Edith Blanche Martin April 25, 1874 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Harry Garrett Martin November 18, 1876 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 26 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Erma Ida Martin December 8, 1888 (Age 37 years) |
| Marriage of a child | James Harvey Shemwell — Edith Blanche Martin — View this family June 19, 1894 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Genevieve Shemwell May 6, 1896 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 46 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | John Franklin Young — Edith Blanche Martin — View this family March 1902 (Age 50 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Edith Blanche Martin April 13, 1905 (Age 53 years) Cause: Uterine Hemmorage |
| Death of a wife | Ida Aldora Germain May 22, 1916 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 64 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 65 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 66 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | August 28, 1926 (Age 74 years) |
| Family with Ida Aldora Germain |
| himself |
John Leonard Martin Birth: September 13, 1851 — Canada Death: August 28, 1926 — Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| wife |
Ida Aldora Germain Birth: April 5, 1855 — Canada Death: May 22, 1916 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| daughter |
Edith Blanche Martin Birth: April 25, 1874 22 19 — Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada Death: April 13, 1905 — San Joaquin, California, United States |
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3 years son |
Harry Garrett Martin Birth: November 18, 1876 25 21 — Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, United States Death: June 20, 1948 — Los Angeles, California, United States |
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12 years daughter |
Erma Ida Martin Birth: December 8, 1888 37 33 — Carson City, Nevada, United States Death: September 13, 1978 — Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - John Leonard Martin - Household
Glendale, Los Angeles, California
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