ALBERT5 MARTIN (John4-3-2, Christian1) was born at Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 5 September 1855 a son of Mary Gochenauer, and died at Lancaster, Lancaster County, on 6 March 1923.[1] He married at Lancaster on 22 December 1881 ELIZABETH KREIDER (GROFF) LEHMAN.[2] She was born at Pennsylvania on 13 August 1855, a daughter of John Rush Groff and his wife Mary Kreider.[3] She died at Pequa Township, Lancaster County, on 21 May 1885.[4] She was the widow of CHRISTIAN M. LEHMAN.
Albert was born out of wedlock. The 1860 Census reported him at the age of four, living with Henry and Keziah Eckman at Providence Township (New Providence Post Office).[5] Keziah was his mother's sister; Henry Eckman was a second cousin to his probable father. Albert's mother was living with her parents in the same township; John Martin, his probable father, was living with his cousin, Martin Lefevre, in the same township.
Ten years later, in 1870, ther census reported Albert still with his aunt, same township and post office, as follows:[6]
| Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
| 10. | Eckman, Henry | 43 | M | W | farm laborer | $800 | $200 | PA |
| 11. | Eckman, Keziah | 41 | F | W | keeping house | PA | ||
| 12. | Martin, Albert | 14 | M | W | PA | |||
| 13. | Zittle, William | 3 | M | W | PA | |||
| 14. | Gochenauer, Elizabeth | 26 | F | W | domestic servant | PA |
This record also reported that Albert was attending school. Elizabeth was a sister to Keziah, another aunt to Albert. I don't know if William Zittle was a relation.
The 1880 Census reported Albert Martin, 24, single, at Pequea Township, in the household of Jacob and Barbara Heidelbach, where he was a servant, working on the farm.[7]
Albert Martin married Elizabeth K. (Groff) Lehman in 1881; they were both twenty-six years old. This tragic marriage lasted only three and a half years, but produced three children. Elizabeth committed suicide, a tragedy described in detail in the Lancasater Weekly Intelligencer. This weekly issue reproduced news from the previous week; this article originally appeared on Friday:[8]
The grieving widower was left with three small children, ages five months, one year and nine months, and 2 years and eleven months. It is not clear with whom the children were placed, or where Albert Martin went. His obituary states, "He was a farm laborer, employed in the vicinity of Herrville for many years."[9] The 1890 City and County Directory reported him at Smithville, Providence Township, a laborer. [10] The 1900 Census reported him in Pequea Township, Lancaster County, with his mother and daughter as follows:[11]
| Line | Name | Related | Race | Sex | Born | MS | B | FB | MB | Occupation |
| 40. | Martin, Albert | head | W | M | Sep 1855 | Wd | PA | PA | {A | day laborer |
| 41. | Martin, Ida | daughter | W | F | Jan 1885 | S | PA | PA | PA | |
| 42. | Gochenauer, Mary | mother | W | F | Mar 1836 | S | PA | PA | PA | housekeeper |
Son Henry, age 17, was boarding with Aaron and Mary Groff at East Drumore Township, Lancaster County, and was working as a blacksmith doing coach work.[12] Son Frank, age 16, was boarding with Henry and Emma Andrew at Providence Township; he was attending school.[13]
Albert moved to Lancaster about 1903.[14] His children all married about this time, Henry in 1903, Ida about 1903-4, and Frank in 1905. In 1910 Albert was living in a small hotel in Lancaster, and working as a packer in a tobacco warehouse.[15] By 1916 Albert was living with his son Henry in Lancaster.[16]
Albert Martin died in 1923. His obituary provides some information on his life:[17]
Albert Martin, 67 years old, died in St. Joseph Hospital Tuesday night. Death was caused by a complication of diseases after an illness of several months. He was a farm laborer, employed in the vicinity of Herrville for many years, was a resident of Lancaster for 20 years, ten of which he worked in local tobacco warehouses. Mr. Martin was a member of the Knights of Friendship and the L.O.O.M. He was married to Mary Groff of Smithville, who died some years ago. He is survived by three children: Henry, Lancaster; Frank, Quarryville; Mrs. Ada Reese, New Holland, and one sister, Mrs. Ada Herr, Lampeter. The funeral will be held from the home, 532 N. Mary Street, Friday afternoon with private internment in Greenwood Cemetery at 4 o'clock. |
His death record provides the details of his death:[18]
Albert Martin and his wife Elizabeth Groff had the following children:
1Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 36259, Mr Albert Martin, 1923; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 June 2018); Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11, Series 11.90. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
2Leora Martin Duke, Leora Duke's "Little Red Book", privately held by Jere Duke. typed transcription.
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4"An Appaling Tragedy," Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Weekly Intelligencer, 27 May 1885; Newspapers (newspapers.com : 14 October 2019 ). p. 5.
5Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Providence, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1125, p. 590, household 37, Henry Eckman family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
6Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, Providence, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, roll 1358, p. 162A, household 50, Henry Eckman family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
7Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Pequea, Lancasteer County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 167, roll 1143, p. 345C, household 18, Jacob Heidlebach family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 18 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
8"An Appaling Tragedy."
9"Albert Martin," obituary, Lancaster News Journal, 9 March 1923; Newspapers (newspapers.com : accessed 22 October 2019); p. 28.
10Williams' Lancaster City and County Directory for 1890 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: J. E. Williams, 1890), 355, Albert Martin; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2019).
11Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Pequea, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 98, p. 11, household 229, Albert Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2018); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
121900 Census, East Drumore, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 86, p. 1, household 2, Aaron Groff family.
131900 Census, Providence, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 99, p. 1, household 4, Henry Andrew family.
14City Directory of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1903 Edition (Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan: R. L. Polk & Co., 1903), 531, Martin, Albert; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 October 2019).
15Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Lancaster, Lancaster Coiunty, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 65, roll 1354, p. 3B, household 67, hotel of Elmer Fisher; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 10 October 2019); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
16R. L. Polk & Co.'s Lancaster City Directory, 1916 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: R. L. Polk & Co., 1916), 666, Albert Martin; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2019).
17"Albert Martin."
18Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 36259, Mr Albert Martin, 1923.
City Directory of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1903 Edition. Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan: R. L. Polk & Co., 1903. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.
Duke, Leora Martin. Leora Duke's "Little Red Book." Privately held by Jere Duke.
Lancaster News-Journal. Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 9 March 1923.
Lancaster Weekly Intelligencer. Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 27 May 1885.
Pennsylvania Department of Health. Death Certificates, 1906–1967. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.
R. L. Polk & Co.'s Lancaster City Directory, 1916. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: R. L. Polk & Co., 1916. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.
United States Department of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.
________. Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.
________. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.
________. Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2018.
________. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.
Williams' Lancaster City and County Directory for 1890. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: J. E. Williams, 1890. Digital images. Ancestry. ancestry.com : 2019.
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