The Ancestors and Descendants of
Albert Martin (1855-1923)
Sixth Generation

HENRY6 MARTIN (Albert5, Mary Gochenauer4) was born at Smithville, Providence Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on 10 June 1882 a son of Albert Martin and his wife Elizabeth Groff, and died at Lancaster, Lancaster County, on 2 April 1957.[1] He married at Quarryville, Lancaster County, on 31 August 1903 CORA ESTELLE HOWETT.[2] She was born at East Drumore Township, Lancaster County, on 3 September 1882, a daughter of Amos Watson Howett and his wife Clara May Johnson.[3] She died at Lancaster on 13 March 1970.[4]

                                      
Henry Martin
                                       
Cora Howett Martin

Henry Martin was the eldest of three children. His mother commited suicide before his third birthday. I don't have information on what happened to Henry and his siblings in those childhood years. When he was seventeen, the 1900 Census reported Henry Martin at East Drumore Township, boarding with Aaron and Mary Groff. Henry was a blacksmith doing coach work.[5]

Cora Estelle Howett was the second of nine children. She was born in East Drumore Township, however by 1900 her family had moved to Lancaster. But the 1900 Census reported Cora living with her maternal grandparents, Stephen and Mary (Brown) Johnson, in Providence Township.[6] Henry and Cora married in 1903 at "Oak Bottom," near Quarryville.[7]

The 1910 Census reported the family in Providence Township. Henry (called Harry by the census taker) worked as a baker in a bake shop. The family included Henry and Cora, daughters Helen, 6, and Leola, 3, and Cora's grandmother, Mary Johnson, 70.[8]

By 1916 the family had moved to 532 North Mary Street, in Lancaster, where Henry worked as a motorman.[9] Motorman was a term used for a trolley conductor.

The 1920 Census reported this family at the above address, consisting of Henry, 37, motorman, Cora, wife, 37, daughter Helen, 15, in school, daughter Mary, 13, in school, Henry's father, Albert Martin, 64, working as a packer of leaf tobacco, and Cora's grandmother, Mary Johnson, 79.[10] Nearby, at 536 Mary Street, lived Cora's parents, Amos and Clara Howett, with three of their children.[11]

Helen married in 1922, Mary Leora in 1927. Henry's father Albert had died in 1923; Cora's grandmother Mary Johnson died in 1929. The 1930 Census reported a very empty nest on Mary Street, consisting only of Henry and Cora, both 47.[12] In 1940 the couple was at the same place. The only change was that Henry was now a bus driver, the trolley having gone out of use.[13]

In 1950 the couple had moved to 834 East Orange Street, in Lancaster. Although family members said he retired in 1940, the 1950 city directory still listed him as a bus driver.[14]


Henry Martin, motorman

Henry and Cora Martin's lives are summarized in their obituaries"

Henry Martin, Aged 74, Dies
Retired CTC Bus Driver, Motorman[15]

Henry Martin, seventy-four, 834 E. Orange St., retired bus driver, died unexpectedly at his home at 3 p.m. yesterday following a brief illness. He had been under the care of a physician.

Born in Smithville, he was a son of the late Albert and Elizabeth Groff Martin. He was employed by the Conestoga Transportation Co. for 37 years until his retirement seven years ago. He worked as a motorman on the Columbia trolley line and then as a bus driver until he retired.

He and his wife, the former Cora E. Howett, observed their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 31, 1953.

He was a member of Bethany Evangelical United Brethren Church, and the Men's Bible Class. He also was a member of Lancaster Lodge No. 299, LOOM; and Local 1241,Amalgamated Assn. of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America.

Surviving are his wife, Cora E. Howett Martin, at home, a daughter, Mary Leora, wife of Franklin R. Duke, Lancaster; and a sister, Ida, wife of Clement A. Reese, Bareville. Also surviving are four grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Mrs. Henry Martin[16]

Mrs. Cora E. Martin, 87, widow of Henry Martin, 834 E. Orange St., died Friday at 8 a.m. in St. Joseph Hospital after a lengthy illness.

Born in Quarryville, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Howett, she resided in Lancaster 60 years and was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church. Her husband died in 1957.

Surviving are a daughter, Leora, wife of Franklin R. Duke, with whom she resides; four grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren; three brothers, V. Johnson Howett; Clarence Howett, both of Lancaster; and Amos Howett, Bethlehem; and a sister, Mary, wife of William Kopp, Lancaster.

Their obituaries fill in more details of the lives of daughter Marty Leora and her husband Franklin Duke:

Franklin R. Duke[17]

Franklin R. (Dukie), 68, of 401 Eden Road, died at the Duke Convalescent Home at 3:30 a.m. Saturday after a prolonged illness.

He was the husband of M. Leora Martin Duke.

Duke retired in 1966 after 38 1/2 years as a letter carrier for the U.S. Post Office.

He was a member of Bethany United Methodist Church, an honorary member of the administrative board of the church and the Sunshine Bible Class.

He also belonged to the Conestoga Assembly 23, Artisans, Patriotic Order of Sons of America, and the National Association of Letter Carriers. He bowled for many years with the letter carrier group, and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.

He was a vetreran of World War II and served with the U.S. Navy.

The Dukes celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary Sept. 5.

Born in Lancaster, he was a son of the late Benjamin F. and Belle Dile Duke.

In addition to his wife at home he is survived by two sons, H. Ernest Duke, of Gordonville, and Jere R. Duke, of Mount Joy.

He is also survived by four grandchildren and one great granddaughter.

M. Leora Duke, 90, born in Quarryville[18]

M. Leora Duke, 90, of 2901 Harrisburg Pike, Oak Leaf Manor North Retirement Community Center, formerly of 401 Eden Road, died Friday morning at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness.

She was the wife of the late Franklin R. Duke. Born in Quarryville, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Cora Howett Martin.

She was a lifelong resident of Lancaster County.

Mrs. Duke was a member of Covenant United Methodist Church. Surviving are two sons, H. Ernest, husband of June H. Duke of Lancaster, and Jere R., husband of Evelyn S. Duke of Mount Joy; four grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Henry Martin and his wife Cora Howett had the following children:

  1. HELEN ARMETA7 MARTIN b. at Lancaster on 23 January 1904.
  2. MARY LEORA7 MARTIN b. at Providence Township on 30 October 1906;[19] d. at Lancaster on 11 April 1997;[20] m. at Lancaster on 5 September 1927 FRANKLIN RAY DUKE,[21] b. at Lancaster on 17 June 1908,[22] d. there on 25 September 1976, child of Benjamin F. and Bell (Dile) Duke.[23] Leora and Franklin "Duke" Duke had the following children:[24]
    1. Henry Ernest Duke b. at Lancaster on 30 March 1928; m. at Lancaster on 2 October 1948 June Helen Smith b. at Lancaster on 3 June 1928. Ernest and June had the following children:
      1. Steven Randall Duke b. at Lancaster on 13 March 1950; m. at Lancaster on 8 June 1972 Kathleen Louise Keily b. at Lancaster on 14 February 1950. Steven and Kathleen had the following children:
        1. Carly Vanessa Duke b. at Lancaster on 18 January 1975.
        2. Allison Marie Duke b. at Lancaster on 31 July 1977.
        3. Megan Diane Duke b. at Lancaster on 17 June 1981.
      2. Cynthia Diane Duke b. at Lancaster on 5 November 1953; m. at Landisville, East Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, on 2 October 1978 Edward Dennis Blough b. at Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, on 15 February 1954.
    2. Jere Ray Duke b. at Lancaster on 19 September 1935; m. on 3 September 1955 Evelyn Seifert b. at Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, on 18 June 1935. Children of Jere and Evelyn:
      1. Tamara Sue Duke b. at Lancaster on 19 August 1960; m. about 1990 Daniel Jacobs. Children of Tamara and Daniel:
        1. Sean Tyler Jacobs b. on 26 April 1991.
        2. Robert Ryan Jacobs b. on 27 January 1996.
      2. Jeffry Michael Duke b. at Lancaster on 22 October 1963; m. about 1987 Beth Jane Keffer b. on 10 June 1963. Children of Jeffry and Beth:
        1. Joshua Michael Duke b. on 13 June 1988
        2. Brittany Janelle Duke b. on 22 September 1990.

NOTES

1Pennsylvania Department of Health, Death Certificates, 1906–1967, certificate 34154, Henry Martin, 1957; 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. Amos K. Stauffer, Genealogical Record of the Greider-Kreider Family in America (N.p.: typed manuscript, 1947), v. 1, p. 131.
3Leora Duke's "Little Red Book."
4"Mrs. Henry Martin," obituary, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Intelligencer Journal, 14 March 1970; Newspapers (newspapers.com : accessed 15 October 2019). p. 2.
5Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, East Drumore, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 1, household 2, Aaron Groff family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2018); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
61900 Census, Providence, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 99, roll 1425, p. 6A, household 121, Stephen Johnson family.
7Mary Elizabeth Bauer Ranck Kibler, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, interview by Charles A. Maxfield, about 1998; notes, privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
8Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Providence, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 132, roll 1355, p. 5A, household 106, Harry Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2015); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9R. L. Polk & Co.'s Lancaster City Directory, 1916 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: R. L. Polk & Co., 1916), 668, Henry Martin; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2019).
10Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 83, roll 1584, p. 7B, household 166, Henry Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 May 2015); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
111920 Census, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ED 83, roll 1584, p. 7B, household 168, Amos W. Howett family.
12Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 73, roll 2058, p. 8B, household 196, Henry Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 May 2015); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
13Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, enumeration district (ED) 36-95, roll 3532, p. 12B, household 276, Henry Martin family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 May 2015); NARA microfilm group T627.
14Polk's Lancaster (Lancaster, Co., Pa.) City Directory, 1950 (Boston, Massachusetts: R. L. Polk & Co., 1950), 371, Henry Martin; digital image, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2019).
15"Henry Martin, Aged 74, Dies," obituary, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) New Era, 3 April 1957; Newspapers (newspapers.com : accessed 22 October 2019).
16"Mrs. Henry Martin."
17"Franklin R. Duke," obituary, Lancaster (Pennsylvania) Intelligencer Journal, 27 September 1976; Newspapers (newspapers.com : accessed 23 October 2019).
18"M. Leora Duke, 90, born in Quarryville," obituary, Intelligencer Journal, 12 April 1997. B3.
19Pennsylvania Department of Health, Birth certificates, 1906–1910. Series 11.89, box 41, no. 120369, Mary Leora Martin, 1906; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 5 June 2018); Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania..
20"M. Leora Duke, 90, born in Quarryville."
21Mary Elizabeth Bauer Ranck Kibler, interview, about 1998.
22Pennsylvania Department of Health, Birth certificates, 1906–1910. Series 11.89, box 165, no. 191802, Franklin Ray Duke, 1908.
23"Franklin R. Duke."
24Information on children and grandchildren of Franklin and Leora Duke is from: Leora Martin Duke Leora Duke's "Little Red Book;" Mary Elizabeth Bauer Ranck Kibler, interview, about 1998. Letter from June Duke, to Charles A. Maxfield, 19 November 1997; held in by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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Duke, Leora Martin. Leora Duke's "Little Red Book." Privately held by Jere Duke.

Kibler, Mary Elizabeth Bauer Ranck. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Interview by Charles A. Maxfield, about 1998. notes. Privately held by Charles A. Maxfield, Lansdale, Pennsylvania.

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