Martin, Reuben^[1]

Abt 1802 - 1881  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Martin, Reuben
  Birth	Abt 1802	Oxford, Ontario, Canada
  	His death record says he was 79 years old when he died in 1881.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851-1881	West Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Death	17 Apr 1881	West Oxford, Oxford, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Association	Barker, Adeline (Relationship: Informally adopted child)
  Person ID	I543	Martin-Bloom
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Martin, Samuel,   b. Abt 1759   d. 28 Aug 1832 (Age ~ 73 years)
  Mother	Greene, Silence,   b. 14 Apr 1762, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, d. 29 May 1811, Blenheim, Oxford, Ontario, Canada (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1780	Lanesborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts
  	Samuel and Silence very likely were married in Lanesborough or a nearby town, although no record has been located yet. Silence's family moved to Lanesborough in 1773 when she was 11, her sister Huldah was married in Lanesborough in 1782, and Silence's son Silas was born in Massachusetts in 1783.
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Matilda,   b. Abt 1809, Ontario, Canada
  Association	Barker, Adeline (Relationship: Informally adopted child)
  Family ID	F365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2016

  
  

• Documents

  Martin, Reuben -- death notice From the Woodstock [Ontario] Sentinel Review, 22 Apr 1881, p. 1 col 6.

  
  

• Notes

  A Reuben Martin played in a baseball-like game on 4 Jun 1838 between Beachville and the Zorras, a team from the nearby township of Zorra and North Oxford. This probably was our Reuben. Most of the players are said to have been 15 - 24 years old, but the ages of several are unknown and one was called 'Old Ned' Dolson. Our Reuben would have been about 36, clearly not too old to enjoy a game. [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Maud Martin Latham's papers (in file), Martin family chart, p. 1. [S56] 1851 Canada Census (taken in 1852), Oxford West, Oxford County, Canada West (Ontario). Schedule: A. Roll: C_11745, Page: 13, Line: 1. [S149] 1861 Canada Census, West Oxford, Oxford, Canada West; Roll: C-1061-1062; Page: 32. [S150] 1871 Canada Census, Oxford West, Oxford South, Ontario; Roll: C-9911; Page: 13; Family No: 49. [S151] 1881 Canada Census, Oxford West, Oxford South, Ontario. Roll: C_13267, Page: 29, Family No: 166. [S154] Death Record, Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS935_32, -- West Oxford, Oxford, Ontario (image in file). [S174] Bouchier, Nancy B. and Barney, Robert K., A Critical Examination of a Source on Early Ontario Baseball: The Reminiscence of Adam E. Ford, J. Sports Hist. Vol 15, No. 1, (1988) pp 75 - 90.