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Family History & Genealogy

The Martin Family

3,298 documented Martin ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

3,298Documented ancestors
1781Earliest record
9Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Martin

From the widespread personal name Martin (from Mars, the Roman god of war); common across Europe.

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Martin families we’ve reconstructed

Real Martin family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Alexander B. Martindate unknown
Brown County, Ohio
Alexander B. Martin ⚭ Prudence McNown
childrenEliza Martin · Hiram Martin · Edgar Martin · Rufus Martin · Mary H. Martin · Frank D. Martin · Alexander B. Martin Jr. · Calista Martin · Albert Martin
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Celia Martinb. 1871
Fulton County, Illinois
parentsJohn Martin & Jane Roy
Celia Martin ⚭ Charles A. Pardee
childrenEarl Pardee · Giles Pardee · Grace Pardee · Ernest Pardee · Irma Pardee · Wayne Pardee · Mary Pardee · Bernard Pardee
History of Audubon County, Iowa (1915)
Naman Martinb. 1817
Naman Martin ⚭ Temperance Axley
childrenElizabeth Martin · Francis Martin · William Martin · Alexander Martin · Robert A. Martin · Henry S. Martin · Owen P. Martin
Source: A History of Johnson County, Illinois (1925)
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Henry Martinb. 1828
Union Township, Brown County, Ohio
parentsHenry Martin & Phebe Campbell
Henry Martin ⚭ Mary Prince
childrenAlice B. Martin · Lizzie Martin · Harriet N. Martin · Thomas Martin
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Wellington J. Martinb. 1848
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
parentsJohn L. Martin & Carrie Bird
Wellington J. Martin ⚭ Clara Picking
childrenPearl P. Martin · Harry Martin · Florence Martin · Lydia Martin
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Agnes Martind. 1900
Ohio → Linn County, Iowa
parentsJames Martin
Agnes Martin ⚭ John Busenbark
childrenLucy Ellen Busenbark · Sarah A. Busenbark · Hannah Ann Busenbark · James William Busenbark
Mary Alice Martindate unknown
parentsHenry Martin
Mary Alice Martin ⚭ Jacob Finley James Richey
childrenClarence La Mar Richey · Laura Alice Richey · Willis Paul Richey · Ada Blanche Richey
Achsah A. Martindate unknown
Williams County, Ohio
parentsHarrison A. Martin & Elizabeth Dolvin
Achsah A. Martin ⚭ Henry Mark (m. 1871)
childrenCharles W. Mark · Alta M. Mark · Ida M. Mark · Ernest H. Mark
Cordelia Martind. 1908
vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky → near Denison, Crawford County, Iowa
Cordelia Martin ⚭ Alfred B. Conyne, William Cochran
childrenSilas Conyne · Alfred M. Conyne · Ada Conyne · John Cochran
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Catherine Martindate unknown
Erie, Pennsylvania
parentsRebecca Moore
Catherine Martin ⚭ Francis Rose, Samuel B. Staller
childrenLewis Rose · Mary Sisley Rose · Sarah Rose
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Harrison A. Martin1819 – 1885
Columbiana County, Ohio → Williams County, Ohio
Harrison A. Martin ⚭ Elizabeth Dolvin (m. July 1845)
childrenElmira Martin · William W. Martin · Achsah A. Martin
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Martha Martinb. 1831
Martha Martin ⚭ Johnston B. Krieghbaum
childrenAndrew J. Krieghbaum · McClelland Krieghbaum · Ida Ella Krieghbaum

+21 more documented Martin families in the record. Find yours →

The documented line

Martin ancestors in the record

Deceased Martin ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Henry Martin was born in 1828 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
James Martin
1781 – 1862
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
m. Mary Lasure
Samuel Martin
1802 – 1878
Washington County, Ohio
m. Rachel Campbell, Clarissa Ellsbary
Mary Martin
1807 – 1881
Washington County, Pennsylvania
m. John White
Naman Martin
b. 1817
m. Temperance Axley
George L. Martin
b. 1818
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Harrison A. Martin
1819 – 1885
Columbiana County, Ohio
m. Elizabeth Dolvin (m. July 1845)
John B. Martin
b. 1820
Montgomery County, Ohio
m. Rachel Kreider
Julia Ann Martin
1820 – 1903
Iowa
Henry Martin
b. 1828
Union Township, Brown County, Ohio
m. Mary Prince
Martha Martin
b. 1831
m. Johnston B. Krieghbaum
Elijah Martin
b. 1834
Union Township, Brown County, Ohio
Elizabeth Martin
1843 – 1914
Linn County, Iowa
Wellington J. Martin
b. 1848
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
m. Clara Picking
D. W. K. Martin
b. 1849
Adams Township, Darke County, Ohio
Mother Agness Martin
1851 – 1897
Iowa
Eben Martin
1855 – 1932
Maquoketa
Mery Fe Martin
1861 – 1922
Iowa
Rosa M Martin
1865 – 1918
Linn County, Iowa
William H Martin
1869 – 1956
Iowa
Cora B Martin
1870 – 1966
Iowa
Celia Martin
b. 1871
Fulton County, Illinois
m. Charles A. Pardee
Anna Martin
1871 – 1971
Iowa
Stephen A. Martin
1871 – 1957
Centerville
Edgar Martin
1871 – 1951
Burlington
Allen Martin
1872 – 1967
Iowa
Mehetabel Martin
1872 – 1967
Iowa
Harriet R Martin
1872 – 1966
Iowa
Myrtle Martin
1873 – 1967
Iowa
John Martin
1873 – 1963
Iowa
Hattie Martin
1873 – 1966
Iowa
Frank Martin
1873 – 1965
Iowa
Rebecca Martin
1873 – 1977
Iowa
Helen Martin
1874 – 1975
Iowa
Warren Martin
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Amos Martin
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Susan Martin
1875 – 1969
Iowa
Hattie Martin
1875 – 1973
Iowa
Sylvia Martin
1875 – 1971
Iowa
Olof Martin
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Pauline Martin
1875 – 1968
Iowa
Elizabeth Martin
1875 – 1972
Iowa
Rose Martin
1876 – 1967
Iowa
Emma Martin
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Guy Martin
1876 – 1965
Iowa
Charles Martin
1876 – 1978
Iowa
Ruth Martin
d. 1877
m. Mr. Turner (m. 19 Nov 1870)
Laura Martin
1877 – 1970
Iowa
Joseph Martin
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Frank Martin
1877 – 1968
Iowa
Lillie Martin
1877 – 1964
Iowa
Emma Martin
1877 – 1963
Iowa
William Martin
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Lillie R Martin
1877 – 1969
Iowa
John Martin
1877 – 1964
Iowa
Bert Martin
1877 – 1967
Iowa
Josephine Martin
1878 – 1963
Iowa
Eva J Martin
1878 – 1974
Iowa
Lena Martin
1878 – 1975
Iowa
Joseph Martin
1878 – 1966
Iowa
Loran Martin
1878 – 1965
Iowa
Delia Martin
1878 – 1972
Iowa
Otto Martin
1878 – 1965
Iowa
Matilda Martin
1878 – 1967
Iowa
Olive Martin
1879 – 1973
Iowa
Ernest Martin
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Harry W Martin
1879 – 1974
Iowa
Clara B Martin
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Clara M Martin
1879 – 1971
Iowa
Dorthea K Martin
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Jerry Martin
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Ida Martin
1879 – 1983
Iowa
George Martin
1879 – 1974
Iowa
May Martin
1879 – 1969
Iowa
William Martin
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Martha Martin
1879 – 1973
Iowa
Mae Martin
1879 – 1968
Iowa
Roland Martin
1879 – 1963
Iowa
Leo Martin
1879 – 1972
Iowa
John A. Martin
d. 1880
England
m. Carrie Bird
Jennie Martin
1880 – 1971
Iowa
Doris Martin
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Fred Martin
1880 – 1971
Iowa
Charlie Martin
1880 – 1965
Iowa
Lewis Martin
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Florence Martin
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Lawrence Martin
1880 – 1970
Iowa
Gertrude Martin
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Arthur Martin
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Nona Martin
1880 – 1975
Iowa
Ray Martin
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Mary Martin
1880 – 1967
Iowa
William Martin
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Edith Martin
1880 – 1973
Iowa
Myrtle Martin
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Edna Martin
1880 – 1980
Iowa
Leroy Martin
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Margarete D Martin
1881 – 1970
Iowa
Josephine Martin
1881 – 1968
Iowa
Hiram Martin
1881 – 1968
Iowa
John Martin
1881 – 1965
Iowa
Florence Martin
1881 – 1983
Iowa
Clyde Martin
1881 – 1964
Iowa
Lettie Martin
1881 – 1973
Iowa
John Martin
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Romeo Martin
1881 – 1966
Iowa
Gertrude Martin
1881 – 1977
Iowa
David Martin
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Ray Martin
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Thomas Martin
1881 – 1978
Iowa
Lieu Martin
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Cora Martin
1882 – 1966
Iowa
John Martin
1882 – 1968
Iowa
James Martin
1882 – 1953
Iowa
Mabel Martin
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Janette Martin
1882 – 1976
Iowa
Clyde Martin
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Edna Martin
1882 – 1983
Iowa
William Martin
1882 – 1977
Iowa
Jean Martin
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Fannie Martin
1882 – 1973
Iowa
John Martin
1882 – 1973
Iowa
Fred Martin
1882 – 1963
Iowa
Jessie H Martin
1882 – 1969
Iowa
Alvin Martin
1882 – 1970
Iowa
Nellie Martin
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Theodore Martin
1882 – 1968
Iowa
Theodore Martin
1883 – 1969
Iowa
John Martin
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Lenna Martin
1883 – 1976
Iowa
James Martin
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Homer Martin
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Harry Martin
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Anna Martin
1883 – 1984
Iowa
Harry Martin
1883 – 1968
Iowa
John Martin
1883 – 1965
Iowa
John Martin
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Mabyl Martin
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Warren Martin
1883 – 1962
Iowa
Pearl Martin
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Jim Martin
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Robert Martin
1883 – 1967
Iowa
William Martin
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Maude Martin
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Marie Martin
1883 – 1980
Iowa
Tina Martin
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Nellie Martin
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Charles Martin
1883 – 1974
Iowa
Harry Martin
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Iva Martin
1884 – 1980
Iowa
James Martin
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Arlo Martin
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Mattie Martin
1884 – 1967
Iowa
May Martin
1884 – 1977
Iowa
Frank Martin
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Ada Martin
1884 – 1969
Iowa
Alfred Martin
1884 – 1972
Iowa
Lizetta Martin
1884 – 1979
Iowa
Benjamin Martin
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Grover Martin
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Charles Martin
1884 – 1982
Iowa
Milissa Martin
1884 – 1979
Iowa
Myrtie Martin
1884 – 1968
Iowa
Bert Martin
1884 – 1975
Iowa
Frank Martin
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Steve Martin
1885 – 1983
Iowa
Charles Martin
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Clara Martin
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Clyde L Martin
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Kit Martin
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Nelle Martin
1885 – 1967
Iowa
Edyth Martin
1885 – 1976
Iowa
Harley Martin
1885 – 1973
Iowa
Joe Martin
1885 – 1963
Iowa
Rose Martin
1885 – 1971
Iowa
John Martin
1885 – 1962
Iowa
Thomas Martin
1885 – 1964
Iowa
Virge Martin
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Della Martin
1885 – 1981
Iowa
Blanche L Martin
1885 – 1987
Iowa
Roy Martin
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Claude Martin
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Cecil Martin
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Joe Martin
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Chet Martin
1885 – 1977
Iowa
Clarence Martin
1885 – 1983
Iowa
Laura Martin
1885 – 1976
Iowa
Charles Martin
1885 – 1965
Iowa
James Martin
1885 – 1965
Iowa
Hannah Martin
1885 – 1972
Iowa
Sophia Martin
1885 – 1978
Iowa
Charles Martin
1885 – 1979
Iowa
Elias Martin
1885 – 1974
Iowa
William Martin
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Maude Martin
1885 – 1977
Iowa
Mayme Martin
1885 – 1970
Iowa
Iva Martin
1885 – 1962
Iowa
Ethel M Martin
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Thomas Martin
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Clarence Martin
1885 – 1981
Iowa
Ida Martin
1885 – 1977
Iowa
Harry Martin
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Nelle Martin
1886 – 1972
Iowa
Clara Martin
1886 – 1982
Iowa
Olga Martin
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Margaret Martin
1886 – 1973
Iowa
Voil Martin
1886 – 1964
Iowa
Browny Martin
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Mary Martin
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Charles Martin
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Pearl Martin
1886 – 1964
Iowa
Sherman Martin
1886 – 1965
Iowa
Dave Martin
1886 – 1965
Iowa
Emma Martin
1886 – 1978
Iowa
Irvin Martin
1886 – 1968
Iowa
Roy Martin
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Adelheit Martin
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Ida Martin
1886 – 1971
Iowa
William Martin
1886 – 1963
Iowa
James Martin
1886 – 1964
Iowa
William Martin
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Grover Martin
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Barbara Martin
1886 – 1969
Iowa
Earl Martin
1886 – 1957
Iowa
Glenn L. Martin
1886 – 1955
Macksburg
George Willard Martin
1886 – 1971
Iowa
Mary Martin
1887 – 1964
Iowa
Edward Martin
1887 – 1969
Iowa
Linley Martin
1887 – 1965
Iowa
Fred Martin
1887 – 1980
Iowa
Elsie Martin
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Pauline Martin
1887 – 1978
Iowa
Laura Martin
1887 – 1978
Iowa
Margaret Martin
1887 – 1966
Iowa
Ray Martin
1887 – 1980
Iowa
Mayme Martin
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Grace Martin
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Mamie Martin
1887 – 1975
Iowa
Joseph Martin
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Mayme Martin
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Ethyl Martin
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Mildred Martin
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Evelyn Martin
1887 – 1982
Iowa
John Martin
1887 – 1964
Iowa
Elbert Martin
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Martha Martin
1887 – 1982
Iowa
Ada Martin
1887 – 1985
Iowa
Olga Martin
1887 – 1965
Iowa
Daisy Martin
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Clyde Martin
1887 – 1967
Iowa
Viola Martin
1887 – 1974
Iowa
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Common questions

Martin genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Martin surname come from?

From the widespread personal name Martin (from Mars, the Roman god of war); common across Europe.

How far back does the Martin family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1781. Most Martin lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Martin family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Martin family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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