Wilhelm Nikolai Martens

Individual Profile Wilhelm Nikolai Martens

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Birth: 31 Dec 1781, Prussia Immigration: 1793, Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia Death: 10 Jun 1845, Halbstadt, Molotschna, South Russia Family: SPOUSE: Berg, Aganetha, 10 Mar 1792 Married: 25 Nov 1809; 1 -- +Martens, Wilhelm, 25 Apr 1811 2 -- +Martens, Helena, 10 May 1813 3 -- +Martens, Jakob Wilhelm, 4 Sep 1815 4 -- +Martens, Johann, 2 Feb 1817 5 -- Martens, Anna, 21 Apr 1818 Family: SPOUSE: Willms, Justina, 7 Sep 1795 Married: 16 Apr 1820; 1 -- +Martens, Marie "Anna", 8 Oct 1821 2 -- +Martens, Katharina, 24 Nov 1823 3 -- Martens, Heinrich, 24 Sep 1825 4 -- +Martens, Heinrich, 12 Feb 1828 Family: SPOUSE: Rempel, Maria, 13 Oct 1791 Married: 11 Sep 1828; 1 -- Martens, Elisabeth, 21 Aug 1830 Father: Martens, Aron, Abt 1756 Mother: Janzen, Anna, Abt 1755 Notes: Marriage Source: Ancestry of David Dick and Katharina Schmidt, page 16 Marriage Source: Dueck, Ulrich. West Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Charts454 genealogical charts. See description by C. Fredrick Dyck in Mennonite Family History, Oct 2009, p181. Microfilm is available at most Mennonite archives and libraries in North America. Also online at http://mla.be, page Chart 105 Marriage Source: Ancestry of David Dick and Katharina Schmidt, page 16, p17 Marriage Source: Dueck, Ulrich. West Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Charts454 genealogical charts. See description by C. Fredrick Dyck in Mennonite Family History, Oct 2009, p181. Microfilm is available at most Mennonite archives and libraries in North America. Also online at http://mla.be, page Chart 105 Marriage Source: Ancestry of David Dick and Katharina Schmidt, page 16 Marriage Source: Dueck, Ulrich. West Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Charts454 genealogical charts. See description by C. Fredrick Dyck in Mennonite Family History, Oct 2009, p181. Microfilm is available at most Mennonite archives and libraries in North America. Also online at http://mla.be, page Chart 9, 105 Birth Source: Genealogy of Cornelius Willms, 1730-1972, page 197 Birth Source: Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, page 244 Birth Source: Bergmann Family Register Birth Source: 1801 Chortitza Colony Census. Odessa Region State Archives, Fund 6, Inventory 1, File 67 Birth Source: Ancestry of David Dick and Katharina Schmidt, page 9/10/16/17 Birth Source: Niebuhr, Jacob (b. 4 May 1862); listing of births and deaths attached to his diary., page 15 Birth Source: 1816 Chortitza Colony Census (October, 1816) Birth Source: 1816 Schoenwiese, Chortitza Colony, Census Birth Source: Dueck, Ulrich. West Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Charts454 genealogical charts. See description by C. Fredrick Dyck in Mennonite Family History, Oct 2009, p181. Microfilm is available at most Mennonite archives and libraries in North America. Also online at http://mla.be, page Chart 105 Death Source: Ancestry of David Dick and Katharina Schmidt, page 9/10/16/17 Death Source: Family History of the Baergen Family, page 179 Death Source: Aron Martens 1754 - 1801 Family Book, page 179 Death Source: Niebuhr, Jacob (b. 4 May 1862); listing of births and deaths attached to his diary., page 15 Death Source: Dueck, Ulrich. West Prussian Mennonite Genealogy Charts454 genealogical charts. See description by C. Fredrick Dyck in Mennonite Family History, Oct 2009, p181. Microfilm is available at most Mennonite archives and libraries in North America. Also online at http://mla.be, page Chart 105 Notes: In the 1816 Schoenwiese Census he is listed at Schoenwiese #13. In the 1816 Chortitza Colony Census he is listed at Schoenwiese #12. Also listed in his home in these censuses is his sister Helena. He transferred to Halbstadt, Molotschna Colony, in 1825 where he is listed at Halbstadt #17 in the 1835 Molotschna Census. In the 1835 Census his father's first name is given as Klaas. He was a business partner with Johann Cornies. In 1841 he owned 33,691 dessiatines outside the Molotschna Colony. He is reputed to have owned or rented almost 100,000 dessiatines of land before his death in 1845 (None but Saints, by James Urry, p. 143). He committed suicide. The diary of Jacob Niebuhr (b. 4 May 1862) says he was born 3 Dec 1781 and died 11 Jun 1845. He is believed to be in the 1795 census in the listing for Aron Martens #7686 (BH Unruh p244). Immigration Source: Die niederlandisch-niederdeutschen Hintergrunde der mennonitischen Ostwanderungen im 16., 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, page 244 Last update: 6 Oct 2016 This date covers only this individual's personal data and not family data (marriages, children, etc.) To display more data and links for individuals on this page, a subscription is required.