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Title: Winston J. Martin fonds
Dates of creation: 1982-2021
Physical description: 40 cm of textual records
Biographical sketch: Winston James Martin was born in St. Jacobs 14 April 1939. His parents are Norman (Bowman) Martin (Jr.) and Gladys Koch. He married Betty Ann Lapp on 12 August 1967; they had two sons and two daughters. Martin obtained a B.A. in history from Goshen College, and a B.Th. from Ontario Bible College in Toronto. In 1970 Winston Martin was ordained as a Mennonite minister; he also worked for six years in the corrections system. As of 2003, Martin had served in 23 congregations -- in most cases as an interim minister. Beginning in 2000 he served as Secretary-Treasurer of Amish Mennonite Fire & Storm Aid. In 2003 the Martins lived in Milverton, ON.
Winston Martin always had an interest in family history. This interest intensified in helping his 10-year old daughter study her family history as part of a school project. The largest portion of his research has been on the Martin family going back to Christian Martin (b. 1669). He has also done significant research on related family lines. He donated a sizeable portion of his research to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario in March 2003.
Custodial history: Donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario by Winston J. Martin on 24 March 2003; supplemental donations in October 2003. Series 14 materials donated in September 2021.
Scope and content: The fonds consists of the contents of Martin's research binders on various family lines, with source documents interpolated.
There are thirteen name series in the fonds: 1) Martin; 2) Bauman/Bowman; 3) Cressman; 4) Detweiler; 5) Eby; 6)Good; 7) Musselman; 8) Nahrgang; 9) Oberholtzer; 10) Schneider/Snyder/Snider; 11) Shantz; 12) Weber/Weaver, 13) Erb 14) Various
Notes: Original archival description created 26 March 2003 by Sam Steiner.
File list:
Primarily an expansion of The Family History of Amos S. Cressman and Anna Martin Cressman : their Descendants and His Ancestors by Mary Hunsberger in 1975.
Detweiler Family research; primarily focused on descendants of Rudolph Detweiler (1733-1797)
Series 5: Eby
Eby Family research based and expanded on the earlier work by Ezra Eby.
Series 6: Good
Guth/Good Family research utilizing an article by Jane Evans Best in Mennonite Family History (1990), The research examines both early Good family records, as well as records of Goods who came to Canada. Christian Good (b. 1712), Daniel Good (b. 1798), Christian Good (b. 1744), Samuel Good (b. 1775), Benjamin Good (b. 1809), John Good (b. 1811)
Series 7: Musselman/Moser
Family research on Ontario immigrants Frederick Musselman (b. 1793) and David Musselman (b. 1799), with additional work on early Musselmans, and includes a significant number of listings on the Moser/Musser/Mosier family that intermarried in the early 19th century with Musselmans in Ontario
Series 8: Nahrgang
Typed listing of descendants of Simon (b. 1852) and Isaac Nahrgang (b. 1844)
Series 9: Oberholtzer
Oberholtzer family research, mostly copies from Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage
Series 10: Schneider/Snyder/Snider
Family research on Christian (1756-1830), Jacob (1764-1853) and Joseph (1772-1843) Schneider and their Ontario descendants.
Series 11: Shantz
Family Research on Jacob Shantz (1710-1781) descendants, with emphasis on Shantz descendants in Canada. Includes a partial index.
Series 12: Weber/Weaver
Family Research on Heinrich Weber (b. 1690) and George Weber (b. 1693) with emphasis on descendants in Ontario, Canada.
Family research on Christian Erb (1734-1810) and Maria Scherch (1737-1814) who came to Ontario in 1808.
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