Individual Details

Martin Albert Torinus

(26 Feb 1870 - Bef 14 Apr 1938)

His middle initial has been seen as both as "E" and as "A."

Events

Birth26 Feb 1870Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Census1 Jun 1870Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Census1 Jun 1880Linden Street, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Education1885 - 1888Shattuck Military Academy, Faribault, Rice, Minnesota
Marriage28 Sep 1892Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota - Olivia Jane "Ollie" Hospes
Census1 Jun 1900Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Bio Note1909a biography of Martin Albert Torinus was included in Augustus B. Eaton's History of the Saint Croix Valley
Census15 Apr 1910Morse, St. Louis, Minnesota
Census5 Jan 1920Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
Census1 Apr 1930322 Third Street North, Stillwater, Washington, Minnesota
DeathBef 14 Apr 1938

Families

SpouseOlivia Jane "Ollie" Hospes (1872 - 1938)
ChildAdolphus Hospes Torinus (1895 - 1949)
ChildMartin Albert Torinus Jr. (1897 - 1969)
FatherLouis Ernest Torinus (1834 - 1883)
MotherHelen Mar Mower (1845 - 1937)
SiblingGratia Fredericka Torinus (1865 - 1889)
SiblingGeorge Edward Torinus (1867 - 1909)
SiblingLouis Ernest Torinus Jr. (1872 - 1951)
SiblingNellie Torinus (1874 - 1875)
SiblingHarry Torinus (1876 - 1877)
SiblingElmo Torinus (1878 - 1878)
SiblingBurdette Eugene Torinus (1879 - 1915)
SiblingLois Mower Torinus (1883 - 1969)

Notes

Census

Martin E. Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis E. Torinus [father], age 3/12, male, white, born in Minnesota, father of foreign birth, and was born within the year in February.

Census

Martin Torinus was enumerated in the household of Louis Torinus, white, male, age 10, son, single, at school, had attended school within the census year, born in Minnesota, father born in Russia, and mother born in Wisconsin.

Marriage

They were married by Rev. Andrew D. Stowe, minister at the Acension Episcopal Church in Stillwater. Witnesses to the ceremony were Arthur Jay Whipple, Mae M. Van Vorhes and Louis Ernest Torinus.

Census

Martin A. Torinus was enumerated as head of household, white, male, born Feb 1870, age 30, married for 7 years, born in Minnesota, father born in Russia, mother born in Wisconsin, lumberman at St. Croix Lumber Co., can read, can write, can speak English, and home is owned and free of mortgage. Other members of his household were Olivia J. Torinus (wife), Adolphus Torinus (son), Martin A. Torinus (son), and Ida Anderson (servant, white, female, born March 1872, age 28, single, born in Sweden, father born in Sweden, mother born in Sweden, immigrated to the U.S. in 1873, had been in the U.S. for 7 years, servant, can read, can write, and can speak English).

Bio Note

"Martin Albert Torinus, another representative of the Torinus family, was born in Stillwater, February 26, 1870, son of Louis Ernest and Helen (Mower) Torinus. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of his native place, which he attended for nine years, afterward taking a course in the Shattuck Military Academy at Faribault, Minn., from 1885 to 1888. After leaving school he worked on the river drives for the purpose of learning the logging business from the beginning. He also engaged in various other lines of lumbering until elected general manager of the St. Croix Lumber Company. Later he was made president, which position he still holds. For seven years he served as private in Company K, of the state militia. He is a Republican in politics and affiliates with the Masons and the Elks. Mr. Torinus married September 28, 1892, to Olivia Jane Hospes, by whom he has two sons, Adolphus Hospes and Martin Albert, Jr. The publication of a portrait of Mr. Torinus in this work causes three generations to be represented by engravings, his father, his grandfather and himself. Although the corporation known as the St. Croix Lumber Company, which was organized early in 1873 for a period of thirty years, expired by limitation in 1903, yet the descendants of L. E. Torinus - who was the life and moving spirit of the original firm - have seen fit to retain the old and honored name, simply transferring their vast operations to a newer and more productive field - nearer to the sources of supply. The St. Croix Lumber Company disposed of its saw mills at South Stillwater in 1900 to the Eclipse Saw Mill Company, and Tozer & Nolan, and in the same year bought out the Knox Lumber Company, at Winton, Minn., together with a large amount of standing pine of Day Brothers, Minneapolis, and several others. This plant is at the terminus of the Duluth & Iron Range railroad, which they have enlarged and remodeled, so that at the present time the sawmill capacity is 320,000 feet during the run of twenty hours, while the planing mill capacity is fifteen cars per day. The plant consists of sawmill, planing mill, boarding house, general store, and fifty-five dwelling houses. The yearly cut of the mills is 55,000,000 feet of lumber and 12,000,000 lath of Norway and white pine. The company has enough standing pine to supply its mill for ten years. The yards and mills cover a hundred acres of ground. Number of men employed in the winter, 10,000; in the summer, 300. The company operated retail yards until 1902, when it disposed of forty yards, and is now exclusively engaged in the wholesale trade. The officers are: President, M. A. Torinus; vice president, L. E. Torinus; second vice president, B. E. Torinus; secretary and treasurer, H. L. Hagerman."

Census

Martin A. Torinus was enumerated as head of household, male, white, age 40, married for 16 years, born in Minnesota, father born in Russia, mother born in Wisconsin, able to speak English, president of lumber co., employer, able to read, able to write, and home is owned free of mortgage. Other members of his household were Olivia J. Torinus (wife), Adolphus A. Torinus (son), Martin A. Torinus Jr. (son), and Laura Chocter (servant, female, white, age 37, divorced, mother of 2 children with 2 children living as of the census date, born in Minnesota, father born in Germany, mother born in Germany, able to speak English, servant for private family, working for wages, was not out of work on the census date, and was out of work for 0 weeks during 1909.

Census

Martin A. Torinus was enumerated was head of household, home is owned, value of home was $10000, home had a radio set, male, white, age 60, married, age at first marriage was 23, able to read and write, born in Minnesota, father born in Russia, mother born in Minnesota, able to speak English, owner of a wheat ranch, worked for own account, and was not a veteran. Other members of his household were Olivia J. Torinus (wife) and Adolphus H. Torinus (son).

Endnotes

1. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 72.

2. "Minnesota, Township Births, ca. 1870-1910," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2019), digital image, "Return of Births in the City of Stillwater, County of Washington and State of Minnesota, for the year ending December 31, A.D. 1870," LDS microfilm 2079342, image 86 of 1519. line 10, Martin E. Torinus; Washington County (Minnesota), Clerk of the District Court.

3. "Minnesota, birth records1870-1934, indexes 1870-1981," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2019), digital image, "City of Stillwater, Washington County, Minnesota, Birth Index," FHL microfilm 1954946, image 233/4 of 1335, index p. 120. no. 26, Martin E. Torinus; Washington County (Minnesota), Clerk of the District Court.

4. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 27; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.

5. 1870 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Stillwater Township, p. 49, dwelling 301, family 352, Louis E. Torinus household, line 21, Martin E. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 July 2020); NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. .

6. 1880 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, Ward 3, City of Stillwater, enumeration district (ED) 35, 38B, Linden Street, dwelling 189, family 220, Louis Torinus household, line 20, Martin Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.

7. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 27; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.

8. Walter L. Mower, Mower Family History: A Genealogical Record of the Maine Branch of This Family together with Other Branches of the Family Tree (Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1923), 72.

9. "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 17 February 2019), digital image, "Marriage License and Certificate," FHL microfilm 1955363, image 1635/6 of 1820, No. H225, Torinus/Hospes; Minnesota County Courts.

10. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, p. 27; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.

11. 1880 U.S. Census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, enumeration district (ED) 47, sheet no. 11 A, dwelling 173, family 203, Martin A. Torinus household, line 38, Martin A. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 August 2020); NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.

12. Augusts B. Easton, Editor-in-Chief, History of the Saint Croix Valley (Chicago, Illinois: H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1909), vol. 1, pp. 27-28; digital image, Google, Google Books (books.google.com : accessed 29 May 2019.

13. 1910 U.S. census, St. Louis County, Minnesota, population schedule, Morse Township, enumeration district (ED) 203, sheet no. 4 B, dwelling 56, family 67, Martin A. Torinus, line 78, Martin A. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 3 August 2020); Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C..

14. 1930 U.S. census, Washington County, Minnesota, population schedule, City of Stillwater, Ward 3, enumeration district (ED) 82-29, sheet no. 5 B, dwelling 116, family 126, Martin A. Torinus household, line 59, Martin A. Torinus; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 August 2020); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls..