Individual Details

William Frederick "Bill" Martens

(16 Oct 1881 - 20 Oct 1956)

--> of Mathilde's 2nd husband Bill Martens - My grandfather (John Lester Schmidt) was not fond of him, and (he) basically drove him out of the house at the age of 14. Apparently he was not a really kind man. My grand fathers father, John A. Schmidt, died when my grand father was only 6 yrs old, and I think Bill Marten was ready to have children be out of the house when he married Mathilde (Elizabeth Schmidt-Panos).

Events

Birth16 Oct 1881Germany
MarriageBef 1910Bertha L March
Census1915Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States
MarriageAft 1930Mathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben
Census (family)1940Richland Township outside Dundee Town, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Mathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben
Residence (family)Mar 1941Dundee, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Mathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben
Military27 Apr 1942WWII Draft Registration - Dundee, Delaware, Iowa, United States
Census (family)1950Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States - Mathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben
Death20 Oct 1956Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States

Families

SpouseMathilda Katharina "Matilda, Tillie" Eiben (1884 - 1976)
SpouseBertha L March (1889 - 1930)

Notes

Census

Famer, earned $1500 in 1914
extent of Education Common 8
born Germany, Parents both born in Germany
Lutheran

Marriage

She was Mrs. Martens at the time of her sister Elise's death in 1959. Listed as Mrs. William Martens of Dundee in an article on her father March 27, 1941.

Census (family)

own home, $1800 value, farm
Martens, W. F. Head, MW, 58, married, Germany; Na, Farmer, farm
Martens, Matilda, Wife, FW, 55, married
lived in Delaware, Iowa April 1, 1935

Military

employment: RFD#1 Farm Dundee, Delaware Iowa
White, Height: 5-6, Weight, 225
Blue eyes, gray hair, light complexion

Census (family)

Martens, WIlliam F., Head, WM, 68, married, Germany, Handyman; washing window, rakes lawns
Martens, Matilda C, Wife, WF, 65, married, Iowa