Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameWalter William MARTIN 
Birth21 Oct 1874, Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois199
Removal1902, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California200 Age: 27
Cremation18 Oct 1962, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles, California199 Age: 87
OccupationManual Arts Instructor, Pasadena High School
EducationThroop Institute (now Caltech), Pasadena204, p 3
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherPhiletus Sylvanus MARTIN (1844-1934)
MotherFlora Maria DAUGHERTY (1849-1926)
Individual Notes
• Graduated Pomona High School on June 26, 1891. Gave oration on Leadership.205
• 754 Locust Street, Pasadena, Calif., June 11, ‘05
For once in my life I have broken a record and am not proud of it; but when this family letter reached me, I was right in the midst of closing up my school work for the year and any of you who are teachers will know what that means. I enjoyed reading the letters very much and thought I would write immediately but with company in the house and the exercises of commencement week on, all letter writing was thrust aside.
“Well!” I hear you say, “Who is this busy body any way?” I am Walter W., the youngest son of P. S. and F. M. Martin and the only one of their family who has ventured to establish a home of his own, although they say that my oldest brother is on the brink of the matrimonial sea. Probably that is why he couldn’t find time to add his little letter.
It was my good fortune to spend two years with Aunt Jane and Uncle Henry, 1896-98, while I was finishing my work in Rockford High School and during that time I met a good many of my relatives. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed those days with you in your different homes and my wish is that I may have the pleasure of entertaining you all in my home here in the “Crown of the Valley.”
I hold at present (and have held the same for the past six years) the position of instructor in woodshop at Throop Polytechnic Institute. I have about one hundred boys each year to look after in my department. They are in the same grade as the first year in high school. I enjoy my work very much. My three months’ summer vacation I spend with my father-in-law at Long Beach helping him rustle groceries.
On Christmas morning, 1901, I was married to Maude M. Fellows, the only child of E. F. Fellows of Los Angeles. We have been very happy together since that time and now have a little boy in our home who is right up to the Martin standard. He is just a year old and--well, ask his grandparents if you don’t think he is all right. His name is Hoyt Fellows Martin, please excuse him if he doesn’t write as he is asleep.
Now I hope you will forgive me for delaying the letter and I’ll promise not to do so again.
Yours affectionately,
Walter W. Martin.206, pp 31-2
• Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 14, 06. [excerpts]
Your letters came to us two days ago in the nature of a valentine and I will say as all the rest have said, “We enjoyed them very much.” Eight months have passed since I wrote you before and we are still enjoying life and work in beautiful Pasadena.
Cousin May asks if I have forgotten the four girls who made me miserably (happy). No, not I, and I just long for the chance to reciprocate in some way for the many pleasant times I had with them. You say, “Walter in far away California.” Do you realize that it is less than three days’ journey? Just try it and see for yourself.
I am going to enclose a picture of our little boy Hoyt. It was taken last September, so of course he has changed a good deal since then. He is twenty months old now and is growing sweeter and cuter every day. He talks a great deal and begins to show a wonderful memory.206, p 71
• Moved to Rose Villa Street in Pasadena in 1914.
Source: Doris Martin Atwell, 11 Nov 1991, as told to Gretchen Martin Mills.
• His Rest Is Hard-Earned
When Walter W. Martin, head of the Manual Training Department of the high school, went on his annual camping trip to Little Bear Lake last week he took with him a pneumatic mattress, remarking to his friends that he had at last discovered the secret of comfortable camping.
At the ghastly hour of 2:30 o’clock that night he awoke to the fact that it was a rheumatic instead of pneumatic mattress. It had lost its air, and the large buttons used to hold it in quilted shape stood out with distressing prominence. After a half hour of agony the auto pump was brought out, and there as the silvery moonlight danced on the ripples of the lake and reflected back on the whispering pines a solitary white-clad figure could be seen going through the rhythmic motions of a man pumping a tire.
Mr. Martin has been doing this for nearly two weeks now, but by this time he does it subconsciously without even waking up.
Not every man gets so imbued with the war spirit, even in these troublesome times, that he blows up his own bed every night in his sleep!207
• Walter Martin, Retired School Teacher, Dies
Walter Martin, member of a family which moved to Pomona in 1895 and who was a graduate of Pomona High School, died Tuesday at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. He was a teacher by profession.
As a boy he was a member of the Martin family whose home was on Towne Avenue just north of Holt Avenue for many years.
Martin attended Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena, which was the forerunner of Throop Institute that later became California Institute of Technology.
From 1912 to 1940 Martin taught in Pasadena public schools heading the department of manual training. He taught in Pasadena City College during World War II because of a shortage of instructors. He retired the second time in 1944 at the age of 70.
Subsequently he became manager of the Pacific Coast office of Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing Company and continued in that office until it was closed in 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were members of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church until a year ago when they moved to Mt. San Antonio Gardens, Congregational Homes Retirement Community in Pomona, and became members of Claremont Congregational Church.
Martin is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Jane Martin; a son, Dr. Hoyt Martin, South Pasadena; a daughter, Mrs. Doris Atwell, Altadena; and four grandchildren.201,208
• Former Teacher Here Dies [excerpts]
Funeral services for Walter Martin, a former Pasadena City School teacher, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Turner & Stevens Pasadena chapel.
Mr. Martin died yesterday morning in Pomona. He was a native of Rockford, Ill., and with his family moved to Pomona when he was a boy.
He taught in Pasadena City College during World War II because of the shortage of instructors. He retired the second time in 1944 at the age of 70.209
• 754 Locust Street, Pasadena, Calif., June 11, ‘05
For once in my life I have broken a record and am not proud of it; but when this family letter reached me, I was right in the midst of closing up my school work for the year and any of you who are teachers will know what that means. I enjoyed reading the letters very much and thought I would write immediately but with company in the house and the exercises of commencement week on, all letter writing was thrust aside.
“Well!” I hear you say, “Who is this busy body any way?” I am Walter W., the youngest son of P. S. and F. M. Martin and the only one of their family who has ventured to establish a home of his own, although they say that my oldest brother is on the brink of the matrimonial sea. Probably that is why he couldn’t find time to add his little letter.
It was my good fortune to spend two years with Aunt Jane and Uncle Henry, 1896-98, while I was finishing my work in Rockford High School and during that time I met a good many of my relatives. I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed those days with you in your different homes and my wish is that I may have the pleasure of entertaining you all in my home here in the “Crown of the Valley.”
I hold at present (and have held the same for the past six years) the position of instructor in woodshop at Throop Polytechnic Institute. I have about one hundred boys each year to look after in my department. They are in the same grade as the first year in high school. I enjoy my work very much. My three months’ summer vacation I spend with my father-in-law at Long Beach helping him rustle groceries.
On Christmas morning, 1901, I was married to Maude M. Fellows, the only child of E. F. Fellows of Los Angeles. We have been very happy together since that time and now have a little boy in our home who is right up to the Martin standard. He is just a year old and--well, ask his grandparents if you don’t think he is all right. His name is Hoyt Fellows Martin, please excuse him if he doesn’t write as he is asleep.
Now I hope you will forgive me for delaying the letter and I’ll promise not to do so again.
Yours affectionately,
Walter W. Martin.206, pp 31-2
• Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 14, 06. [excerpts]
Your letters came to us two days ago in the nature of a valentine and I will say as all the rest have said, “We enjoyed them very much.” Eight months have passed since I wrote you before and we are still enjoying life and work in beautiful Pasadena.
Cousin May asks if I have forgotten the four girls who made me miserably (happy). No, not I, and I just long for the chance to reciprocate in some way for the many pleasant times I had with them. You say, “Walter in far away California.” Do you realize that it is less than three days’ journey? Just try it and see for yourself.
I am going to enclose a picture of our little boy Hoyt. It was taken last September, so of course he has changed a good deal since then. He is twenty months old now and is growing sweeter and cuter every day. He talks a great deal and begins to show a wonderful memory.206, p 71
• Moved to Rose Villa Street in Pasadena in 1914.
Source: Doris Martin Atwell, 11 Nov 1991, as told to Gretchen Martin Mills.
• His Rest Is Hard-Earned
When Walter W. Martin, head of the Manual Training Department of the high school, went on his annual camping trip to Little Bear Lake last week he took with him a pneumatic mattress, remarking to his friends that he had at last discovered the secret of comfortable camping.
At the ghastly hour of 2:30 o’clock that night he awoke to the fact that it was a rheumatic instead of pneumatic mattress. It had lost its air, and the large buttons used to hold it in quilted shape stood out with distressing prominence. After a half hour of agony the auto pump was brought out, and there as the silvery moonlight danced on the ripples of the lake and reflected back on the whispering pines a solitary white-clad figure could be seen going through the rhythmic motions of a man pumping a tire.
Mr. Martin has been doing this for nearly two weeks now, but by this time he does it subconsciously without even waking up.
Not every man gets so imbued with the war spirit, even in these troublesome times, that he blows up his own bed every night in his sleep!207
• Walter Martin, Retired School Teacher, Dies
Walter Martin, member of a family which moved to Pomona in 1895 and who was a graduate of Pomona High School, died Tuesday at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. He was a teacher by profession.
As a boy he was a member of the Martin family whose home was on Towne Avenue just north of Holt Avenue for many years.
Martin attended Polytechnic Institute in Pasadena, which was the forerunner of Throop Institute that later became California Institute of Technology.
From 1912 to 1940 Martin taught in Pasadena public schools heading the department of manual training. He taught in Pasadena City College during World War II because of a shortage of instructors. He retired the second time in 1944 at the age of 70.
Subsequently he became manager of the Pacific Coast office of Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing Company and continued in that office until it was closed in 1958.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were members of the Pasadena Presbyterian Church until a year ago when they moved to Mt. San Antonio Gardens, Congregational Homes Retirement Community in Pomona, and became members of Claremont Congregational Church.
Martin is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mary Jane Martin; a son, Dr. Hoyt Martin, South Pasadena; a daughter, Mrs. Doris Atwell, Altadena; and four grandchildren.201,208
• Former Teacher Here Dies [excerpts]
Funeral services for Walter Martin, a former Pasadena City School teacher, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Turner & Stevens Pasadena chapel.
Mr. Martin died yesterday morning in Pomona. He was a native of Rockford, Ill., and with his family moved to Pomona when he was a boy.
He taught in Pasadena City College during World War II because of the shortage of instructors. He retired the second time in 1944 at the age of 70.209
Census
• 1880 Census: Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. Age 5, b IL. Father b IL; mother b NY.210
• 1910 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 35, b IL. Teacher, Polytechnic School. Father b IL; mother b NY.57
• 1920 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 45, b IL. Teacher, High School. Father b IL; mother b NY.58
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b IL. Industrial Arts. Father b Canada Eng; mother b NY.211
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b IL. Industrial Arts Teacher, Public Schools.212
• 1950 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b IL. Widower. Manager, Bluing Corp.213
• 1910 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 35, b IL. Teacher, Polytechnic School. Father b IL; mother b NY.57
• 1920 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 45, b IL. Teacher, High School. Father b IL; mother b NY.58
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b IL. Industrial Arts. Father b Canada Eng; mother b NY.211
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b IL. Industrial Arts Teacher, Public Schools.212
• 1950 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b IL. Widower. Manager, Bluing Corp.213
Directories
• Pomona City Directories
1896-7: mill hand Stout & Bishop, res 659 N Town ave.202, p 95
1898: mechanical engineer, r 659 N. Towne.202, p 74
• Pasadena City Directory
1915: 1782 Rose Villa (before that at 927 Locust).214, p 2
1919: Martin, Walter W (Maude F), tchr High School, h 1782 Rose Villa203
1896-7: mill hand Stout & Bishop, res 659 N Town ave.202, p 95
1898: mechanical engineer, r 659 N. Towne.202, p 74
• Pasadena City Directory
1915: 1782 Rose Villa (before that at 927 Locust).214, p 2
1919: Martin, Walter W (Maude F), tchr High School, h 1782 Rose Villa203
Spouses
Birth24 Mar 1879, Rochester, Monroe, New York215
Burial24 Nov 1948, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles, California217
Ancestral File #N42W-HG82
FatherErnest Frank FELLOWS (1855-1924)
MotherJennie R. HOYT (1858-1909)
Individual Notes
• In 1892 she came [to California] with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Fellows, to Pomona.216
• Parents are Ernest Fellows and Minnie Hoyt.215
• Miss Maude Fellows, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Fellows, formerly of this city, was married in Los Angeles at 10 a. m. yesterday to Walter Martin, of Pomona, who at present is one of the teachers in Throop Polytechnic Institute at Pasadena. Los Angeles will be the future home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin.218
• MARTIN - Mrs. Maude F. Martin passed away Nov. 22, 1948, at her residence, 1782 Rose Villa Street. A native of Rochester, N. Y., she came to Pasadena about 33 years ago. She was a member of Pasadena Presbyterian Church and past president of the Fidelia Club. Surviving Mrs. Martin are her husband, Walter W. Martin; a daughter, Mrs. Val L. Atwell, Altadena; a son, Dr. Hoyt F. Martin, South Pasadena, and four grandchildren, Dorothy and Richard Atwell and Kristin and Gretchen Martin. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Edwards and Cummings, 317 Lincoln Avenue, conducted by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake.216
• Mrs. Martin Rites Planned
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Walter W. Martin, 1782 Rose Villa Street, who died Monday after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Martin was born in Rochester, N. Y., and spent the early years of her life in Brockford [sic], N. Y. In 1892 she came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Fellows, to Pomona. In 1901 she was married to Walter W. Martin. The next year they came to Pasadena where Mr. Martin was on the faculty of the old Throop Polytechnic High School in the industrial art department.
Mrs. Martin was a charter member of Fidelia Club, comprising wives of school men, and one of its most popular past-presidents. Until a few months ago, she had scarcely missed a meeting in 35 years. Surviving are her husband, one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Hoyt Martin, South Pasadena; her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Atwell, Pasadena; also four grandchildren: Kristin and Gretchen Martin and Dorothy and Richard Atwell.200
• Parents are Ernest Fellows and Minnie Hoyt.215
• Miss Maude Fellows, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Fellows, formerly of this city, was married in Los Angeles at 10 a. m. yesterday to Walter Martin, of Pomona, who at present is one of the teachers in Throop Polytechnic Institute at Pasadena. Los Angeles will be the future home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin.218
• MARTIN - Mrs. Maude F. Martin passed away Nov. 22, 1948, at her residence, 1782 Rose Villa Street. A native of Rochester, N. Y., she came to Pasadena about 33 years ago. She was a member of Pasadena Presbyterian Church and past president of the Fidelia Club. Surviving Mrs. Martin are her husband, Walter W. Martin; a daughter, Mrs. Val L. Atwell, Altadena; a son, Dr. Hoyt F. Martin, South Pasadena, and four grandchildren, Dorothy and Richard Atwell and Kristin and Gretchen Martin. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of Edwards and Cummings, 317 Lincoln Avenue, conducted by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake.216
• Mrs. Martin Rites Planned
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Mrs. Walter W. Martin, 1782 Rose Villa Street, who died Monday after an illness of several months.
Mrs. Martin was born in Rochester, N. Y., and spent the early years of her life in Brockford [sic], N. Y. In 1892 she came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest F. Fellows, to Pomona. In 1901 she was married to Walter W. Martin. The next year they came to Pasadena where Mr. Martin was on the faculty of the old Throop Polytechnic High School in the industrial art department.
Mrs. Martin was a charter member of Fidelia Club, comprising wives of school men, and one of its most popular past-presidents. Until a few months ago, she had scarcely missed a meeting in 35 years. Surviving are her husband, one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Hoyt Martin, South Pasadena; her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Atwell, Pasadena; also four grandchildren: Kristin and Gretchen Martin and Dorothy and Richard Atwell.200
Census
• 1880 Census: Brockport, Monroe, New York. Age 1, b NY.219
• 1900 Census: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Age 21, b Mar 1879, NY. Parents b NY.220
• 1910 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 31, b NY. Parents b NY. Mother of one living child.57
• 1920 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 40, b NY. Parents b NY.58
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 51, b NY. Parents b NY.211
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 61, b NY.212
• 1900 Census: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Age 21, b Mar 1879, NY. Parents b NY.220
• 1910 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 31, b NY. Parents b NY. Mother of one living child.57
• 1920 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 40, b NY. Parents b NY.58
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 51, b NY. Parents b NY.211
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 61, b NY.212
Marriage Notes
• The marriage of Miss Maude M. Fellows and Walter W. Martin was solemnized Wednesday morning, December 25, 1901, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Fellows, 1401 Rich street, Los Angeles; Dr. Cautine, of the First M. E. Church, officiating.
The groom was attended by his brother, Elias Martin of Pomona.
The groom is a member of the Faculty at Troop Polytechnic Institute, and the bride is highly esteemed by her many friends in Los Angeles and Pomona. Both formerly lived in Pomona and are well and favorably known here.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin took no wedding journey, and will be at home to their friends after February 1, 1902, at 1401 Rich street, Los Angeles.221
• The marriage of Miss Maude M. Fellows and Walter W. Martin was solemnized Wednesday morning, December 25, 1901, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Fellows, 1401 Rich street, Los Angeles; Dr. Cautine, of the First M. E. church, officiating.223
• Married eight years in 1910 Census.57
The groom was attended by his brother, Elias Martin of Pomona.
The groom is a member of the Faculty at Troop Polytechnic Institute, and the bride is highly esteemed by her many friends in Los Angeles and Pomona. Both formerly lived in Pomona and are well and favorably known here.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin took no wedding journey, and will be at home to their friends after February 1, 1902, at 1401 Rich street, Los Angeles.221
• The marriage of Miss Maude M. Fellows and Walter W. Martin was solemnized Wednesday morning, December 25, 1901, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Fellows, 1401 Rich street, Los Angeles; Dr. Cautine, of the First M. E. church, officiating.223
• Married eight years in 1910 Census.57
Birth21 Jun 1877, Boone, Boone, Iowa225, place only; age 76,226, date only
Death30 Mar 1975, Los Angeles County, California226,227, year only Age: 97
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Los Angeles, California227
FatherWright HARRIS (~1832-)
MotherAlma (~1843-)
Census
• 1880 Census: Boonesboro, Boone, Iowa. Age 2, b IA. Twin. Father b England; mother b KY.224
• 1910 Census: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Age 29, b IA. Father b England; mother b IN. Married 2 years. Mother of 1 non-living child.228
• 1930 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 50, b IA. Father b England; mother b IN. Milliner; Owns Shop. Married 29 years.229
• 1910 Census: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Age 29, b IA. Father b England; mother b IN. Married 2 years. Mother of 1 non-living child.228
• 1930 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 50, b IA. Father b England; mother b IN. Milliner; Owns Shop. Married 29 years.229
Marriageabt 1950, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California230