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Note: Martha E. Perrin was the first of five children born to her parents Daniel S. Perrin and Susan Armitage. Martha was born in Au Sable, Iosco County, Michigan on December 26, 1873. Her parents had married on January 1, of that year in Ontario, Canada, and apparently moved to Michigan before Martha was born. Martha apparently grew up in this general area of Michigan. I have been unable to locate a marriage record for her husband William George Sturman, but I believe that they married in about 1894, also in this same general area. In the 1900 census they are listed in Turner Township of Arenac County, Michigan. By 1910, Martha and William were living on a farm in Redford Township of Wayne County. I believe that this was the farm of William's parents, that he grew up on. William's father had died in 1904 and his mother in 1908. Presumably William took possession of the farm in this time period. Apparently this was a fruit farm, because William is listed as a fruit farmer on the 1910 and 1920 censuses. William and Martha had apparently sold this farm by 1930, because they were living then on Birwood Avenue in Detroit. According to their granddaughter, Gloria (Sturman) Waggener, they later had a small farm on 10 1/2 Mile Road in Southfield, Oakland County, Michigan. This was near to the where Gloria was living with her parents Raymond (son of William and Martha) and Margaret Sturman. William died in Detroit on November 26, 1964. Martha had died in Detroit on May 30, 1958. They are buried together in the Grand Lawn Cemetery in Detroit. Rick Waggener ============== From the State of Michigan, County of Iosco, Tawas City: Certified Copy of Record of Birth (this was an abstracted record) Name of Child: Martha Perrin Date of Birth: December 26, 1873 Birthplace: Iosco County, AuSable Local File No.: 124 Birth No.: 355 Father's Name: Daniel Perrin Father's Residence: Tawas City Father's Birthplace: Ontario Mother's Name: Susan Perrin Mother's Residence: Tawas City Mother's Birthplace: Ontario Occupation of father: Mechanic Date of Record: May 23, 1874 ================ From Michigan Births 1868- 1902, posted on-line by the LDS: Name: Martha Perrin Birthdate: 26 Dec 1873 Birthplace: Ausable, Iosco, Michigan Gender: Female Race or color (on document): white Father's name: Daniel Perrin Father's birthplace: Ontario Father's occupation: mechanic Mother's name: Susan Perrin Mother's birthplace: Ontario Film number: 2297933 Digital GS number: 4206337 Image number: 605 Reference number: item 2 p 414 rn 355 Date recorded: May 23, 1874 Collection: Michigan Births 1867-1902 ================ From the 1880 Federal Census of Bay County, Michigan; Au Gres, district #13, page #7, taken June 15, 1880, household #45; from ancestry.com, district #13, image 7 of 36. Martha is listed in the home of her parents. This is very close to the area Martha was living in 1900: ----- Martha S.; female, age- 6, daughter, attending school, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada ================= From Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Name: Wm Geo Sturman Birth Place: Southfield Mich Age: 21 Residence: Detroit Birthplace: Southfield, Mich. Marital status: bachelor Father Name: Charles Sturman Mother Name: Elizabeth Hill Spouse Name: Martha E Perrin Spouse's Age: 20 Spouse Residence: Detroit Spouse Marital status: spinster Spouse Birth Place: Au Sable Mich Spouse Father Name: Daniel Perrin Spouse Mother Name: Susan Ermitage Witnesses: W.L. Stewart, Jessie M. Ermitage Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1894 Marriage location: Windsor, Essex County Religion of groom: Baptist Religion of bride: Baptist ================= From the 1900 Federal Census of Arenac County, Michigan; Turner Township, district #26, page 13 B, taken June 16- 18, 1900, household #240; from genealogy.com. Martha is listed in the household of her husband and children: ----- Martha; wife, female, born- Dec 1873, age 26, married 6 years, mother of 3 children/ 3 children living, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada, r/w's (Martha's parents were living nearby in Whitney Township of Arenac County, Michigan. I have yet to determine how long they had been there, but her father is listed as immigrating from Canada in 1870 and her mother in 1866. -RW) ================= From the 1910 Federal Census of Wayne County, Michigan; Redford Township, district #303, page 15B, taken May 12, 1910, household #397; from ancestry.com, district #303, image 36 of 44. Martha is living in the household of her husband: ----- Martha; wife, female, age- 36, married 15 years, mother of 5 children/ 5 children still living, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada/ English, occupation- none, r/w's ================= From the 1920 Federal Census of Wayne County, Michigan; Redford Township, district #777, page 24A, household #550, taken January 28, 1920; from ancestry.com, district #777, image 47 of 64. Martha is living in the household of her husband: ----- Martha E.; wife, female, age- 46, married, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada, occupation- none ================= From the 1930 Federal Census of Detroit City, Ward 16, Precinct 58, Wayne County, Michigan, taken April 24, 1930, district 82-538, sheet 33A, household 335, address- 13555 Birwood; from ancestry.com, image 65 of 75. Martha is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Martha; wife/ head, female, age- 55, married, 21 years old at 1st marriage, r/w's, born- Michigan, parents born- Canada/ English, occupation- none ============== From the 1940 Federal Census of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, district 84-1014, sheet 10b, taken April 11-12, 1940, address- 13555 Birwood. Martha is listed in the household of her husband: ------ Martha; wife, female, age- 66, married, highest school grade completed- 4th year high school, born- Michigan, residence in 1935- same place ============= Martha is buried with her husband William G. Sturman in the Grand Lawn Cemetery, located at 23501 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan ([313] 531-2050). This is just east of Telegraph Avenue. Their graves are located in Section 23, lot 103. Their son William is buried near to them. Her headstone reads: MOTHER MARTHA E. STURMAN 1873 - 1958
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