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Note: ages, 1838-1934," index, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJKT-1QH : accessed 03 Jun 2014), Lorenzo Martyn and Laura Robinson, 16 Jan 1881; citing Greene Co., Iowa, United States; FHL microfilm 1034210. This is the source for the age of Laura and the names of her parents.
Name Lorenzo Martyn
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 16 Jan 1881
Event Place Greene Co., Iowa, United States
Gender Male
Age 23
Birth Year (Estimated) 1858
Father's Name Martyn
Mother's Name Margaret Johnson
Spouse's Name Laura Robinson
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 28
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1853
Spouse's Father's Name Daniel Robinson
Spouse's Mother's Name Margaret Wallace
Another source for the marriage, whose original I have checked, clearly lists Laura's age as 20. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922. Textual Records. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–37. Microfilm. Record Group 048. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.
Name: Laura Robinson
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1861
Marriage Date: 16 Jan 1881
Marriage Place: Greene, Iowa, USA
Father: Daniel Robinson
Mother: Margeret Wallace
Spouse: Lorenz Martyn
Nothing has been found for Lorenzo or Laura after this marriage record. There IS a Lorenzo Martin born in Ohio in 1854 in Iowa during this time but on following his paper trail his death certificate shows parents Gardner Martin and Martha Taylor.
For the history of the birth and biological parentage of Lorenzo see the notes under his mother, Margaret Johnston.
Note: The source for the marriage of Lorenzo and Laura is "Iowa, County Marri
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