In the 1910 census, Margaret Martin has taken her kids and moved away from John and Sarah Ann to Menan. I'm not sure when exactly this happened, or why. I guess life as a polygamist family in 1910 would have been pretty tough. This is 20 years after the Manifesto that ended the performance of plural marriages. It didn't dissolve any plural marriages that were already in effect. In fact, Margaret had a child in 1893, three years after the Manifesto. I imagine though, that the culture had changed quite a bit by 1910 and it may have just been easier to split up. Kind of sad. From what I've heard, John sold half his estate and bought her the enough land in Menan for her to split up among her kids and all live on.
One interesting thing is that Margaret is listed as a widow here, even though John is still alive. I wonder what the reason for that is. Did she feel widowed by the Manifesto? Was she angry at John, thinking "He is dead to me"? Had she just not seen him in so long that she assumed he was dead? Was she trying to protect him from a government intolerant of polygamy? Or did the enumerator just assume that a 55 year-old woman with grown children and no husband must be a widow?
Well, here is the document.
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Menan, Fremont, Idaho; Roll: T624_224; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 136; Image: 1082.
Extraction:
Name: Margaret Martin
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Marital Status: Widowed
Mother of how many children: 6
How many children living: 6
Birthplace: Eng. English
Father's Birthplace: Scot. Gaelic
Mother's Birthplace: Ire. English
Year of immigration: 1874
Naturalization: Na
Occupation: Own Income
Home owned or rented: Owned
Home owned free or mortgaged: Free
House or Farm: House
Name: George Martin
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: Scot. English
Mother's Birthplace: Ire. English
Occupation: Farmer
Attended School: no
Name: Joseph Martin
Relation: Son
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: Scot. English
Mother's Birthplace: Ire. English
Occupation: Farmer
Attended School: no
Also living next-door is Margaret's nephew and his family, probably renting from Margaret.
Name: John Hay
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: Eng. English
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: Farmer
Attended School: yes
Home owned or rented: Rented
House or Farm: Farm
Name: Lydia Hay
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Eng. English
Name: Lydia Hay
Relation: Wife
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 3
Mother of how many children: 2
How many children living: 2
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Eng. English
Name: Dorotha J Hay
Relation: Daughter
Gender: Female
Age: 2
Birthplace: Idaho
Name: Lydia E Hay
Relation: Daughter
Gender: Female
Age: 6/12
Birthplace: Idaho
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About the Author
I am the grandson of Sarah and Eddy Martin. I have just started to get my feet wet in family history research and decided to keep my notes in a blog format.
While most of the information about people found here are already well-known within my family and on sites like familysearch.org, the original sources from which that information comes is not always clear. My goal here is to gather as many original sources as possible on ancestors that are already known. As I learn more about them, they become more than just names on an old piece of paper. Who knows, I may even stumble on a new find every now and then.
I hope this blog becomes useful to more than just myself. If you have information that is relevant here or to request information from me please contact me at joshua1ix (at) hotmail (dot) com
While most of the information about people found here are already well-known within my family and on sites like familysearch.org, the original sources from which that information comes is not always clear. My goal here is to gather as many original sources as possible on ancestors that are already known. As I learn more about them, they become more than just names on an old piece of paper. Who knows, I may even stumble on a new find every now and then.
I hope this blog becomes useful to more than just myself. If you have information that is relevant here or to request information from me please contact me at joshua1ix (at) hotmail (dot) com
A note about the Scribd boxes
Scribd is a very cool site and the ipaper boxes are great for quickly looking at posted documents, but the resolution isn't the greatest. It's just barely good enough to be legible. If, however, you click on the "More" tab and download the file you get a much better copy.
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