Margaret Martin in Menan, Idaho in 1910 census

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

Summary of Margaret Hay* (b 1855)

Born: February, 1855, England

Husband: John Martin*
Children: Margaret Martin, Jessie Martin, Charles Martin*, Catherine Martin, George Martin, Jose Martin

Sources: 1800, 1900, 1910 Censuses

John Martin and clan in 1900 census

Here is John Martin and his first wife Sarah Ann in the 1900 census in Weber Utah. Three houses up the road is Margaret, his second wife with her kids.

Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Wilson, Weber, Utah; Roll: T623_1688 Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 183.

Extraction:
House Number: 100
Name: Margarett Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Feb. 1855
Age: 45
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 24
Mother of how many children: 6
Number of children living: 6
Birthplace: England
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland
Occupation: Farmer
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes

Name: Margarett Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Jan. 1877
Age: 23
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Occupation:
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes
Home owned or rented: owned
Home owned free or mortgaged: free
House or farm: house

Name: Jessie Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Aug. 1878
Age: 21
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Occupation:
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes

Name: Charles S Martin
Relation to Head of House: Son
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Jan. 1881
Age: 19
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes


Name: Catherine Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Jan. 1882
Age: 17
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Occupation:
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes


Name: George F Martin
Relation to Head of House: Son
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Jan. 1885
Age: 15
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes


Name: Jose Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Jan. 1893
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Occupation: At School
Can Read: yes
Can Write: yes
Can Speak English: yes

...

House Number: 103
Name: John Martin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Aug. 1828
Age: 71
Marital status: Married
Years Married: 45
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Year of immigration: 1849
Years in US: 51
Naturalization: Na
Occupation: Farmer
Home owned or Rented: Owned
Home owned Free or Mortgaged: Free
House or Farm: Farm

Name: Sarah A. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Dec. 1838
Age: 61
Marital status: Married
Years Married: 45
Mother of how many children: 12
How many children living: 7
Birthplace: England
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Year of immigration: 1852
Years in US: 48

Name: Idella F. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Jan. 1882
Age: 18
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

Name: John Branson
Relation to Head of House: Grandson
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Jan. 1886
Age: 14
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

...
Living next door is their son, John
...
House Number: 104
Name: John Martin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Date: May 1858
Age: 42
Marital status: Married
Years Married: 19
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: Farmer
Home owned or rented: owned
Home owned free or mortgaged: free
House or Farm: Farm

Name: Eliza O. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Dec. 1859
Age: 41
Marital status: Married
Years Married: 19
Mother of how many children: 6
How many children living: 5
Birthplace: Utah
Father's Birthplace: Canada (Eng)
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania

Name: John A. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Son
Race: White
Gender: Male
Birth Date: Oct. 1882
Age: 17
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

Name: Mary E. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Nov. 1883
Age: 16
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

Name: Francis A. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Jan. 1886
Age: 14
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

Name: Sarah G. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Jan. 1888
Age: 12
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

Name: Chester S. Martin
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Race: White
Gender: Female
Birth Date: Feb. 1890
Age: 10
Marital status: Single
Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At School

John Martin and his two wives in the 1880 census

Here is John Martin and his two wives in the 1880 census. That's right, polygamists. We are descended from the second wife, Margaret. For some reason, John's name is really faded and hard to read.

Source Citation: Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilson, Weber, Utah; Roll: T9_1339; Family History Film: 1255339; Page: 528.4000; Enumeration District: 103; .

Extraction:

Name: John Martin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Farmer
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland

Name: Sarah A. Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Keeping House
Birthplace: England
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England

Name: John Martin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Works on Farm
Birthplace: Utah

Name: Louisa Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At Home
Birthplace: Utah

Name: Mary A. Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At Home
Birthplace: Utah

Name: Geneva Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At Home
Birthplace: Utah

Name: Rachel Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 6
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Birthplace: Utah

Name: Margaret A Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Helps to Keep House
Birthplace: England
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Ireland

Name: Margaret Martin
Race: White
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: At Home
Birthplace: Utah

Name: Jessie Martin
Race: White
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Birthplace: Utah