MARTENS DESCENDANTS

WIHELM MARTENS

(b. 1730 d. ?)

• Born: 1730

• Died: at: Memelniederung, Lithuania

• CHILDREN - Name: Aron Martens

• Born: 1754 at: Prussia

• Married: at: Prussia

• Died: 23 JAN 1801 at: Schoenwiese, Chortiza, South Russia

• Spouses: Anna Janzen
  SOURCE: Katie Peters,  Aron Martens Genealogy (1754-1977)

• Husband: Wilhelm Martens
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  Born: 1754 at: Prussia 1
  Married: at: Prussia
  Died: 23 JAN 1801 at: Schoenwiese, Chortiza, South Russia
  Spouses: Anna Janzen
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  SOURCES
  1) Aron Martens Genealogy (1754-1977) by Katie Peters

http://chortiza.heim.at/Rosental/fam00053.htm

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ARON MARTENS

(b. 1754, d. January 23, 1801)

• Aron MARTENS was born about 1756 in PRUSSIA. He immigrated in 1793 to Russia. He died on 23 Jan 1801 in Schoenweise, Chortitza Colony, South Russia. He was married to Anna JANZEN in PRUSSIA.

  Anna JANZEN was born in 1756 in PRUSSIA. She died on 17 Feb 1807 in Schoenweise, Chortitza Colony, South Russia. Children were:
   

  • i. Katherina MARTENS was born on 17 Aug 1774. She died on 21 Feb 1847.
    ii. Anna MARTENS was born in 1776. She died in 1794.
    iii. Eliesabeth MARTENS was born in 1778. She died in 1796.
    iv. Wilhelm MARTENS was born on 31 Dec 1781. He died on 10 Jun 1845.
    v. Jacob MARTENS was born on 16 Feb 1784. He died in Jun 1815.
    vi. Eva MARTENS was born on 10 Feb 1786.
    vii. Henrietta MARTENS was born on 10 Jun 1788 in Kronsweide, Chortitza Colony, South Russia. She died on 13 Sep 1840. Children were:

i. Peter FALK was born on 6 Apr 1803. He died on 2 Mar 1844.
ii. David FALK was born on 9 Mar 1808. He died on 20 Oct 1876.
iii. Maria FALK was born on 13 Oct 1810. She died on 23 Jan 1865.

viii. Maria MARTENS was born on 30 Aug 1790. She died in Jan 1854.
ix. Eleonora MARTENS was born in 1795.
x. Franz MARTENS was born on 14 Feb 1796. He died in 1872.
xi. Helena MARTENS was born on 23 Dec 1798. She died on 27 Jun 1832.

http://www.familyorigins.com/users/h/a/r/Stan--Harder/FAMO1-0001/d1186.htm#P3744

Genealogy of Aron Martens, 1754-1977, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, July 1, 1977), p. 5

• Husband: Aron Martens
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  Born: 1754 at: Prussia 1
  Married: at: Prussia
  Died: 23 JAN 1801 at: Schoenwiese, Chortiza, South Russia
  Father: Wilhelm Martens
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  Other Spouses:
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  Wife: Anna Janzen
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  Born: UM 1759 at: Prussia 1
  Died: 17 FEB 1807 at: Schoenwiese, Chortiza, South Russia
  Father: Heinrich Janzen
  Mother:\ \
  Other Spouses: Peter Krahn
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  CHILDREN
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  Name: Helena Martens
  Born: 23 DEC 1798 at: Schoenwiese, Chortiza, South Russia 1
  Married: 19 JUN 1817 at: Schoenwiese, Chortiza, South Russia
  Died: 1833 at:
  Spouses: Dietrich D. Neufeld
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  SOURCES
  1) Aron Martens Genealogy (1754-1977) by Katie Peters

http://chortiza.heim.at/Rosental/fam00052.html

• Wilhelm Aron Martens was born on 31 December 1781 in Prussia. His parents were Aron and Anna (nee Janzen) Martens. According to the official family records he was the second of eight children, having an older sister Katarina, and two younger brothers and four younger sisters. They were Frisian Mennonites. The family moved to Russia in 1793, settling in the village Schoenwiese of the Chortitza Colony. Father Aron was 39 years of age at the time, mother Anna was 36, and son Wilhelm 13 years. There is some discrepancy as to the number and names of the children, comparing the family tree to the data compiled by B. H. Unruh. Presumably a number of daughters died at a relatively early age. Aron Martens died on 28 January 1801, and Anna married a Peter Krahn and likely lived in Rosenthal, still in the Chortitza, at the time. Wilhelm probably stayed in Schoenwiese....

Helmut T. Huebert, Mennonite Estates in Imperial Russia‎ (Winnipeg: Springfield Publishers, 2005), p. 305 - http://books.google.com/books?id=yJSBHPNP2OIC&pg=PR3&dq=mennonite+estates+in+imperial+russia#v=onepage&q=&f=false

• Anna Janzen, born ABT 1758, died 17 Feb 1807 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia. She married (1) Aron Martens, married in Prussia, born ABT 1754, died 23 Jan 1801 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia. She married (2) Peter Krahn, married AUG 1801 in Schoenwiese, Chortitza, South Russia, born 14 Jun 1774 in Prussia, died 18 Sep 1839.

http://esaufamily.wikispaces.com/Neufeld

• Martens, Wilhelm Aron (1781-1845)

Wilhelm Aron Martens: estate owner and pioneer; born 31 December 1781 in the Memelniederung area of Prussia to Aron Martens (ca. 1754-1801) and Anna (Janzen) Martens (ca. 1758-1807). He was the second of eight children, five daughters and three sons. In 1809 he married Aganetha Baerg (10 March 1792 – 18 July 1819). The couple had five children, one of whom died in childhood. Almost a year after his wife’s death in 1819, Wilhelm married Justina Willms (7 September 1795 – 24 February 1828) on 16 April 1820. The couple had four children together, three of whom survived to adulthood. On 17 September 1828, eight months after Justina’s death, Wilhelm married Marie (Rempel) Dick (13 October 1791 – 2 March 1870), who had been married twice before. The couple had one daughter together, but she died in childhood. Wilhelm died by suicide on 10 June 1845 in Halbstadt, Molotschna Mennonite settlement, South Russia.

Although Wilhelm Aron Martens was born in Prussia, he moved to Russia with his family in 1793 and settled in Schoenwiese, Chortitza Mennonite settlement. Wilhelm and his family remained there until 1823, when he and his wife Justina, together with the children, moved to Halbstadt, Molotschna settlement. Wilhelm established a business collecting butter, eggs, wool, and other products to sell outside the colony, even going as far as Poltava province in the north and Odessa in the west to sell the goods. Often, he would travel in a convoy for several weeks before returning home. The business was quite lucrative, and when he had saved enough money, he began to buy estates. Eventually, he became the richest landowner of the time.

The first estate Martens bought was in the area of Jergotlitzky Kut (Jerlitzkoye) between the Black Sea and the Dniepr River. Because of the proximity to the sea, Wilhelm decided to call his estate "Meerfeld." He hoped to raise sheep there, but soon discovered that only a portion of the land was suitable for grazing because of saltpeter near the sea and sandy soil near the river. The land nearby had much better soil than Wilhelm’s, and two other landowners bought the property and established the estates of "Davidsfeld" and "Elisabethfeld" there. Finding enough drinking water was also a problem on Meerfeld, but Wilhelm drilled some wells and soon found sufficient artesian water to fill the needs of animals and people.

Wilhelm also bought a large piece of land near Melitopol in 1836 and later probably joined another landowner, David Schroeder, in purchasing property in Maytschekrak and the Crimea. Soon he was one of the wealthiest landowners in the Mennonite colonies, with sheep-raising as an important element of his work. At his death, Wilhelm was believed to have owned about 75-100,000 dessiatines of land. He committed suicide on 10 June 1845, and his property was distributed among all of his children after his widow’s death in 1871.

Wilhelm Aron Martens was a dedicated businessman and landowner who used his skills to build estates and establish new communities for the Mennonites in the area. Although his life ended tragically, his legacy as an estate owner influenced future generations.

Huebert, Susan. "Martens, Wilhelm Aron (1781-1845)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2009. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 06 November 2009  - http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/martens_wilhelm_aron_1781_1845

1806 Chortitza Census

• Schoenwiese - Aron Martens settled in Russia in the year 1793. From the year 1809, the owner of the farm is obliged to pay land taxes and debt. In the year 1806, the owner of the farm is Peter Krahn, whose family consists of 3 men and 4 women.

• Kronsgarten  - Aron Martens settled in Russia in the year 1793. From the year 1809, the owner of the farm is obliged to pay land taxes and debt. In the year 1806, the owner of the farm is Heinrich Penner, whose family consists of 2 men and 2 women.

http://www.mennonitegenealogy.com/russia/1806.htm

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JACOB MARTENS

(b. February 16, 1784, d. June 6, 1815)

• Son of Aron Martens

• b. February 16, 1784, d. June 6, 1815, and m. January 28, 1803, Katharina Enns, b. February 3, 1774, d. December 5, 1814, SCHOENWIESE, USSR, daughter of Abram Enns, b. March 12, 1742, d. March 11, 1799, and Margaretha nee Enns, b. February 5, 1739, d. January 14, 1794

• Son of Jacob Martins

• b. May 9, 1806, d. January 27, 1870, and m. (by Reverend J. Warkentin) October 4, 1828 Marie nee Willms, b. May 5 [April 23], 1811, PRUSSIA, d. November 28, 1889, TASHTSHENAK, USSR, daughter of Heinrich Willms, b. August 12, 1784, d. February 20, 1823 and Justina nee Wiens, b. December 3, 1789, d. April 12, 1812

HELENA MARTENS [HELENE MARTENS]

(b. June 15, 1851- d. June 8, 1945, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, South RUSSIA - Leamington, Ontario, CANADA)

Genealogy of Aron Martens, 1754-1977, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, July 1, 1977)

• Daughter of Jacob Martins

• b. June 15, 1851, Tiegenhagen, Molotschna, d. June 8, 1945, Leamington and m. (by Reverend B. Harder) June 19, 1875 Jacob H. Kornelsen, b. August 1, 1849, PORDENAU, Molotschna, d. May 6, 1926, Morden, Manitoba
   

• Genealogy of Heinrich Kornelsen, 1807-1975, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, December 1, 1975), p. 15

• Genealogy of Aron Martens, 1754-1977, compiled for Ernest J. Klassen by K. Peters, Winnipeg (Winnipeg, July 1, 1977), pp. 181, 219

ANCESTRAL GENEALOGICAL NOTES

ARON MARTINS / ANNA JANZEN