I am interested in MARTIN's from Cornwall my great-grandfather William Bowden MARTIN was born in Cornwall in 1842 he went to Australia at some stage and there met and married Catherine GRIBBLE whose family were from Redruth in Cornwall Williams parents were Martin MARTIN and Bessie maiden name unknown not sure what part of Cornwall they were from,they were miners but so many from Cornwall were Patricia From New Zealand researching McCollum, Shepherd or Sheppard,McMullen from Ireland and Marshall, Strong, Martin, Gribble, Jose from England ----- Original Message ----- From: "shunsicker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] George Elwood Martin from Philadelphia > Hi Jessica, > > My mother was Alice Susan Martin, born in Philadelphia. Her family lived > on Vassar Street in Germantown, which is now a subdivision of > Philadelphia. My Martins go back to 1875 which is when they, James and > Susanna Martin, emigrated to Philadelphia from Cornwall, England. They > came from Bodmin, Cornwall. > > I have no George's in my files, I only go back to the father of my great > grandfather, William Martin. That is one of the reasons that I joined the > Martin mailing list at rootsweb. > > I would suggest that you research the LDS, or Mormon Genealogical Society. > They have a vast collection of data from all over the world, and they make > it easy to research no matter what country your ancestors originated. They > also have many research offices across the US and Canada, where you can do > this research. On the internet, you can visit familysearch.org to access > records of the LDS. > > Susan Hunsicker > > > > >