On 3/8/2012 7:16 AM, Sylvia Tucker wrote: > Darrell, > > Taking a quick look at this this AM there were a lot of Martins with similar names even in the 1800 - 1900 era must be a large overall tree. > > The Martin in my tree is Eugene Ray Martin b Derby in 1890 has Canadian ancestry. If I have this correct his father was Jacob, grandfather Albert L Martin of Canada. Eugene married a cousin of my father's > > Sylvia Sylvia: My Martin ancestry, before my great-great grandfather Oliver Martin (January 1838 French Canada - 12 August 1917 Shaftsbury) <http://darrell-martin.net/genealogy/p33.htm> is frankly a mixture of speculation, family stories, legends, myths, and lies. I keep looking. It keeps getting worse. Every little scrap of information seems to contradict every other one. Oh well, keeps it interesting. Darrell