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Record #16677

Name :: : Clarence MARTIN (1876 - 1897)
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Date of Birth: : 1876
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 22 Mar 1897 Notes : Suicide by Hanging

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lincolnshire, Lincoln

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Wentworth, Binbrook

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 7 Apr 1895
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Vancouver
Placement Family: : Freeman

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : National Childrens Home

NotesA birth registration was found for Clarence Martin: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1876; District: Lincoln; County: Lincolnshire; Volume: 7a; Page: 522. Parents: James Martin and Susanna Hoodless, married 1865, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England.

A death registration was found for Susannah Martin: Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1884; Age: 44; District: Lincoln; County: Lincolnshire; Volume: 7a; Page: 324

A death registration was found for James Martin: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1887; Age: 48; District: Lincoln; County: Lincolnshire; Volume: 7a; Page: 325

In 1895, Clarence Martin, 18, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in a group of children with the National Children's Home, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Stephenson and en route to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Hamilton Spectator, March 23, 1897

MARTIN - Clarence Martin, a fine-featured, intelligent-looking young Englishman, for the past two years employed by William Freeman of Binbrook as a farm hand, put an abrupt end to what gave every promise of being a happy and successful life by hanging himself yesterday afternoon. Martin was an orphan, coming to Canada some years ago in care of the Shaftsbury home management. About two years ago he hired out to Mr. Freeman, and has worked for him ever since. He was generally like by the country people who knew him, and was industrious and faithful in his work. A pernicious habit, fatal to his good health and mental balance and believed to have been the cause of his rash act. He was in his 21st year.

Yesterday afternoon young Martin was about the house up until 3:30 when Mrs. Freeman told him to go out and do the chores in the yard, and around the barn. Before he went out, Mrs. Freeman asked him what he intended doing this summer, and whether he intended staying on or going to work somewhere else. He replied that he would work in some other world or else in old England. This was the last thing he said to anyone, going right out into the barnyard. Mrs. Freeman did not think anything more of him until tea time, when he could not be found. Mr. Freeman came home and discovered that the chores had not been done. He started in to do them himself, and when climbing up into the hay mow was astonished to see the young fellow hanging from a rafter brace. He did not wait to make investigation beyond discovering that the body was stiff and cold, but hurried to Bartonville, there summoning Dr. Alway, who went out and cut the body down. Early this morning it was removed to Green?s private morgue on King Street East, and Coroner White notified. The doctors held a consultation this morning and decided that an inquest was not necessary. The funeral will be held to-morrow morning at ten o?clock from Green?s undertaking rooms.

The suicide seemed to have been carefully planned. A heavy rope was used, fastened to the brace in the rafters over the entrance to the loft. A slip noose was used in the rope, and putting it around his neck Martin stepped from the floor into the opening from the ground floor. Death was caused by strangulation.

Tuesday March 23, 1897
Toronto Star

A WAIF'S SUICIDE

Clarence Martin, a Farm Hand, Once Inmate of a Children's Home Hangs Himself Near Hamilton

Star Special. Hamilton, March 23.

The remains of Clarence Martin, aged 21, farm hand in the employ of Wm. Freeman, Binbrook township, were brought to the city this morning for interment.

Deceased, who wa formerly an inmate of Rev. Dr. Stephenson's Children's Home here committed suicide yesterday afternoon by hanging himself in a hayloft of his employer's barn.

The deed was dueto melancholy, the result of habits to which the young man was addicted. He had not relatives in Canada.

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
16146	MARTIN, Ada Jane	1899	ENG, LND, Mile End Old Town	Oct 1911 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
5716	MARTIN, Albert		ENG,	Aug 1875 : - Unknown -	CAN	Louisa Birt
14029	MARTIN, Alice M	1890	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
19278	MARTIN, Arthur	1871		Apr 1883 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
18429	MARTIN, Bernard	1892	ENG,	Apr 1910 : Empress of Ireland	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
16677	MARTIN, Clarence	1876	ENG, LIN, Lincoln	Apr 1895 : Vancouver	CAN	National Childrens Home
7174	MARTIN, E.	1859	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
23393	MARTIN, Edward	1908	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
27616	MARTIN, Edward	1901	ENG, GLS	Jun 1914 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Salvation Army	DFKBurr
4778	MARTIN, Eileen	1903	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1925 : Montclare	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
27526	MARTIN, Eley	1865		Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	Macpherson Homes
19464	MARTIN, Elizabeth	1872	ENG,	Aug 1885 : Sardinian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
17138	MARTIN, Ellen	1894	ENG,	Aug 1907 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
10740	MARTIN, Emily	1867	ENG,	Jan 1880 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
18818	MARTIN, F J	1890	ENG,	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
27066	MARTIN, Frank Charles Reginald	1914	ENG, SSX, Hastings	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
12743	MARTIN, Frederick Lionel	1891	ENG, , Brighton	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
24382	MARTIN, George	1854		May 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Annie MacPherson Homes
8356	MARTIN, Gladys Irene	1909	ENG,	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
14643	MARTIN, Gladys Maud	1901	ENG,	Apr 1912 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
19300	MARTIN, Harry	1903	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
15555	MARTIN, Helen L	1912	ENG,	Jun 1924 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
8303	MARTIN, Herbert	1917	ENG, , Tonbridge Wells	Apr 1928 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
12722	MARTIN, Herbert G	1901	ENG,	Jun 1910 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
15139	MARTIN, Hilda	1901	ENG,	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
22276	MARTIN, Irving John		ENG,	Apr 1915 : Missanabie	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
19732	MARTIN, James	1884	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
7644	MARTIN, Jane	1860	ENG,	Nov 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
23320	MARTIN, Jesse	1856	ENG, LDN, London	May 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
25318	MARTIN, Jessie	1880	SCT,	Jun 1897 : Sarmatian	CAN	Quarriers
11732	MARTIN, John	1890	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
15256	MARTIN, John	1871	ENG,	Mar 1882 : Polynesian	CAN	Liverpool Sheltering Home
24180	MARTIN, John	1852	ENG,	May 1870 : Scandinavian	CAN	Boy's Home Great Queen Street, London
24438	MARTIN, John	1854		Jul 1870 : Moravian	CAN	from Londonderry
21520	MARTIN, John T	1919	ENG,	Jun 1929 : Berrima	AUS	Barnardos
14552	MARTIN, Kathleen	1915	ENG,	Jun 1930 : Duchess of York	CAN	Crusade of Rescue
12863	MARTIN, Lawrence	1901	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
19339	MARTIN, Leonard	1898	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
23024	MARTIN, Leslie	1898	ENG,	Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
5738	MARTIN, Lily		ENG,	Aug 1875 : - Unknown -	CAN	Louisa Birt
4562	MARTIN, Louisa	1911	ENG,	Mar 1920 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
13353	MARTIN, Marion	1875	SCT,	Jun 1885 : Siberian	CAN	Quarriers
7661	MARTIN, Mary	1854	ENG,	Nov 1870 : Peruvian	CAN	Maria Rye
11084	MARTIN, Mary Elizabeth	1882	ENG, , Croydon	Jun 1894 : Mongolian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7564	MARTIN, Mary J.	1859	ENG,	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
7281	MARTIN, Matthew Patrick	1914	ENG, , Newcastle upon Tyne	Sep 1929 : Duchess of Atholl	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
19867	MARTIN, May	1910	ENG,	May 1927 : Aurania	CAN
5021	MARTIN, Nancy	1916	ENG, DBY, Belper	Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
15831	MARTIN, Philip William	1897	ENG, LND, Walworth	Oct 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3639	MARTIN, Robert	1892	SCT,	Apr 1907 : Sicilian	CAN	Quarriers
9436	MARTIN, Robert	1897	ENG,	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
19112	MARTIN, Rose Clara	1901	ENG,	Sep 1912 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
7186	MARTIN, S.	1855	ENG,	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
4526	MARTIN, Sophia	1897	ENG,	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22451	MARTIN, Stanley Herbert	1906	ENG, SRY, Wandsworth	Jun 1920 : Melita	CAN	Waifs & Strays
25457	MARTIN, Stephen	1894	ENG,	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos
15375	MARTIN, Thomas	1862	ENG,	1872 : - Unknown -	CAN	Maria Rye
21637	MARTIN, Thomas	1878	ENG,	Apr 1891 : Sardinian	CAN	Waifs & Strays
22527	MARTIN, Thomas	1908	ENG,	May 1923 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
5020	MARTIN, Walter	1916	ENG, LDN, London	Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Barnardos
26378	MARTIN, William	1887		Mar 1900 : Parisian	CAN	Louisa Birt
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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