Ancestors of Gordon Douglas Martin Generation 1 1. Gordon Douglas Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born on 14 Jan 1918 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 24 Jun 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He married Marjorie Quittenton, daughter of Albert Thomas Quittenton and Lydia Kehna (Kühne or Kiehna) on 20 Nov 1940 in Englehart, Ontario, Canada. She was born on 13 May 1920 in Dack Twp, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. She died on 17 Jul 1951 in Weston, Ontario, Canada. He married Jacqueline Cloutier. She was born on 29 Mar 1921. She died on 21 Apr 2005 in Bolton, Ontario Canada. Notes for Gordon Douglas Martin: Gord worked for Robert Gair (a leading producer of paperboard products), in Mt. Dennis before the war. After the war, Gair was bought by Continental Can Company. He was in WW11 and stationed in Kiska, Aleutian Islands off Alaska He was classed as a "fusilier" because he already knew how to use a rifle. He also had a notation on his records as being a carpenter or having carpentry experience. It did get him out of some other gruelling duties when he was in Kiska, by spending an inordinate amount of time constructing a special box for the Company dentist to put his teeth moulds in! He lived on Wallasey Ave in Weston, Ontario Generation 2 2. Thomas McPhail Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born on 09 Nov 1899 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire. He died on 26 Nov 1976 in Englehart, Ontario, Canada (St Paul's Presbyterian Church - Interment Englehart Winter Vault). He married Phyllis Waller, daughter of John Edward Waller and Margaret Hughes on 18 Aug 1917 in Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada. 3. Phyllis Waller, daughter of John Edward Waller and Margaret Hughes was born on 15 Aug 1898 in Oldham, Lancashire, England (some records show birthday as the 13th). She died on 04 Dec 1964 in Englehart,Ontario, Canada. Notes for Thomas McPhail Martin: The only stories I heard about Thomas was from my grandfather. He said Thomas was not much of a father and often left Phyllis to fend for herself and all their children. Gordon never attended his father's funeral for that reason. Notes for Phyllis Waller: Phyllis was 11 years old when she was sent by herself to live in Canada. The SS Victorian left England on May 13th, 1910 and arrived in Quebec on May 20th, 1910. She was one of many "British Home Children" sent to Canada to escape the poverty of Britian. Many of the children (some orphans, some sent by parents to have better lives) were hired to be domestic servants and labourers. Phyllis worked for William Arthur Wood in Durham, Ontario according to the 1911 Census as a domestic servant. Phyllis married Thomas on Aug 18, 1917, three days after her 19th birthday. Their first child Gordon was born 5 months later. Phyllis Waller and Thomas McPhail Martin had the following children: 1. i. Gordon Douglas Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born on 14 Jan 1918 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 24 Jun 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He married Marjorie Quittenton, daughter of Albert Thomas Quittenton and Lydia Kehna (Kühne or Kiehna) on 20 Nov 1940 in Englehart, Ontario, Canada. She was born on 13 May 1920 in Dack Twp, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. She died on 17 Jul 1951 in Weston, Ontario, Canada. He married Jacqueline Cloutier. She was born on 29 Mar 1921. She died on 21 Apr 2005 in Bolton, Ontario Canada. ii. James Gilcrist Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born on 01 Mar 1919 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 26 Feb 2005 in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. He married Wilma Embree. iii. Thomas Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born about 1922 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 03 Oct 1943 in Hanover, Germany (Name: Thomas Mcphaile Martin Event: Death Event Date: 03 Oct 1943 Event Place: Germany Gender: Male Age: 22 Estimated Birth Year: 1921 Father: Thos. M. Martin Mother: Phyllis Waller Spouse: Reference Number: cn 701465 Film Number: 18). iv. Wallace Nesbitt Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born about 1923 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He died in Feb 2011 in Englehart, Ontario, Canada. He married Kay. v. Glen Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born on 04 Oct 1936 in Ontario, Canada. He died in Englehart, Ontario, Canada. He married Dolly Guillet. vi. John McPhail Martin, son of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born on 15 Jul 1929 in Charlton, Ontario. Canada. He died on 09 Jun 1974 in Englehart, Ontario, Canada. He married Frieda Wettlaufer. She was born on 26 Nov 1927 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada (Born at home in Sebastobol Township). She died on 25 Apr 2011 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada (Buried in Englehart, Ontario, Canada). vii. Phyllis Helen Martin, daughter of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born in 1925 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. She died on 03 Mar 2011 in Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. She married Harold Alexander Nicolson, son of Hugh Nicolson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (In the Autumn). He was born on 26 May 1922. He died on 09 May 2011 in Wingham, Ontario Canada. viii. Helen Janet Martin, daughter of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born on 23 Jul 1926 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. She died on 01 Mar 1980 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA. She married John Birchill. He was born on 25 Feb 1913 in Waddon New Road, Croydon. He died on 01 Mar 1995 in Meaford, Ontario, Canada. ix. Marjorie Emma Martin, daughter of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born about 1932 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. She married Glen Alfred Fossey, son of A. Fossey in Canada. He died on Deceased. x. Elizabeth Martin, daughter of Thomas McPhail Martin and Phyllis Waller was born about 1929 in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. She died in Ontario, Canada. She married James Provan. Generation 3 4. Peter Mitchell Martin, son of James Gilchrist Martin and Mary Mitchell was born on 30 Nov 1874 in 49 McIntosh St., Glasgow Lanarkshire, Scotland (James Gilcrist Martin (1898) has original). He died in Durham, Ontario, Canada. He married Janet Paton McPhail. 5. Janet Paton McPhail, daughter of Thomas McPhail and Janet McNeilage was born on 15 Jan 1876 in 209 Duke St, Glasgow, Scotland RD 644_03 0207 Dennistoun. Notes for Peter Mitchell Martin: Peter Martin came to Canada with his wife and children as a bicycle builder in approx 1903/04. Janet Paton McPhail and Peter Mitchell Martin had the following children: 2. i. Thomas McPhail Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was 2. i. Thomas McPhail Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born on 09 Nov 1899 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire. He died on 26 Nov 1976 in Englehart, Ontario, Canada (St Paul's Presbyterian Church - Interment Englehart Winter Vault). He married Phyllis Waller, daughter of John Edward Waller and Margaret Hughes on 18 Aug 1917 in Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada. She was born on 15 Aug 1898 in Oldham, Lancashire, England (some records show birthday as the 13th). She died on 04 Dec 1964 in Englehart,Ontario, Canada. ii. James Gilcrist Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born about 1898 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire. He married Elizabeth Ann Brand Tait. She was born in Jan 1890 in North Shields, Northumberland, England. He married an unknown spouse on 08 May 1925 in Durham, Ontario, Canada. iii. Janet Martin, daughter of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born in 1903 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She died on 20 Jan 1918 in Durham, Ontario, Canada. iv. Helen Martin, daughter of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born in Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She married James Thompson. v. Peter Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born in Glascow,Scotland. He married Beatrice Lee. vi. John Martin. He married Minetta Shortridge. vii. Douglas W Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail was born about 1904 in Canada. He married Marion F Connors. She was born about 1904. viii. Bessie Martin. She married George Purdy. 6. John Edward Waller, son of Thomas Waller and Sarah Mattison was born on 14 Feb 1872 in Low Bolton; Castle Bolton, Yorkshire, England. He died on 10 Apr 1927. He married Margaret Hughes, daughter of William Hughes and Catherine on 20 Jul 1892 in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom (see certified copy of marriage). 7. Margaret Hughes, daughter of William Hughes and Catherine was born on 08 Mar 1868 in Llachganfawydd, Anglesey, Wales. She died in Oct 1907 in Bangor, Anglesey, United Kingdom (Died from a head injury relating to a fall). Notes for John Edward Waller: John Edward is found in the 1901 March 31st census listed as a patient in the Oldham Infirmary. His occupation is listed as a Stoker (Tended and fed coal to boilers in mills and aboard ship). Notes for Margaret Hughes: Margaret Hughes died in 1907 from a head injury as a result of a fall. Margaret Hughes and John Edward Waller had the following children: 3. i. Phyllis Waller, daughter of John Edward Waller and Margaret Hughes was born on 15 Aug 1898 in Oldham, Lancashire, England (some records show birthday as the 13th). She died on 04 Dec 1964 in Englehart,Ontario, Canada. She married Thomas McPhail Martin, son of Peter Mitchell Martin and Janet Paton McPhail on 18 Aug 1917 in Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada.