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Other Countries / Re: GUYANA- Cecil Theodore Martin
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 18:37 BST (UK)  »
Well, I appreciate you taking the time to look, nonetheless. The search continues! :) I guess I need to track down a birth record for my grandfather.

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Other Countries / Re: GUYANA- Cecil Theodore Martin
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 17:56 BST (UK)  »
According to a source on Ancestry there is an Arthur Alexander Martin who died in British Guiana in 1915. Unfortunately since I'm not a member I can't download the original document, though. :( It seems like Arthur Martin must be a pretty common name, though. :)

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Other Countries / Re: GUYANA- Cecil Theodore Martin
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 16:31 BST (UK)  »
Yes! :) All of my grandfather's records would be under British Guiana since it didn't become Guyana until 1966.

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Other Countries / Re: GUYANA- Cecil Theodore Martin
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 16:17 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for taking the time to reply! :)

He died in 1981 and yes, from what I was told he lied about his age to appear older at various times.

I got his potential father's info from an Ancestry.com hint. (I don't have an account, so there is a limit to what I can view.) This man was born in Britain but died in British Guiana (Guyana's former name) in 1915, plus one of my cousins was named Arthur Alexander. It could be a coincidence, but it seems to support Arthur Alexander Martin being Cecil's dad.

My grandmother, who my grandfather married in the early 1940's in New York City was named Fritzi Schwarz. I did find a listing for a Cecil Martin married to a Rutzi Schwarz, but I think that might just be a bad transcription- the original source was behind a paywall so I couldn't see it.

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Other Countries / GUYANA- Cecil Theodore Martin
« on: Tuesday 16 June 20 15:11 BST (UK)  »
Hi, everyone- I am trying to research my grandfather, and I am coming up with a dead end when I try to find out information about his mother. My grandfather's info: Cecil Theodore Martin, born in Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana on August 21, 1894. I have found info saying his likely father was Arthur Alexander Martin (born in Burford, Shropshire, England in 1860). I can't find my grandfather's birth record or anything about his mother, however. Any suggestions you could offer would be very much appreciated. Thank you!

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Other Countries / Re: Guyana
« on: Friday 10 May 13 20:55 BST (UK)  »
Wow, thank you everyone!

It gets kind of confusing since his birth date and middle initial show some variation, but I'm pretty sure the draft card is him, since I remember knowing a lady by that last name Teasley when I was little. I never heard anything about a first wife though- very interesting. ;)

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Other Countries / Re: Guyana
« on: Saturday 27 April 13 17:23 BST (UK)  »
She was born in Austria in 1914 and came to the United States in 1941.

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Other Countries / Re: Guyana
« on: Friday 26 April 13 09:50 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for taking the time to look him up. :)

Yes, I'm pretty sure the first one is him. I'm not so sure about the second one, since the birth year and name is a bit off.

Any suggestions on where to go from here? I've found him in the 1930 and 1940 Census records before, but I can't find any marriage records for him and my grandmother. I also found a Social Security Death Index record that might be him, but the birth year is 1885.

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Other Countries / Re: Guyana
« on: Friday 26 April 13 09:04 BST (UK)  »
Wow, thank you for taking the time to reply!

Well, I don't have access to any family documents. :( Here is what I have:

His name was Cecil Martin, and he was born around 1895 and died in the 1980s.

He was married, in NYC, to Fritzi Schwarz. Although, now that I am looking into it, it turns out that interracial marriage wasn't legal in New York state until 1946, which is after when they would have been married. I don't know if that complicates finding records. (My grandmother was Austrian, and although my grandfather was a mixture of ethnicities, he is listed as "Negro" on the US Census.)

I don't think he would have come through Ellis Island, although I don't know for sure. I do know that after leaving his home country he spent time in other countries. For example, he worked on the Panama Canal.

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