Hi Genna,
I am Julie from Australia and I am very interested in the Martin Family, I am the descendant of John Alfred Martin who was born in Egypt in 1900, his father Alfred John Martin was born in Smyrna Turkey in 1876 and his father James Martin was born in Woolwich Kent UK in 1832 and James is the son of John Martin and Elizabeth Carroll who married in 1827 at St Mary Parish in Southwark, Newington, Surrey.
My great-great grandfather James Martin was a stoker in the Royal Navy, he married a woman of Maltese origin 'Maria Dolores Aloysia Caruana'. My Grandfather John and his wife Epiphania emigrated to to England about 1837, and they were evacuated to Carmarthen Wales in the 1940's when the Germans were bombing London, they emigrated to Australia arriving in Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide, South Australia on Christmas day in 1952.
I noticed you have Rimmer/ Rimar?, Brooks and Wooley in your list if names, I am DNA match with Rimar family (Russians from Turkey who moved to France, England and America) I have Brooks and Wooley interested to as I have DNA matches with those names on Ancestry and My Heritage. I think the Brooks connection may be through the Carroll family. I would like to chat and see if there is any information we can share.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Kindest regards,
Julie