Discrepancy in documented birth year. Letter from Jacob Anthes to his parents regarding birth of daughter presumed to be Martha Magdalena dated 1868.
Martha Magdalena Anthes was born to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker in North Perth, Ontario, October 18, 1869. She was educated as a teacher, and is listed in the 1901 census as lodging with Jared and Ellen Creary and teaching in Assiniboia East, Wapella, North West Territories. She married John A. Munn also of Wapella (date unknown) and the couple had a son, Robert Anthes born March 11, 1904 in Saskatchewan. A daughter Elizabeth Sutherland was born in Kitchener April 9, 1907. Another son, Arthur was born circa 1908. The 1916 census of Qu'appelle, Saskatchewan finds John and Martha living with their sons, Robert A., aged 12 and Arthur, aged 8. There is no mention of the child Elizabeth in this census record. Martha Munn died in 1944, John in 1960 and they are interred in Wolseley Cemetery, Saskatchewan.