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John Gartshore Martin family fonds. Martin, John Alexander
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Martin and Wilson families.

Photographs of the Martin and Wilson families. Includes snapshots of John Alexander and Jessie Martin; their sons and daughters-in-law Wilson and Dorothy, Jamie, and John and Mary Ann; and their grandchildren. Includes snapshots of Jessie Martin's parents, Richard and Margaret Wilson, and her siblings; and of John Alexander's parents, Rev. William and Christena Martin, and other family members.

File also includes snapshots of other people, likely family friends. Most photographs are taken in Waterloo as well as other locations around Ontario.

Martin, John Gartshore

Martin, Jamie : grave and memorial stone.

Photographs relating to Jamie Martin's grave and memorial stone. Includes snapshots of the grave and cemetery at Beny-sur-mer near Caen, France, including some with John Alexander and Jessie Martin; a snapshot of a memorial stone for Jamie at the Grove Cemetery in Dundas, Ontario; and a photograph of cenotaph in Waterloo, Ontario.

Martin, John Gartshore

Martin, John Alexander.

Four photographs of John Alexander Martin. Three of the photographs are of John and others in a car at the base of a tree in Vancouver, BC. One photograph (linen-backed) is of John and another man holding up a railway inspection car.

Martin, John Gartshore

Martin, John Alexander.

Photograph showing J.A. Martin and other members of the "Seigniory [sic] Club" at the American Transit Association Annual Convention, Lucerne, Que. June 5th, 1941.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photograph album 1 : Martin family.

Album containing snapshots of Jessie and John Alexander Martin and their children, Wilson, Jamie, and John, as babies and young children. Other relative are included in some photographs. Album also includes later photographs of the three brothers in uniform, and a photograph of John Gartshore Martin and his father visiting Jamie's grave at Beny-sur-mer cemetery.

Also contained in the album are several press clippings relating to John's achievements in the war, John A. Wilson (cousin) who was killed in action, and the post-war careers of Wilson and John.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photograph album 2 : Martin family.

Album containing snapshots of members of the Martin family, including Wilson, Jamie and John in uniform posing alone and with other relatives and friends; Jamie with friends in Europe during the war; the three brothers as young children; and John Alexander and Jessie Martin. Album also includes photographs of Jamie's grave and the cemetery at Beny-sur-mer in France; John Alexander and Jessie visiting the grave; and other memorials and plaques dedicated to Jamie.

Album includes newspaper clippings mostly relating to the involvement of Wilson, Jamie and John in the war; Jamie's death and the memorial services for him; and Wilson's post-war career.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photograph album 3 : Martin family.

Album containing snapshots of John Alexander and Jessie Martin and their children as well as other relatives and family friends. Includes snapshots of Wilson in uniform posing with relatives, and of Jamie's grave at Beny-sur-mer, France.

Album also contains newspaper clippings and memorabilia, including the telegram from the Department of National Defence regarding Jamie's death and Jamie's last letter home. Clippings relate to Jamie's death, Wilson's wedding, John Alexander Martin's career (including his appointment to rubber controller for Canada), and news of relatives and friends.

Martin, John Gartshore

Photographs from Ann Martin.

Four photographs and a letter to John Gartshore Martin from his niece Ann Martin. One photograph (modern copy) depicts John Alexander Martin with his sons in uniform. In the letter, Ann asks John to identify the men and woman in the other three portraits. The woman is possibly John's maternal grandmother, Margaret (Gartshore) Wilson. One man is probably John's paternal grandfather, Rev. William M. Martin, and the other is probably John's uncle Alexander Douglas Wilson.

Martin, John Gartshore

Pocket portfolio.

Material collected by John Gartshore Martin during his time in active service and kept on his person in a photograph case issued by the Canadian Active Service Force. Includes photographs of his mother, father, brothers, and fiancee Mary Ann Kabel; officer's ration cards; and clippings of wedding announcements, including one for his brother Wilson and his bride Doris. Includes one page of ms. notes containing addresses and records of the number of letters John wrote to his mother and father and to Mary Ann.

Martin, John Gartshore

Wartime Industries Control Board : group portrait.

One group portrait showing members of Canada's Wartime Industries Control Board seated at a board room table:

  • McKinnon, H.
  • Symington, H.J.
  • Paterson, W.Q.
  • Rosenberry, D.
  • Newman, W.A.
  • Carswell, D.B.
  • Martin, John Alexander
  • MacKenzie, George J.P.
  • Connell, F.H.
  • Kilbourn, F.B.
  • Brunning, E.J.
  • Wren, W.
  • Godsoe, J.G.
  • Linkletter, H.C.
  • Sterne, E.T.
  • Lackwood, T.
  • Cottrelle, G.R.
  • Gray, George S.
  • Haey, M.
  • Brown, F.H.
  • Birchard, R.
  • Drewry, C.

Martin, John Gartshore

Wilson, Richard Todd and family : portraits.

Four portraits of Richard Todd Wilson, his wife Margaret (Gartshore) and extended family members, including their children and grandchildren. One portrait includes an inset photograph of John Alexander Martin, and one portrait includes only the children of Richard and Margaret. Two portraits include identification on verso:

1. Inset: Alex Martin; Back row left to right: Clarke Wilson, Bill Wilson, Margaret Osgood, Alex Wilson, Dorothy Wilson, Madge More, Richard S. Wilson, Merne Wilson, Will More; Front row: Jessie Martin & Jamie, Richard Todd Wilson, Margaret Wilson, Milne Wilson, Anna Wilson; Seated: Jack Wilson, Wilson Marton, Beth (Wilson) Boehm, Margaret (Wilson) Rowan-Legg.

2. Back row left to right: Richard Steele Wilson (Bill Wilson's father), Anna Jacqueline Wilson, Alexander Dougas Wilson (Beth Boehm's father); Front row left to right: Marion Forrester Wilson, Margaret Helen More, Jessie Gartshore Martin. Six surviving children of Richard Todd Wilson and Margaret Gartshore Wilson, grandparents to Wilson, Jamie and John Martin.

Martin, John Gartshore