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- General Register Office, Register of Births, Registration District of Tonbridge, Kent, England, OND 1842, Volume V, Page 412.
Certificate of Birth, Registration District of Tonbridge, Birth in the Sub-district of Tonbridge Wells, County of Kent, England, Entry # 490. On the 10th October 1842 at Tonbridge, Kent, Rhoda ARNOLD, a daughter to John ARNOLD, a Carpenter and Maria ARNOLD, formerly NEAL. Informant: John ARNOLD, father on the 15th November 1842 to Registrar, Henry L SOPWORTH.
The 1871 Population Census for England shows Thomas W MARTYR, Head, aged 38 years, a Master Grocer, born Dorking, Surrey residing at No 7 Wichmon Road, Bromley, Kent with his wife Rhoda MARTYR, aged 28 years, born Tonbridge Wells, Kent and children Hellen MARTYR, aged 4 years born Margate, Kent and Edith MARTYR, aged 6 months, born Margate, Kent.
(RG/10/874, Folio 10, Page 11, Schedule No 58 - No 7 Wichmon Road, Bromley, Kent, England).
The 1881 Population Census of England shows Thomas W MARTYR, aged 42 years, a Manager, born Dorking, Surrey residing at 78 Cowley Road, St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England together with his wife, Rhoda MARTYR, aged 38 years born Tunbridge, Kent and their four children; Leonard MARTYR, aged 16 years, a Clerk, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Helen MARTYR, aged 14 years, a Scholar, born Margate, Kent, Ernest MARTYR, aged 9 years, a Scholar born Bromley, Kent, and Edith MARTYR, aged 10 years, a Scholar, born Margate, Kent.
(RG11/607, Folios 35 & 36, Pages 24 & 25, Schedule No 159 - 78 Cowley Road, St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England).
Houston, Texas, USA - Telephone Directories - 1892-95:
Name: Mrs Rhoda MARTYR
City: Houston
Sate: Texas
Occupation: Matron
Year: 1892/1893
Business Name: Houston Infirmary
Location 2: Houston Infirmary
Houston, Texas, USA - Telephone Directories - 1882-95
Name: Rhoda MARTYR
City: Houston
Sate: Texas
Occupation: (Widow T.W) Boarding House
Year: 1894/1895
Location 2: 1618 Congress Avenue, corner Jackson.
The 12th Federal Census of the United States of 1900:
Schedule No 1 - POPULATION:
State: TEXAS
County: GALVESTON
Location: Galveston Ward 9
Address: 2419 Q Avenue
Thomas W Rhoda
Colour of Skin:WhiteWhite
Date of Birth:Dec 1836Oct 1843
Age:63 years56 years
Single/Married:MarriedMarried
Years Married:36 years36 Years
Number of Children:6
Number of Children Living:4
Place of Birth:EnglandEngland
Place of Birth of Father:EnglandEngland
Place of Birth of Mother:EnglandEngland
Year Immigrated to USA18861888
Number of Years in USA:14 years12 years
Trade or Profession:NoneNone
Education:
Read:YesYes
Write:YesYes
Speak English:YesYes
Ownership of Home:
Owned/Rented:RentedRented
Free/Mortgaged:N/A
Farm or House:House
Killed in the 1900 Hurricane of the 8th September at Galveston, Texas, USA along with three of her missing children: Alfred MARTYR, Cora MARTYR and Edith MARTYR. Information obtained from the Galveston and Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library and on their web site:
http://www.gthcenter.org/exhibits/storms/1900/victims/vicM.html
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