Albert Euerby Martin of Argentina (1855-1944)


Albert, the son of William & Jane of Car Colston, Nottingham and grandson of Robert & Sarah Martin of Beeston Nottinghamshire, emigrated to Argentina in 1888.
Within three months of his arrival in Argentina, he opened his first English School, in the town of Cañada de Gómez, Province of Santa Fe,
the start of a long life of fostering education in Argentina and supporting English-speaking schools and musical academies.


 

Early days

Early years in Bahía Blanca (c1900) - Albert & Priscilla Annie Martin
with son Cyril Percy Martin (1892-1966) and daughter Lily Vickers Martin (1890-1950)

Annie Martin

Priscilla Annie Martin (née Williams) - Wife of Albert Euerby Martin
b. 1856 Bruton, Somerset, UK, d. 1931 Bahía Blanca, Argentina

 

Albert with children, grandchildren

Albert & Priscilla Annie Martin with all but two of their daughters and their husbands, both sons and their wives and grandchildren - Bahía Blanca, 1918

Back row: Jeff Oldham Woodward, his wife Lily Vickers Woodward (née Martin), Mabel Adeline Woodward (née Martin), her husband, Parker Grubb Woodward,
Ethel Euerby Campbell (née Martin) and her husband Donald Campbell
Infants with back row: Cyril Parker (Sparks) Woodward. and brother Ralph Rupert (Billiken) Woodward, Phyllis Ethel Campbell (mostly hidden)
Middle row: Albert (Bertie) Williams Martin, Priscilla Annie Martin (née Williams) holding baby granddaughter Irene Edna (Tinga) Woodward. (Lilyīs daughter),
Albert Euerby Martin, Bertha Martin (née Miller), holding baby Harold Cyril Martin, and Cyril Percy Martin (Albert & Annie Martinīs oldest son)
Front row: Vivian Ivy Woodward, John Cecil Woodward (Mabel & Parkerīs eldest children), Donald (Doddie) Hubert Campbell (Donald & Ethel son)
Missing are daughters Ivy Florence Engh (née Martin) and Della Jane Wilson (née Martin) and families

 

With Ethel c1935

Albert Martin, about 1935, with daughter Ethel Campbell (née Martin),
granddaughter Phyllis Campbell and grandson Harold Cyril Martin

Withe Ethel

Albert Martin, dau. Ethel Campbell (née Martin) and grandchildren Phyllis Campbell and Herbert Engh
In the country Province of Entre Ríos, Argentina

 


Photographs kindly supplied by Cirilo Enrique (Harry) Martin of Argentina, the gt-grandson of Albert & Annie Martin


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