Martin Kilmartin

[Williesbaby]

Born in Galway I believe  Caltra Ireland
He immigrated to USA than moved up to Ontario Canada

He married Great grandmother Phoebe A (Foster) Irish decent but  born in Collingwood Ontario  aka Mulmur twp   
Phoebe married three times
1 Harold Rogers He was a railway man and I believe twenty years old than her He was Irish
2 John Kidd immigrated with his family to USA 🇺🇸  and came up to Canada 🇨🇦  primarily Ontario  they married had 5 children
3  Martin Kilmartin I have born around 1880 or 1884 in caltra
Immigrated in 1924 to NEW YORK 
Marriage to Phoebe 16 Apr 1928
 died April 1974 in Harriston Ontario

I have a border crossing from USA to Canada
He was 37 years of age of course birth year is mentioned as about 1887  birth place Caltra Ireland
Occupation iron worker
As far as I know no other wife or children
He was a  tall man around 6'2" raw boned with a prominent nose and deep set eyes
As a child he terrified me lol 😆
My dad loved him as he was the only grandfather he knew he would spend time on a farm with him and his grandmother Phoebe 

[heywood]

There is a possible candidate here in 1901 census
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Galway/Caltra/Graiguenavaddoge/1389344/

[heywood]

Here is the birth for that Martin
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/birth_returns/births_1883/02709/1997440.pdf

And the marriage of Thomas Kilmartin and Mary Carr
https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/files/civil/marriage_returns/marriages_1876/11161/8088977.pdf

[Neale1961]

The Canada border crossing mentions his arrival in USA in 1913.

Arrival 26 June 1913 Boston, On ship “Arabic”
Martin Kilmartin, Age 24, Roman Catholic
Farm Labourer
Born Mountbellew Galway
Complexion Fair
Hair colour Brown
Eye colour Blue
Height 5 ft 6 inches

Last Residence - Mountbellew Galway
Nearest relative – Father, Thomas in Mountbellew

This information suggests the birth record posted above by heywood is correct.
I wonder why he has reduced his age on emigration.


ADDED - His parents are also named on his marriage record to Phoebe.

[Neale1961]

1911 census Kilmartin family
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Castleblakeney/Granagh/466369/

[Neale1961]

Thomas Kilmartin died in 1918

[Kiltaglassan]

1911 census Kilmartin family
https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Galway/Castleblakeney/Granagh/466369/

https://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002420217/
The enumerator's abstract shows the civil parish of Killosolan but the enumerator may have been mistaken in his spelling of the townland - namely Grannagh but it should have been Crannagh.

https://www.townlands.ie/galway/killosolan/
https://www.townlands.ie/galway/tiaquin/killosolan/castleblakeney/crannagh/