Descendants of Anna Marti  (1789 \ Aft. 1850)

1    Anna Marti 1789 - unknown, born in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland, died in Washington County, Minnesota sometime after 1850, but before 1860.  Where are Anna and Adam's graves?

       +Adam Marti 1786 - 1881,  born in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland.  He died in Washington County Minnesota.

                2   Sebastian Marti 1810 - 1885, born in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland, died in Washington County, Minnesota

Sebastian made a claim for a homestead in Stillwater Township in 1848.    He then sold the homestead to Henry Jackman in 1851 and moved to the Lakeland area.  He bought a farm at Horseshoe Lake near Lake Elmo in Lakeland Township, Washington County, Minnesota.  He also donated the land for St. Lucas Evangelical Lutheran Church and cemetery at Horseshoe Lake.  Sebastian's daughters were to receive $400.00 in his will.  Evidently, they displeased him as he later made a codicil and left his daughters only $300.00.  His son,  Adam, received $50.00 and his youngest son, Sebastian, inherited the homestead in Lakeland Township.  His descendants are still living there today.

                 + Salome Wild      Sebastian's first wife, she died in Switzerland eighteen months after Adam was born.  Both of their daughters died shortly after birth

          2  Anna Marti (died in infancy)

          2 Anna Marti (died in infancy)

          3  Adam Marty  1836 - 1823, born in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland, died in Washington County, Minnesota.   Adam is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater near Sam Bloomer, but his second wife is not buried there. 

              + Ottilie M. S. (Hoffman?)  1851 - 1870

                 4  Ottilie A. M. A.  1870 - 1870 

Ottilie M. S. Hoffman (daughter of Reverend Hoffman who was pastor at St. Lucas) died September 15, 1870,  Her baby daughter died on the same day.  Their headstone at St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery, Baytown Township, Minnesota, is pictured above right

              + Augusta Albertina Burow  (Adam's second wife)  Where is she and why is she not buried with Adam?

                    4  Carl Marty                                                                         

                    4   Raymond Marty

                    4   Arlene Elizabeth Marty

                    4  Milton Marty

      + Johanna Christine Margarethe Einsidel  1825 - 1895  Second wife of Sebastian, died in Washington County, Minnesota.  Her and Sebastian are not buried side by side.  He is on one side of the cemetery and she is on the other side. 

             3  Lenette Marty  1853 - Unknown

             3  Sarah Marty 1857 - Unknown  She is believed to be buried somewhere on Sebastian's farm.  This is another   grave we cannot locate.

             3  Anna Marty  1859 - Unknown

             3  Christine Marty  1861 - Unknown

             3  Sebastian Marty  1863 - 1948  Young Sebastian ran the Marty farm in Lakeland Township after his father's death.  After the younger Sebastian's death, the farm was passed on to his son, Walter.  When Walter died, most of the land was sold, but there are still Marty's and Vollmer's living there.

                 + Elizabeth Mordick  1863 - 1936  Elizabeth is a member of the Mordick family from Lakeland Township, Washington County. Minnesota, originally from Elshorn, Holstein, Germany. 

                      4  Walter Marty   1893 - 1979

                            5  Jan Marty  (Living)

        2   Anna Marty     1813 - 1840

            + Jakob Bloomer    1810 - 1890   Jacob and his second wife, Barbara Wohlwend from Matt, Glarus, Switzerland, immigrated to Brazil in 1855.  Their three youngest children were born there.  Barbara was murdered in Sao Paulo in 1885 according to Swiss records, by bandits who came down from the mountains.  Jacob then returned to Switzerland with his children.

                3  Samuel Bloomer  1835 - 1917  After the war, Sam was very active in civic affairs and was even elected Washington County Treasurer.  He received 24 dollars per month pension for his amputated leg.

                     + Matilda J. Burns  Abt. 1844  Matilda and Sam got a divorce when Matilda ran off with another man.

                          4  Alice L. Bloomer  1864 - 1910

                          4  Charles Henry Bloomer  1866 - 1891

                          4  Grace G. Bloomer  1872 - 1874   Grace died after drinking a powerful medicine that was left on a high shelf at home.  She is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater, Minnesota, near her father and stepmother in the Bloomer/Marty plot. 

                          4 Ernest Oscar  1873 - unknown

                    +Nellie Pressnell  1845 - unknown  She is Sam's second wife.  They had no children together.

                                               Adam Marty (1837 - 1923) second from left

                                                                  Sam Bloomer, 1890

                                                                 Stillwater, Minnesota

       (The original pictures of these men are the property of the Minnesota Historical Society St. Paul Minnesota)