Welcome to the Marti/Marty Family Home Page!

My great great great grandfather's sister, Anna, came to America in April of 1846. 

Her family's ship docked in  New Orleans where their name was changed to Marty.  She left Switzerland  with her husband, Adam, their youngest son, John, and three nephews, Samuel Bloomer (Blumer), Jakob Marti and Adam Marti.  They traveled up the Mississippi River, stopping at St. Louis for a year where the menfolk found jobs manufacturing cartridges for the Mexican War. 

They then went upriver to Minnesota to live near their eldest son, Sebastian.  Sebastian had immigrated in 1839 and was a cook with John McKusik at his sawmill. 

Our family is proud to honor several Civil War veterans.

Jacob Marti (1823 - 1871) came to America in 1846 and enlisted in the Mexican War.  After the war, he made his way to Minnesota where the rest of the family had put down roots. 

On January 31, 1862, he enlisted in Company B of the First Minnesota for three months, at the expiration of which time he was discharged.  He re-enlisted in Company K , in which he served about 18 months and was discharged on account of physical disability. 

Fredolin Marti (1842 - 1869) enlisted as a  Private on 20 May, 1861 in First Minnesota Company B, 1st Infantry Regiment.  He was wounded in the right hand during the battle of Gettysburg, losing his index finger. 

He then enlisted in Hancocks Veteran Reserve Corps and served until near the close of the war. 

He drowned in Lake Elmo on 21 November, 1869.

                     Sam Bloomer monument - Fairview Cemetery, Stillwater, Minnesota

Sam Bloomer (1835 - 1917) and Adam Marty (1836 - 1923) enlisted on April 14, 1861 and were mustered into service in Company B, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry at Fort Snelling April 19, 1861.  

Sam and his cousin, Adam , participated in the following engagements:  First Bull Run, Edwards Ferry, Siege of Yorktown, West Point, Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, White Oak Swamp, Glendale, Malvern Hill, South Mountain and Antietam.

In the battle of Antietam, Corporal Sam Bloomer, 23, of Company B, took a musket ball through the knee and went down.  Unable to walk, he pulled himself into the West Woods in back of the Dunker Church and sought shelter behind an oak tree.  His unit was forced to withdraw and he was left on the field. 

Rather than have the unit's flag be captured he tore the colors from their staff and stuffed it under his shirt.  As the Confederates came upon Bloomer's position near the church, Sgt. W. H. Andrews of the First Georgia Regulars

                                                         Dunker Church

saw his predicament, and with several others, piled cordwood around him to protect him from stray bullets.  It was a kindness that Bloomer would remember. 

A short while later General Thomas J. Jackson came by and reportedly had kind words for the wounded soldier.  A Confederate officer later stripped him of his sword and revolver. His right leg was amputated in David Hoffman's barn four days later. 

He was the last color sergeant of the First Minnesota Infantry.  (The above is taken from John Michael Priest's "Antietam - The Soldier's Battle")

August 1, 1863, President Lincoln appointed him lieutenant in Veteran Reserve Corps, in which he served until mustered out of service.  Despite having one leg, he commanded the Twenty-fifth and the One Hundred and Twentieth Company's Second Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps, for nearly two years.

He also acted as commissary of subsistence, quartermaster and ordnance officer at Fort Knox, Missouri, and did duty in the Freedman's Bureau at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.   He was mustered out September 19, 1866, and was relieved from duty and ordered to his place of residence at Stillwater to await orders from the War Department.

In 1849, when Adam was thirteen years old,  the family moved to Stillwater, Minnesota.   Adam's father, Sebastian, had already immigrated to Minnesota in 1839.    Adam worked one year with John McKusick and then he went on his father's farm. At eighteen years of age he learned the painter's trade. 

In 1861 he became a member of Company B First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry where he served as Corporal.  He participated in every battle from the first Bull Run to Gettysburg, where he was severely wounded in the famous charge of the First Minnesota, July 2, 1863. He was in a Philadelphia hospital eight months, and was discharged May 5, 1864. 

He was married to Miss Otillie Hoffman in 1869.   The mother and child died in childbirth September 15, 1870 and are buried together in St. John's Lutheran Church in Baytown, Washington County, Minnesota.  She was the daughter of the Reverend Friederich Hoffman of the St. Lucas church that was located on Sebastian's farmland.

In 1884 he married Miss Augusta Burrow, by whom he has had four children, Carl W., Raymond R., Milton S. and Arline.

In October, 1882, Adam was appointed deputy sheriff under Sheriff Charles P. Holcombe, and held that office until 1890. He was then elected sheriff and served two terms.

He was a member of the G. A. R.  He joined Muller Post No. 14, in 1875, and was its commander six terms.

In 1881 he was elected department commander of Minnesota, and with Samuel Bloomer as his assistant adjutant general, reorganized the then almost extinct department, and restored it to its former position. He served two terms. The post number was changed to No. 1, it being the only post left.

He was also one of the original volunteer firemen, and a charter member of the Modern Woodmen of America, and secretary of the Old Settlers' Association of the St. Croix Valley.  He was also secretary of Company B since its formation in 1885.

On 21 July, 1867, 34 survivors from Minnesota Company B of Civil War fame, including Adam and Sam,  met and formed "The Last Man Club," the first of its kind in the nation.  The survivors gathered annually in Stillwater, Minnesota, at the old Sawyer House where the Lowell Inn now stands.  The chairs of the departed were draped in black and the centerpiece was a bottle of wine, donated by Louis Hospes, to be consumed by the last survivor.  Each year the number dwindled and the gatherings became less joyful, and in 1928 the three remaining members decided to disband the club.  Charles Lockwood is quoted as saying, "Don't ever start another club like this."

Please click on the link below if you would like to know more about the history of the Marti's in Engi, Glarus, Switzerland: 

www.eye.ch/swissgen/kant/glbamart.htm

My Grandmother, Helen Dorothea Ottilie Kutz (1899 - 1975), married Herbert Louis (Ludwig) Marty (1894 - 1974) in 1921.  Their wedding picture is below.  They had two children, Vernon Louis (1922 - 1997), and Robert Herbert (my father) (1927 - 1983).  They bought a farm outside Clear Lake, St. Croix County, Wisconsin in 1926 and lived there until their death in 1975.  (See Fredolin Marty family group page). 

 

Herbert was the son of Louis Marty (1860 - 1947) and Pauline Streiff (1870 - 1956)   Herbert had six sisters and two brothers:  Anita, Jeanette, Esther (Anderson), Etta (Fowler), Ilma (Sands), Mildred (Hillstrom), William and Edward.  Pauline is a member of the Streiff family from Woodbury Township, Washington County, Minnesota.                                                                                                                                                                    Herb and Helen   Louis and his wife owned a farm they called "Oak Grove Farm" and additional land they called "The Ranch" outside of Hudson, Wisconsin.  After their death, their sons, William and Edward, continued farming operations.   Edward (1898 - 1976) and William (1896 - 1983) never married.  After their father Louis (1860 - 1947) died, they worked the farm until their deaths.  William worked the farm alone after Edward died.    Jeanette Irene Marty (1908 - 1993) was a life long member of St. Peters United Church of Christ.  She served on the church council and numerous committees.   She was also a member of the Business and Professional Women's Association, The Monday Reading Club, The Washington County Historical Society and the Minnesota Territorial Pioneers.  She retired from her job at Washington County, Minnesota, Social Services in 1972.     Anita Pauline Marty (1902 - 1984) was to have been married to Mr. Melvin J. Gilbert on 16 October 1937 at St. Peters Evangelical Church on South Broadway in Stillwater, Minnesota.  They were to have a reception at the White Pine Inn in Bayport, Minnesota following the ceremony. According to an undated newspaper article, Mr. Gilbert was arrested the day before the wedding for not being who he claimed to be.  He was also already married.  Mr. Gilbert heard that Miss Anita's family had money and he wanted to get his hands on it.  He was willing to commit bigamy to get it.  It would not have bothered him, as he had already deserted his wife and family.  Needless to say, Anita remained unmarried the rest of her life.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This page is maintained by Joy Marty Adrian.  It was last updated on 10 July 2008                                                         Contact Joy at Philadrian@cox.net                                        This site may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any way without my consent

I Also have a list of additional surnames I am reaching:  Bearable, Bloomer, Blumer, Braem, Dersch, Einsidel, Haemmerli, Kutz, Meinke, Plaster, Saker, Streiff, Wild and Wilke, among others.

If you think you are related to my Marti/Marty lin, please e-mail me.  I have additional information belonging to several cousins (unproved by me s yet) going back to 1550.  I am still looking for descendants of my grandmother and grandfathr's siblings.

Please check back often as this is my first attempt at a web page and I will be making lots of changes and additions.