Person:Martin Calvert (1)

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Martin or Joseph Martin Calvert
b.12 May 1815
d.1 Jun 1863 Rocheport, Boone County, Missouri
Parents and Siblings
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m. 14 Oct 1802
  1. William J. Calvert1803 -
  2. Ursula Calvert1805 - Abt 1843
  3. Leonard Calvert1807 - 1874
  4. John Calvert, Jr1809 - 1846
  5. Nancy Calvert1810 - Abt 1834
  6. Elizabeth Calvert1812 - 1843
  7. Martin or Joseph Martin Calvert1815 - 1863
  8. Nodding L. Calvert1817 - 1870
  9. Tabitha Calvert1820 - Bef 1845
  10. Agnes W. Calvert1825 - 1878
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Dec 1836
  1. James "Walter" Calvert1837 - Abt 1869
  2. Julia Ann Calvert1842 - 1894
  3. Robert Datus Or Datis Calvert1844 - 1916
  4. Mary Taylor Calvert1850 - 1916
  5. Maude Hunter Calvert1853 - 1911
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Facts and Events
Name Martin or Joseph Martin Calvert
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 12 May 1815
Marriage 17 Dec 1836 Howard County, Missourito Mary S. "Polly" Rawlings
Death[3] 1 Jun 1863 Rocheport, Boone County, Missouri
Reference Number? 7118 
    Several sources show a supposed John W. Calvert, b. 22 Mar 1839 as a son of Martin Calvert and Mary Rawlings.  Martin and Mary had an earlier-born son named James Walter Calvert (b. 5 Nov 1837).   All records I can find of this supposed John W. Calvert actually show his given name as James W., instead of John W., including his death certificate in Boone County, Mo. for 14 Mar 1915.   I surmise that someone realized that we could not have two James W. Calverts born within a couple of years of each other in the same family and thus they changed his name to John W. so they would feel good about connecting him.     I am convinced that there never was a John W. Calvert who was the son of Martin Calvert.  O'Gorman does not show a son named John W.   Unfortunately, there are several web sites and numerous family trees, such as One World Tree that show a John W. or John Wesley Calvert, or even James Wesley Calvert as a son of Martin.  But in fact, the individual born on 22 Mar 1839 in Howard County, Missouri was really James Wesley Calvert, the son of Richard Calvert. There were at least two, and possibly more, independent Calvert families in Boone and/or Howard Counties, Missouri in the 1840-1860 time frame.

   I also find no basis for a daughter named "Celia" different that the known daughter "Julia Ann."  Celia appears as the name on the 1850 US Census where Julia should fit. This is the only place the name Celia occurs, and Julia is missing there.  I am convinced that the enumerator simply heard "Celia" for "Julia."  Remember that we do not know who the informant was for any particular family - it could have been a neighbor, a younger child, an aged or demented person, etc.
References
  1. ↑ Ella Foy O'Gorman. Descendants of Virginia Calverts. (Los Angeles, E. F. O'Gorman, 1947)
    p. 666.
  2. ↑ Ella Foy O'Gorman. Descendants of Virginia Calverts. (Los Angeles, E. F. O'Gorman, 1947).
  3. ↑ Ella Foy O'Gorman. Descendants of Virginia Calverts. (Los Angeles, E. F. O'Gorman, 1947)
    p. 666.
  4.   Joyce Kroninger. Gedcom file (2). (March 2008).
  5.   Kroninger, Joyce Mills. Gedcom. (March 2008.).
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