Sarah Marie LaPlante
(June 1879 - 10 May 1941)
3 gen. navigation
Great-grandmother of Darrell Allen Martin.

Sarah in early 1904, age 24      Sarah was born in French Canada, in June 1879.1,2,3,4,5 She was the daughter of Moise Joachim LaPlante dit Sauve and Marie Rousseau. She lived at Convent LaPrairie in La Prairie, Quebec from age 10 or 11 until she was age 16. At that point she was "smuggled into the US", and "spirited to the 'Patch P[on]d house'"; she married William Henry Martin some 3 years later.6 Sarah immigrated from French Canada, in 1896.7,8,9 She was nationalized as a citizen in 1898.10 She married William Henry Martin in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont, on 26 April 1899.11,6,12,8,13,14 Sarah Marie LaPlante resided in Mt. Holly, on 26 April 1899.15 She was a resident in the household of Oliver Martin in the 9 June 1900 census taken in Mt. Holly, as "Sarah Martin", age 20, William's wife.7 She was a resident in the household of Oliver Martin in the 29 April 1910 census taken in Mt. Holly, as "Sarah Martin", mother of 3 children (all living) age 30, Oliver's daughter in law.8 She supposedly bore ten children, of whom four were stillborn. I have inserted them into the family at points that seem to make sense to me. She was a resident in the household of William Henry Martin in the 17 January 1920 census taken in Mt. Holly, as "Sarah Martin" age 41, his wife.10 Sarah died on 10 May 1941 in Mt. Holly, at age 61.16 She was buried in the center section of the Maple Grove Cemetery in East Wallingford, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont.17 She was described as a St. Lawrence River Valley Mohawk, according to a family tradition. She may have been born on tribal lands.

     Appears on these charts:
          10-generation pedigree for Darrell Allen Martin
          10-generation descendants of Oliver Martin

     Children of Sarah Marie LaPlante and William Henry Martin:

unnamed Martin (stillborn 1)   (3 Dec 1899 - 3 Dec 1899)
William Hiram Martin +   (6 Sep 1902 - 21 Jun 1984)
Carl Moses Martin +   (18 Sep 1903 - 23 Feb 1939)
Clifton Oliver Martin +   (17 Jan 1905 - 9 Jun 1977)
unnamed Martin (stillborn, 2)   (ca Jul 1906 - ca Jul 1906)
unnamed Martin (stillborn, 3)   (ca Mar 1908 - ca Mar 1908)
unnamed Martin (stillborn, 4)   (ca Jan 1910 - ca Jan 1910)
Alfred John Martin +   (1 Dec 1911 - 22 Aug 1964)
Arnold Charles Martin +   (28 Aug 1914 - 3 Mar 1982)
Elizabeth Shirley Julia Martin +   (10 Jun 1916 - )

Cited documentation:

1. [S25] William H. Martin, Sarah LaPlant, "LaPlant, Sarah" age 19, b. "Canada" father "Moses Laplant" (in pencil, "French, Moise").
2. [S67] Probable informant Elizabeth Shirley Julia (Martin) Round, Martin and LaPlante family oral traditions, as "Sarah Mary LaPlante"; born 1878, 1879, 1887, or ? "born Cornwall, or St. Clair, NY or Canada?"
3. [S33] Martin, William E., 1920 Census Mt. Holly, VT, "Sarah" age 41 b. "Canada" mother tongue "French", repeated for mother of each of the children.
4. [S13] Martin, Oliver, 1900 Census Mt Holly, VT, "Martin, Sarah" age 20 b. "June 1879 ... Canada (Fr."
5. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 53, "Sarah LaPlante, wife, 1879 ..."
6. [S67] Probable informant Elizabeth Shirley Julia (Martin) Round, Martin and LaPlante family oral traditions.
7. [S13] Martin, Oliver, 1900 Census Mt Holly, VT.
8. [S30] Martin, Oliver, 1910 Census Mt. Holly, VT.
9. [S33] Martin, William E., 1920 Census Mt. Holly, VT, "year of immigration to U.S. 1895" naturalized "1898."
10. [S33] Martin, William E., 1920 Census Mt. Holly, VT.
11. [S25] William H. Martin, Sarah LaPlant, groom "Martin, William H." bride "LaPlant, Sarah" m. "Apr. 26, 1899" in "Mount Holly."
12. [S13] Martin, Oliver, 1900 Census Mt Holly, VT, "Martin, William H., Head; -----, Sarah, Wife" number years married 1.
13. [S33] Martin, William E., 1920 Census Mt. Holly, VT, "Martin, William E, Head; Sarah, Wife" status married.
14. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 53, "MARTIN, W.H." buried next to "Sarah LaPlante, wife."
15. [S25] William H. Martin, Sarah LaPlant, bride's residence "Mt. Holly."
16. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 53, beside "MARTIN, W.H." is "Sarah LaPlante, wife, 1879 - 1941."
17. [S101] Margaret R. Jenks, Wallingford and Mount Holly Cemetery Inscriptions, Rutland County, Vermont, Recorded Summer, 1991, pg. 53.

The author strongly cautions the reader about making any assumption concerning the existence of uncited documentation (whether the assumption is that it does exist -- or that it does not).

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