Researching Frank Martin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 73774 people with the Martin surname? In that year Martin was ranked number 29 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Martin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Martin and the Martin Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 107178 people with the Martin surname in the UK? Martin is now ranked number 21 for popularity in the UK. |
Martin Genealogy Databases
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Martin Forums
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Some Famous People called Frank Martin
Frank Martin (cricketer)
Frank Reginald "Freddie" Martin (12 October 1893 – 23 November 1967) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test in their inaugural Test tour of England.
A left-handed batsman and slow left-arm bowler born in Kingston, Jamaica, Martin played domestic cricket for Jamaica. He played in every Test in both of the West Indies' first two Test tours, in England in 1928 and in Australia in 1930-31. In the fifth Test at Sydney of the 1930-31 tour, he scored 123 not out in the first innings against the strong Australian bowling of the day, part of the West Indies' 350 for 6. Later he took four wickets for 111 runs. This was the West Indies' first victory away from home, and Martin's last Test, although he toured England again in 1933. He died in Kingston at the age of 74.
Source: Frank Martin (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Martin (basketball)
Francisco José Martin (born March 23, 1966) is an American basketball coach and the current head coach for the University of South Carolina men's basketball team. Martin was previously head coach at Kansas State University for five seasons. Prior to that, he was an assistant coach at the collegiate level and head basketball coach at three high schools in Miami.
Martin has led his teams to a total of five NCAA Tournaments and 1 Final Four appearance as a head coach. He was named the Big 12 Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year in 2010. He won the Jim Phelan Award in 2017.
Source: Frank Martin (basketball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Martin (ice hockey)
Francis William Martin (May 1, 1933 — February 18, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 282 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks between 1953 and 1957. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1952 to 1965, was mainly spent in the minor American Hockey League.
Prior to his professional hockey career, Martin was a pitcher in the Brooklyn Dodgers organization and was invited to attend one of their training camps.
After retiring from the NHL, he began a career as a carpenter for the city of St. Catharines, and played a large role in restoring the Port Dalhousie Carousel. He was also a coach for the St. Catharines Falcons. He and his wife, Josephine, have two children, Sharon and William (Bill), and three grandchildren, William Alexander (Alex), and twins Jessica and Rachel. Frank died as a result of what was believed to be Lewy body dementia.
Source: Frank Martin (ice hockey), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Martin (equestrian)
Frank Hugo Martin (30 December 1885 – 28 August 1962) was a Swedish horse rider who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He and his horse Kohort were part of the Swedish equestrian team that won the gold medal in jumping; however, Martin did not receive a medal because only three best performers from each team were counted, while he placed fourth.
In 1904 Martin entered the Royal War Academy and graduated in 1906, becoming a lieutenant with the dragoons of the King's Own Regiment. He later continued his military studies at the Strömsholm Riding School, at the War College, at the French Riding School in Saumur (1923), and at the Shooting School in Rosersberg (1925). In parallel he taught military science at the Strömsholm Riding School in 1915–1919. In 1928 he was promoted to captain and squadron leader of the King's Own Mounted Regiment. The same year he started working for the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
Source: Frank Martin (equestrian), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Martin (mayor)
Frank Kieffer Martin (November 4, 1938 – August 12, 2012) was an American defense attorney and a former mayor of Columbus, Georgia. Martin was born in Columbus in 1938. He was elected 64th mayor of that city in 1990, succeeding James Jernigan. During Martin's tenure as mayor, he championed a new 1-percent sales tax that went on to fund a new civic center, public safety building, and recreational facilities. Under Martin's leadership Columbus also won a bid to host the 1996 Olympic softball competition. Martin served as mayor of Columbus from 1991 to 1994. He died from complications of pancreatic cancer in 2012 at the age of 73.
Source: Frank Martin (mayor), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Frank Martin (sculptor)
Frank Martin (27 December 1914 – 19 January 2004) was a British sculptor. He was head of the sculpture department of Saint Martin's School of Art from 1952 to 1979. He brought young and forward-thinking sculptors into the department to teach, among them Anthony Caro, Robert Clatworthy, Elisabeth Frink and Eduardo Paolozzi. They and those round them came to be known as the New Generation of British sculptors. In the 1960s and 1970s the sculpture department at Saint Martin's was, in the words of Tim Scott: "the most famous in the art world".
Source: Frank Martin (sculptor), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Martin
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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