Martha was born the fourth of six children to Joseph and Elizabeth Ann Vincent Richards. Joseph and Elizabeth had immigrated from Cornwall, England (Elizabeth in 1853 at 25 years old, Joseph in 1847 at 19 years old). Joseph and Elizabeth married in New York, and then settled down in York, Fillmore, Minnesota. Martha was born on June 27th, 1868, and on the 20th of November, 1890, she married William Charles Love, a farmer of the nearby Love family. Martha was 22, William was 37. Within 5 1/2 months, Martha died. William didn't remarry for the next 30 years, and his next younger brother, Robert, lived with him.
The Loves were Scottish. William's parents had each immigrated from Scotland and married in Illinois. Robert was a teacher, and he didn't marry until he was 49 (born in 1855) - he married a Scottish lass named Jean Shanks (called Jennie) in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1904. Jean was 30 at the time (born in 1874). They had three children: Robert William Love, Agnes Dickson Love, (named after William's mother, Agnes Dickson, whom Jean had never known) and a little boy who only lived two days, left unnamed. Then, after 15 years of marriage, Robert died. Robert William was 14 years old, and Agnes was 11. William had been living in Robert's home, and a little over a year later, William and Jean married, when William was 67 and Jean 46 years old. They had no children that I am aware of. William died on January 12, 1925, not quite five years after William and Jean had married.
I am descended through George Allen Love, William's and Robert's oldest brother. George is my grandmother's grandfather. William and Robert are my grandmother's great-uncles, and Martha and Jean my grandmother's great-aunts by marriage. Robert William and Agnes Dickson are my grandmother's cousins-once-removed.
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