Joseph Mart Chambers
Joseph sits between William Lester Chambers and Silas Luster Chambers in Sandy’s current direct line. The name “Mart” is the current family-supplied form; the original records must settle how it appears there.
Father of William Lester Chambers; son of Silas Luster Chambers in the current working reconstruction.
Family knowledgeEarlier research used Joseph M. Chambers. Records and family testimony will be compared before the expanded middle name is called documented.
Conflicting evidenceThe census household, draft registration, and vital records already discussed in family research.
Still researchingJoseph M. Chambers married Ida J. Toland on February 21, 1890, in Crawford County, Illinois. The original register names his parents as Silas L. Chambers and Matilda E. Laughlin. View the register Sandy found on image 460 of 627 →
Documented factOne family, two possible connections
Working hypothesis—not established: the 1870 West Bethlehem Township household includes Mary Hartman, 18, and Joseph, 10, with Robert and Elizabeth Hartman. Joseph Robert’s death certificate names Robert Hartman and Eliz. Couts. Ida Jane Toland’s marriage register names her mother Mary J. Hartman. If that Mary is the census Mary, Joseph Mart married Mary’s daughter Ida while his proposed sister Elizabeth Etta married Mary’s brother Joseph Robert. Mary’s identity and Elizabeth Etta’s parentage still require independent corroboration. No confirmed double-family link is drawn in the tree.
Well-supported research hypothesis · not confirmedMeet Elizabeth Etta Chambers Hartman · Meet Joseph Robert Hartman
Mrs. Wayman Sinclair’s surviving children
An obituary excerpt supplied in Sandy’s research names Mrs. Joe Hartman of Washington, Pennsylvania and Joseph Chambers of Johnstown, Pennsylvania among Mrs. Wayman Sinclair’s surviving children. This provides valuable additional support for Elizabeth Etta Chambers Hartman and Joseph Mart Chambers as Matilda’s children.
Source status: obituary excerpt reported by Sandy; full original clipping, newspaper title, publication date and page still needed for inspection. “Mrs. Joe Hartman” is the wording of the excerpt; identifying her as Elizabeth Etta is supported by the related Hartman records. This is additional evidence beyond Find a Grave contributor statements, not a claim that the original clipping has been inspected here.