Isabella Elizabeth Newman
(1879-1945)

Isabella Elizabeth Newman (later Isabella Elizabeth Martin) was the second of the thirteen children of Alfred Newman and his wife Harriet Cooper of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Isabella was visually impaired from birth, and is believed to have had a false glass eye. It is for this reason that she is usually photographed sat with her right eye away from the camera.

Isabella married Thomas Arthur Martin (known by his middle name Arthur) in 1900, and the couple settled down to have at least two children.

Thomas served in the First World War, and survived, returning home and living until 1939, when he pre-deceased Isabella by 6 years, aged 62.

Life Events

Born

• 1879 at Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Baptism

• 10th May 1879 at St. Mary's Church, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Married

• Thomas Arthur Martin (1877-1939) on 18th May 1900, in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England.

Children

• Alfred Arthur Newman Martin (1903-1963) married Doris Irene Aspland (19??-?)
• Mabel Dorothy Martin (1909-1978) married Charles Henry Sinclair Barton (1908-1971)

Census and Residence

• 1881: 1yr, Church Lane, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1891: 11yrs, Bull Lane, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1901: 21yrs, Back Hill, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
• 1911: 32yrs, 3 Willow Walk, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Death

• 23rd April 1945 at 4 Willow Walk, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

Burial

• 27th April 1945 in grave F44 at Ely City Cemetery, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.