Martin Harold Bury ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1900, Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁴ The 1900 Census for Salisbury Township in Lehigh County lists Hubert Bury, age 43, born Apr 1857 in Germany, parents born in Germany, occupation jeweler, renting his home. He was married for 16 years to Martha A., wife, born Oct 1867 in Germany, parents born in Germany. In 1900 she had born seven children, four of whom were still living.
With them is daughter Helen C., born Apr 1885 in Germany, age 15, single. Helen, Hubert, and Martha all immigrated in 1886. All can read and write English. Also in the home are three children born in Pennsylvania: Frank H., born Aug 1886; Violet P., born Jun 1892; and Martin H., born Oct 1898.

[Note for researchers: Hubert is indexed in this census as Burg, not Bury, although the handwriting of the census taker clearly wrote Bury. His immigration is incorrectly reported as 1886, but should have been 1885. Further, on the ship's passenger list his name appears as Burg, not Bury!]

• Census, 1910, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ Following the death of Martha Bury in 1904, we find her children living in 1910 with their older sister's husband. Horace N. Benfield, age 27, occupation house painter, is listed living at 229 West Street in Allentown in the 1910 Census in enumeration district 0160 as visit 0151. Living with him is his wife, Helen (nee Bury), age 24, whose birthplace is listed as Germany and 1885 as the year she immigrated, which is her year of birth. She was married to Horace for 4 years at in 1910 had no children born. Her marital status is listed as M2, which appears to indicate this was her second marriage -- Horace is listed as M1. Also in the household is brother-in-law Frank H. Bury, age 23, single, bookkeeper in a cement mill; sister-in-law Violet P. Bury, age 17, single, stichery in a shoe factory; and brother-in-law Martin H. Bury, age 11, single. Horace and his parents were born in Pennsylvania. Frank, Violet, and Martin were born in Pennsylvania with both parents born in Germany.

• Census, 1920, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶ The 1920 Census shows that renting a home at 938 Hamilton Street in Allentown was the household of Horace N. Benfield, age 37, paper hanger, living with wife Helen C., age 34. Living with them are Martin H. Bury, brother in law, 21, a purchasing agent in a steel works; and Helen B. Hale, age 6 [Helen's neice who is the daughter of Violet P. Bury]. Helen's parents were both born in Germany, as was she, and her date of immigration is listed as 1887 [although it really was 1885.]

• Divorce Filing: from Florence Alvena Rauch, Abt 1921. ¹

• Occupation: owner of Bury & Holman Inc. at 1415 North Broad Street, 1936, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³

• Residence: 12 Bryn Mawr Avenue, 25 Nov 1936, Bala-Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA. ³

Martin married Florence Alvena Rauch, daughter of Albert J. Rauch and Bertha Alice George, about 1918.¹ (Florence Alvena Rauch was born on 11 Aug 1900 in Bittners Corner, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA ¹.)

Martin next married Jeannette Parry. (Jeannette Parry was born on 3 Oct 1901 ^{2 7} and died in Aug 1979 in Haverford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ^{2 7}.)