In the January to March 1889 birth index Sydney Martin, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, volume 9c, page 435.

England Select Births and Christenings, St. Philip’s, Sheffield, York
Baptism February 27, 1889, Sydney Martin, father Samuel Martin, mother Ruth Martin.

In the 1891 census New Manley’s Mill Yard, Eastwood Nottinghamshire.
Head Samuel Martin, age 30, miller, employed, born Southwell, Nottinghamshire.
Wife Ruth Martin, age 23, born Newcastle on Tyne.
Son Sydney Martin, age 2, born Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Daughter Annie Martin, age 3 months, born Shipley Gate, Derbyshire.
1 lodger

In the 1901 census, 2 Wade Passage, Tipton, Staffordshire.
Head Samuel Martin, age 40, journeyman miller, worker, born South Wells, Nottinghamshire
Wife Ruth Martin, age 33, born Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland
Son Sydney Martin, age 12, born Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Daughter Annie Martin, age 10, born Shipley Gate, Nottinghamshire
Daughter Mabel Martin, age 6, born Birmingham, Warwickshire.
Daughter Ethel Martin, age 4 months, born Tipton, Staffordshire.

In the 1911 census 15 Duke Street, Creswell near Mansfield, Elmton, Nottinghamshire
Head William Henry Thorne, age 36, married 16 years, miner filler, underground worker, born Brownhills, Staffordshire
[Williams wife and family]
Lodger Sydney Martin, age 22, single, miner filler, underground worker, born Sheffield, Yorkshire
[Perhaps the Clara Thorne, Sydney’s future wife was sister to William Henry Thorne.]

Church Records Bolsover, Derbyshire
Marriage February 1, 1913
Sydney Martin, age 23, bachelor, miner, residence 19 Sherwood Street Carr Vale, father Samuel Martin, miller and
Clara Thorne, age 21, spinster, 19 Sherwood Street Carr Vale, father William Samuel Thorn (deceased) miner
after Banns by S. W. Wheeler
In the presence of James Blakely and Louie Blakely