Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Mgbe Martin laghachiri Kanada, ọ lụrụ Ellen Hill, ma ọ bụ "Karakwineh" (nke pụtara "anyanwụ na-agagharị agagharị"). O debanyekwara aha ya na Toronto School of Medicine na 1863. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na B.M. na 1865 na M.D. na 1866. N'afọ 1866, ọ rụkwara ọrụ na Queen's Own Rifles n'oge agha nke Ridgeway, otu n'ime ọgụ ndị agha nke
Fenian Raids si US nke afọ ahụ.