Martha is the daughter of Pavel Andreevich Ivannikov (1828-1914) and Akulina Pavlivov Ananskya (1843-1919). Her parents were born and deceased in Russia. There were eight known children: Pelageya, Martha, Charles, Dimitri, Mary, William, Marina, Pavel. Martha's parents were married sometime between 1850 and 1860.

Martha married Jacob Steven Cheechov (1865-1943) sometime before 1885 in Russia. There were nine known children: Mary, Steven, Anna, William, John, James, Nicholas, Katherine, and Jack. All of the children were born in Russia and the entire family immigrated to America from Russia in 1913.

The 1920 U.S. Federal Census shows the family living in Klamath county, Merrill township, Oregon on a farm. Jacob rented the farm and all of the older children were laborers on the farm.

By 1930, the family was living in Elmira Township - Solano County, California. Jacob and Martha were the only ones at the census address. It shows Jacob was 20 years old when he married Martha and she was 18 years old.
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The Reporter, May 23, 1941


DEATH OF MRS. MARTHA CHEECHOV
Mrs. Martha Cheechov, wife of Jacob Cheechov of Elmira, died at her home Sunday afternoon after a lingering illness. The body was taken to San Francisco that afternoon by the McCune Funeral Home where services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Russian Church in that city.
Mrs. Cheechov was 70 years of age, a native of Russia, who came to the United States in 1913, and has lived on the ranch near Elmira the past 15 years.
She is survived by the husband, Jacob Cheechov of Elmira; two daughters, Mrs. Ann Slivkov of Santa Rosa and Mrs. Katherine Wheeler of Brisbane, Cal.; four sons, William and John Cheechov of San Francisco, and James and Nick Cheechov of Elmira. She also leaves three brothers, C. Evanikoff of Elmira, D. Evanikoff of Fairfield and William Evanikoff of San Francisco; one sister, Mrs. Mary Molanoff of Clovis, Cal.