Jacob F.⁵ Orner (Jacob⁴, Jacob³, felix², Ulrich¹), born about 1806 in Maryland; died June 1849 apparently in Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania; married 21 February 1833 in Sussex County, New Jersey (Reference, below) to Margaret Ann Stickles (daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Stickles) who was born about 1808 in New Jersey and died 1871 in Sussex County. He was a miller.

1840 Census: Jacob F. Orner, page 065, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey.

1850 Mortality Schedules: Jacob F. Orner, page 571, Green, Sussex, New Jersey.

1850 Census: Margaret Orner, page 278, visit 082/092, Green, Sussex, New Jersey.

His estate (Northampton, Pennsylvania Will File #5703), widow Margaret releases Right of Administration to William Warner, 04 July 1849; other documents mention widow Margaret Ann, [unnamed] children, and George B. Arner [presumably his brother]. However, a Request for Partition (Northampton Orphans Court Docket 16, page 072) filed 01 August 1849 for his father’s estate mentions, among other heirs, the children of Jacob F. Arner since deceased: John, George, Theodore, Jacob, Guyer, Catharine, Salina, and Elizabeth.

Known children, most or all born in New Jersey:

George Washington⁶ Orner, born 17 February 1834; died 06 October 1893 at Binghamton, Broome, New York; married after the 1870 census in Deerpark, Orange, New York to Martha Anne Howe (daughter of A. T. Howe and Phoebe H. Risley) who was born 09 September 1848 in Dimock, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania and died 02 June 1935. He was a locomotive engineer. 1850 Census: George L. Arnar (with Silas R. Lindsley), page 051, visit 038/041, Morris, Morris, New Jersey. 1860 Census: George Orner (with Rynear? Vansickle), page 642, visit 571/613, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. 1870 Census: George Orner (alone, with sister-in-law Emma Orner), page 360, visit 124/181, Deerpark, Orange, New York. 1880 Census: George W. Orner, page 144, visit 264/305, Port Jervis village, Orange, New York. 1910 Census: Martha A. Orner (widow), page 273, visit 132/165, Binghamton (6^th Ward), Broome, New York. [Martha A. Orner “widow [of] George W” was living with son Arthur J. Orner at Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts circa 1929 (from 1929 Newton City Directory).] Children, born in Orange County, New York:

George Darmon⁷ Orner, born 27 August 1873₍₄₀₎; died 1953 in Lake County, Florida₍₄₅₎; married about 1908 at Westhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts to Harriet Frances Judd (daughter of Frederick Hannum Judd and Elizabeth Amelia Hubbard) who was born 15 June 1872 at Westhampton, divorced 1938 in Lake County. [Her ancestry is in Parsons Family, Henry Parsons, published by Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1920.] He was a high school teacher. He registered for the WWI Draft at Irvington, Essex, New Jersey. 1910 Census: George D. Orner, page 080, visit 243/454, Springfield (1^st Ward), Hampden, Massachusetts. 1930 Census: Geo. D. Orner, page 083, visit 081/084, Millburn, Essex, New Jersey. Known child, born in New Jersey: Frederick J. Orner, born about 1911.

Lucina V.⁷ Orner, born 14 February 1878. 1900 Census: Lousina V. Orner, page 092, visit 030/033, Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts.

Arthur Jerome⁷ Orner, born 14 March 1888 at Port Jervis₍₅₀₎; died 1954 at Harare, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Africa; married about 1912 at Mt. Selinda, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Africa to Dorothy Edna Hack (daughter of Matthew Hack and Jessie Gimingham) who was born about December 1890 in Ugi, Transkei, South Africa and died 1985 at Harare. [Info from descendant Robert Greener, formerly of Botswana, Africa (current e-mail not known); his GEDCOM.] [They arrived at Table Bay, South Africa on the ship Llanstephan Castle which arrived from England on 11 September 1914. NOTE: However, that wasn’t his first trip to Africa (he first applied for a U.S. Passport on 03 April 1909).] 1900 Census: Arthur Orner (with uncle Edwin Lawrence), page 023, visit 221/221, Conklin, Broome, New York. They were missionaries at Mt. Selinda, along with (Doctor) William Tilden Lawrence (the son of Arthur’s uncle and aunt Edwin Lawrence and Esther J. Howe). They lived at Westhampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts circa 1914-15₍₅₀₎(location from Ellis Island immigration records). They were living at Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts circa 1929 (Newton City Directory, published by Sampson & Murdock Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1929). Children: John William Orner, born 24 August 1915₍₁₇₎ at Binghamton₍₅₀₎, died 01 January 1990₍₁₇₎ at Wilmington, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Death Certificate #014360); George Matthew Orner, born 21 January 1917 at Mt. Selinda₍₅₀₎; Helen Margaret Orner, born 16 February 1919 at Gogoi, Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique), Africa₍₅₀₎, died 10 March 2001 at Harare, married 1951 at Harare to Thomas Robson Greener (son of John Robert Greener and Jane Anne Blair) who was born 05 January 1911 in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England and died 02 November 1989 at Harare; Dorothy Orner, born 14 November 1924, died 02 November 1985 at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, married 29 July 1944 at Mt. Selinda to Leonard Eric Frost who was born 23 July 1920 in Rhodesia and died 03 December 1995 at Cape Town, South Africa, [daughter Monica (Frost) Cromhout, of South Africa]; Elizabeth Orner; Henry Nathan Orner.

John N.⁶ Orner, born about 1836; died 1860s possibly in New York; married to Emma ______ who was born about 1842 in New Jersey. Civil War service: Company A, 27^th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. 1850 Census: (with mother); and John Orner (with Lanson B. Kays), page 132, visit 376/404, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. 1870 Census: Emma Orner, page 360, visit 124/181, Deerpark, Orange, New York. [She was married second 1870s to John Bennett. 1880 Census: John Benett, page 448, visit 153/176, Cleveland (14^th Ward), Cuyahoga, Ohio.] Known child: Ida Orner, born about 1864, 1880 Census: Ida Orner (with stepfather John Bennett).

Catherine⁶ Orner, born about 1838; married 16 August 1857 in Sussex County (Reference, below) to William H. Porter who was born about 1830 in New Jersey. He was a carpenter. 1850 Census: (with mother); and Catherine Orner (with Zachariah Stickles), page 092, visit 294/301, Stillwater, Sussex, New Jersey. 1860 Census: William Porter, page 642, visit 573/615, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. Known children, born in New Jersey: William Porter, born about 1858; Joseph Porter, born about 1859.

Salina Northrup⁶ Orner, born about May 1840; apparently died before the 1910 census; married 1861-62 to Jonathan Stackhouse Foster who was born about January 1841 in Sussex County.

[His parentage not known yet. 1850 Census: Jonathan Foster (age 9, with John Moot, age 30, farmer; and Catherine, age 26), page 278, visit 075/085, Green, Sussex, New Jersey.]

He was a locomotive engineer. 1850 Census: Salina Orner (with mother); and Salina Orner (with John Trusdell Jr.), page 141, visit 507/545, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. 1860 Census: Salina Orner (with Rynear? Vansickle), page 642, visit 571/613, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. 1880 Census: Jonathan S. Foster, page 131, visit 014/018, Port Jervis village, Orange, New York. 1900 Census: Jonathan S. Foster, page 197, visit 367/391, Port Jervis village, Orange, New York. 1910 Census: Jonathan Foster (widower, with son Jacob). Children, born at Port Jervis:

Jacob Charles⁷ Foster, born 18 October 1864; married 31 December 1890 in Orange County to Anna Michal Hazen (daughter of James Nelson Hazen and Effie Amelia Taylor) who was born 01 June 1867 in Orange County. He was a store clerk for a railroad. 1910 Census: J. C. Foster, page 098, visit 125/150, Middletown (2^nd Ward), Orange, New York. 1920 Census: Jacob C. Foster, page 149, visit 129/184, Middletown (2^nd Ward), Orange, New York. They had no children (page 774, The Hazen Family in America, Tracy Elliot Hazen, privately published by Robert Hazen, Thomaston, Connecticut, 1947).

Oliver E.⁷ Foster, born about April 1872. He was a bookkeeper. 1910 Census: Oliver Foster (single, with Christian Kadel), page 162, visit 042/053, Port Jervis (2^nd Ward), Orange, New York.

Ella Josephine⁷ Foster, born about July 1876.

Jacob S.⁶ Orner, born about 1842. He was a locomotive engineer. Civil War service: Company A, 27^th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. 1860 Census: Jacob Orner (with Henry Kishpaugh), page 634, visit 505/546, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. 1880 Census: Jacob Orner (single, in hotel), page 215, visit 080/132, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey; and 1880 Census: Jacob S. Orner (single, in boarding house), page 175, visit 108/167, Port Jervis village, Orange, New York.

Theodore N.⁶ Orner, born about January 1844₍₁₄₎; died 1923₍₁₄₎ in New York; married first to Emma ______ who was born about 1857 in New York; married second 1902-03 to Josephine M. ______ (her second marriage) who was born about 1857 in New York. He was a locomotive engineer. Civil War service: Company A, 27^th New Jersey Infantry Regiment. He received an invalid pension, application filed September 1904 in New York. Josephine received a widow’s pension, application filed 17 August 1923 in New York. [Josephine was married third to Raphael Doswald.] 1860 Census: Theo^d Orner (with James L. Vansyckle), page 706, visit 166/169, Green, Sussex, New Jersey. 1880 Census: Theodore N. Orner, page 440, visit 048/051, Locust Valley village, Queens, New York. 1890 Veterans Census: Theodore Orner, page 005, visit 387/409, Cornwall, Orange, New York. 1900 Census: Theo. M. Orner, page 188, visit 166/173, Port Jervis village, Orange, New York. 1910 Census: Theodore N. Orner, page 284, visit 472/487, New Baltimore, Greene, New York. 1920 Census: Theodore N. Orner, page 249, visit 045/047, New Baltimore, Greene, New York. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Coxsackie, Greene, New York. He apparently had no children.

Sarah Elizabeth⁶ Orner, born about 1846; died 1873 in Sussex County, New Jersey; married 18 February 1864 in Sussex County (Reference, below) to James Edward Hamler (son of William H. Hamler and Noyetta Kindred) who was born about 1845 possibly in Green, Sussex, New Jersey and died 05 (or 15) February 1911 at East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania. 1860 Census: Elizabeth Arner (with Chandler Coats), page 652, visit 643/686, Newton, Sussex, New Jersey. 1870 Census: James E. Homler, page 004, visit 059/070, Andover, Sussex, New Jersey. She is buried at Spruce Grove Cemetery in Coobaugh Township. [James served from 15 October 1861 to 12 July 1865 in Company K, 9^th New Jersey Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He received an invalid pension (Certificate #121804), Application #134423 filed 12 July 1865. He was married second 30 May 1874 to Mary E. Howard, who received a widow’s pension (Certificate #722331), Application #960024 filed 27 February 191_? in New Jersey. 1880 Census: James Hamler, page 258, visit 020/021, Portland, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Lasle? Homler, page 078, visit 373/376, East Stroudsburg borough, Monroe, Pennsylvania.] [Hamler family researcher Kathleen (Hamler) Purchase.] Known children:

Lewis M.⁷ Hamler, born about April 1867; married 1894-95 to Myrta May ______ who was born about May 1877 in New Jersey. 1880 Census: (with father); and Lewis Hamler (with Godfrey F. Hawk), page 051, visit 090/092, Green, Sussex, New Jersey. 1900 Census: Lewis Hamler, page 045, visit 229/236, Smithfield, Monroe, Pennsylvania. Known child:

Layton M.⁸ Hamler, born 16 November 1896₍₄₀₎ in New Jersey, married 1917-18 to Marian W. ______ who was born about 1896 in New York. He was a telegraph operator; later a railroad agent, for the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad₍₄₀₎. 1920 Census: Layton M. Hamler, page 120, visit 001/002, Lafayette, Sussex, New Jersey. 1930 Census: Layton M. Hamler, page 103, visit 066/067, Hampton, Sussex, New Jersey. Known children, born in New Jersey: Meldon M. Hamler, born 18 October 1919₍₁₇₎, died 20 September 2004 at Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama₍₁₇₎; Audrey? A. Hamler, born about 1922.

Laura M.⁷ Hamler, born about 1870. 1880 Census: “Larry” Hamler (with father); and Laura M. Hamler (with uncle James Anderson), page 239, visit 080/080, Tobyhanna, Monroe, Pennsylvania.

Ida⁷ Hamler, born about 1872; possibly died young.

Guyer⁶ Orner, born about 1849. 1870 Census: Guy Orner (with Rynne Vansyckle), page 062, visit 080/083, Green, Sussex, New Jersey. 1880 Census: Guy Orner (with Samuel Vansickle), page 052, visit 113/116, Green, Sussex, New Jersey.

[Reference: New Jersey Marriages, 1684-1850, Jordan Dodd, published by Liahona Research, Orem, Utah, 2000.]

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