Reuben5 Arner (Nicholas4, Jacob3, felix2, Ulrich1), born 25 December 1821(14) in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania; died 21 January 1908(14) in Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania (Book 2, page 004)(also Northampton County Will Index); married to Sarah ann Dennis who was born 11 March 1823(14) in Pennsylvania and died 05 April 1896 aged 73 years, 00 months, 25 days(14)(35). He was a shoemaker.
1850 Census: R. Arner, page 271, visit 319/353, Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1860 Census: Reuben Ahner (with his mother), page 055, visit 1362/1414, Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1870 Census: Reuben Arner, page 429, visit 040/043, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1880 Census: Reuben Arner, page 002, visit 031/031, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1890 Census Directory: Reuben Arner, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
1900 Census: Reuben Arner (widower, with son-in-law Milton Bowman), page 224, visit 202/217, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania.
They are buried at Easton Cemetery at Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania. His estate is Northampton Will File #17940; not looked up yet.
Known children, born in Bethlehem:
Monford W.6 Arner, born 03 September 1846; died 15 January 1905(14) aged 58 years, 04 months, 12 days (Records of Reverend Robert C. Weaver); married first 08 January 1870 (recorded at Zion’s Lutheran Church at Easton) to Anna M. Derhammer (daughter of Stephen and Anna E. Derhammer) who was born 27 July 1851(14) and died 21 December 1875 aged 24 years, 04 months, 24 days(14) (gravestone); married second 1876-77 to Anna Camilla Dech (daughter of John Dech and Henrietta Egner) who was born about April 1859 in Hanover, Northampton, Pennsylvania and died 29 July 1921 aged 62 years(14). He was a civil engineer. He also served as Justice of the Peace. He was the organist at Christ Lutheran and Reformed Church at Schoenersville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania for several years in the 1870s, and was also an officer of the Sunday School. 1870 Census: Mumfert Arner (with his parents); also Anna M. Arner (with her parents), page 428, visit 030/033, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: Monford U. Arner, page 010, visit 146/154, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1890 Census Directory: Monfort W. Arner, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Monford W. Arner, page 254, visit 113/133, Tatamy borough, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Annie C. Arner (widow, with son-in-law Stewart F. Rodenbach). 1920 Census: Annie Arner (with son-in-law Stewart Rodenbach). Anna M. is buried at Schoenersville (formerly Christ Church) Cemetery at Schoenersville. He and Anna Camilla are buried at Forks Salem Church (Section H, plot 025) at Stockertown, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Known child with first wife:
Jane Elizabeth7 Arner, born 20 May and died 06 August 1870 (gravestone); buried at Schoenersville Cemetery.
Known child with second wife:
Stella May7 Arner, born 20 October 1877(28); died 11 November 1963 aged 94 years(14) in Forks; married 26 November 1898 in Northampton County (Book 10, page 055) to Stewart Franklin Rodenbach (son of E. L. and Eliza Rodenbach) who was born 16 June 1879(28)(40) in Bushkill, Northampton, Pennsylvania and died 22 January 1940 aged 60 years(14). He was a machinist at Bethlehem Steel Company(40). 1900 Census: Stewart F. Rodenbach (with her parents). 1910 Census: Stewart F. Rodenbach, page 021, visit 115/125, Nazareth (3rd Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Stewart Rodenbach, page 005, visit 101/117, Bethlehem (7th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Stewart F. Rodenbach, page 090, visit 180/202, Bethlehem (7th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Forks Salem Church (Section H, plot 025). Known children: Arthur Stewart Rodenbach, born 18 May 1899(17)(40), died 01 June 1971 at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania(17), married first about 1925? to Mabel M. ______ who was born about 1885 in Pennsylvania, married second to Mary (Buchay) Groman, he was a machinist at Bethlehem Steel Company(40), he had no children; Anna E. Rodenbach, born 23 January 1901, died 31 May 1925 aged 24 years(14) at Bethlehem, buried near parents; Russell A. Rodenbach, born 06 May 1902(17), died 24 November 1980 at Akron, Lancaster, Pennsylvania(17), married after the 1930 census to Vera A. ______ who was born 18 June 1915(17) and died 01 December 1973(17); Olive I. Rodenbach, born 03 March 1904(17), died 21 May 1999 at Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania(17), married William J. Jones; Willard A. Rodenbach, born 28 September 1908(17), died 24 January 1977 aged 68 years(14) at Bethlehem(17), married after the 1930 census to Elsie M. ______ who was born 22 August 1913 and died 28 March 1969 aged 59 years(14), he worked in the electrical department at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, they are buried at Forks Salem Church (Section EA, plot 035); Donald D. Rodenbach, born 10 September 1916(17), died January 1974(17).
Calvin6 Arner, born 13 May 1849(14); died 07 August 1911(14) at Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania; married 22 November 1873 to Matilda Cecilia Walter (daughter of Michael Walter and Elizabeth Hellick) who was born 20 April 1851(14) at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania and died 14 January 1927(14) at Easton. He owned a dry goods store; later he was a traveling salesman. 1880 Census: Calvin Arner, page 477, visit 318/339, Easton (7th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1890 Census Directory: Calvin Arner, Easton city, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Calvin Arner, page 202, visit 158/159, Easton (8th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Calvin Arner, page 188, visit 278/283, Easton (8th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Matilda Arner, page 020, visit 139/142, Easton (8th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Easton Heights Cemetery at Easton, (their family plot). His estate (Northampton Will File #19021). Known children:
Alice Augustus7 Arner, born 16 November 1874 and christened 03 January 1875 (Sponsors: parents)(35); died 10 December 1955(14); unmarried. 1930 Census: Alice A. Arner (single, with brother Harvey). She was secretary to the president of Northampton National Bank. She is buried with her parents.
Harvey7 Arner, born 25 February 1877(14)(40); died 14 February 1940(14) at Easton; married 1904-05 to Lillian M. Luxton (daughter of Alexander Luxton and Josephine Hamahan) who was born 10 December 1877(14) at Brooklyn, Kings, New York and died 17 July 1957(14) at Easton. He was a musician and music teacher; he also worked as a piano tuner. 1910 Census: Harvey Arner, page 174, visit 461/472, Easton (7th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Harvey Arner, page 255, visit 068/072, Easton (4th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Harvey Arner, page 047, visit 244/248, Palmer, Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried with his parents. Known child: Harvey Arner, born 18 April 1906(17), died 29 October 1988 at Easton(17), married September 1935 to Elizabeth Paul (daughter of William S. Paul and Emma Tilton) who was born 13 June 1909 at Easton and died 22 April 2002 at Easton, he was a mail carrier, he was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33829722).
Harrison6 Arner, born 03 April 1850(28); died 07 November 1899(14) at Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey; married 09 April 1884 in Carbon County (Book 1, page 125) to Anna Marie Baltzer who was born 15 September 1865(28) in Carbon County and died 21 October 1913(14) at Easton. He was a carpenter at the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Works at Phillipsburg, where he was killed in an industrial accident [the details too gruesome to include on this website]. 1890 Census Directory: Harrison Arner, Easton city, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Anna M. Arner (widow), page 199, visit 085/086, Easton (8th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Anna M. Arner, page 179, visit 063/065, Easton (8th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Easton Cemetery. Her estate (Northampton Will File #19714).] They had five children, two of whom died before the 1900 census. Known children, born at Easton:
Howard F.7 Arner, died 1891 at age 06 months(14); buried at Easton Cemetery.
Harrison William7 Arner, born 27 December 1891(14)(49); died 1945(14); married first to ________?, divorced 23 February 1920; married second 01 June 1920 in Douglas, Berks, Pennsylvania to Mary Bonibel Depner (daughter of George E. Depner and Sarah M. Milsberger) who was born 22 November 1889(14)(17) in Berks County and died April 1970(14) at Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania(17). He was a truck salesman; later he worked for the U.S. Government (“Office Price Adm.” in 1942)(49). He was a WWI veteran. 1930 Census: Harrison W. Arner, page 064, visit 092/103, Reading (E.D. 56), Berks, Pennsylvania. They later moved to Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; then to Bedford, Pennsylvania by 1942(49). He and Mary are buried at St. Edward’s Cemetery at Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania. Known children with second wife: Mary Bonibel Arner, born about 1921; Harrison W. Arner, born 1923(14), killed in action 1945(14) during WWII, he served in the U.S. Army (SN: 13094809), he is buried with his parents.
Sterling Reuben7 Arner, born 21 November 1894(40)(49); died 03 December 1960 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; married 1916 to Nellie B. Hackman who possibly died before the 1920 census. He was a foreman at Remington Arms Company(40); later he worked for New Jersey Machine Corporation(49). They lived at Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey.
Erva C.7 Arner, born 17 November 1898(17); died 12 February 1986 at Easton(17); unmarried. 1930 Census: Erva Arner (single), page 224, visit 287/326, Easton (6th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Easton Cemetery.
Amanda Susan6 Arner, born about October 1851; died 14 May 1938(14); married 24 January 1874(35) to Theodore Astor Frace (son of Joseph L. Frace and Sybilla Bellis) who was born 10 July 1851 in Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania and died 28 April 1920 aged 68 years(14). He was a school teacher, later a school principal for thirty years. He served as a Justice of the Peace at Easton. He served as Alderman from the Tenth Ward of Easton. 1880 Census: Theo. A. Frace, page 007, visit 100/105, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Theodore A. Frace, page 241, visit 105/106, Easton (10th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Theodore A. Frace, page 245, visit 205/205, Easton (10th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Theodore A. Frace, page 064, visit 260/264, Easton (10th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Amanda S. Frace (widow, with daughter Elsie). They are buried at South Easton Cemetery (Section D, plot 62) at Easton. Children:
Edgar Stanley7 Frace, born 21 June 1875(40); died 07 October 1951(14) at Easton; married 18 June 1896 (recorded at St. Peter’s Reformed Church at Easton) to Eugenia Margaret Steible (daughter of Maurice Steible and Marie Theresa Kopp, both born in France) who was born 30 September 1875 at Easton and died 23 July 1955(14) at Bryn Mawr, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He was a house carpenter; later he was a millwright at Ingersoll-Rand Company(40). 1900 Census: Edgar S. Frace (with her parents), page 015, visit 365/369, Easton (11th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Edgar S. Frace, page 288, visit 179/179, Easton (11th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Edgar S. Frace, page 127, visit 128/131, Easton (12th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Edgar S. Frace, page 140, visit 071/074, Easton (12th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried near his parents. Known children: Verna R. S. Frace, born about January 1898, died 05 February 1901, buried with parents; Eugene A. Frace, born 22 August 1900(17), died 05 June 1972 at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania(17), married about 1928 to Alma L. Hein who was born about 1902 in Pennsylvania and died before 1972, he was a bookkeeper at a bank, later he owned a grocery store, 1930 Census: Eugene Frace (with his parents), child Donald Frace was born about January 1930; Theresa Gladys Frace, born 22 March 1907(17), died 10 November 1980(17) at Allentown, married after the 1930 census to (Doctor) George S. Smith (son of Bernard Smith and Catherine Tobin) who was born 31 January 1907(17) at Easton and died 25 December 1986(17) at Allentown, he served as Mayor of Easton for two terms and on the City Council for several terms, they had four children.
Elsie M.7 Frace, born 11 January 1877(17); died May 1975 at Ocean Grove, Monmouth, New Jersey [recorded in SSDI as Elsie “Frace”](17); possibly married after the 1900 census to Charles Bartholomew, but if so later divorced. She was a church organist; later she worked at a print shop. 1900 Census: Elsie M. Frace (single, with parents). 1910 Census: Elsie M. “Frace” (“divorced”, and child, with parents). 1920 Census: Elsie A. Bartholomew (“divorced”, and child, with parents). 1930 Census: Elsie Frace (“widow”), page 263, visit 245/346, Easton (10th Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. She is buried at South Easton Cemetery. Known child: Gladys S. Bartholomew, born 27 February 1901, died 1989, possibly married after the 1930 census to ______ Bougher.
Anna Catilina6 Arner, born 09 April 1856 and christened 11 February 1857 (Sponsors: parents)(35); died 27 October 1942 aged 84 years(14); married 08 April 1876(9) to Milton Daniel Bauman (son of Henry Baumann) who was born about October 1853 in Pennsylvania and died 14 December 1947 aged 94 years(14). He was a milkman; later a farmer. 1880 Census: Milton Bowman (with her parents), page 002, visit 031/031, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Milton Bowman, page 224, visit 202/217, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Milton D. Bauman, page 266, visit 178/187, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Milton D. Bowman, page 136, visit 086/088, Easton (3rd Ward), Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Forks Salem Church at Stockertown, Northampton, Pennsylvania. Children:
Harrison Franklin7 Bauman, born 31 May 1877(17)(40); died 17 February 1969(17) at Easton; married 22 February 1900 to Anna J. Uhler (daughter of Hiram Uhler and Julia A. Mann) who was born 16 October 1877 in Forks and died 09 January 1962 at Easton. He was a machinist. 1900 Census: Harrison Bowman (with his parents). 1910 Census: Harrison F. Bauman, page 105, visit 073/073, Tatamy borough, Northampton, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Harrison F. Bauman, page 157, visit 043/045, Forks, Northampton, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Forks Salem Church. Known children:
Elwood U.8 Bauman, born 07 April 1901(17); died 30 August 1984(17) at Havre de Grace, Harford, Maryland; married to Emily H. Spiess (daughter of Phillip Spiess and Hattie Meyers) who was born 28 September 1899(17) in Germany and died 25 November 1974 at Wind Gap, Northampton, Pennsylvania(17). He was a foreman for the Hercules Cement Company. They are buried at Forks Salem Church. They had one son.
Alice M.8 Bauman, born 31 January 1906; died 29 December 1962 at Easton; married to Janson H. Hildebnrand who was born 13 May 1906(17) at Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey and died 04 December 1988(17) at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. He was a car-checker for Hercules Cement Company. He served as chairman of the Nazareth Area School Authority. She was head cashier at the Easton Hospital. They are buried at Forks Salem Church. They had two children.
Edith C.8 Bauman, born 07 January 1909(17); died 23 June 1988(17) at Easton; married to Janson H. Hildebnrand (widower of her sister Alice). She is buried at Forks Salem Church. They had no children.
Julia A.8 Bauman, born 02 April 1911(17); died 19 March 1984 at Brunswick, Frederick, Maryland(17); married to Marvin A. Metzgar (son of Levi H. Metzgar and Lilly R. Schock) who was born 03 May 1907(17) in Forks and died 02 November 1978 at Stockertown(17). He was a custodian for the Easton National Bank & Trust Company. They are buried at Forks Salem Church. They had three children.
Ada B.8 Bauman, born 01 April 1913(17); died 14 March 1990(17) at Easton; married 06 December 1941 to Walter A. Meyers (son of Elmer Meyers and Anna Miller) who was born 28 March 1908(17) in Palmer, Northampton, Pennsylvania and died 07 May 1990(17) in Palmer. He was a mechanic and chauffeur; he served as fire chief at Stockertown. She was a postal clerk. They are buried at Forks Salem Church. They had one daughter.
Mildred Mae8 Bauman, born about 1916; died 26 August 1917.
(Master Sergeant) Harrison M.8 Bauman, born 02 June 1918(17); died 11 September 2002 at Daytona Beach, Volusia, Florida(17); married about November 1943 to Anna F. Jacoby. He was a WWII veteran; he served 21 years in the U.S. Air Force, then worked 19 years as a Civil Service employee at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey. He is buried at Forks Salem Church. They had three children.
Evelyn J.8 Bauman, born about 1921; married first to Carl A. Fry (son of Albert J. Fry and Mary Lehr) who was born 17 November 1920(17) at Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania and died 11 January 1967(17) at Easton. He was an engineering draftsman. He served as a director of the Nazareth School District. They had four children.
Edith Mabel7 Bauman, born 11 April 1891(17); died 04 October 1987 at Nazareth, Northampton, Pennsylvania(17); married 1921-22 to David H. Rising (son of Moses Rising) who was born 15 August 1868 in Redfield, Oswego, New York and died 03 April 1954 at Easton. He was a salesman. 1930 Census: David H. Rising (with her parents).
+ ARAVESTA AUGUSTA6 ARNER, born about December 1858 and christened [date not listed] by Reverend Daniel Fisher Brendle (Sponsors: parents)(35); married Jacob A. Raub.
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