(Captain) Samuel5 Arner (George4, Jacob3, felix2, Ulrich1), born 16 March 1826(14) in Macungie, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; died 02 August 1903 aged 77 years, 04 months, 16 days(14)(30)(31) in Macungie (gravestone); married 08 June 1847 (recorded at St. Peter’s Union Church, Rittersville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania)(also in Pastoral Records of Rev. Joseph S. Dubs) to Sybilla Miller who was born 18 November 1822(14) in Pennsylvania and died 08 March 1893 aged 70 years, 03 months, 18 days(14) in Lehigh County(30) (gravestone).
He was originally a tailor, but later he worked at many other jobs. He was Captain of a volunteer militia company in Macungie in the 1850s.
1850
Census: Samial Aurner, page 232, visit 129/134,
1860
Census: Samuel Arner, page 204, visit 187/200,
1870 Census: Sam.
Ahner, page 337, visit 972/1121,
1880 Census: Samuel
Auner, page 412, visit 309/371,
1900 Census: Samuel
Arner (widower, with daughter Margaret), page 129, visit 089/095, Macungie
borough,
They are buried at Solomon’s Reformed Church at Macungie.
[NOTES: His entry in the Lehigh County Death Register
(in the Register of Wills office at the courthouse at Allentown) says that he
was the son of George Arner (I forgot to note the page number of his entry, but
the death register is alphabetized and indexed). Her death notice (
Known children:
Mary Ann Elizabeth6
Arner, born 18 March and christened 28 May 1848 (Sponsors: parents)(recorded at Zions Reformed
Church, Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania);
died 18 May 1916 at Allentown (Allentown
Morning Call, issue of 22 May 1916);
married 18 November 1866(30) to Allen W.
Trexler (son of Israel Trexler and Catherine Osman) who was born 24 January 1845 in Hanover,
Lehigh, Pennsylvania and died 18 December 1917. He served in Company B, 47th
Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He received an invalid
pension (Certificate #693227); Application #5?89115 [NOTE:
not sure about first digit] filed
John7 Trexler, born about 1869. [Not with parents in 1880.]
Preston E.7 Trexler,
born 29 June 1870; died 05 April
1929; married first to Mary M. Moyer who apparently died before the 1900
census; married second 1905-06 to Annie M. ______ who was born 06 June 1880 in Pennsylvania
and died 06 May 1923. 1900 Census:
C. Allen7 Trexler, birthdate not known; apparently died young.
Catherine S.7 Trexler,
born
Alice M.7 Trexler,
twin, born 24 January 1881; died 10
August 1948 at Allentown(S);
married after the 1910 census to James Schneck(S).
Possibly 1920 Census: Alice M. Schneck (widow, inmate at Lehigh County Almshouse), page
264B, line 94,
William Allen7 Trexler,
twin, born 24 January 1881(40);
married 1900-01 to Jennie M. Adams (daughter of
______ Adams and Maria ______)
who was born about 1882 in Pennsylvania. He was a pipe fitter; later he was a
fireman. 1910 Census: William Trexler, page 093, visit
147/162,
Robert Samuel7 Trexler,
born 25 June 1884(40); died
March 1951 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio;
married 1905-06 to Lillian G. Houser who was
born about 1884 in Pennsylvania and died November 1949 at Cleveland. He was a
salesman for a milling company; later he was a boiler maker at a steel mill. He
registered for the WWI Draft at Cleveland,
Andrew Jackson6 Arner,
born 18 September 1850;
died 20 November 1920 at Coplay, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; married 06 October 1883(30) to Anna Emma Schellhamer who was born 1859(14)
in Pennsylvania and died 1927(14). [Andrew’s parentage, birth date
and death date from History of Trinity Reformed Church of Coplay, Rev.
Thomas H. Krick, published by H. Ray Haas &
Company,
Frederick Samuel7
Arner, born 22 January 1884(49)[although WWI draft
registration says 1883(40)];
married 1919 in Lehigh County (Book 36, license #35053) to Johanna C. Stender (daughter of Herman? Stender, born in
Margaret Jane7 Arner,
born 30 June and christened 26 July 1885 (Sponsors: David Shellhammer and
Elizabeth)(33); married 12
April 1903 in Northampton County (Book 12, page 567) to Edward
Beltz who was born 23 August 1878(40)(but marriage record
says 1877(28)) at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania. He was a car
inspector for the Lehigh Valley Railroad(40).
1910 Census: Edwin Beltz (with Thomas J. Webb), page 031, visit 242/256,
Lehighton (2nd Ward), Carbon,
Amanda E.7 Arner,
born 20 January 1887(14); died 02 June 1941(14); married 30 June 1903 in Lehigh County (Book
14, license #13090)(also Trinity History, above) to Jonas
A. Lindenmuth (son of Samuel A. Lindenmuth and
Susan Applegate) who was born 04 October 1871(14)
and died 15 April 1952(14) at Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania (Hazleton
Standard-Sentinel, issue of 17 April 1952). He was a foreman at a cement
company. 1910 Census: Jonas Lindenmuth, page 116, visit
398/399, Coplay borough,
Catherine S.7 Arner,
born about September 1888; married about
1919 at Egypt Church to Raymond Edgar Meissner (son of
E. Frank Meissner and Emma E.
Hocher) who was born 26 October 1890(17)(40) in North
Whitehall, Lehigh, Pennsylvania and died 13 June 1970 aged 79 years, 07 months,
17 days(30) at Orefield, Lehigh, Pennsylvania(17). He was
a stationary engineer for the Lehigh Portland Cement Company(40);
later he was a salesman. 1930 Census: Ray E. Meissner,
page 029, visit 554/571, Lehighton (1st Ward), Carbon,
Laura Louisa7 Arner,
born 01 March and christened 24 October 1891 (Trinity History,
above); died October 1978 at Lehighton,
Carbon, Pennsylvania(17);
married about 1914 to George Edward Freeby (son
of George Edward Freeby and Mary
A. ______) who was born 30 November 1890(17)(40) at Lehighton
and died August 1976 at Lehighton(17). He was a fruit and vegetable
wholesale dealer. 1920 Census: George E. Freeby, page
202, visit 457/477, Lehighton (3rd Ward), Carbon,
Robert David7 Arner,
born 15 November 1892 (although draft registration says 1893(40))
and christened 29 January 1893 (Sponsors: parents)(recorded
at St. John’s Lutheran Church at Coplay);
died 03 January 1926(14);
married 1918 in Lehigh County (Book 35, license #33688) to May Joy Kuntz (daughter of Albert Wilson
Kuntz and Laura Viola Kress) who was born 12
March 1893 in Pennsylvania. He was an engineer at a cement mill. He was a WWI veteran(14), said to have been
disabled (from mustard gas). 1920 Census: Robert
D. Arner (with his parents), page 172, visit 122/124, Coplay borough,
George Washington7
Arner, born 29 November 1894 at Coplay(40)(49)
and christened 10 March 1895 (Sponsors: parents)(recorded at St. John’s
Lutheran Church at Coplay); died
1946; married about 1915 to Minnie Emma Spitko (daughter of John
Spitko and Catherine Demko, both from Moravia
(now part of the Czech Republic), then part of Austria-Hungary) who was born 13
October 1895 in Pennsylvania. He was a boilermaker; later he was a locomotive
fireman for the Lehigh Valley Railroad(40)(49).
He registered for the WWI Draft in
Margaret Jane6 Arner,
born 10 February 1853(14); died 10 May 1933(14) (gravestone); probably not married to James
B. Weiand (son of David and Elizabeth Weiand) who was born about 1851 in Lower
Macungie. She was working in a funeral home in 1900. 1880 Census: Jane
Auner (single, with parents). 1900 Census:
Margaret J. Arner (single), page 129, visit 089/095,
Macungie borough,
Anna S.7 Weiand,
born about October 1874 in Lower Macungie;
married 17 September 1896 at Macungie (by Reverend C. E. Schaeffer) to John Tilghman Christman (son of Benneville
Christman and Maria Hill) who was born 11
August 1876(17)(40) in Macungie and died 06 January 1964 in
Pennsylvania(17). 1880 Census: Allice Weiand (with grandfather Samuel Auner). 1900 Census: John
T. Christman (with her mother), page 129, visit 089/095, Macungie borough,
William B.8 Christman,
born 21 August 1896; married 04 October
1919 at Allentown to Mabel M. Haney (daughter of Edwin A. and Alice V. Haney) who
was born about March 1897 at West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania. He was a
clerk at a motor plant; she worked at a silk mill. He was a WWI veteran. 1930
Census: William Christman (married but alone, with Howard H. Silvert), page 235, visit 564/600,
Roxana Margaret8 Christman,
born
Bessie Victoria8 Christman,
born
Albert T.8 Christman,
born about 1905; married 11 September
1929 at Allentown to Margaret A. Henry who was born
about 1904 in Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Albert Christman, page 007, visit 046/144,
John R.8 Christman,
born about 1907;
married
Forrest Wesley8 Christman,
born
Vincent S.8 Christman,
born
Victor A.6 Arner,
born 27 September 1855(14) in Lower
Macungie; died 01 July 1925(14); married 02 October 1879(30)(31)(32)
to Mary Alice Dankel (daughter of Solomon
and Elizabeth Dankel) who was born 18 January 1861(14)
in Pennsylvania and died 20 November 1952(14). He was a teamster for
a brewery. 1880
Census: Victor Auner (married but alone, with parents). 1900 Census: Victor
A. Arner, page 045, visit 138/163,
William Oliver7 Arner,
born 14 June and christened
Harry Allen7 Arner,
born
Probably Elizabeth S. Arner, born 1886; died 1887 (gravestone); buried at Solomon’s Church at Macungie.
Anna A.7 Arner,
born [about December] 1887(14);
died 1954(14); married
after the 1930 census at Allentown to Ralph Allen Bader
(son of John F. Bader and Anna
Eliza Rhodes) who was born 25 July 1890 at South Bethlehem, Northampton,
Pennsylvania(40) and died 1951(14). 1930 Census: Anna
Arner (single, with mother). He was a steam fitter. He was a WWI veteran; he
registered for the Draft at
Eva Margaret7 Arner,
born about August 1890; died 03 May 1941(14); married 1907 at Allentown (Book 21, license
#20000) to Manlio C. Frova who was born 28 February
1887(17) in Caneva, Italy(40)
and died December 1965 at Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts(17),
divorced in the early 1930s. He was an executive of the Berkshire Fine Spinning
Company (now Berkshire Hathaway Corporation) in
Charles Grover7 Arner,
born 27 September 1892(31)(49) and christened 27 November 1892(31)[although
WWI draft registration says born 27 September 1891(40)]; died January 1976(14) at
Walnutport, Northampton, Pennsylvania(17); married 1920 in Lehigh County (Book 38,
license #36950) to Flossie F. Acker (daughter of Edgar A. and Cora A. Acker) who
was born 30 April 1894(14)(17) in Lehigh, Northampton, Pennsylvania
and died August 1983(14) at Slatington, Lehigh, Pennsylvania(17).
He was a car inspector for the Lehigh Valley Railroad(40);
later he was a
Gussie Jane7 Arner,
born 21 November and christened 22 December 1895(31); died 27 January 1951 at Allentown (obituary);
married 1915 in Lehigh County (Book 30, license #28901) to Archie Henry Spangenberg (son of Leonard
and Minnie Spangenberg) who was born 11 May 1893 at
Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania(40). He was a locomotive engineer
for the New Jersey Central Railroad(40).
He registered for the WWI Draft at
Vincent D. Spangenberg, born
about August 1917;
died 1962 at
Kenneth Jerome Spangenberg, born
Robert Edwin Spangenberg, born
Claude S.7 Arner,
born 22 September 1898(17);
died October 1946(17);
married 1919-20 to Helen B. ______ who was born
about 1898 in Pennsylvania. He was a salesman for a coffee company. He was a
WWI veteran. 1930 Census: Claude S. Arner, page 013, visit
278/232,
Edna May7 Arner,
born 19 May and christened
Paul S. Arner, birth date unknown; died
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