Moses⁵ Arner (William⁴, William³, Felix², Ulrich¹), born 05 September 1836 in West Penn, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania and christened 23 October 1836 by Rev. Johann Zulich (Sponsors: Joseph Beck and wife Magdalena)[from a Taufschein, privately owned by descendant Mary Ellen (Gormley) Tarman (in 2003)]; died 28 February 1909₍₁₄₎ at Summit Hill, Carbon, Pennsylvania (gravestone); married probably after the 1860 census to Catharine Schneider (daughter of Joseph Schneider and Elizabeth Betz) who was born 26 August 1837₍₁₄₎ in Bavaria, Germany and died 18 December 1909₍₁₄₎ at Summit Hill (gravestone). He was a carpenter.

1860 Census: Moses Arner (alone, with brother Thomas Arner), page 201, visit 1597/0178, Mauch Chunk, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1870 Census: Moses Arner, page 223, visit 280/286, Mauch Chunk, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1880 Census: Moses Arner, page 345, visit 095/096, Summit Hill [borough], Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1900 Census: Moses Arner, page 187, visit 084/084, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania.

They are buried at GAR Cemetery at Summit Hill.

Known children:

Franklin⁶ Arner, born 21 May 1862; died 1950s at Highspire, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; unmarried. 1910 Census: Frank Arner (single, with brother Joseph, just below), page 210, visit 052/052, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Francis Arner (single, with brother Joseph, just below), page 212, visit 164/174, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Frank Arner (single, with brother William, below), page 106, visit 170/190, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. [Photo of Frank, circa 1940.]

Joseph⁶ Arner, born 20 April and christened 24 June 1866 (Sponsors: Joseph Schmidt and wife Elisabeth)[recorded at St. Matthew’s (Quakake) UCC Church in Lausanne (now Packer), Carbon, Pennsylvania]; died 22 May 1923₍₁₄₎ (gravestone); married 10 November 1898 in Carbon County (Book 4, page 127) to Mary A. Storch (daughter of Philip and Catherine Storch, both born in Bavaria, Germany) who was born 28 June 1867_(14)(28) in Mahoning, Carbon, Pennsylvania and died 1957₍₁₄₎ at Summit Hill (gravestone). He owned a hardware store. [Family photo, circa 1910.] 1900 Census: Joseph Arner, page 204, visit 155/158, Summit Hill (3^rd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Joseph Arner, page 210, visit 052/052, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Joseph Arner, page 212, visit 164/174, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Mary A. Arner, page 106, visit 169/189, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at GAR Cemetery at Summit Hill. Known children:

[Grandson Robert Joseph⁸ Arner, born 28 April 1924₍₁₇₎; died September 1983₍₁₇₎; married 18 July 1948 to Mary Jane Policelli (daughter of Michael A. and Rose Policelli) who was born about February 1928 at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. He was a dentist; he was a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, and of Temple University School of Dentistry. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 13115309). 1930 Census: Robert J. Arner (with grandmother Mary A. Arner).]

Kathryn Ellen⁷ Arner, born 19 August 1899₍₁₇₎; died April 1974 at Brodheadsville, Monroe, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married after the 1930 census to Irvin J. Musselman, later divorced. 1930 Census: Katherine Arner (single, with mother).

Joseph Schneider⁷ Arner, born 10 July 1903₍₁₇₎; died December 1980 at Lansford, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married after the 1930 census to Margaret Lill (daughter of Augustus Lill and Margaret Davis) who was born 18 July 1905₍₁₇₎ at Summit Hill and died 26 July 2000 at Lansford₍₁₇₎. He transcribed the Arner family gravestones from many local cemeteries [his gravestone transcriptions are designated on this website with the citation “(14a)”], and he also compiled an untitled Arner Genealogy manuscript_(Q). She was a pharmacist; she graduated from the Temple University School of Pharmacy in 1926. 1930 Census: Joseph S. Arner (single, with mother). Known child: Joseph Randolph “Randy” Arner, born 07 July 1937, died about 06 August 2007, never married, he graduated from Lafayette University with a degree in theology.

Lorenz Storch⁷ Arner, born 30 January 1905_(14)(17); died 31 July 1996₍₁₄₎ at Whiting, Ocean, New Jersey₍₁₇₎; married after the 1930 census to Frances Ellen Kleckner who was born 1904₍₁₄₎ and died 1947₍₁₄₎. 1930 Census: Lorenz S. Arner, page 212, visit 039/053, Newark (E.D. 188), Essex, New Jersey. They are buried at GAR Cemetery, (their gravestone). [Son Lorenz “Don” Arner].

William J.⁶ Arner, born 23 December 1869_(G)(but gravestone says 1870₍₁₄₎); died 12 September 1950₍₁₄₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania_(S) (gravestone); married 1895 to Mary Margaret Pauline Siebott (daughter of Henry and Mary Siebott) who was born [about February] 1873₍₁₄₎ probably at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died possibly 1926_(S)(but gravestone says 1927₍₁₄₎) in Carbon County_(S) (gravestone). He served in Company L, 9^th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Spanish-American War. He was a tailor; later he owned a confectionary store. He served as Register of Wills, and as Clerk of the Orphans Court, for Carbon County_(G). Biography in County History_(G). 1900 Census: William Arner, page 187, visit 085/085, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: William Arner, page 210, visit 053/053, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: William Armer, page 212, visit 163/173, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: William Arner, page 106, visit 170/190, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. [Family photos, from descendant Mary Ellen (Gormley) Tarman.] They are buried at GAR Cemetery at Summit Hill. Known children:

Reinhold William⁷ Arner, born 24 March 1896_(17)(40)(49); died August 1964₍₁₇₎; married first about 1926 to Thelma Booth Bachert (daughter of Norman Jacob Bachert and Bessie Lula Booth) who was born 13 June 1897 in Kline, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; married second after 1942 to Floy Brown. [Bachert ancestry is in Tom Brobst’s GEDCOM.] He was a plumber; later he was a draftsman. He was a WWI veteran; he registered for the WWI Draft at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Reinhold W. Arner, page 084, visit 088/092, Bethlehem (E.D. 51), Lehigh, Pennsylvania. They moved to Highspire, Dauphin, Pennsylvania in the early 1930s; he served as Deacon of St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church at Highspire. He was working for the Pennsylvania Highway Department in 1942₍₄₉₎. He is buried at Rolling Green Cemetery in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Known child with first wife: William Reinhold Arner, born 24 December 1927₍₁₇₎, died 23 March 2001₍₁₇₎ at Greencastle, Putnam, Indiana, married 26 February 1949 at Highspire to Janet Marie Sides (daughter of Walter Leroy Sides and Susan Elizabeth Yeager) who was born 02 October 1927 at Highspire, he was a mechanical engineer, he graduated from Lehigh University.

(Lieutenant) Edwin George⁷ Arner, born 28 June 1898_(14)(40); died 28 April 1953₍₁₄₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania (gravestone); married 16 June 1921 to Hilda Caroline Shoemaker_(M) who was born about 1898 in Pennsylvania. He was the Chief Estimator for Bethlehem Steel Corporation, and later was head of the math department at Allentown Prep School. He was a WWI veteran; he registered for the Draft in Carbon County. 1920 Census: Edwin G. Arner (single, with Frank H. Zwoyer), page 108, visit 335/362, Allentown (E.D. 174), Lehigh, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Edwin G. Arner, page 266, visit 146/146, Allentown (E.D. 44), Lehigh, Pennsylvania. He is buried at Union & West End Cemetery at Allentown. Known children: (Corporal) Edwin George Arner, born 07 June 1922₍₁₇₎, died 20 July 2001 at Montague, Siskiyou, California₍₁₇₎, married 08 January 1944 to Gladys Stevenson (daughter of George Stevenson), he was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33488349); (Lieutenant) Rodney D. Arner, born 10 July 1923, married 16 June 1944 at Los Angeles, California to Melicent C. Ober (daughter of (Doctor) Fred L. Ober and Frances W. _____) who was born 1923 in Minnesota and died 13 December 2006 at Ontario, San Bernardino, California, they were both college graduates, he was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 13178807).

Henry Ernest⁷ Arner, born 31 July 1900_(14)(17)(40); died October 1977₍₁₄₎ at Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 1927-28 to Mabel Ellis who was born 1898₍₁₄₎ in Pennsylvania and died 1968₍₁₄₎. He was an electrician. 1930 Census: Henry Arner, page 113, visit 311/335, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. They later lived at Lansford, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Sky View Cemetery (Memorial Garden Section, row 8) at Hometown, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania. No children with them in 1930.

Elizabeth Catherine⁷ Arner, born 16 August 1904_(14)(17); died April 1970₍₁₄₎ at Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎ (gravestone); unmarried. She is buried at GAR Cemetery at Summit Hill.

Ethel Martha⁷ Arner, born 26 April 1914; married 21 May 1934 at Elkton, Cecil, Maryland to Chester Gormley (son of Robert Gormley and Ellen Remaley) who was born 03 August 1908₍₁₇₎ and died 13 March 1974 at Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. [Info from daughter Mary Ellen (Gormley) Tarman].

George⁶ Arner, born 22 February 1873_(14)(40); died 26 June 1940₍₁₄₎ at Summit Hill_(S) (gravestone); unmarried. He served in Company L, 9^th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. 1910 Census: George Arner (single, with brother Joseph, above), page 210, visit 052/052, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: George Arner (single, with brother Joseph, above), page 212, visit 164/174, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: George Arner (single, with sister-in-law Mary A. Arner, above), page 106, visit 169/189, Summit Hill (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. He is buried at GAR Cemetery at Summit Hill.

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