Charles⁶ Ahner (Daniel⁵, Abraham⁴, Johannes³, probably Ulrich², Ulrich¹), born 13 January 1843 in Upper Towamensing (now Franklin), Carbon, Pennsylvania; died 27 January 1908_(V) in Long Run, Carbon, Pennsylvania; married 05 September 1863₍₃₀₎ to Abigail Anna Kibler (daughter of Henry Kibler and Susanna Bond) who was born 01 November 1846 in Upper Towamensing and died 26 January 1916_(V).

He was a carpenter. Civil War service: Company G, 132^nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He received an invalid pension, application filed 21 August 1890 in Pennsylvania. Abigail received a widow’s pension, application filed 08 May 1908 in Pennsylvania.

1870 Census: Charles Ahner, page 068, visit 077/090, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1880 Census: Charles Arner, page 537, visit 228/245, East Mauch Chunk, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1890 Veterans Census: Charles Ahner, page 004, visit 343/402, Franklin [P.O. Weissport], Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1900 Census: Charles Ahner, page 149, visit 050/051, Long Run Precinct, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

They were buried at Union Hill Cemetery at Weissport, Carbon, Pennsylvania_(V)[but I didn’t find a gravestone]. They had sixteen children, three of whom died before the 1900 census.

Known children, born in Franklin:

+ FRANKLIN A.⁷ AHNER, born 01 March 1867₍₂₈₎; married Louisa Campbell.

Odillon⁷ Ahner, born 18 May 1869_(14)(28); died 17 June 1952₍₁₄₎ at Weissport, Carbon, Pennsylvania; married 06 August 1889 in Carbon County (Book 1, page 341) to Christiana Mary Pohl who was born 11 June 1867_(14)(28) in Germany and died 03 February 1945₍₁₄₎ in Franklin_(S). He was a contractor and a house builder. 1900 Census: Odillon Ahner, page 148, visit 021/021, Long Run Precinct, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Odillion Ahner, page 136, visit 102/112, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Odillon Arner, page 033, visit 120/129, Harrity District, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Odillon Ahner, page 136, visit 280/280, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Union Hill Cemetery at Weissport, (their gravestone). Known children:

Emma Mary Magdalena⁸ Ahner, born 14 June 1890₍₁₄₎; died 08 May 1957₍₁₄₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; unmarried. She is buried at Union Hill Cemetery, (gravestone).

Minnie Elizabeth⁸ Ahner, born 01 March 1892₍₁₇₎; died 05 September 1979 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; married 06 March 1915_(V) to Harry Josiah Klotz who was born 08 December 1889₍₁₇₎ at Weissport, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₄₀₎ and died 20 February 1980₍₁₇₎ in Mahoning, Carbon, Pennsylvania. He was a blacksmith for a railroad. 1920 Census: Harry J. Klotz, page 033, visit 121/130, Harrity District, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Harry Klotz, page 135, visit 284/284, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Union Hill Cemetery. No children with them in 1920 or 1930.

Rosalie Augusta⁸ Ahner, born 20 July and christened 11 August 1895 (Sponsors: Mr. & Mrs. Wm Kratzer, below)(recorded at Trinity UCC Church at Coplay, Lehigh, Pennsylvania); died 02 March 1975 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 16 April 1922_(V) to James Benjamin Bryfogle who was born 11 October 1892 at Weissport₍₄₀₎ and died 08 December 1960 at Allentown_(V). He was an automobile mechanic. He was a WWI veteran. 1930 Census: James Bryfogel (with her parents). They are buried at Union Hill Cemetery. Known child_(V): Donald Odillon Bryfogle, born 08 July and died 07 December 1929.

Frederick Charles⁸ Ahner, born 24 January 1898₍₄₀₎; died 27 June 1951 at Weissport_(V); married 01 January 1924_(V) to Elsie Alice Dunkle (daughter_(V) of Elmer Dunkle and Clara Becker) who was born 23 February 1899₍₁₇₎ at Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania_(V) and died February 1991₍₁₇₎. He was a carpenter. 1930 Census: Fred Ahner, page 136, visit 276/276, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. Known children: Ferne Lucille Ahner, born about 1923, married first 07 December 1944_(V) to Charles Henry Smith (son of James A. Smith and Mattie Ziegenfuss) who was born 05 April 1923 in Pennsylvania, married second ______ Meifarth; Alma Ruth Ahner, born 21 September 1925₍₁₇₎, died 05 July 2004₍₁₇₎ at Palmerton (Allentown Morning Call, issue of 06 July 2004), married 14 February 1953 to Aladore Leland Lorah, she was a bank teller; JoAnne Louise Ahner, born 03 September 1936₍₁₇₎, died 24 October 2004₍₁₇₎ at Palmerton (Allentown Morning Call, issue of 26 October 2004)[NOTE: listed as Joann A. “Oplinder” in SSDI], married to Vernon Robert Oplinger who was born 29 February 1932₍₁₇₎ and died 05 April 1995 at Palmerton₍₁₇₎, she was a nurse.

Daisy Estella⁸ Ahner, born 27 April 1901_(14)(17); died 29 November 1997 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania_(14)(17); unmarried. She is buried at Union Hill Cemetery, (gravestone).

Anna Marie⁷ Ahner, born 23 February 1871₍₂₈₎; died December 1936 at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania_(V); married 17 July 1888 in Carbon County (Book 1, page 241) to William C. Kratzer (son of Charles and Sarah M. Kratzer) who was born 27 November 1866₍₂₈₎ at Allentown and died 1920 at Weissport_(V). He was a car builder, later a car inspector, for a railroad. 1900 Census: William Krotzer, page 148, visit 039/039, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: William C. Krotzer, page 115, visit 033/033, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: William C. Krotzer, page 170, visit 102/109, Lehighton (2^nd Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Union Hill Cemetery_(V). Known children:

Laura May⁸ Kratzer, born 01 May 1889₍₁₇₎; died 24 May 1972 at Morrisville, Bucks, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 19 May 1906 to Robert Odillon Solt (son of DAVID and EDNA SOLT) who was born 27 July 1886_(17)(40) in Franklin and died 27 April 1968₍₁₇₎ at Doylestown, Bucks, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter, for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1917₍₄₀₎, later at a shipyard (1920), later self-employed (1930). He registered for the WWI Draft at Morrisville. 1910 Census: Robert O. Solt, page 137, visit 102/113, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Robbert O. Solt, page 233, visit 254/259, Morrisville (2^nd Ward), Bucks, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Robert Solt, page 051, visit 164/174, Morrisville (4^th Ward), Bucks, Pennsylvania. Children, most born in Pennsylvania: Warren James Solt, born 15 October 1906₍₁₇₎, died 27 September 1974 at Bristol, Bucks, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎, married 1926 to Alice E. Grunert (daughter of Paul and Mary W. Grunert) who was born 08 June 1908₍₁₇₎ at Bristol and died June 1981₍₁₇₎ at Bristol, he was a driller at a sand and gravel mine, 1930 Census: Warren J. Solt (with her father, but with adjacent visitation numbers), page 194, visit 125/125, Bristol (6^th Ward), Bucks, Pennsylvania, they are buried at Bristol Cemetery, known children: Marie R. Solt born about November 1926, and Alice Florence Solt born 20 March 1929; Verna Arlene Solt, born 01 December 1907, died 07 March 1966 at Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, she was a schoolteacher, 1930 Census: (single, with parents); Walter Irvin Solt, born 08 April 1909₍₁₇₎, died September 1961₍₁₇₎ at Trenton; Grace Evelyn Solt, born about 1911; Margaret Estella Solt, born 20 May 1913, died 05 July 1991 at Morrisville; William David Solt, born 20 July 1914₍₁₇₎, died 07 March 2002 at Fairless Hills, Bucks, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; Edna Anna Solt, born about [? 13] July 1918, died January 1972 at Santa Ana, Orange, California; Wilmer Henry Solt, born 21 September 1919₍₁₇₎, died 21 May 1982 at Levittown, Bucks, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; Edgar Lee Solt, born 01 November 1920₍₁₇₎ in New Jersey, died 21 October 2003 at Morrisville₍₁₇₎.

Charles Franklin⁸ Kratzer, born 31 July 1890_(40)(49); married about 1911-12 to Mary E. ______ who was born about 1895 in Pennsylvania He was a car repairer for the Lehigh Valley Railroad₍₄₀₎; later he was a carpenter. He was a construction contractor at Lehighton in 1942₍₄₉₎. 1920 Census: Charles Kratzer, page 013, visit 076/087, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Charles F. Kratzer, page 096, visit 035/036, Mahoning, Carbon, Pennsylvania. Known children: Leon W. Kratzer, born 08 November 1912₍₁₇₎, died July 1987 at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; Harold C. Kratzer, born 24 March 1914₍₁₇₎, died May 1970 at Palmerton₍₁₇₎; Arlington W. Kratzer, born 21 January 1916₍₁₇₎, died 04 September 2000 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; Elizabeth M. A. Kratzer, born about 1921; Marian S. Kratzer, born about 1922.

Raymond⁸ Kratzer, born 30 April 1894₍₄₀₎; married 1915-16 to Myrtle J. Eroh (daughter of Howard E. and Lenora Eroh) who was born about 1896 in Packer, Carbon, Pennsylvania. He was a house carpenter. He registered for the WWI Draft at Weatherly, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Raymond Kratzer, page , visit 067/086, Allentown (E.D. 158), Lehigh, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Raymond Kratzer, page 179, visit 036/039, Salisbury, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Known children: Howard Kratzer, born about March 1917; Raymond Kratzer, born about 1920; Earnest Kratzer, born about 1920; Charlotte Kratzer, born about 1922.

Allen Lee⁸ Kratzer, born 08 June 1896_(V); died 21 April 1907_(V).

Herbert Waldo⁸ Kratzer, born 02 May 1898₍₄₀₎; married by 1918 to Anna Louise ______ who was born about 1898 in Pennsylvania. He was a car repairer for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1920 Census: (with his brother Charles, above). Known child: Herbert Kratzer, born about 1918.

William Henry⁸ Kratzer, born 11 March 1902_(V); married 1927-28 to Christine _______ who was born about 1902 in Pennsylvania. He was a machinist. 1930 Census: William H. Kratzer, page 180, visit 048/051, Salisbury, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. Known child: May Kratzer, born about June 1929.

Clarence Theodore⁸ Kratzer, born 17 November 1903_(V).

Robert Clinton⁸ Kratzer, born 30 January 1905_(V).

Edward James⁸ Kratzer, born 25 July and died 30 July 1907_(V).

Anna Arlene⁸ Kratzer, born [about January-February] 1910_(V); died 1918 when their house burned_(V).

Ada L.⁸ Kratzer, born 1913_(V); died 1918 from complications of a head injury suffered when she fell on the ice_(V).

George G.⁷ Ahner, born 12 September 1872_(V); died 07 August 1887_(V).

+ EDWIN ALLEN⁷ AHNER, born 22 September 1874_(14)(28); married Anna Marie Schuck.

+ JAMES⁷ AHNER, born 19 May 1876_(28)(40)(U); married Ellen Jane Schuck.

Sarah Jane⁷ Ahner, born 17 March 1878_(28)(U); died 17 April 1929_(U); married 23 December 1893 in Carbon County (Book 3, page 001) to Paul Edwin Kunkle (son of Hiliours Kunkle and Louisa Walck) who was born 21 November 1872₍₄₀₎ in Carbon County and died 22 October 1942_(U). He was a lock tender on a canal. 1900 Census: Paul E. Kunkle, page 148, visit 023/023, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Paul E. Kunkle, page 127, visit 004/004, Long Run District, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Paul E. Kunkle, page 265, visit 125/126, Parryville borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Long Run Cemetery in Franklin_(V). [More info on their descendants is in James Erwin Kunkle’s GEDCOM.] Known children: Charles Edwin Kunkle, born 28 May 1894_(V)(40), died 27 April 1971, he was an electric crane operator at New Jersey Zinc Company₍₄₀₎; Mary Jane Kunkle, born 27 February 1896₍₁₇₎, died 10 January 1982₍₁₇₎ at Palmerton (Allentown Morning Call, issue of 13 January 1982), married first to Paul Stubits who died 1926, married second 1954 to Lee Fenstermacher who was born 10 November 1889₍₁₇₎ and died October 1978 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; Harry James Kunkle, born 18 August 1897_(V)(40), died 02 December 1963, married 25 May 1918 to Pearl Irene Solt, he worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad₍₄₀₎; Minnie Kunkle, born 1900_(U), died 1906_(U), buried with parents_(U); Beulah Estella Kunkle, born 28 December 1902_(U), died 23 December 1981_(U), married 13 October 1923 to Marvin Edwin Fritzinger who was born 09 October 1902_(U) and died 02 October 1970_(U), they are buried at Long Run Cemetery; Robert Hiliours Kunkle, born 09 February 1905₍₁₄₎, died 19 January 1988₍₁₄₎, married 18 October 1924 to Arlene Nora Solt who was born 18 May 1907₍₁₄₎ and died June 1972₍₁₄₎, both buried at Lehighton Cemetery; Quinton A. Kunkle, born 13 July 1908₍₁₇₎, died 28 October 1992_(U) at Weatherly, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎, married 30 August 1924 to Gladys Elmira May (daughter_(U) of James May and Sarah S. Ziegenfuss) who was born 03 February 1908_(U) and died 10 February 1996_(U), they are buried at Long Run Cemetery; Daisy Evelyn Kunkle, born 16 May 1910_(V), married 14 August 1926 to Charles Theodore Wolfe; William Kunkle, born and died 1913_(U), buried with parents; Rosa Kunkle, born and died 1915_(U), buried with parents; Clarence L. Kunkle, born 11 August 1917_(V), married 08 June 1940 to Sally Ruth Behler; Paul Marvin Kunkle, born 23 September 1921_(U), died 29 June 1972_(U), married 05 June 1942 to Stella Emma Guldner (daughter_(U) of Charles Alfred Guldner and Beulah Breiner) who was born 23 December 1919_(U) and died 24 August 1981_(U), they are buried at Long Run Cemetery.

Minna Louise⁷ Ahner, born 18 April 1880_(U); died 27 February 1946_(U) at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; married 12 July 1902 in Carbon County (Book 5, page 197) to Solomon Edwin Walck (son of Phillip Walck and Mary LaRose, and brother of Eugene Miles Walck who married Ida A.⁸ Ahner) who was born 30 July 1880₍₄₀₎ in Franklin₍₂₈₎ and died 06 February 1947_(U). He was a carpenter in a railcar repair shop, later on a canal. 1910 Census: Solomon E. Walck, page 191, visit 269/269, Weissport borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Solomon E. Walck, page 254, visit 030/032, Weissport borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Solomon Walck, page 271, visit 085/105, Weissport borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Long Run Cemetery. Known children: Clinton Ulysses Walck, born 05 January 1903₍₁₇₎, died December 1963₍₁₇₎, married 04 December 1932_(V) to Mabel Emma Sprague (daughter of Harry Sprague and Lizzie Headman) who was born 12 January 1912₍₁₇₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania and died 03 August 1991₍₁₇₎; Clarence Eugene Walck, born 24 October 1904_(U), died 1915_(U), buried with parents; Solomon Edwin Walck, born 11 October 1906 and died 1906_(U), buried with parents; Raymond A. Walck, born and died December 1907_(U), buried with parents; Minnie Eva Arlene Walck, born 02 January 1911_(U), died 1912_(U), buried with parents; Warren George Walck, born 19 June 1919₍₁₇₎, died 05 July 1980₍₁₇₎ in Canada, married 02 December 1946_(V) in Maryland to LaRue Elizabeth Walck (daughter of Albert Walck and Mary Moser) who was born 09 May 1928₍₁₇₎ at Weissport and died 09 February 1993 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; Woodrow Paul Walck, born 16 November 1921_(V), married_(V) to Vivian Charlotte Ziegenfus (daughter of Clifford Ziegenfuss and Eva Witner) who was born 17 July 1922 in Franklin Township.

Robert Peter⁷ Ahner, born 27 February 1882_(14)(40)(49)(but marriage record says 28 February₍₂₈₎) in Franklin; died 15 June 1947₍₁₄₎; married 15 February 1902 in Carbon County (Book 5, page 141) to Susan Estella Kunkle (daughter of Theodore Kunkle and Susan Walck) who was born 24 June 1877_(14)(28) in Long Run, Carbon, Pennsylvania and died 05 January 1937₍₁₄₎. He was a car repairman, later a car inspector, for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1910 Census: Robert Arner, page 065, visit 021/023, Jamestown District, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Robert P. Ahner, page 258, visit 017/023, Weissport borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Robert Ahner, page 269, visit 034/042, Weissport borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Union Hill Cemetery at Weissport, Carbon, Pennsylvania, (their gravestone). Known child:

Anna Pauline⁸ Ahner, born 25 January 1906₍₁₇₎; died 03 December 1981 at Hazleton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 04 August 1924_(V) to Albert Charles Hinger (son of Anthony Hinger and Anne Decker) who was born 01 November 1900_(V) in Carbon County and died 24 August 1945 at Hazleton_(V). He was a stationary engineer at a silk mill. 1930 Census: Albert Hinger, page 226, visit 119/126, Lansford (West Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery at Hazleton. Known children: Robert Anthony Hinger, born 07 June 1925_(V), died 09 August 1944 in France during WWII_(V); Albert Charles Hinger, born 27 October 1927_(V), married_(V) 05 July 1948 to Catherine Lucille Filoreto who was born 27 August 1923; Jean Theresa Hinger, born 10 May 1930_(V), married_(V) 27 November 1952 to Joseph Neil DeLorenzo who was born 14 June 1923. [They had two other children born after 1930.]

Charles Sylvester⁷ Ahner, born 18 October 1883_(U); died 20 November 1908 while working on the railroad in the Packerton Yards_(V) (gravestone); married 22 July 1905_(V) to Minnie Heines (daughter_(U) of George Frederick Heines and Mary Heller) who was born 22 November 1886_(U) in Pennsylvania and died 17 December 1940_(U) (gravestone). They are buried at Long Run Cemetery. [She was married second to his brother James⁷ Ahner.] [Info from descendant Gladys Ahner Ivory, who also provided info on several other Ahner families (source citation “(V)” on this website). She has also posted some of her work on the Internet; see A Listing from the Long Run Cemetery (source citation “(U)” on this website), posted on the Carbon County GenWeb site.] Children:

Stanley Sylvester⁸ Ahner, born 16 February 1907₍₁₇₎; died 13 May 1979 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; married first 01 January 1926_(V) to Lillian Alvena Keiser who was born 06 August 1906₍₁₇₎ in Pennsylvania and died 12 January 1972 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; married second 25 November 1972_(V) to Marguerite Alverta Keiser who was born 04 February 1914_(U) and died 25 November 1996_(U). [Lillian and Marguerite were both daughters of Albert Keiser and Sarah Carolyn Ziegenfuss.] 1930 Census: Stanley Ahner, page 144, visit 474/474, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33835276). They are all buried at Long Run Cemetery, (Stanley & Lillian’s gravestone; Marguerite’s gravestone). Known children with first wife:

Elmer Elsworth⁹ Ahner, born 19 May 1923₍₁₇₎; died 11 December 1973_(U) at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 31 August 1947 to BEATRICE ARLENE⁹ KROMER. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33619495). Their gravestone at Long Run Cemetery.

Betty Elaine⁹ Ahner, born 01 January 1927_(17)(U); died 06 April 1980_(U)(but SSDI says May 1980₍₁₇₎) at Lehighton; married 20 January 1945_(V) to Floyd William Smith (son of Amandus Smith and Mary I. Hartman) who was born 14 October 1917_(U)(but SSDI says 1916₍₁₇₎) and died 14 October 1979_(U) at Lehighton₍₁₇₎. He was a WWII veteran. They are buried at Long Run Cemetery.

Martha Irene⁹ Ahner, born 28 April 1928₍₁₇₎; died 14 February 2000₍₁₇₎ at Lehigh Valley Hospital; married 14 June 1947 to Erwin Milton Wentz (son of William Wentz and Ada Dorward) who was born 28 November 1925_(V). She owned Martha’s Barber and Beauty Shop in Franklin.

Harvey Theodore⁸ Ahner, born 28 February 1908_(17)(U); died 09 February 1972_(U) at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married first 03 March 1931_(V) to Edna Mae Horn (daughter of Bertha Victoria Horn, and adopted daughter of Jacob Erwin Ahner, both below) who was born 16 September 1912_(U) and died 09 July 1935_(U); married second 09 March 1938 to Mary Frances Isabele Alkire (daughter of Courtney Tanner Alkire and ELIZABETH ANN JANE LENHART) who was born 20 October 1919_(17)(U) in Vigo County, Indiana and died 09 August 1993_(U) at Lehighton₍₁₇₎. 1930 Census: Harvey Ahner (with step-father James Ahner). They are all buried at Long Run Cemetery in Franklin, (their gravestone). He had three children with his first wife, and eight children with his second wife_(V).

Abigail Sylinda⁷ Ahner, born about September 1885; died 1961_(U); married 1903-04 to George William Fisher (son_(U) of John and Elizabeth Fisher) who was born 27 December 1882₍₄₀₎ and died 1940_(U). He was a car repairer for the Lehigh Valley Railroad₍₄₀₎; later he worked at New Jersey Zinc Company at Palmerton. 1910 Census: George W. Fisher, page 133, visit 034/038, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: George W. Fisher, page 025, visit 020/020, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: George W. Fisher, page 068, visit 255/255, Palmerton borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Long Run Cemetery in Franklin. They apparently had no children, but they adopted George Elmer⁹ (Walck) Fisher, and Eva Irene⁸ Ahner.

Jacob Erwin⁷ Ahner, born 15 March 1888₍₄₀₎ in Long Run, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₄₉₎; died 29 April 1963_(V); married 20 November 1914_(V) to Bertha Victoria Horn (daughter of Job W. Horn and Mary Ada Hinkle) who was born 16 January 1896_(V) in Pennsylvania and died 03 December 1936_(V). He worked for a railroad. 1910 Census: Jacob B. Ahner (with brother-in-law George W. Fisher, just above), page 133, visit 034/038, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Jacob Ahner, page 025, visit 026/026, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Jacob Ahner, page 143, visit 470/470, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Packerton Cemetery near Lehighton. Known children:

Milton Franklin⁸ Ahner, born 20 March 1915₍₁₇₎; died 06 September 1958₍₁₇₎ at Lehighton; married_(V) to Nellie M. Fritzinger (daughter of Howard Fritzinger and Bertha Moyer) who was born 1912 and died 31 March 1982 at Lehighton. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33088145). They had a daughter Shirley Ahner_(V).

Henrietta Amelia⁸ Ahner, born 10 June 1917₍₁₇₎; died 30 March 1999 at Weatherly, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 25 April 1941 in Maryland_(V) to Martin Delroy Schoch (son of George Franklin Schoch and Angelina Bierman) who was born 20 May 1913₍₁₇₎ and died 23 November 1989₍₁₇₎. He was a maintenance man at New Jersey Zinc Company at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania. He was a WWII veteran. They had two children_(V).

Claudia Victoria⁸ Ahner, born 21 September 1918_(V); died 30 April 1982 at Lehighton_(V); married_(V) first to Clayton Calvin Warner (son of William and Lizzie A. Warner) who was born 01 September 1915 and died 01 December 1982; married_(V) second 10 September 1950 to Richard Luther Heisler who was born 16 June 1919 and died 15 November 1983. She had three children with her first husband_(V).

Curtis Leroy⁸ Ahner, born 17 September 1919_(U); died 18 April 2002_(U) at Lehighton; married first 02 January 1940 to Esther Alma Beers who was born 15 July 1916 and died 23 September 1968 at Weissport, later divorced; married second 28 September 1957 to Dorothy Helen Shook (daughter of James P. Shook and Sarah A. Bonser) who was born 08 July 1917_(U) in Carbon County. He was a machinist. He was a WWII veteran (55^th Engineers Battalion). Esther is buried at Franklin Heights Cemetery at Weissport. Curtis and Dorothy’s gravestone at Long Run Cemetery in Franklin. He had two children with his first wife, and five children with his second wife_(V).

Capitola Elaine ⁸ Ahner, born 20 December 1923_(V); died 25 April 1969 at Lehighton_(V); married to Stephen Sayuk (son of Theodore and Thecla Sayuk, both born in Polish Ukraine) who was born about 1913 in Pennsylvania.

Theodore Horatius Ahner, born 16 January and died 20 October 1925_(V).

Frances Cecilia⁸ Ahner, born 11 February 1926₍₁₇₎; died 18 October 1977 at Jim Thorpe, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 07 August 1943_(V) to Arthur George Green (son of George Lewis Green and Jane Elizabeth Levis) who was born 16 January 1920_(V) and died 09 July 1969 at Lehighton_(V). They had seven children_(V).

Job George⁸ Ahner, born 14 March 1927_(14)(17); died 24 February 1997₍₁₄₎ at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; married 20 November 1954_(V) to Geraldine Leona Smith (daughter of William Smith and Minnie Homm) who was born 03 March 1932₍₁₄₎ and died 18 December 1995₍₁₄₎. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33944059). They are buried at Union Hill Cemetery at Weissport, Carbon, Pennsylvania, (their gravestone). They had four children_(V).

John James Erwin Ahner, born 30 April 1930_(V); died 15 January 1978 at Lehighton_(V); married_(V) to Ellen Walck (daughter of Thomas and Mary Walck). They had six children_(V).

Shirley Shirlene Ahner, born 21 March 1935_(V); married_(V) December 1950 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Herman Willard Heisler (son of Herman Heisler and Naomi Scheirer) who was born 10 September 1917 at Weissport.

Milton Daniel⁷ Ahner, born 08 May 1890_{(17)(40)(49)(U)}; died 16 February 1971_(U) at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 25 May 1907 in Carbon County (Book 7, page 137) to Amanda Carolina Ziegenfuss (daughter_(U) of William Ziegenfuss and Sally Ann Sensinger) who was born 17 September 1890_(U) in Franklin₍₂₈₎ and died 12 February 1965_(U). He was a carpenter. He was working for Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company in 1942₍₄₉₎. 1920 Census: Milton Ahner, page 024, visit 016/016, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Milton Ahner, page 146, visit 528/528, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Long Run Cemetery in Franklin_(U)(V)[but I either didn’t see their gravestone or else my photo didn’t turn out]. Known children:

Pearl Marguerite⁸ Ahner, born 25 August 1907₍₁₇₎; died 07 April 1993 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 1924-25 to Martin Franklin Schafer who was born 07 September 1902₍₁₇₎ and died March 1987 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎. He was a coal miner. They are buried at Long Run Cemetery_(V). 1930 Census: Martin F. Schafer, page 090, visit 044/045, Packerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania. Known child: Harold F. Schafer, born about July 1926.

Milton Charles⁸ Ahner, born 20 October 1909_(V); died 11 September 1910_(V).

Arthur Raymond⁸ Ahner, born 18 April 1911₍₁₇₎; died 12 March 1987 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎; married 30 July 1938 to Arlene Margery Searfoss (daughter of John Searfoss and Rose Ann Leindecker) who was born 08 December 1919₍₁₇₎ at Coalport, Pennsylvania and died 27 January 1997₍₁₇₎ at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They had at least three children.

Leon Woodrow⁸ Ahner, born 24 March 1913₍₁₇₎; died 21 February 1991_(17)(U); possibly unmarried. He is buried with his parents (gravestone).

Bertha Sally Ann⁸ Ahner, born 25 March 1916₍₁₇₎; died 24 October 2004₍₁₇₎ at Palmerton (Allentown Morning Call, issue of 26 October 2004); married to Thomas V. Coleman (son of Thomas V. Coleman and Mayme Steigerwalt) who was born 08 March 1915₍₁₇₎ at Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died 02 November 1996 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎.

Clyde Milton⁸ Ahner, born 23 June 1917₍₁₇₎; died 26 July 2003₍₁₇₎ at Lehighton; married 10 August 1940 to Marian Edna Farber (daughter of Vernon H. and Carrie E. Farber) who was born about 1924 in Pennsylvania. He worked for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. They had at least six children.

Ruth Arlene⁸ Ahner, born 18 June 1919_(V); married 04 April 1942 to Paul Albert Benninger who was born 11 April 1920₍₁₇₎ in Pennsylvania and died 12 February 1990₍₁₇₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania_(V).

Lula Priscilla⁸ Ahner, twin, born 04 March 1922_(V); married to Peter Leslie.

Beulah Ardella⁸ Ahner, twin, born 04 March 1922₍₁₇₎; died 11 September 1990₍₁₇₎; married 20 April 1939 in Carbon County (License #022930) to Wilbur John Levan (son of John Wesley Le Van and Sarah Ann Smith) who was born 05 September 1917 in Franklin.

Beatrice Alvena⁸ Ahner, born 31 July 1923_(V).

Carrie Pauline⁸ Ahner, born 13 April and died 07 September 1925_(U); buried with parents (gravestone).

Kenneth Grant⁸ Ahner, born 10 December 1930_(V).

Wilmer Clarence⁸ Ahner, born 24 April and died 12 June 1935_(U); buried with parents (gravestone).

Christiana Henrietta⁷ Ahner, born 21 February 1894_(V); died 24 April 1982 at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania_(V); married 27 April 1916_(V) to Raymond William Moulthrop (son_(V) of Henry Moulthrop and Lucetta Searfass) who was born 13 January 1895₍₁₇₎ at Lehighton₍₄₀₎ and died 20 May 1972 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. He was a fireman at New Jersey Zinc Company at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₄₀₎; later he was a plumber. 1930 Census: Raymond Moulthrop, page 022, visit 360/376, Lehighton (1^st Ward), Carbon, Pennsylvania. Known children, born at Lehighton: Grace Arlene Moulthrop, born 10 December 1916₍₁₇₎, died 22 August 2005 at Dothan, Houston, Alabama₍₁₇₎, married first to Carl Stickler, married second about 1954-55 to John Kaminski; Grant Eugene Moulthrop, born 21 November 1921₍₁₇₎, died 10 December 1992₍₁₇₎ at East Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, married June 1950 to Jacqueline Elane, he owned G.E.M. Pipe and Pump Supply at Lehighton, he was a WWII veteran (U.S. Army Air Corps); Raymond Henry Moulthrop, born 30 April 1928₍₁₇₎, died 14 May 1998₍₁₇₎ at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, married March 1946 to Lois M. Schulenburg who was born 02 May 1926 in Pennsylvania, he owned Moulthrop Railroad Contractors and Moulthrop Automotive Recycling in Carbon County.

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