Edwin Allen⁷ Ahner (Charles⁶, Daniel⁵, Abraham⁴, Johannes³, probably Ulrich², Ulrich¹), born 22 September 1874_(14)(28)(but WWI draft registration says 1873₍₄₀₎) in Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania; died 04 October 1942₍₁₄₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; married 21 December 1895 in Carbon County (Book 3, page 222) to Anna Marie Schuck (daughter of John T. Schuck and Mary Ann Moulthrop, and sister of Ellen Jane Schuck who married Edwin’s brother James⁷ Ahner) who was born 07 July 1876_(14)(28) in Long Run [in Franklin Township], Carbon, Pennsylvania and died 02 March 1961₍₁₄₎ at Allentown. He was a carpenter for the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

1900 Census: Edwin Ahner, page 148, visit 040/040, Long Run Precinct, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1910 Census: Edwin A. Arner, page 127, visit 014/014, Long Run District, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1920 Census: Edwin Ahner, page 024, visit 004/004, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

1930 Census: Edwin A. Ahner, page 215, visit 049/049, Parryville borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania.

They are buried at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Cemetery near Weissport, Carbon, Pennsylvania, (their gravestone). They had thirteen children, three of whom were either stillborn or died at birth_(V).

Known children:

Harry Edwin⁸ Ahner, born 24 December 1896_(14)(40) in Long Run₍₄₉₎; died 25 April 1959₍₁₄₎ at Coaldale, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania; married 12 August 1917_(V) to Laura Rebecca Blose (daughter_(V) of Milton Blose and Annie Remaley, and sister of Ellen Irene, below) who was born 03 March 1899₍₁₄₎ in Carbon County and died 03 March 1974₍₁₄₎ at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania. He was a screen operator at Alliance Sand Company at (or near) Palmerton in 1942₍₄₉₎. [NOTE: He signed his WWII draft registration card “Harry E. Arner”₍₄₉₎.] 1920 Census: Harry E. Ahner, page 260, visit 021/021, Parryville borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Harry Arner, page 066, visit 228/228, Palmerton borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Parryville Cemetery at Parryville, Carbon, Pennsylvania, (their gravestone). They had thirteen children, nine of whom survived_(V). [NOTE: They also had two other children born after 1930_(V).] Known children:

Russel Lewis⁹ Ahner, born 12 August 1917₍₁₇₎; died 09 March 1985 at Bowmanstown, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 12 October 1940_(V) to Helen Ruth Whitman.

Clair Henry⁹ Ahner, born 06 March 1919_(14)(17); died 10 February 2005₍₁₇₎ at Bethlehem, Lehigh, Pennsylvania; married 10 June 1939_(V) to Catherine Dunitz (daughter of Peter Dunitz and Theresa Uvernoke) who was born 24 June 1919₍₁₄₎ and died 15 June 1984₍₁₄₎. He was a welder. Their gravestone, at Towamensing Cemetery at Palmerton. They had five children.

Milton Allen⁹ Ahner, born 07 March 1921_(14)(17); died 17 April 1991_(14)(17); married to Pauline Emma Smith who was born 04 July 1923_(14)(V). He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33487375). Their gravestone, at Towamensing Cemetery at Palmerton. They had at least one child.

Herbert Franklin⁹ Ahner, born 05 May 1923₍₁₇₎; died 18 March 1995 at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married_(V) first 05 October 1946 to Pearl Phoebe Paules (daughter of Amandus Paules and Catherine Turnbach) who was born 04 October 1927. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33490134).

Arthur Clayton⁹ Ahner, born 03 December 1925₍₁₇₎; died 28 August 1994 at Walnutport, Northampton, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 02 July 1949_(V) to Jean Delores Snyder who was born 15 November 1927₍₁₇₎ at Lehighton and died 26 August 1985₍₁₇₎ at Walnutport, Northampton, Pennsylvania_(V).

Irene May⁹ Ahner, born 18 September 1927_(V); married to ______ Haja.

Esther Beatrice⁹ Ahner, born 14 June 1929₍₁₇₎; died 04 March 2004 at Palmerton₍₁₇₎(also Allentown Morning Call, issue of 06 March 2004); married 04 November 1946_(V) to Paul Willis Dorward who was born 16 May 1914₍₁₇₎ and died 19 May 1973₍₁₇₎.

Martha Louella⁸ Ahner, born 23 December 1897₍₁₇₎; died 04 November 1992₍₁₇₎ at Parryville, Carbon, Pennsylvania; married 18 October 1913_(V) to Percy Daniel Campbell (son_(V) of Daniel Campbell and Elemina Wolfe) who was born 20 May 1888 at Parryville₍₄₀₎ and died 20 October 1948 aged 60 years at Parryville_(S). He was a fireman at Carbon Iron & Steel Company at Parryville₍₄₀₎; later a locomotive engineer for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1920 Census: Percy D. Campbell, page 017, visit 139/182, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Percy D. Campbell, page 214, visit 040/040, Parryville borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. Known children:

Senora Ethel⁹ Campbell, born 14 March 1914_(V); married to Donald Fisher.

Percy Lester⁹ Campbell, born 30 April 1918₍₁₇₎; died 19 July 1972₍₁₇₎ at Allentown.

Gordon Malcolm⁹ Campbell, born 22 October 1919_(V); killed in action November 1942_(V) near Guadalcanal when the USS Juneau was torpedoed [NOTE: the same ship as the five Sullivan brothers, made famous in the 1944 movie “The Fighting Sullivans”].

Mildred Elaine⁹ Campbell, born 22 September 1923_(V); married to Willard Hamm.

Betty Geraldine⁹ Campbell, born 12 October 1930_(V); married to Paul Reimer.

Earl Signor⁸ Ahner, born 09 December 1899₍₄₀₎; married 13 June 1939_(V) to Margaret Eva Lear (daughter of Elmer Lear and Eva Wolfe) who was born 16 June 1917₍₁₇₎ at Lehighton and died 07 September 1979 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎. He was a car repairman for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. They had two children_(V).

Florence Irene⁸ Ahner, born 07 December 1901₍₁₄₎(but SSDI says 1902₍₁₇₎); died 06 July 1993₍₁₄₎ at Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎ (gravestone); married first 12 July 1919 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania (Book 37, license #35505) to Weston Benjamin Rex (son of James N. Rex and Cora Handwerk) who was born 06 November 1899_(17)(40) in Lehigh County and died 18 September 1984 at Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey₍₁₇₎; married second 12 July 1946_(V) to Harvey Robert Lynn who was born 23 January 1876₍₄₀₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania and died 23 October 1952 at Allentown_(V). Weston was a fireman for New Jersey Zinc Company at Palmerton; later he was a weaver at a silk mill. 1920 Census: Weston Rex, page 156, visit 817/913, Palmerton borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Weston Rex, page 187, visit 120/123, Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Parryville Cemetery at Parryville, Carbon, Pennsylvania. Known children with first husband: Beatrice Gloria Rex, born 13 April 1921_(V), married_(V) first 22 November 1945 to Edwin David Semmel who was born 12 July 1909 and died 19 August 1957; Donald Weston Rex, born 25 May 1923_(V); James Llewellyn Rex, born 03 September 1930_(V); Janet Barbara Rex, born 07 July 1933_(V).

John Charles⁸ Ahner, born 29 June 1904_(14)(17) in Northampton County (Book 3, page 002); died 18 April 1997₍₁₄₎ at Slatington, Lehigh, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 23 March 1923_(V) to Ellen Irene Blose (daughter_(V) of Milton Blose and Annie Remaley, and sister of Laura Rebecca, above) who was born 27 May 1908₍₁₄₎ in Pennsylvania and died 22 July 1964₍₁₄₎ at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: John Arner, page 066, visit 225/225, Palmerton borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Parryville Cemetery, (their gravestone). Known children:

Ethel I.⁹ Ahner, born 12 July 1923₍₁₄₎; died 19 March 1924₍₁₄₎; buried with parents (gravestone).

Milford Charles⁹ Ahner, born 30 May 1924₍₁₇₎; died 19 July 2001 at Slatington, Lehigh, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married first 21 April 1946 to Leatrice Joy Evans (daughter of Russell M. Evans) who was born 14 July 1927₍₁₇₎ in Pennsylvania and died November 1980₍₁₇₎; married second to Doris Y. (Buck) Scherer (daughter of Paul N. Buck and Naomi E. Larash, and widow of Martin S. Scherer) who was born 17 March 1933₍₁₇₎ at Packerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania and died 29 January 2006₍₁₇₎ in Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury, Lehigh, Pennsylvania. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33622573). He and Leatrice had at least three children.

Fern Grace⁹ Ahner, born 23 January 1926_(V).

Vincent Allen⁹ Ahner, born 17 March 1930_(14)(17)(45); died 09 May 1994₍₁₄₎ at Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie, Florida_(17)(45); married 1949 to Mary Anna Cartwright (daughter of William Cartwright). He is buried with his parents.

Dale Wayne⁹ Ahner, born 15 March 1933_(V).

(Son)⁸, born and died 31 January 1907 in Northampton County (Birth Register 3, page 006; and Death Register 2, page 003).

Lillian Annie⁸ Ahner, born 11 November 1908₍₁₇₎; died 19 August 1988₍₁₇₎ at Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania; married September 1929 to Clyde Andrew Henning (son of Charles Franklin Henning and Mary Ellen Henning) who was born 27 March 1907_(17)(V) in Pennsylvania and died 01 September 1995 at Palmerton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. 1930 Census: Clyde Henning (with his parents), page 067, visit 235/235, Palmerton borough, Carbon, Pennsylvania. They had five children_(V).

Edna Mary⁸ Ahner, born 12 February 1910_(V); died 27 August 1985 at Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania_(V); married first 31 December 1927_(V) to Kenneth Stearl Miller (son_(V) of Milton Miller and Ursula Stout) who was born about 1908 in Pennsylvania; married_(V) second 20 July 1946 to Daniel S. Smith (son of William Smith and Caroline Starner) who was born 17 July 1878₍₄₀₎ at Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Kenneth Miller, page 135, visit 257/257, Franklin, Carbon, Pennsylvania. [Daniel was married first to Esther ______ who was born about 1879 in Pennsylvania, and had at least three children. He was a brakeman for the Central Railroad of New Jersey₍₄₀₎.] Known children with first husband: Maynard Kenneth Miller, born 25 May 1928_(V), died 27 January 1937 at Allentown_(V); Lawrence Floyd Miller, born 04 December 1929_(V), died August 1986 at Allentown_(V). [Edna also had a daughter with her second husband_(V).]

Russel Oliver⁸ Ahner, born 09 September 1911_(V); died June 1967 at Binghamton, Broome, New York_(V); married 22 June 1933 at Afton, Chenango, New York_(V) to Thelma Elizabeth Park (daughter of Volney Park and Purlina Steele) who was born 28 August 1915 in Pennsylvania_(V). He was a WWII veteran. They had six children, all born in Broome County_(V).

Floyd Woodrow⁸ Ahner, born 06 December 1913₍₁₇₎; died 23 January 1989 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 04 May 1939_(V) to Mary B. Berchock (daughter of Stephen Berchock and Mary Skovran) who was born 20 August 1909₍₁₇₎ and died 03 December 1998 at Weatherly, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. He was a WWII veteran (Army SN: 33828898).

Lenora Elizabeth⁸ Ahner, born 18 June 1916₍₁₇₎; died 28 September 1992 at Lehighton, Carbon, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 28 August 1939_(V) to Adam David Borger (son of Elmer W. and Alice Borger) who was born 05 September 1915₍₁₇₎ and died 09 March 2002 at Lehighton₍₁₇₎.

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