Wilhelm Robert6 Orner (Abraham5, David4, Martin3, Martin2, Ulrich1), born 12 December 1806 and christened 09 February 1807 in Cumberland (now Perry) County, Pennsylvania(12); died about 1844 at Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania; married probably mid-1830s to Matilda Brown (daughter of Thomas Brown and possibly ______ Ebbs) who was born about 1812-13 (1880 census), January 1814 (1900 census), or 1815-16 (1860 and 1870 censuses) in Pennsylvania.
He was a blacksmith; he also owned a shop that manufactured stage coaches.
[She was married second after the 1850 census to Edward Hutchison of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (his second marriage)(possibly son of John Hutchison of Chester County, Pennsylvania) who was born about 1803 in Pennsylvania and died 1879 at Patterson, Juniata, Pennsylvania. Edward was a lock tender [presumably on a canal]; he had at least six children from his previous marriage. 1860 Census: Edwd Hutchison, page 499, visit 332/001, Delaware, Juniata, Pennsylvania. 1870 Census: Edward Hutchison, page 353, visit 025/025, Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania. They had a son Calvin T. Hutchison, born about 1855.]
1840 Census: William Warner?, page 081, Lewistown borough, Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
Apparently 1850 Census: Matilda Orner (with Frederick Smith), page 270, visit 486/514, Lewistown borough, Mifflin, Pennsylvania [although, if so, there appear to be some errors in that entry].
1880 Census: Matilda Hutchison (widow, with son Calvin Hutchison), page 416, visit 027/027, Fermanagh, Juniata, Pennsylvania.
1900 Census: Matilda Hutchinson (widow, with nephew William A. Orner), page 176, visit 441/454, Lewistown (South Ward), Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
William’s estate: Inventory filed 03 April 1844 [not checked yet].
Matilda is buried at Union Cemetery in Delaware, Juniata, Pennsylvania with her second husband.
Known children, born at Lewistown:
Martha Jane7 Orner, born about 1838; died by 1879 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania; married 23 December 1865 in Mifflin County to (Sergeant Major) Charles Brown McClenahen (son of George Bell McClenahen and Mary Wingate) who was born 06 September 1837 in Mifflin County and died 27 November 1894 in Mifflin County. He was a carpenter. He served in Companies A and H, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. 1850 Census: Martha Orner (with Benjamin Miller), page 175, visit 095/095, Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1860 Census: Martha J. Orner (with William Swinehart), page 004, visit 021/021, Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania; and Martha Orner (with Benjamin Miller), page 016, visit 111/111, Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1870 Census: Chas B. McClenahan, page 250, visit 176/182, Old Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. [He was married second 11 December 1879 to Catherine F. Coldren, and had at least three more children. He received an invalid pension (Certificate #613299); application #876649 filed 31 July 1893 in Pennsylvania. Catherine F. received a widow’s pension (Certificate #408280); application #605704 filed 06 December 1894 in Pennsylvania.] Known child:
Irene Brown8 McClenahen, born about September 1869; died 02 March 1961; married 23 December 1896 to Edmund Ralph Fockler (son of Edmund Augustus Fockler and Catharine Mash Syling) who was born 13 July 1869 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and died 18 January 1930. He was a stonemason; later he was a car starter at a stone quarry. 1880 Census: Irene McClenehe (with grandfather George McClenahen), page 010, visit 154/159, Milroy village, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Ralph Faulkner (with her aunt Sarah McClenahen), page 020, visit 213/232, Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Ralph Fockler (with her aunt Sarah McClenahen), page 020, visit 194/206, Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Edmund R. Fockler, page 247, visit 055/062, Old Armagh, Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Irene Fockler (widow), page 129, visit 019/019, Milroy [village], Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Known children:
Edmund Ray9 Fockler, born 27 April 1898(14) in Saxton, Bedford, Pennsylvania (from passenger lists); died 04 February 1981 at Conrad, Pondera, Montana(14)(also Montana State Death Index); married 24 December 1921 in Montana to Alice May Bigalk who was born 27 February 1902(14) in Elk River, Minnesota (from passenger lists) and died 02 December 1983 at Conrad(14)(also Montana State Death Index). He was the principal of a public school. They are on the passenger list of the ship Aorangi which sailed from Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and arrived 24 June 1926 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [U.S. residences: Milroy, Pennsylvania (him) and Kalesfield?, Minnesota (her)]. Their family is on the passenger list of the ship City of Los Angeles which sailed from Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and arrived 30 June 1930 at Los Angeles, California [U.S. residence: Hilo, Territory of Hawaii]. Their family is on the passenger list of the ship Empress of Canada which sailed from Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, and arrived 20 June 1932 at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [U.S. residence: Kalispell, Montana]. 1930 Census: Edmund R Fockler, page 104, visit 125/156, Hilo (7th Precinct), Hawaii, Hawaii. Known children, born at Hilo: John Ralph Fockler, born 17 April 1929; Nancy Carol Fockler, born 06 June 1931.
Theodore Charles9 Fockler, born 05 March 1900(14)(17); died September 1980 at Buffalo, Erie, New York(14); married 28 October 1931 to Rachael White Crouse who was born 20 October 1894(14) in New York and died April 1980 at Buffalo(14).
+ (SERGEANT) WILLIAM ROBERT7 ORNER, born 22 September 1840; married first Elizabeth A. Cox; moved to Harris, Centre, Pennsylvania; then to Jackson, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Penelope Ann7 Orner, born about 1844; apparently died 1880-82; married 1865 in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania to William H. Wise (son of Samuel Wise and Ann Eliza Etter) who was born 12 November 1843 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. He was a Civil War veteran. He was a locomotive engineer; later he was a supervisor of a railroad engine house. Biography from page 459, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, published by Genealogical Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1905. 1860 Census: Penelope “Auner” (with uncle David Auner), page 642, visit 740/861, South Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. 1870 Census: Wm. H. Wise, page 707, visit 228/275, Huntingdon (West Ward), Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: W. H. Wise, page 259, visit 001/001, South Middleton, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. [He was married second 1882 at Boiling Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania to Anna M. Scharf, and had four more children. 1900 Census: Wm H. Wise [and second wife], page 227, visit 411/417, Riverton Precinct, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.] Known children:
Margaret F.8 Wise, born about 1867; married to ______ Duncan. They moved to Columbus, Franklin, Ohio.
Minnie C.8 Wise, born about November 1868; married 1888-89 to Lemuel Keathley (son of John and Susanna Keathley) who was born about May 1865 at Washington, DC. He was a blacksmith helper. 1900 Census: Lemuel Keithley, page 265, visit 128/128, Altoona (6th Ward), Blair, Pennsylvania. No children as of 1900.
Harry Brown8 Wise, born 04 December 1874(17); married 1905-06 to Mary S. ______ who was born about 1876 in Pennsylvania. He was a machinist in a railroad shop. He registered for the WWI Draft at Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Harry B. Wise, page 137, visit 206/226, Altoona (3rd Ward), Blair, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Harry B. Wise, page 001, visit 002/002, Altoona (3rd Ward), Blair, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Harry B. Wise, page 115, visit 244/347, Altoona (3rd Ward), Blair, Pennsylvania. Known children: Edna Wise, born about 1907; William R. Wise, born about 1910.
Herbert Elwood8 Wise, born 08 March 1877(17); married 1910-11 to Margaret ______ who was born about 1878 in Ohio. He was a railroad brakeman; later he was a railroad switchman. He registered for the WWI Draft at Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. 1900 Census: Herbert E. Wise (single, with John H. Roberts), page 144, visit 116/124, Pitcairn, Allegheny, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Herbert Wise, page 111, visit 192/263, Detroit (E.D. 416), Wayne, Michigan. 1930 Census: Herbert Wise, page 166, visit 186/021, Detroit (E.D. 726), Wayne, Michigan. No children with them in 1920 or 1930.
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