Martin5 Orner (David4, Martin3, Martin2, Ulrich1), born 18 August 1779(9) in Fermanagh, Cumberland (now Juniata), Pennsylvania; died 30 January 1855(9); married first to Elizabeth N. [?Hetrick] (possibly daughter of Nicholas Hetrick) who was born 12 August 1788(9) and died 24 October 1824(9); married second by 1833 to Ann _______ who was born about 1791 and died 1869?.
1810 Census: Martin Orner, page 048, Greenwood, Cumberland [now Perry], Pennsylvania.
1830 Census: Martin Orner, page 329, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania.
1840 Census: Martin Oren, page 274, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania.
1850 Census: Martin Orner (alone, with daughter Rebecca Derr), page 519, visit 087/087, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania.
Martin and Elizabeth are buried at Hetrick Burial Ground in Greenwood.
Known children with first wife, born in Greenwood:
+ MARY6 ORNER, born 03 July 1810; married Henry Nipple.
Eliza6 Orner, born about 12 August 1811; died 16 May 1836 aged 24 years, 09 months, 04 days(9). She is buried at Hetrick Burial Ground.
+ Abraham6 Orner, born 08 May 1813(9); married Catherine Kane; moved to Lower Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
Rebecca6 Orner, born 24 October 1817(9); died 26 February 1893(9); married first about 1839-40 to Jacob Derr who possibly died before the 1850 census; married second after the 1850 census to Reuben Grubb (son of Henry Grubb and Mary Smith) who was born 01 November 1822(9) and died 22 June 1883(9). Reuben was a farmer. 1840 Census: Jacob Derr, page 275, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1850 Census: Rebecca Derr (alone, and children), page 519, visit 087/087, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1860 Census: Reuben Grubb, page 454, visit 719/719, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1870 Census: Reuben Grubb, page 066, visit 086/088, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: Reuben Grubb Sr, page 006, visit 086/088, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania [also grand-daughter Rene Rinehart age 18 born in Pennsylvania ]. Rebecca and Reuben are buried at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania. Known children with first husband:
Catherine E.7 Derr, born about 1840; possibly married after the 1860 census to ______ Rinehart. 1860 Census: Catharine “Grubb” (with step-father Reuben Grubb).
Sarah Ann7 Derr, born [about November] 1841(9); died 17 November 1914(9); married 1864-65 to Elias Sarver (son of David Sarver and Margaret M. Moretz) who was born 20 February 1842(9) in Pennsylvania and died 11 September 1925(9). He was a farmer. 1860 Census: Sarah “Grubb” (with step-father Reuben Grubb). 1870 Census: Elias Sarver, page 066, visit 164/164, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: Elias Sarver, page 005, visit 071/073, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Eli Sarver, page 078, visit 090/091, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Eli Sarver, page 064, visit 070/071, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. They are buried at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania. Children [more info on descendants is in Christy Troutman’s GEDCOM]: David Darwin Sarver, born 29 August 1866(9), died 19 May 1916(9), married 1893-94 to Mame Bertha Mitchell who was born 1869(9) in Pennsylvania and died 1955(9), he was a farmer, 1910 Census: David D. Sarver, page 064, visit 071/072, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania, they are buried at St. Matthew’s Church, known children: Olga R. Sarver born about 1894, Roscoe Orvelle Sarver born 02 November 1898(17), and Vida I. Sarver born about 1901; Rebecca Jane Sarver, born 26 August 1868(9), died 26 May 1870(9), buried with parents; Anna May Sarver, born 03 March 1871, died 12 April 1923, married Charles Willes Lindsay; Reuben Maxwell Sarver, born 17 September 1873 (but WWI draft registration says 1872(17)), died 31 January 1948, married 17 May 1898 to Hadassa Claretta Lindsay who was born about September 1879 in Pennsylvania, he registered for the WWI Draft in Bureau County, Illinois, known children: Herman E. Sarver born 02 September 1898(9) and died 10 January 1899(9), and Bruce Sarver born 24 July and died 25 July 1907(9), both buried at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania; Ardella Victorene Sarver, born 15 April 1876, died 04 December 1956, married John Edwin Bitting; Martin Wendell Sarver, born 25 August 1878(17)(19), died 16 May 1943, married to Anna M. Peters who was born about 1886, they lived at Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania(17)(19); Alvin Arthur Sarver, born 15 August 1881(17)(19), died 03 December 1947, married 07 March 1909 to Emeline Cecelia Cox, he was a farmer, 1910 Census: Alvin A. Sarver (with his parents), he registered for the WWI Draft at Mifflintown, Juniata, Pennsylvania [residence: Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania], they moved to Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania by 1942(19); Merrill Elias Sarver, born 09 June 1886(9)(17), died 03 August 1939(9), married 28 October 1915 to Elma Alice Brown who was born 1889(9) and died 1949(9), he was a farmer, they are buried at St. Matthew’s Church [NOTE: gravestone says “Myrel”, but he signed his WWI draft registration card “Merrill”], known child infant son was born and died 1917(9) and is buried with parents.
Known children with second husband:
Rebecca A.7 Grubb, born 08 January 1856(9); died 04 October 1932(9); unmarried. 1880 Census: (single, with parents). 1900 Census: Rebecca Grubb (single, with brother Martin, below). 1910 Census: Rebecca Grubb (single, with brother Martin, below). 1920 Census: Rebecca A. Grubb (single, with brother Martin, below). She is buried near her parents.
Reuben Wendell7 Grubb, born about July 1857; apparently died before the 1920 census; married 27 December 1881 to Rettie May Thompson (daughter of Robert Mitchell Thompson and Sarah Ellen Toomey) who was born 18 November 1862 in Pennsylvania. He worked at a steel mill. 1900 Census: Reuben W. Grubb, page 011, visit 033/038, Thompsontown town, Juniata, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Ruben W. Grubb, page 173, visit 121/122, Lewistown (6th Ward), Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Rettie M. Grubb (widow), page 212, visit 301/330, Lewistown (6th Ward), Mifflin, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Rettie M. Grubb (widow), page 173, visit 209/236, Lewistown (6th Ward), Mifflin, Pennsylvania. They had at least six children, three of whom died before the 1900 census. Known children:
Reuben Clair7 Grubb, born 24 August 1882(17)(19); married 1905-06 to Gretchen O. Rufner? who was born about 1887 in Indiana, later divorced. He was a machinist at a steel mill; later he worked at a rayon silk mill. 1910 Census: Grechen O. Grubb (married but alone, and child, with his parents). 1920 Census: Reuben C. Grubb (“married” but alone, with his mother). 1930 Census: R. Clair Grubb (divorced, with his mother). [She was married second by 1920 to Charles Sanders (his second marriage). 1920 Census: Charles Sanders, page 086, visit 227/253, Elkhart (2nd Ward), Elkhart, Indiana.] Known child: Delas C. Grubb, born 24 July 1906(14) in Indiana, died January 1987 at Mishawaka, St. Joseph, Indiana(14), 1920 Census: Delas Grubb (with step-father Charles Sanders), 1930 Census: Delas C. Grubb (with grandmother Rettie M. Grubb).
Robert Burns7 Grubb, born 01 September 1889(14)(17)(19); died July 1983 at Lewistown(14). He was an automobile salesman. 1930 Census: (single, with mother).
Rebecca J.7 Grubb, born about May 1895. She was a stenographer. 1920 Census: (single, with mother).
Martin Hollman7 Grubb, born 13 February 1859(9); died 05 July 1927(9); married after the 1880 census to Elizabeth Craig (daughter of George and Margaret Craig) who was born about 31 January 1863 in Pennsylvania and died 28 February 1892 aged 29 years, 28 days(9). He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Martin Grubb (widower), page 078, visit 091/092, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Martin H. Grubb (widower), page 064, visit 072/073, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Martin H. Grubb (widower), page 073, visit 062/065, Greenwood, Perry, Pennsylvania. They are buried at St. Matthew’s Church in Liverpool, Perry, Pennsylvania. Known children: Norman Martin Grubb, born 22 September 1886 at Millerstown, Pennsylvania(17), he worked at an oil field(17), he registered for the WWI Draft at Oilton, Creek, Oklahoma; Roscoe D. Grubb, born 10 September 1888(9), died 06 November 1913(9), buried with parents; Anna Floy Grubb, born [about February] 1890(9), died 1957(9), unmarried, buried with parents; Orva E. Grubb (daughter), born about February 1892.
+ Joel6 Orner, born 23 April 1819(9); married Mary C. Kepner.
Samuel6 Orner, born about 07 May 1824; died 08 October 1824 aged 05 months, 01 day(9); buried at Hetrick Burial Ground.
Known child with second wife, born in Greenwood:
Britten6 Orner, born about May 1833; died 20 December 1834 aged 01 year, 07 months(9); buried at Hetrick Burial Ground.
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