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, 132nd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He received an
invalid pension, application filed
1870 Census:
Charles Ahner, page 068, visit 077/090,
1880 Census:
Charles Arner, page 537, visit 228/245, East Mauch Chunk, Carbon,
1890 Veterans Census:
Charles Ahner, page 004, visit 343/402, Franklin [P.O. Weissport], Carbon,
1900 Census:
Charles Ahner, page 149, visit 050/051, Long Run Precinct, Carbon,
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 A.7 AHNER, born
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,
Emma Mary Magdalena8 Ahner,
born
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,
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
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,
Daisy Estella8 Ahner, born
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,
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,
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,
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,
Allen Lee8 Kratzer, born
Herbert Waldo8 Kratzer, born
William Henry8 Kratzer, born
Clarence Theodore8 Kratzer,
born
Robert Clinton8 Kratzer,
born
Edward James8 Kratzer,
born 25 July and died
Anna Arlene8 Kratzer, born [about January-February] 1910(V); died 1918 when their house burned(V).
George G.7 Ahner, born
+ EDWIN
ALLEN7 AHNER,
born
+ JAMES7 AHNER, born
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,
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,
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,
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,
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:
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
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
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,
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,
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,
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 (55th Engineers Battalion). Esther is buried at
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
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,
John James Erwin Ahner, born
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,
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,
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.
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
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
Carrie Pauline8 Ahner, born 13 April and died
Kenneth Grant8 Ahner,
born
Wilmer Clarence8 Ahner, born 24 April and died
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,
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