DESCENDANTS OF DAUGHTERS OF JACOB AND ELIZABETH [SNIDER] ILER SUSAN ILER, daughter and eldest child of Jacob and Elizabeth (Snider) her was born on Grosse Ile, June 27, 1797, died in Coichester South Ontario Canada, Dec. 17, 1896. She married Jacob Arner Jr. son of Jacob Arner Sr. and Barbara Arnold, who are discussed in the following chapter. Jacob Arner Jr. was born on the Arner homestead, Lot No. 27, in Gosfield Ontario, Dec. 3, 1793, died March 20, 1838. Living in the same locality for nearly a century, Susan Iler saw many changes in the her Settlement and the community life of Arner, Harrow and Coichester. She saw this area change from a primitive forest inhabited mostly by Indians and disbanded soldiers to a thriving farm community and lived to enjoy the harvest of a life of hard work and many pleasures. Known to the younger generations as, “Granny Arner” one of her family had this to say. “This old Granny Arner was a grand old lady. The older members of the family recall the birthday parties which were given for her and which were really family reunions. They didn’t think anything of setting tables for seventy five or more for these gatherings.” Hannah Ann Iler, daughter of Samuel Iler, in her letter of Aug. 23rd. 1860, to her uncle Samuel and aunt Susanna Eiler in Indiana writes, “You must not think your letter are read only by your correspondent for they are read and received with a warm welcome by all the Ilers and also Aunt Susan’s connections,” (meaning the Arners.) “You wish to know something about father’s sister, Aunt Susan Arner, which I suppose you know is his oldest sister, is well and very active for her age. She lives alone in her old house near her son John, who supports her.” David Iler in his letter of May 2, 1838 to his uncle Samuel Eiler informs him of the death of Jacob Arner Jr., March 20. CHILDREN I. Elizabeth, b. May 29, 1819; II. John, b. June 5, 1821, d. Dec. 19, 1886; III. Jacob II I, b. July 15, 1823; IV. Barbara, b. Nov. 3, 1825, d. Sept. 26, 1894; V. Lewis, b. Nov. 6, 1828, d. 1914; VI. Mary, b. 1833; VII. Susan, b. Nov. 3, 1833; VIII. Henry, b. Mar. 18, 1836. I. ELIZABETH ARNER, daughter of Jacob Jr. and Susan (Iler) Arner was born 1819. Married George Eede. CHILDREN (1) Fannie; (2) Jacob; (3) Mary Ann; (4) Richard; (5) Charles; (6) George Jr.; (7) Henry; (8) Edmund; (9) Elizabeth; (10) Thomas; (11) William. (1) FANNIE EEDE, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede, married Richard McLean. CHILDREN ~ Sylvester; Susan; George. SUSAN MCLEAN, daughter of Richard and Fannie (Eede) McLean married Thomas Craig. CHILDREN Nina; Margaret; Anna; Richard; Leo; William; Olive; Carl. GEORGE MCLEAN, son of Richard and Fannie (Eede) McLean married Agnes Affieck. CHILDREN Murdo; Pearl; Clarence; Ivan; Rose; Fannie; Wilber; Bernice. (2) JACOB EEDE, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede married Mary Wigle. CHILDREN Elizabeth; Leonard; George; J. W.; Nellie; Fannie; Martha; Eli; Ellis. (3) MARY ANN EEDE, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eedeflmanied Jonas Wigle. CHILDREN Angus; Isabel; Phaen; Leonard; Murry. (4) RICHARD EEDE, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede, married Belle Ritchie. CHILDREN Richie; Percy; Jennie. 91 (5) CHARLES EEDE, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede marned Emma Gross. CHILDREN Edith; Helen; Arner; Maybelle. (6) GEORGE EEDE JR., son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede married Emily Fox. CHILDREN Albert; Eliza; Martha; Annie; Mary; Jennie. (7) HENRY EEDE, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede, married Nettle Askew. CHILDREN John. (8) EDMUND EEDE, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede married Emma Wiggins. (10) THOMAS EEDE, son of George and Elizabeth (Arner) Eede married Kate Cousin. II. JOHN ABNER, son of Jacob Jr. and Susan (liar) Arner, was born June 5, 1821, died Dec. 19, 1886. He married Sarah Fox. CHILDREN (1) Eliza; (2) Ludnda, b. 1855. (1) LUCINDA ABNER, daughter of John and Sarah (Fox) Arner was born 1855. Married Thomas Clark. CHILDREN Elizabeth; Phiffip; Lena. ELIZABETH CLARK, daughter of Thomas and Lucinda (Arner) Clark, d. Dec. 1963. She married Egerton Scratch, d. Dec. 1954. CHILDREN Elva; Allie; Clark. ALLIE SCRATCH, daughter of Egerton and Elizabeth (Clark) Scratch, married Howard Bailey, Jan. 1936, he died in Oct. 1957. CHILDREN Maxine. MAXINE BAILEY, married Joseph Knight and had a son David. ALLIE SCRATCH, married, 2, WaIter Humphrey who died Nov. 1965. CLARK SCRATCH, son of Egerton and Elizabeth (Clark) Scratch, married Lois Palmer. CHILDREN Linda; Joellen. PHILLIP CLARK, son of Thomas and Lucinda (Arner) Clark, married Rosy Ford. CHILDREN Clarence; Allen. CLARENCE CLARK, son of Philip and Rosy (Ford) Clark married Mabel Hutchinson. CHILDREN Gladys, who married Delbert McCarthy and had a son Brian; Donald, who married Irene Klie, had a daughter, Cheryl. ALLEN CLARK, son of Philip and Rosy (Ford) Clark married Fern Vincent. CHILDREN Alden, (who married Mary Cady and had children, Roger; Diana; Marcia; Richard) Janeth, (who married Willard Sherman, and had children, Michael and Robert); Carl, (who married Shirley Boyer and had children, Tommy and Cindy). III. JACOB ARNER III, son of Jacob Arner Jr. and Susan (iler) Arner, was born 1823, married Susanna Williams. CHILDREN (1) Charles, b. Oct. 19, 1846; (2) Arthur; (3) Orlando, b. Mar. 29, 1854; (4) Ezra; (5) Martha; (6) ~Ellen; (7) Elizabeth. (1) CHARLES ABNER, son of Jacob III, and Susanna (Wi1linrn.~) Arner was born in Essex Co . Ontario Oct. 19, 1846. He married Ellen Fox, b. Feb. 14,1856. CHILDREN Alfred Leonidas, b. Oct. 19, 1882, ci. June 13, 1958; Charles Herbert, b. June 11, 1888, d. Mar. 14, 1961. 92 ALFRED LEONIDAS ABNER, son of Charles and Ellen (Fox) liar was born in Arner, Essex Co. Ontario, Oct. 19,1882, died June 15,1958. He married Minnie Adams, b. Jan. 9, 1880. CHILDREN Charles George, b. Apr. 2, 1908; Minnie Isabelle, b. Sept. 7, 1911; Jean Eleann L., b. July 18, 1916; Alfred L. Jr., b. May 26, 1922. CHARLES GEORGE ABNER, son of Alfred and Minnie (Adams) liar, was born in Essex Co. Ontario, April 2, 1908. He married Muriel Goatbe. CHILDREN Donald Gordon, b. Aug. 4, 1941; Donna Jean, b. Aug. 4, 1941; Douglas Charles, b. Aug. 16, 1938. (3) ORLANDO ARNER, son of Jacob III and Susanna (Williams) Arner was born March 29, 1854 . Married Della Wigle, b. Oct. 3, 1860. CHiLDREN Mabel Gertrude, b. Dec. 31, 1886; Ada Belle, b. July 17, 1891; Homer J., b. May 1, 1897; Harold Stanley, b. Feb. 8, 1902. MABEL GERTRUDE ABNER, daughter of Orlando and Della (Wigle) Arner, b. Dec. 31, 1886, married Stanley Evans. CHILDREN Stanley Jr. b. 1918. HOMER J. ABNER, son of Orlando and Della (Wigie) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, May 1, 1897. Married Mary Fox, b. Dec. 30, 1894. CHILDREN Hadley, b. June 16, 1920; Clifford, b. Mar. 1, 1930. HAROLD STANLEY (CY) ARBNER, son of Orlando and Della (Wigle) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, Feb. 8, 1902. Married Viola S. Ogan, b. June 29, 1909. Harold (Cy) and Viola lived in Oakland Calif., 1966. CHILDREN Richard Douglas, b. Aug. 2, 1935; Sydney Ann, b. Dec. 18,1941. RICHARD DOUGLAS ARNER, son of Harold S. and Viola (Ogan) Arner was born Aug. 2, 1935, married Diane Wuizen. CHILDREN Paul Richard, b. Mar. 22, 1956; Mark Stanley, b. Oct. 20, 1957; Kurt Thomas, b. June 26, 1959. (5) MARTHA ABNER, married George Grenville. (6) ELLEN ABNER, married Henry Lypps. CHILDREN Bertha; Susan. IV. BARBARA ABNER, daughter of Jacob Jr. and Susan (iler) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, Nov. 3, 1825, died Sept. 26, 1894. She married William Staddon, b. 1819, d. 1903. CHILDREN (1)John,b. 1856; (2) Charles; (3) Byron; (4) Amelia; (5)Elizabeth. (1) JOHN STADDON, son of William and Barbara (Arner) Staddon was born, 1856, married Cora Malott, b. 1863, d. 1946. CHILDREN Maude, b. Oct. 30, 1885, ci. 1936; Florer~e, b. July 25, 1887, d. Sept. 23, 1905; Edith, b. Dec. 26,1889; Ada, b. 1892; Jessie, b. 1894, d. 1901; Fred, b. 1903, d. 1954. EDITH, daughter of John and Cora (Malott) Staddon was born 1889, married Clifford Liddle, b. 1888. CHILDREN Jack, b. 1915. ADA STADDON, daughter of John and Cora (Malott) Staddon was born in 1892, married Carl Trethoway, b. 1896, in 1918. 93 A Barbara; Bruce. WILLIAM STADDON, son of John and Cora (Malott) Staddon was b Ontario, 1896. He married Cora Tofflemire, b. 1895. CHILDREN Bruce, b. 1927; Marie, b. 1931. CLARA STADDON, daughter of John and Cora (Malott) Staddon was I Ontario, 1900, died 1940. Married Norman Lock, b. 1895. CHILDREN Mary Elizabeth, b. 1931; Norma Jean, b. 1935. ARTHUR STADDON, b. 1901, married Effie Vickers, b. 1903. FRED STADDON, son of John and Cora (Malott) Staddon was born, 19 married Helen Gardner, b. 1906. CHILDREN William, b. 1929; Robert, b. 1931. (2) CHARLES STADDON, son of William and Barbara (Arner) Stad Essex Co. Ontario, 1865, married Myrtle Shook, b. 1882. CHILDREN Walter, b. 1900; Charles Jr. b. 1902; Henen, b. 1904. (3) BYRON STADDON, son of William and Barbara (Arner) Staddon v Co. Ontario, 1868, married Jennie Keys, b. 1872. CHILDREN Mildred, b. 1897; Mina, b. 1899; Mabel, b. 1902; Elliot, b. 1906. (4) AMELIA STADDON, daughter of William and Barbara (Arner) Sti Essex Co. Ontario, 1850. Married John Crichton, b. 1850. CHILDREN Carrie, b. 1876; Myrtle, b. 1877. (5) ELIZABETH STADDON, married Alfred Staddon. V. LEWIS ABNER, son of Jacob Jr. and Susan (Iler) Arner was born Essex Co. Ontario, Nov. 6, 1828, died 1914. He married Margaret Bucharinan. CHILDREN (1) Gordon, b. 1853, d. 1938; (2) Calpurnia; (3) Anus; (4) George; (5) Mina; (6) Clara; (7) Augusta; (8) Albert. (1) GORDON ABNER, son of Lewis and Margaret (Buchannan) Archer, was born, 1853, died 1938, married Hattie Thrasher, b. 1858, d. 1920. CHILDREN Fred, b. 1877; Cohn, b. 1880; Margaret, b. 1882; Cooke, b. 1884; Lou, b. 1886; Edward, b. 1889, d. Feb. 1950; Bertha, b. 1891; Archie, b. 1893; Hugh, b. 1899. FRED ABNER, son of Gordon, married Irene Cummings. COLIN ABNER, son of Gordon, married Nettie Pearce. MARGARET ARNER, daughter of Gordon and Hattie (Thrasher) Amen, born, 1884, married Edward Bussard. CHILDREN Madelyn; Frances; Fred; Ruth. COOKE ABNER, son of Gordon, married Grace Barnett. 94 EDWARD ABNER, son of Gordon and Hattie (Thrasher) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, 1889, died Feb. 1950. He married Etheiwyn Edgecombe, b. 1897, d. June 23, 1966. CHILDREN Jane, b. 1926. JANE ABNER, daughter of Edward and Ethelyn (Edgecombe) Arner married Douglas Vandoorn. BERTHA ABNER, daughter of Gordon married Arthur Flentge. ARCHIE ABNER, son of Gordon, married Carmen Staddon, b. 1898. HUGH ABNER, son of Gordon, married Marie Bondy, b. 1900. (4) GEORGE ABNER, son of Lewis and Margaret (Buchannan) Arner, married Mary Quick and had a daughter, Josephine. JOSEPHINE ABNER, daughter of George and Margaret Arner, married Wffliam Cornwall and had a child, Asa. (5) MINA ABNER, daughter of Lewis and Margaret (Buchannan) Arner married Herbert Ferriss . CHILDREN May; Owen; Ray; Glenn. MAY FERRISS, married Joseph Sill. CHILDREN Lyle; Elwoód. RAY FERRISS, married Ethel Barnett. CHILDREN Jeanette. (6) CLARA ABNER, daughter of Lewis and Margaret (Buchannan) Arner married Lewis Eedie. CHILDREN Norman. NORMAN EEDIE, married Emma Staff. CHILDREN Margariete; Norman Jr. (7) AUGUSTA ABNER, daughter of Lewis and Margaret (Buchannan) Arner married C. S. Walker. CHILDREN Roger; Nellie. (8) ALBERT ABNER, son of Lewis and Margaret (Buchannan) Arner married Emily Gibb. CHILDREN Alvin; Guy; Grace; Roy. ALVIN ABNER, son of Albert married Myra Goulin. VI. MARY ABNER, daughter of Jacob Jr. and Susan (Iler) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, 1831. She married William Mickle. CHILDREN (1) Emma; (2) Nellie; (3) Eliza Jane; (4) Arthur; (5) Annie; (6) Mary. (1) EMMA MICKLE, daughter of Wiffiam and Maty, marrieclE. 0. Beaman. CHILDREN Ida. IDA BEAMAN, daughter of E. 0. and Emma (Mickle) Beanian married Walter Livingston. CHILDREN Harry, b. May 5, 1912; Ralph, b. Aug. 15, 1913; Warren, b. Jan. 4, 1915, d. 1919; Lillian b. 95 (3) ELIZA JANE MICKLE, daughter of William and Mary (Arner) Mickle married Henry Atkins. CHILDREN Norman; Muriel; Luella; Evelyn. NORMAN ATKINS, married Kate Parks. (4) ANNIE MICKLE, daughter of William and Mary (Arner) Mickle married Fred Brown. CHILDREN Kenneth; Mary; Eliza Jane; Lloyd; Cohn. KENNETH BROWN, married Etta Brunner. LLOYD BROWN, married Ida Simmons, had two children, Shirley and Eileen. COLIN BROWN, married Laura Winni. (5) MARY MICKLE, daughter of William and Mary (Arner) Mickle married Julius Eedie. CHILDREN Arner; Illene; Vernor. VII. SUSAN ABNER, daughter of Jacob Jr. and Susan (lien) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, Nov. 3,1833. She married Robert McLean. CHILDREN (1) Annie; (2) Elizabeth; (3) Mary; (4) Ezra; (5) Eli; (6) Barbara; (7) Melinda; (8) Arthur; (9) Albert. (1) ANNIE MCLEAN, married Williams Stevens. CHILDREN Susie; Nehemiah; Mary; Aja; Ira; Herbert; Forrest; Earl. SUSIE STEVENS, married Forry Haistead. MARY STEVENS, married George Burgett. AJA STEVENS, married Mary White. IRA STEVENS, married Nel Staddon. HERBERT STEVENS, married Mary St.addon. FORREST STEVENS, married Martha Tice. (3) MARY MCLEAN, married Roseburg. CHILDREN Enos; Allan; Fred; Mary. MARY ROSEBURG married Ray Parliment (4) EZRA MCLEAN, married — Wright had a daughter Olive. OLIVE MCLEAN, married John Munger. CHILDREN Eileen; James; Jack; Rose; Margaret. (5) ELI MCLEAN, married Josie Woodiwiss. CHILDREN Ivan; Sylvia; Mayme; Ted; William. MAYME WOODIWISS married Fred Heriman. (6) BARBARA MCLEAN, daughter of Robert and Susan (Amen) McLean, married Casper Rose. CHILDREN Grace, (married Merle Deneau); Glenn; Clifford; Allan; Moses. CLIFFORD ROSE, son of Casper and Barbara (McLean) Rose married Edna Wright. CHILDREN Gordon; Lorne; Kenneth; Isabelle. ALLEN ROSE, son of Casper and Barbara (McLean) Rose married Ellen Maycock. CHILDREN Ada; Wilford; Moses. ADA ROSE married George Wright. WILFORD ROSE married Libby Craig. MOSES ROSE, married Ens Park. VIII. HENRY ABNER, son of Jacob Jr. and Susan (lien) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, March 18, 1836. He married Susan Fox. CHILDREN (1)Culver,b. Aug. 2,1861, d. Nov. 14, 1921; (2) Reuben; (3) John; (4) Alice; (5) Emily. (1) CULVER ABNER, son of Henry and Susan (Fox) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, Aug. 2, 1861, died Nov. 14, 1921. He married Mina her daughter of Samuel and Susan 96 (Scratch) lien. Mina lien was born Sept. 16, 1868, died Jan. 13, 1917. CHILDREN Leo, b. 1891, d. Jan. 28, 1936; Erie, b. Dec. 21, 1892, d. Nov. 12, 1895; Harold; Susie, b. Apr. 1, 1895, d. Dec. 12, 1896; Elva. LEO ABNER, son of Culver and Mina (lien) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, 1891, died Jan. 28, 1936. He married Nola Wigle. CHILDREN June, b. 1927; Betty, b. 1933; Donald Leo, b. 1935. HAROLD ABNER, son of Culver and Mina (lien) Arner married Mayme Hooge and had a son Robert , b. 1921. ELVA ABNER, daughter of Culver and Mina (lien) Arner married Stanley Hedges. CHILDREN Florence, b. 1923; Doris, b. 1925; Edward, b. 1927; Charles, b. 1929; Robert, b. 1931; Gladys, b. 1933; Elsie, b. 1935. (2) RUBEN ABNER, son of Henry and Susan (Fox) Arner was born in Essex Co. Ontario, married Nettie McGill. CHILDREN Allan; Agnes; John. ALLAN ABNER, amrnied Ruth Dutot. CHILDREN: Shirley; Arthur; Ronald. JOHN ARNER, married Ethel Huffrnan. CHILDREN: Gertrude; Keith. (3) JOHN ABNER, son of Henry and Susan (Fox) Amen, was born in Essex Co. Ontario. Married / Rose Townsend. CHILDREN: Everett; Lorne. EVERETF ABNER, married Ins Tofflemire. CHILDREN: E. J.; Anita. LORNE ABNER, married Beatrice Brush. CHILDREN: Betty; Bruce. (4) ALICE ABNER, daughter of Henry and Susan (Fox) Arnenmanied 1, Henry Drew and had a child, Dolly, 2, Richard Abbeys, and had Florence and John. FLORENCE ABBEYS, married George Cudway. (5) EMILY ABNER, daughter of Henry and Susan (Fox) Arner married Jasper Havens. CHILDREN: Erie; Ida; Rose; Ola. ERIE HAVENS, married Luella Wales. IDA HAVENS, married Albert Reed. ROSE HAVENS, married Carl Mitchell. OLA HAVENS, married Simpson. ANN ILER, DAUGHTER OF JACOB AND ELIZAB1~T1’11 [SNIDER] ILER ANN ILER, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Snider) lien was born on Grosse lie about 1799 . She married Richard Heirington. The only child of which I have record is RICHARD JR. although there were other children. In Hannah Ann fler’s letter of 1860 she writes, “Uncle Richard and Ann Heirington are very well. Their family has all grown up, they are all pious members of the Baptist Church. Their eldest son, who’s name is Richard, is a preacher of the gospel.” ESTHER ILER, DAUGHTER OF JACOB AND ELIZABETH [SNIDER] ILER ESTHER ILER, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Snider) lien was born either on Grosse fle or in Colchester South Ontario, Canada, June 6, 1809, died March 20, 1834. She married Joseph Coatsworth who was born in England, June 26, 1805, the son of John and Mary (Watson) Coataworth. CHILDREN I. Ann, b. Oct. 27, 1829, d. 1852; II. Elizabeth, b. Oct 19, 1831; III. Hannah, b. March 6, 1834, d. Dec. 27, 1902. 97 I. ANN COATSWORTH, daughter of Joseph and Esther (lien) Coatsworth was born in Essex Co. Ontario Oct 27, 1829, d. 1852. She married A. M. Wigle, a descendant of John Wendel Wigle the early settler in Gosfield. II. ELIZABETH COATSWORTH, never married. III. HANNAH COATSWORTH, daughter of Joseph and Esther (lien) Coatsworth was born in Essex Co. Ontario, March 6, 1834, d. Dec. 27, 1902. Hannah was only 14 days old when her mother died and her father Joseph married Sarah Wigle, the daughter of John Wigle who probably raised hen. Hannah married Alanson Elliott. MARY ILER, DAUGHTER OF JACOB AND ELIZABETH [SNIDER] ILER MARY ILER, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Snider) her was born in Colchester South Ontario, 1815, died 1898. She married Jacob Baltzer, b. Aug. 10, 1803, d. Jan. 11, 1859. CHILDREN: I. Jacob, Jr.; II. Samuel; III. Katherine; IV. Elizabeth; V. Hannah; VI. Solomon, b. May 8, 1847, d. Dec. 16, 1933. I. JACOB BALTZER JR., was married twice, 1,1 have no record, 2, a Wigle. CHILDREN: (1) Elizabeth; (2) Effie. II. SAMUEL BALTZER, married Sarah Johnson. IV. ELIZABETH BALTZER, married George Bedell. V. HANNAH BALTZER, married Hopgooci VI. SOLOMON BALTZER, son of Jacob Sr. and Mary (her) Baltzer was born May 6, 1847, died Dec. 16, 1933. He married Lucy lien, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Siaten) lien, b. Mar. 19, 1849,, d. July 27, 1918. CHILDREN: (1) lloyd, b. May 4, 1873; (2) Delmer Thurl, b. Sept. 2, 1878; (3) Harper Ellis, b. Apr. 9, 1880; (4) Nettie, b. 1876, d. 1877. (1) LLOYD BALTZER, son of Solomon and Lucy (her) Baltzer was born May 4, 1873. Married Sarah Wilson, b. Feb. 10, 1878. CHILDREN: Allen Wilson, b. Aug. 4, 1907; Lucy Dell, b. June 7, 1909; Margaret Jean, b. Dec. 12, 1913; Ross Lloyd, b. Feb. 15, 1916; Bruce Ernest, b. Dec. 25, 1917; Delmer Lyle, b. Jan. 27, 1921 . ALLEN WILSON BALTZER, married Ena Fox, b. Dec. 22, 1909. MARGARET JEAN BALTZER, married Evexitt Reid, b. Oct. 1914. (2) DELMAR THURL BALTZER, married Annie Wilson, b. Aug. 16, 1880. CHILDREN: Ruby Lenore, b. July 8, 1909; Margaret Ruth, b. Sept. 7, 1914. (3) HARPER ELLIS BALTZER, son of Solomon and Lucy (Fox) Baltzer, was born Apr. 9, 1880. Married Millie Lane. CHILDREN: Walter Lloyçi, b. Aug. 24, 1903; Carrie Dell, b. June 11, 1905; Thurl; Arnold; Velma; Otto; Dalen; Norwood; EaH Solomon. THE ARNER FAMILY “~‘ ~ c.~ir ~ The Arner family was a contemporary of the Eiler-Iler family and their migration to toccured about the same time. The following account of the Arner family is taken from a )hlcal record of Essex Co. Ontario, Canada. “‘fl~ Arner family, to which Mrs. George Eede belonged, was of German origin. Jacob her grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania of German parents. As a mere boy he was forced e Arnerican army, but being loyal to his king he escaped when the army was near the an border, and in time made his way to the County of Essex, settling in Gosfield Township, ie was given 200 acres of land as a reward for his loyalty. Adjoining this he purchased another ~s, making 400 acres in one tract in the southwestern part of the Township, along the lake During his lifetime the greater part of this land was cleared and converted into farm land. He married Barbara Arnold, who was born in Germany, but as a child was brought by her to Arnerica, her mother, however, dying on the voyage. Mr. Amen and his children made ome in Sandwich. To Jacob and Barbara Arner were born, John, who died young; Jacob; Susan, who I John Whittle, of Gosfield; Magdalene, who married, (first) a Mr. Blakely, and (second) a ~.st, of County Kent; Elizabeth, who married Joseph Julian, of County Kent; and Mary, who I Henry Huffman, of Coichester Township. Jacob Arner, son of Jacob and father of Mrs. Elizabeth (Arner) Eede was born on the ci Township farm Dec. 3, 1793. As a boy he made his home with an uncle, a Mr. Amen, but in e came into posession of the homestead, and he proved himself a most progressive and ss-llke man. He added to his acreage until he owned some 800 acres. The home is now owned ;s Eliza Arn~”. J~’ob Arner (II) died on the homestead March 20, 1838. In Colchester he d Susan Iler, who was born June 27, 1797, daughter of Jacob fler; and died Dec. 17, 1896, dnety-nine years, five months and twenty days. The children born of this union were as follows: Elizabeth, born May 29, 1819, is the of George Eede, of Gosfield, and the mother of Jacob Eede, mentioned below; John, born 1821, resided on the homestead, and died Dec. 19, 1886; Jacob, born July 15, 1823, lives near the; Barbara, born Nov. 3, 1825, married William Staddon, of Gosfleld, and died Sept. 26, L4ewis, born Nov. 6, 1828, is a wealthy farmer in Malden Township; Susan, born Nov. 3, 1833, widow of Robert McLean, of Harrow; and Henry, born March 18, 1836, is living retired in tille.” When Jacob Arner I, went to Canada is not known. All indications are that it was near the ‘f the revolution in the United States. I was tolcfthis story concerning his coming to Canada . “Near the end of the war he was a member of a party sent out to lay siege to Detroit. He iving a team of oxen hitched to a cannon. Being a pacifist and seeing how peaceful it looked on tdacban side he went AWOL and skedaddled to Canada, using Grosse lie as a stepping This story might very well be true. Grosse ile was a refuge for these German pacifists and ta from Pennsylvania and Maryland. Valentine Ellen, (the father of Jacob Iler,); John Snider , rther of Elizabeth Snider who married Jacob her) were both in the vicinity of Detroit and ~ ile in the early 1780s. The following information was furnished by Homer Arner, of Kingsville, Ontario. Homer Lian Amen were living on part of the original Jacob Arner farm in 1966. “The land Board for the District of Hesse, gave provisions to 49 petitioners, April 15, • I presume Jacob Arner was one of the petitioners. This would have been 7 months after Jacob had been granted his certificate for Lot No. 27. The following letter signed by W. D. Smith, Secy. was from the Land Board of Hesse in it, and addressed to Col. Butler at Niagara. Jacob Arner, a Private in Capt. McDonnei’s Company in your Battalion having applied Msions under a recent order from my Lord Dorchester is unable to produce his discharge but es that it was withheld from him because he could not sign the receipt for all the monies due om Regiment, having a demand for services as an artiflcen employed at the mill a 4 mile pond, has since been paid him. The Board wishes to have from you, sir, a conformation of so much of 99 the above relation as will show a discharged Ranger entitled by general orders to land and provisions in the District of Hesse. I have the honor etc. D. W. Smith, Sec. Apparently Col. Butler produced the neccessary information for on Friday, June 17, 1791, the Board “directed 3 months provisions to Jacob Arner and family, having produced the required satisfaction.” From this information it is very evident Jacob Arner, I, did serve in Col. Butler’s Rangers, after he went to Canada, and thereby qualified for land in the Concessions. In 1787, after Capitan Caldwell had obtained the land known as the New Settlement from the Indians, Major Mathews approved a list of disbanded soldiers and Loyalists to settla in the area. Among these was Joseph Countryman, listed as a Private, Detroit Volunteers, who was granted lot No. 26. He qualified for a certificate to the land in 1790. March 29, 1793, The Land Board at Detroit by “the mutual request of Jacob Arner and Joseph Countryman agree the former buy the latter’s lot, having only 114 acres.” Homer Arner gives this information on the disposition of part of the land holdings of Jacob Amen, I. Jacob Arner Sr. deeded his property to Jacob Arner Jr. about the year 1815. Jacob Arner Jr. died suddenly in 1837 leaving four sons, John; Jacob; Henry; and Lewis. John, the eldest son acquired the property, his father dieing without a will. John sold the north part of Lot 26 and 27to Jacob Arner, my grandfather in 1846, for 5 pounds, and on Feb. 1, 1853, sold lot No. 29, North part, to Jacob for sixty two pounds, and on Oct. 10, 1865, Jacob Arner bought North part of Lot No. 28, for $500.00 from J. B. Whitmore. Whitrnore, a skiddadlen bought this lot early in the Civil war then sold it back. Jacob Arner deeded Orlando J. Arner, North part of Lots 26-27-28.29 in 1895, and OrlandoJ. Arner sold to Homer J. Arner in 1929.” According to tradition and information given me, Jacob worked his way along the north shore of Lake Erie until he finally arrived in the area which is now Lot No. 27 in the concession. This section of the country belonged to the Indians but there were white men there also, trappers, hunters, Indian traders and men who had no desire for war. There is no doubt about white men other than the French having settled in the area on the north shore of Lake Erie before the concessions were established as many who were granted lots found people already settled on the land. E. Elmore Reaman in his book, “The Trail of the Black Walnut,” calls this the “Squatter Perioci” LCY1’ NO.27 Lot No. 27 was first set out in 1787. Captain Caidwell of Colonel Butler’s RANGERS obtained from the Indians a large parcel of land on the north shore of Lake Erie, extending from a creek four miles from the mouth of the Detroit River to about a mile and a half east of Cedar Creek. This was called The New Settlement, to distinguish it from Petite Cots. This area was surveyed into ninty seven lots, three of which were set apart for a town plot. The town of Coichester was later established on these three lots. John Arnold*, listed as a private in Colonel Butler’s Rangers, under Captain Caidweil was granted Lot No. 27. John Dalton, another private in the Rangers was granted Lot No. 37, (This is the lot upon which Jacob lien later settled.) Leonard Scratch (Kratz), also listed as a private was granted Lot No. 12. Frederick Arnold and Henry Wright, listed as “Loyalists in since the war” and Jacob Snyder, listed as “loyalist” were on the list but apparently did not obtain a grant as the area could only accommodate 97 and the list contained 128 names. There was much confusion concerning the settling on these lots. In January 1789, Major John Smith reported that only 29 lots were settled, 22 were occupied by sham settlers and on the remaining lots no improvements had been made. The surveys were inadaquate, there was dissatifaction and there were crop failures. (Further discussion of this is found in the chapter on Valentine Eiler, The Migration to Canada.) -~ ~ 27 is found in hiMRepo~4 of the Archives of *Lathr information shows that John Arnold was the brother of Barbara Arnold who married Jacob Arner I, and located in the Thames River area. The next information concerning Lot No. 27is found in “Thrid Report of the Archives of itanio, 1905, pp. 76-78.” This information concerns the Lots when the Two Connected Townships is established and certificates for them were issued by the Land Board of Hesse. The first meeting the Board for this purpose was held Sept. 10, 1790. In the list of names who were granted rtiflcates are several who were granted lots in 1787 and many who were not listed. In this list JACOB ARNER was granted a certificate for Lot No. 27. This is the Lot which td previously been granted to John Arnold. It would indicate that John Arnold either did not iprove his land, was disatisfied and moved away, or, transferred his grant to Jacob Arner. Records tow that some of those who were granted lots in the New Settlement in 1787 petitioned for land in te Riviere la Tranche (Thames River) area. Some moved there without obtaining grants. There is no doubt about the dose family, and most likely religous ties of the Eiler-Iler, men, Snider and Amok! families. In the letter from David lien to his Uncle Samuel, in Indiana, pnil 30th, 1837, he says, “Old mother Amen died last winter,” also “The last account we had of ewis Amolds they were all well.” In his 1838 letter he tells of the death of Jacob Amen and speaks the money coming to Lewis’s children, apparently referring to Lewis Arnold. Lewis Amold, alentine Eiler and his son Jacob all petitioned for land in the Riviere la Tranche area at the same me, 1791. It would seem that Lewis Arnold was successful in obtaining land in this area and had toyed from the community of Colchester. In Hannah Ann her’s letter, Aug. 23rd, 1860, she speaks of her Aunt Susan Amen and tys, “Uncle Lewis Arner is yet living.” (These letters are found in chapter, Old Letters and eceipts.) In the list of names, Returned and Fined, found in the chapter on Valentine Eiler, the ames of two John Arnolds, two John Snyders, three Wrights and two Wigles appear. This list of ames reads like it is made up of the members of the Brethren (Dunkard-Gerinan Baptist) ngregration on Israel Creek in Frederick Co. Maryland. In the “Trail of the Black Walnut” by Reaman, page 75, in his discussion of the early 3ttlens in the Detroit Area this account is given. “Another important pioneer of German or Plain Folk background mentioned by Hamil is ‘redenick Arnold Sr. He is listed as a Dunkard who came from Germany in 1770 and settled in ~edstone~ Pennsylvania. Because he remained a Loyalist and his son joined Butler’s Rangers he ame to Detroit in 1784, and located in 1787 a few miles north of the present town of Amhersthurg.” Jacob Arner I, married Barbara Arnold. Barbara Arnold was the daughter of Frederick Arnold who came to Pennsylvania in 1770, nd settled in the Mohawk Valley. Frederick Arnold was married in Germany and the name of his irst wife is unknown. They had three children, Barbara; Lewis, and John. While on board ship on heir passage to this country the wife gave birth to their youngest child John, and died. She was )uried at sea. Some time after he located in the United States he remarried. Both he and his wife were levout members of the Brethran-Dunkard church. Evidently his sympathy was with the British luring the war of the Revolution and he was subjected to great pressure to take the Oath of ~llegiance to the United States. Perhaps also his Dunkard faith, which forbade the use of arms, aused him to be subjected to the same indignaties, as were other members of this faith. Just when Frederick Arnold migrated to Canada with his second wife and family is not known. His son John joined Butler’s Rangers. The first record of Frederick Arnold in Canada is in 1787. In the list of Disbanded Troops md Loyalist who were granted land in the New Settlement along the North shore of Lake Erie his r~ame appears as number 93, as a Loyalist, Came in Since the War. In this list it does not show that he received a Lot. In the same list John Arnold is listed as No. 39 and was granted Lot 27. He is Listed as a Private in CoL Butler’s Rangers. In the Monforton Register, Liber Clof the Detroit Notarial Records is the following: Michael Shannon 3x40 Aparents at Petite Cots to N. E. Joseph Pouget, S. W. Frederick Arnoult J. L. Reveau L 150 N. Y. curr. Feb. 2, 1787. 101 it is apparent that Frederick Arnold bought his land in Petite Cots, on the date shown nc was living there at the time. In the Census of the families and farms of Petite Cots, taken by Guillaume Monforton. April 22, 1792 it shows Frederick Arnold, with the description of the land the same as Feb. 2, 178~ transaction, with 3 boys, 15 and over; 1 boy under 15, and 5 girls. In the survey of the Thames river area, by Patrick McNiff in 1793 Frederick Arnold and his two sons, John and Lewis are listed. From this it can be assumed that the Arnold family moved from Petite Cote some time in the latter part of 1792 or in 1793, and settled in the Thames Riven area. In the history of the Arnold family it states that Frederick Arnold was killed by the Indians. That his sons, “John and Lewis were pioneers of the County of Kent.” The following was taken from Biographical Record of Kent County: “There are few names in Chatham Township, County of Kent, held in higher esteem than that of Arnold, which for many years has represented men of industry, intelligence, good citizenship and moral worth. This family has spread over a wide territory, and within it’s ranks may be found men who have eminence in the professions, as well as others who have succeeded equally well in the quieter walks of life. The prosperous town of Lewisville, Ont. recalls Lewis Arnold, a prominent member of this family, who materially assisted in it’s founding and it’s subsequent advancement. - John and Lewis each took up 200 acres of land on the River Thames, which their grandsons now own and operate, although at that time it was a wilderness, crossed only by Indian trails. Both brothers died on their farms, Lewis surviving until 1870, and dying at the age of ninty-nine years, five months and twelve days. His wife was Catherine Snyder, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in 1859, age eighty two years. Both were buried in the Arnold cemetery. They were people of exemplary lives, devoted members of the old Dunkard-Brethren Church and were respected through out the whole surrounding region.” The children of Frederick Arnold were, John, who married twice and had four children by the first marriage and ten by the second marriage. His first wife was Elizabeth Traxler. Lewis, who also married twice and reared thirteen children. Barbara, who married Jacob Arner. These three were by his first marriage. Children by the second marriage were, Sarah; Henry; Samuel; Solomon; Adam; Jacob; and Elizabeth. CHILDREN OF JACOB AND BARBARA (ARNOLD) ARNER John died young Jacob Jr. married Susan lien Susan married John Whittle Magdalene married 1, Mr. Blakely 2, Mr. West Elizabeth marned Joseph Julian Mary married Henry Huffman Richard Whittle, the probable father of John Whittle, is listed among those who’s names appear in the list of Disbanded Troops and Loyalist for land in the New Settlement. He is number 118, and listed as, Volunteer to Post Vincenne. He was not assigned a Lot at that time. When the Lots in the Two Connected Townships were assigned and certificates granted, he was given a certificate to Lot No. 29, Sept. 10, 1790, the same day Jacob Arner received his certificate. In the records of Grosse lie two Huffmans are mentioned, Rudolph and Henry. Rudolph Huffman was given a certificate to Lot No. 86, May 4, 1792. In the survey of Gosfield and Coichester Counties by Patrick McNiff, in 1793-94, of holders of farm lots in Essex Co. Henry Huffman is shown as holding Lot No. 10, in Gosfield. This lot was originally certified to Michael Shaver, May 4, 1792. In 1936 on my first visit to the Ilers in Essex County Edna Uich and I visited with Mrs. Edward Arner. I learned that she had written some data on the Arner family and she told me she knew some inter~esting stories of the Arners and the community. She has contributed the following which is of interest to all. In one of her letters she said that she knew many more stories but some of them were a bit too spicy to print. “Most of the Arner stories were told to me by my father-in-law, Gordon Arner. He was the eldest son of Lewis Arner and Margaret Buchanan Arner. When I came to live in Essex County 102 randpa Gordon Arner had retired from a busy life of buying and selling cattle. At that time he was big man, oven two hundred and fifty pounds which were spread oven the tall broad shouldered ame he inherited from his Scottish mother. He was born with curly reddish hair and the thin white cia that goes with it. Early in life he lost every hair on his head, his eye brows, and eye lashes. This happened ~cause he became chilled to the bone riding horse back from Amherstburg and running a fever from i attack of red measles. The old country doctor gave him two bottles of medicine, the first to bring ~e measles out on him and the second to counter act the effects of the strong medicine. Well, he felt much better after the first bottle was taken that he never did take the second and so lost his hair. ‘hen he could afford it, he bought a wig in Detroit and kept on buying these wigs of brown hair itil he died at eighty-siL Gordon Arner was a great talker, had a keen memory for dates and the history of Essex ). farmers. His buying trips up and down the concessions brought him into contact with many rmers who liked nothing better than to lean against the rail fences and talk over the neighborhood ‘ssip. Whenhe retired he spent many of the winter morning hours in our kitchen and I heard ese yarns over and over, but they never varied from the first telling. I always gave him credit for e fact that he worked hard, raised a family of six boys and three girls. He never smoked or drank .t he had a quick sharp tongue and when he was angry his language would make your hair curl. Gordon Arner was generous. Many a quarter of beef found a way into a widows home and ~an see him yet getting off the old Pere Marquette train loaded down with bags of groceries, awberries in February, big sweet Spanish onions, oranges and always some candy. One of the ‘in topers saw him getting off the train one day and to Grandpa’s back remarked, “There goes rdie Arner, his arms full of sacks of food and I’ll bet there ain’t a drop of liquor in his house.” The story I liked best was told to him by his father Lewis Arner, who at that time owned a ge seciton of grazing land in the Maiden Township, not too far from the Detroit River. The town I fort of Amherstburg was the shopping center. The largest general store, which backed to the er, down which came rafts carrying hogsheads of molassas, barrels of kerosene and other rchandise which had to be imported from Detroit. These barrels were setup on wooden platforms rig the sides of the building, the customers brought their containers which were filled from the )s. The store keeper had to buy enough to last oven the winter because when the river froze oven no thought of hauling these heavy barrels over muddy roads. One winter, to the owners azeinent, the first hogshead of molasses slowly gave up the last drop of the sticky stuff much too n. Yet, when the barrel was shaken it seemed heavy so the only thing to do was to knock the head vith an axe. They soon found out what made the barrel heavy. Crouched down in the barrel was body of a big negro and from his back protruded the handle of a machete or sugar cane knife! Another story came from the banks of that same Detroit River. A drain was being dug along the main street of Amherstburg, hoping to dry up some of ankle deep mud and quite a few Irish and Scotch immigrants were hired for the work They were rded in a large frame home which later became the first hoteL One night there was a big hue and cry and a young maid from the boarding house claimed t she had been assaulted. When she was questioned she said, in the dark, she wasn’t able to see mans’ face but knew from the accent that it was the young Englishman. He was arrested and to the jail at the county seat of Sandwich across from Detroit; At the trial the girl swore to her first story. There were no witnesses and as rape was a ging offense the young man was sentenced to death by the rope. At that time a hanging was quite an event so Lewis Arner and some of his neighbors went he Sandwich jail to witness the hanging. The prisoner was led out on the scaffold and asked if he had anything to say. Lewis Arner lit was pitiful to see the man plead. He raised his right arm and said before God, he was innocent. Grandpa said, “they hanged him just the same and that was the last public hanging.” Years later, an old bachelor lay dying in his little cabin on the back lane of his brother’s 1. Before he died he confessed that he had been guilty of that crime and that he had imitated the ~nt of the young Englishman. Many strange things happened along that Detroit River. That is where the first Jacob 103 Arner crossed over, leaving behind him the war in which his Pennsylvania Dutch belief would not allow horn to fight. The same was true of the early liens. They were not Empire Loyalist to the British cause, they were conscientious objectors who came over to Canada for freedom to believe. No grants of land were given to them. They walked along the north shore of Lake Erie working for farmers, saving until they could buy their own land. Jacob Arner bought his lot No.27 in 1790. He married Barbara, daughter of a neighbor farmer. Across the Detroit River came the runaway slaves to settle in Essex County, also came the skedaddlers from the Arnerican army. One young man worked for Lewis Arner until he bad saved enough to bring his wife and three children up to the river and hire a boat to bring them across. Lewis Arner had offered him a tenant house, but no, he didn’t want to be beholden. He asked if he could clean up a sheep pen until he could do better, so he cleaned and whitewashed and got some furniture put together. Lewis gave them bedding and his wife bad a dinner ready for them when the man’s wife and children arrived. Grandpa said, “you never saw such hugging and kissing and crying when they were united. They wouldn’t sit down for the meal but asked if they could take some of the food to have the first meal on the table he had made.” They turned out to be good settlers, owned their own farm before long. In those days everyone in the family worked, the women often died young and the men married again. A very good worker was Alfred L. Arner, son of Charles and Ellen Fox Arner. I have heard Alfred and his good helpmate, Minnie Adams tell how the early crops of tobacco were raised. The land was cleared, the brush burned and plowed into the soil giving them some of the fertilizer, which now is purchased for the tons of tobacco grown in Essex Co. They took a tip from the Indians and plowed the dead fish from Erie’s shore into their corn land. In his sixties Alfred developed an embolism that meant a leg amputation, and did that stop him? No. Not long after he was riding the tractor with his crutch beside him. Reuben Arner, son of Henry and Susan Fox Arner was well known for his ability to divine, or witch, wells. Men from all over the County would come to drive him to their homes to find water, and with his peach tree twig he was usually successful. I remember taking one side of the V shaped branch and although I held it until the bark cracked, that branch turned and pointed down as we walked towards their well. After I heard these Arner family stories I was confused about the relation of one branch of the family to the other. I found a big piece of wrapping paper, spread it over the table and we started a family tree. Grandpa could give dates of births and deaths, who married whom and their children and grandchildren. I remember saying, “Wouldn’t it be fine to have a family reunion some summer in the Kingsville Park?” In his quick way he snapped out, “You would never get them together, some of them are still mad at things that happened years ago.” We got busy and had over one hundred and fifty at the first picnic. These picnics are still being held the third Saturday of August. Most of the older ones have passed on, but each year there seems to be a fine crop of young Arners and decendents all living not too many miles from Jacob Arner’s lot No. 27.” Mrs. Arner’s reference to the Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry of Jacob Arner I, of course is the common usage concerning these people. There were very few Dutch people in Pennsylvania during the early immigration period. They were mostly German and spoke German for many generations. We refer to our Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry because of this common useage but in reality it is Pennsylvania German. We know that the Eilers, Sniders, Scratchs (Kratz) Wigles, Arnolds etcetera, were of German descent.