HORNER ANNEX
Evelyn Ella (Horner) Bennett Pedigree
(Start at generation 3, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 16 September 2024
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Special thanks to George Edgar Drake for
collecting and preserving of much of the information, documents, and photos on
display in this annex.
Origin of
the surname “Horner:”
Generation
7
6 Valentine Horner
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1794 in
Germany. Immigrated to
the United States with his family in or after 1841.
1850 US Census:
Valentine Horner, age 56 (b. Germany) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in West Monroe Township, Oswego County, New York. His real estate was valued at $1,000. The household also included his wife, Mary A.
Horner, age 44 (b. Germany); daughter, Elizabeth Horner, age 21 (b. Germany);
son, Thomas Horner, age 19 (b. Germany); daughter, Rosette Horner, age 17 (b.
Germany); daughter, Catharine Horner, age 15 (b. Germany); daughter, Eva
Horner, age 12 (b. Germany; and daughter, Adaline
Horner, age 9 (b. Germany).
1865 NYS Census:
Valentine Horner, age 70 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
West Monroe Township, Oswego County, New York.
He had been married twice. The
household also included his wife, Mary Ann Horner, age 60, who had been married
once and had had 9 children; and daughter, Catherine Horner, age 30, single,
and employed as a domestic.
2. Wife #1: (?)
3. Wife #2: Mary Ann (?)
Born
about 1806 in Germany. Died
. Immigrated to
the United States in or after 1841.
4. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Elizabeth Horner:
Born about 1829 in Germany.
b. Thomas Horner: See generation 5, below.
c. Rosette Horner: Born
about 1833 in Germany.
d. Catharine Horner:
Born about 1835 in Germany.
e. Eva Horner: Born
about 1838 in Germany.
f. Adaline
Horner: Born about 1841 in Germany.
5 Thomas Horner
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1831 in
Germany.
1860 US Census: Thomas
Horner, age 30 (b. Baden, Germany) and employed as a cooper, was heading a
household in the 11th Ward of the City of Rochester, Monroe County, New
York. His personal property was valued
at $60. The household also included his
wife, Christina Horner, age 27 (b. Baden, Germany); daughter, Mary Horner, age
3 (b. NYS); and son, Charles Horner, age 2 (b. NYS).
2. Wife: Christine Horner
Born
in Germany. Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Mary Horner: Born
about 1857 in New York.
b. Charles Valentine Horner: See generation 4, below.
4 Charles Valentine Horner (photos)
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1859 in New
York.
1860 US Census: Charles
Horner, age 2, resided with his parents in the City of Rochester, Monroe
County, New York.
1870 US Census: No
record found.
1880 US Census: No
record found.
1900 US Census: No
record found.
1910 US Census: Charles
Horner, age 51 (b. NYS; father b. Germany; mother b. NYS) and employed as
manager of a box factory, was heading a household on Bromner
Street in Richfield Township, Otsego County, New York. The household also included his wife of 28
years, Fredricka Horner, age 48 (b. NYS; parents b.
Germany), who had had 8 children, 5 of whom were still alive; and son, Richard
C. Horner, age 13 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
1920 US Census: Charles
V. Horner, age 61 (b. NYS; father b. Germany; mother b. NYS) and employed as a
maker in a box factory, was heading a household at 713 Oswego Street in Salina
Township, Onondaga County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Fredrica R. Horner,
age 57 (b. NYS; parents b. Germany), who was employed as a telephone operator;
and son, Richard C. Horner, age 23 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and single, who was
employed as a machine operator for a machine manufacturer.
2. Wife: Fredrica/Fredricka Rose Gansle (photos)
Born
about 1863 in New York; daughter of John and Fredrica (Keefer) Gansle. Died
.
1880 US Census: Fredreka Gansling, age 18 (b.
NYS; parents b. Germany), single, and employed as servant, resided in the
household headed by Carroll E. Smith, age 47 (b. NYS) at 98 West Onondaga
Street in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Of interest, there was also a Minnie Gansler, age 17 (b. NYS; parents b. Germany), single, and
employed as a servant, residing in the household headed by Arthur V. Meeker in
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
3. Children:
a. Florence Minnie
Horner: (photos) Died 15 August 1947.
1950 US Census:
Florence Horner married
Walter Benjamine Sweet (more info), son of Arthur H. and
Ida Anna (Benjamin) Sweet (photos), on 3 July 1907 at
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York and had the following children:
(1.
Robert Arthur Sweet: (photos) Born 7/8 March 1912
at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Died 24
June 1994 at Lehigh Acres, Lee County, Florida.
1940 US Census: Robert
A. Sweet, age 28 (b. NYS), was heading a household in the City of Syracuse,
Onondaga County, New York. The household
also included his wife, Helen Sweet, age 26 (b. NYS); and son, Robert Sweet,
age 1 (b. NYS).
Robert A. Sweet married
Helen (?), subsequently divorced, and had the following son:
(a.
Robert Sweet: Born about 1939 in New
York.
At age 49 Robert A.
Sweet married (2nd) Miss Bertha Madeline Matt (b. 24 Dec 1912 at Nutley, Essex
Co., NJ), age 48, daughter of William Joseph and Anna Helena (Pissott) Matt, on 9 September 1961 (license issued 8 Sep
1961) at Arlington, Virginia.
(2. Mildred Florence
Sweet: (photos) Born 12 November 1913
in New York. Died 7
December 2002. Married Francis
Thomas Neilsson (b. 10 Jul 1914 at Tampa,
Hillsborough Co., FL, d. there 21 Mar 1990) on 3 June 1935 at McGraw, Cortlandville Township, Cortland County, New York and
(perhaps) had the following children:
(a.
Thomas Karol Neilsson “Tommy”: Born 29 February 1940
in New York. Died 5
June 1972 at Buffalo Grove, Cook County, Illinois.
(b.
Richard Joseph Neilsson: Born 31 March 1943 in Potter
County, Texas. Died 3
April 2015 in Lugoff County, South Carolina. Married Catherine Elizabeth
Burgess (b. 1945) on 5 June 1965 at Montgomery, Alabama.
b. Mabel Carrie Horner:
(photos) Born 29 August
1883. In April 1910 was 26 years old,
single, and residing in the household headed by her brother-in-law, David
Philip Bennett in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Married Elmer Carhart.
c. Evelyn Ella Horner: See generation 3, below.
d. Lelia
Horner: (photos) Married Lynn Van
Patten.
e. Richard “Dick”
Charles Horner: (photos) Married Anna/Ann (?) and had the following daughter:
(1. Joan Horner: (photos).
3 Evelyn Ella Horner
"Ella":
Born
28 October 1885 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Died 1 November 1918, age 33 years, 4 days at
Manlius, Onondaga County, New York; interred Syracuse. Married, as his 1st wife, David
Philip Bennett, generation 3 of the Bennett
Annex, on 12 June/July 1904 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
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