Agnes (Bennington or) BERNINTON

____ - ____

Family 1 : James GORHAM
  1. +Ralph GORHAM

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John BETHUNE

[40901]

____ - ____

Family 1 : Catherine STIRLING
  1. +John BETHUNE

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[40901] thepeerage.com offers: "John Bethune, 4th of Balfour is the son of Archibald Bethune, 3rd of Balfour. He married Catherine Stirling, daughter of Sir William Stirling, 1st of Keir." See http://www.scotclans.com/scottish-clans/clan-bethune and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Bethune.

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Mary BRAWN

[51896]

19 MAY 1739 - ____

Family 1 : Daniel BRIDGES
  1. +Henry BRIDGES
  2. +Edmond BRIDGES

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[51896] Mary is said to be daughter of Richard Brawn (b. in 1693) & Anne Eunice Witham (b. in 1691; m. 5 November 1725 in Kittery, York Co., ME).

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Petronilla BUTLER

[11905]

____ - 23 APR 1368

Father: James BUTLER
Mother: Eleanor DE BOHUN

Family 1 : Gilbert TALBOT
  1. +Elizabeth TALBOT
  2. +Richard TALBOT

                                                                                                                                                      _Theobald (Butler or) LE BOTILIER _________+
                                                                                                                                                     | (1200 - 1230)                             
                                                                                                               _Theobald LE BOTELER _________________|_Joan DE MAREIS ___________________________
                                                                                                              | (1224 - 1248)                          (.... - 1225)                             
                                                                   _Theobald BUTLER __________________________|
                                                                  | (.... - 1285)                             |
                                                                  |                                           |                                       _Richard Mór de Burgh, Lord of CONNAUGHT _+
                                                                  |                                           |                                      | (1195 - 1243)                             
                                                                  |                                           |_Margery DE BURGH ____________________|_Egidia ("Gille") DE LACY _________________
                                                                  |                                                                                                                              
                       _Edmund BUTLER ____________________________|
                      | (.... - 1321) m 1302                      |
                      |                                           |                                                                                   _Geoffrey Fitz Piers, Earl of ESSEX _______+
                      |                                           |                                                                                  | (1165 - 1213) m 1205                      
                      |                                           |                                            _John Fitz GEOFFREY __________________|_Aveline CLARE ____________________________
                      |                                           |                                           | (.... - 1258)                          (.... - 1225)                             
                      |                                           |_Joan Fitz JOHN ___________________________|
                      |                                                                                       |
                      |                                                                                       |                                       _Hugh Bigod, Earl of PEMBROKE _____________+
                      |                                                                                       |                                      | (.... - 1225) m 1207                      
                      |                                                                                       |_Isabel BIGOD ________________________|_Maud (aka Matilda) MARSHALL ______________
                      |                                                                                         (.... - 1301)                          (.... - 1248)                             
 _James BUTLER _______|
| (.... - 1338) m 1327|
|                     |                                                                                                                               _Maurice Fitz GERALD ______________________+
|                     |                                                                                                                              | (1190 - 1257)                             
|                     |                                                                                        _Thomas Fitz Maurice Fitz GERALD _____|_Juliana DE COGAN _________________________
|                     |                                                                                       | (.... - 1271)                          (1195 - ....)                             
|                     |                                            _John Fitz Thomas Fitz GERALD _____________|
|                     |                                           | (.... - 1316)                             |
|                     |                                           |                                           |                                       ___________________________________________
|                     |                                           |                                           |                                      |                                           
|                     |                                           |                                           |______________________________________|___________________________________________
|                     |                                           |                                                                                                                              
|                     |_Joan Fitz JOHN ___________________________|
|                       (.... - 1321) m 1302                      |
|                                                                 |                                                                                   ___________________________________________
|                                                                 |                                                                                  |                                           
|                                                                 |                                            ______________________________________|___________________________________________
|                                                                 |                                           |                                                                                  
|                                                                 |_Blanche ROCHE ____________________________|
|                                                                                                             |
|                                                                                                             |                                       ___________________________________________
|                                                                                                             |                                      |                                           
|                                                                                                             |______________________________________|___________________________________________
|                                                                                                                                                                                                
|
|--Petronilla BUTLER 
|  (.... - 1368)
|                                                                                                                                                     _Humphrey (V) DE BOHUN ____________________+
|                                                                                                                                                    | (.... - 1275)                             
|                                                                                                              _Sir Humphrey (VI) DE BOHUN __________|_Maud d'Eu DE LUSIGNAN ____________________
|                                                                                                             | (1225 - 1265)                          (.... - 1241)                             
|                                                                  _Humphrey de Bohun VII, Earl of HEREFORD __|
|                                                                 | (1248 - 1298) m 1275                      |
|                                                                 |                                           |                                       _William DE BRAOSE ________________________+
|                                                                 |                                           |                                      | (1200 - 1230)                             
|                                                                 |                                           |_Alianore ("Eleanor") BRAOS __________|_Eva MARSHALL _____________________________
|                                                                 |                                             (.... - 1251)                          (1203 - ....)                             
|                      _Humphrey de Bohun VIII, Earl of HEREFORD _|
|                     | (1275 - 1322) m 1302                      |
|                     |                                           |                                                                                   _William DE FIENNES _______________________+
|                     |                                           |                                                                                  | (1160 - 1241)                             
|                     |                                           |                                            _Ingelram DE FIENES __________________|_Agnes DAMMARTIN __________________________
|                     |                                           |                                           | (1192 - 1267)                                                                    
|                     |                                           |_Maud DE FIENNES __________________________|
|                     |                                             (.... - 1298) m 1275                      |
|                     |                                                                                       |                                       _Jacques de Conde, Lord of CONDE-BALLIOL __+
|                     |                                                                                       |                                      | (.... - 1258)                             
|                     |                                                                                       |_Isabel CONDE ________________________|_Agnès DE ROUELX _________________________
|                     |                                                                                                                                (.... - 1247)                             
|_Eleanor DE BOHUN ___|
  (1304 - 1363) m 1327|
                      |                                                                                                                               _John Plantagenet, King of ENGLAND ________+
                      |                                                                                                                              | (1167 - 1216) m 1200                      
                      |                                                                                        _Henry III, King of ENGLAND __________|_Isabella of ANGOULêME ___________________
                      |                                                                                       | (1207 - 1272) m 1237                   (1188 - 1246)                             
                      |                                            _Edward I ("Longshanks"), King of ENGLAND _|
                      |                                           | (1239 - 1307) m 1254                      |
                      |                                           |                                           |                                       _Raymond V Berenger, 4th Ct. of PROVENCE __+
                      |                                           |                                           |                                      | (1195 - 1245) m 1219                      
                      |                                           |                                           |_Eleanor of PROVENCE _________________|_Beatrice of SAVOY ________________________
                      |                                           |                                             (1217 - 1291) m 1237                   (1205 - 1266)                             
                      |_Elizabeth PLANTAGENET ____________________|
                        (1282 - 1316) m 1302                      |
                                                                  |                                                                                   _Alfonso IX, King of LéON ________________+
                                                                  |                                                                                  | (.... - 1230) m 1197                      
                                                                  |                                            _Ferdinand III, King of CASTILE ______|_Berenguela, Queen of CASTILE _____________
                                                                  |                                           | (1201 - 1252) m 1237                   (1181 - 1244)                             
                                                                  |_Eleanor of CASTILE _______________________|
                                                                    (.... - 1290) m 1254                      |
                                                                                                              |                                       _Simon of DAMMARTIN _______________________+
                                                                                                              |                                      | (.... - 1239) m 1208                      
                                                                                                              |_Joan(na) "of Ponthieu" DE DAMMARTIN _|_Marie, Countess of PONTHIEU ______________
                                                                                                                (1220 - 1279) m 1237                   (.... - 1251)                             

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[11905] Petronilla was "of Ormonde, Kerry, Ireland."

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Charles Frank CONNER

[6006]

31 AUG 1849 - MAR 1918

Father: George Wardwell CONNER
Mother: Lucy J. JONES

Family 1 : Clara Angelina ("Abby") FOGG
  1. +Irving Maurice CONNER
  2. +Nora May CONNER
  3. +Inez Etta CONNER
  4.  Geneva Maud CONNER
  5.  Gladys Anna CONNER

                                                                                                               _John Durrell ("the Giant") CONNOR _
                                                                                                              | (1718 - 1759) m 1739               
                                                                                _John Durrell (Jr) CONNER ____|_Abigail MOULTON ___________________
                                                                               | (1741 - 1824)                  (1721 - 1777)                      
                                                 _William CONNER ______________|
                                                | (1774 - ....) m 1802         |
                                                |                              |                               _Nathaniel STOVER __________________+
                                                |                              |                              | (1724 - 1794) m 1752               
                                                |                              |_Alis STOVER _________________|_Mary WEEKS ________________________
                                                |                                (1756 - ....)                  (1730 - ....)                      
                           _John D. CONNER _____|
                          | (1802 - 1885) m 1824|
                          |                     |                                                              _David (Sr.) DUNBAR ________________+
                          |                     |                                                             | (1734 - 1824) m 1756               
                          |                     |                               _David (Jr.) DUNBAR __________|_Margaret BENNETT __________________
                          |                     |                              | (1756 - 1841) m 1779           (1734 - 1809)                      
                          |                     |_Elizabeth ("Betsy") DUNBAR __|
                          |                       (1781 - 1867) m 1802         |
                          |                                                    |                               _Joseph ELMS _______________________+
                          |                                                    |                              | (1701 - ....) m 1732               
                          |                                                    |_Elizabeth ELMS ______________|_Elizabeth SUTTON __________________
                          |                                                      (1743 - ....) m 1779           (1711 - 1783)                      
 _George Wardwell CONNER _|
| (1826 - 1897) m 1849    |
|                         |                                                                                    _Daniel WARDWELL ___________________+
|                         |                                                                                   | (1734 - 1803) m 1755               
|                         |                                                     _Jeremiah WARDWELL ___________|_Sarah STAPLES _____________________
|                         |                                                    | (1756 - 1825) m 1779                                              
|                         |                      _William WARDWELL ____________|
|                         |                     | (1780 - 1830) m 1798         |
|                         |                     |                              |                               _Aaron BANKS _______________________+
|                         |                     |                              |                              | (1738 - 1823) m 1764               
|                         |                     |                              |_Elizabeth BANKS _____________|_Mary PERKINS ______________________
|                         |                     |                                (1764 - 1853) m 1779           (1743 - 1833)                      
|                         |_Pauline WARDWELL ___|
|                           (1806 - 1890) m 1824|
|                                               |                                                              _Samuel LITTLEFIELD ________________+
|                                               |                                                             | (.... - 1786) m 1725               
|                                               |                               _Stephen LITTLEFIELD _________|_Elizabeth GOODALE _________________
|                                               |                              | (.... - 1783) m 1764           (1703 - ....)                      
|                                               |_Deborah LITTLEFIELD _________|
|                                                 (1777 - ....) m 1798         |
|                                                                              |                               _Joseph PERKINS ____________________+
|                                                                              |                              | (1717 - ....) m 1739               
|                                                                              |_Deborah PERKINS _____________|_Abigail WARDWELL __________________
|                                                                                (1742 - ....) m 1764           (.... - 1760)                      
|
|--Charles Frank CONNER 
|  (1849 - 1918)
|                                                                                                              ____________________________________
|                                                                                                             |                                    
|                                                                               _Jeremiah JONES ______________|____________________________________
|                                                                              | (1764 - 1840)                                                     
|                                                _John JONES __________________|
|                                               | (1793 - 1845)                |
|                                               |                              |                               _David MOORE _______________________
|                                               |                              |                              | (1736 - ....) m 1758               
|                                               |                              |_Bethiah MOORE _______________|_Bethiah COLE ______________________
|                                               |                                (1765 - 1846)                  (1734 - ....)                      
|                          _Simeon P. JONES ____|
|                         | (1802 - 1882) m 1828|
|                         |                     |                                                              _Joseph STOVER _____________________+
|                         |                     |                                                             | (1694 - ....)                      
|                         |                     |                               _Isaac STOVER ________________|_Sarah FREEMAN _____________________
|                         |                     |                              |                                                                   
|                         |                     |_Betsey B. STOVER ____________|
|                         |                       (43672 - 1878)                |
|                         |                                                    |                               ____________________________________
|                         |                                                    |                              |                                    
|                         |                                                    |______________________________|____________________________________
|                         |                                                                                                                        
|_Lucy J. JONES __________|
  (1830 - 1912) m 1849    |
                          |                                                                                    _John GRINDLE ______________________+
                          |                                                                                   | (.... - 1794)                      
                          |                                                     _William Bruce (Sr.) GRINDLE _|_Elizabeth DORR ____________________
                          |                                                    | (1749 - 1820) m 1779                                              
                          |                      _William Bruce (Jr.) GRINDLE _|
                          |                     | (1779 - 1871) m 1802         |
                          |                     |                              |                               _Ezra HOWARD _______________________+
                          |                     |                              |                              | (1725 - ....)                      
                          |                     |                              |_Eunice HOWARD _______________|_Mary COLBY ________________________
                          |                     |                                (1761 - ....) m 1779           (1735 - ....)                      
                          |_Almira B. GRINDLE __|
                            (1806 - 1882) m 1828|
                                                |                                                              _Abraham BOWDEN ____________________+
                                                |                                                             | (1712 - ....)                      
                                                |                               _Jacob BOWDEN ________________|_Mary FREEMAN ______________________
                                                |                              | (1742 - 1842)                  (.... - 1790)                      
                                                |_Lydia BOWDEN ________________|
                                                  (1780 - 1838) m 1802         |
                                                                               |                               ____________________________________
                                                                               |                              |                                    
                                                                               |_Elizabeth LORD ______________|____________________________________
                                                                                 (1749 - ....)                                                     

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[6006] Charles' mother died bearing him, and he was raised by Clara Green of North Brooksville, Maine. He was a carpenter and r. South Penobscot.

[6005] [S111] VR of Brooksville, ME

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Joanna DE MORAVIA

____ - ____

Father: Maurice DE MORAVIA

Family 1 : Archibald DOUGLAS
  1. +Archibald DOUGLAS

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 _Maurice DE MORAVIA _|
| (.... - 1346)       |
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|--Joanna DE MORAVIA 
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Harry P. GUTKNECKT

[12656]

____ - ____

Family 1 : Roberta Mae BROWN
  1.  Debbie GUTKNECHT
  2.  Connie GUTKNECKT

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[12656] living - details excluded

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Lucretia Lois JORDAN

[54233]

7 AUG 1842 - ____

Family 1 : Horace MARKS
  1. +Julia E. MARKS

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[54233] Lucretia is daughter of Nahum Jordan (1808-1890) & Julia Ann Joy (1819-1867; m. 20 May 1837 in ME).

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Edwin Kauffman RUDY

[47525]

11 NOV 1879 - 29 NOV 1935

Family 1 : Mabel M. MOYER

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[47525] Edwin is son of John B. Rudy (1850-1929) & Barbara Ellen Kauffman (1857-1915). "The Evening News [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]," 3 June 1929, p. 6: "John B. Rudy, Hershey, died In the Hershey Hospital on Saturday afternoon after a short illness. He is survived by three sons, Edwin K., Duncannon; Irvin, Lawn; and John, Deodate; ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Andrew Dunlap, Lititz, and Miss Martha Rudy, Lancaster, and two brothers, Pharis, East Petersburg, and Jacob, Lancaster. Services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, from the funeral parlors of William Earmany and Son, the Rev. C. G. Leatherman officiating. Burial will be in the Hummelstown Cemetery"

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John E. SIEBER

[45423]

26 NOV 1865 - 30 OCT 1950

Father: James A. SIEBER
Mother: Elizabeth B. ("Lizzie") MOTZ


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 _James A. SIEBER ______________|
| (1841 - 1876) m 1856          |
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|--John E. SIEBER 
|  (1865 - 1950)
|                                                                                                           _John Casper MOTZ ______________
|                                                                                                          |                                
|                                                                                   _George Peter MOTZ ____|________________________________
|                                                                                  | (1743 - 1806)                                          
|                                                      _John MOTZ _________________|
|                                                     | (1783 - 1847)              |
|                                                     |                            |                        ________________________________
|                                                     |                            |                       |                                
|                                                     |                            |_Anna Mary HAINES _____|________________________________
|                                                     |                              (1755 - 1816)                                          
|                                _John MOTZ __________|
|                               | (1813 - 1853) m 1840|
|                               |                     |                                                     _Jacob (Sr.) MEYER _____________+
|                               |                     |                                                    | (1733 - 1808)                  
|                               |                     |                             _Philip MEYER _________|_Susanna REAM __________________
|                               |                     |                            | (1755 - 1831) m 1780    (.... - 1807)                  
|                               |                     |_Barbara MEYER _____________|
|                               |                       (1782 - 1847)              |
|                               |                                                  |                        _Andrew (Jr.) MORR _____________+
|                               |                                                  |                       | (1727 - 1801) m 1755           
|                               |                                                  |_Anna Margaret MORR ___|_Catherine Elizabeth RENNINGER _
|                               |                                                    (1759 - 1829) m 1780    (1732 - 1799)                  
|_Elizabeth B. ("Lizzie") MOTZ _|
  (1844 - 1877) m 1856          |
                                |                                                                           _Heinrich (Henry) MEYER ________
                                |                                                                          |                                
                                |                                                   _Christopher MEYER ____|________________________________
                                |                                                  | (.... - 1801) m 1766                                   
                                |                      _Christopher MOYER _________|
                                |                     | (1776 - 1840)              |
                                |                     |                            |                        _Alexander SCHAEFFER ___________+
                                |                     |                            |                       | (1712 - 1786)                  
                                |                     |                            |_Anna Maria SCHAEFFER _|________________________________
                                |                     |                              (1744 - 1823) m 1766                                   
                                |_Sarah MOYER ________|
                                  (1821 - 1911) m 1840|
                                                      |                                                     ________________________________
                                                      |                                                    |                                
                                                      |                             _______________________|________________________________
                                                      |                            |                                                        
                                                      |_Betty (or Beckie) HOWETER _|
                                                        (1777 - 1862)              |
                                                                                   |                        ________________________________
                                                                                   |                       |                                
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[45423] "The Akron Beacon Journal, 31 October 1950," p. 53: "John E. Sieber and the old Buchtel Hotel that he loved so well are both gone now. Mr. Sieber died Monday at his residence, 1006 W. Market St. He would have been 85 next month. He had been ill for a year. He was the last living charter member of the Akron lodge. Loyal Order of Moose, which he organized while he was chief clerk at the old Empire House which stood on the present site of the Portage Hotel before he transferred to the Buchtel. Eight years ago he began a brief and, for him, tragic reunion with the old Buchtel, which stood where the WADC building now is at Main and Mill sts. He returned as manager of the aging hostelry after an absence of more than 30 years. As chief clerk of the old Buchtel shortly after the turn of the century, John Sieber, tall and dignified, had stood in the ornate lobby and welcomed many notables. Lillian Russell had swept into that lobby with all of her beauty and charm. Jim Jeffries had stopped there in 1910. When Bob Fitzsimmons, king of the heavyweights, came to Akron with his own theater road show, he stayed at the Buchtel. John Sieber had opened the old Buchtel register to such theater greats of the day as Lotta Crabtree; Robert Downing, the tragedian, arul George C. Miln, the Chicago Methodist preacher who traded the pulpit for the stage. Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt were guests of the house. A wooden frame viaduct, long since gone, connected the hotel with its ballroom, directly across Mill st. Many were the gay parties there, livened by the concoctions of white-coated bartenders in the big mahogany barroom. Familiar local figures in John Sieber's lobby included O. C. Barber, the match king who founded Barberton; A. H. Noah, young rubber industry magnate; J. H. Andrews, general manager of the Quaker Oats Co.; Sen. George W. Crouse, and many others. In 1909, Ila Forney, a pretty, dark-eyed brunet from Barberton, set up manicurist's stand in John Sieber's tiled lobby and he found frequent occasions to desert his desk and chat with her. They were married in 1910. On one occasion an elegantly dressed traveling salesman, anxious to let small town Akron know that a big-timer was among them, registered at the Buchtel. While Mr. Sieber looked on, the salesman signed his name with a flourish and then, in letters large enough for all to see, added his address 'New York.' Mr. Sieber handled him characteristically and, it is said, very effectively. 'New York, eh,' he remarked, cocking a jaunty eyebrow at the salesman. 'Who's running the hotel there now.' Thirty-two years after their marriage and following 25 years of absence from Akron, Mr. and Mrs. Sieber returned to the old Buchtel -she to help him manage it - in 1942 Time had taken its toll of the once grand old hostelry. War workers, mainly Interested in a place to sleep, and old people forced to watch their pennies, trod its dingy lobby now. Gone were the top hats, the liveried footman, the rich red carpet. 'There isn't anything wrong that soap and water and paint can't cure,' John Sieber told a friend valiantly. He and Mrs. Sieber went to work. But in July, 1944, fire drove 40 guests from their rooms. The blaze was checked without serious damage but City Hall cracked down and a few months later condemned the old Buchtel. The owner of the building ordered Mr. Sieber to evacuate his guests by March 5, 1945."

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