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Surnames: Beeler, Boorem, Coffey, crick, Davis, Fenstamacher, Frantaz, Glessing, Hannah, Henry, Kaufman, Knoll, Koerner, Konner, Konners, Kourner, Kerner, Lyons, Melcher, Nauman, Newhart, Overpeck, Salerne, Segear, Storm, Summitt, Transue, Utt, Van Viet, Wagner, Wardell, Watkins, QWeirkeiser, Williams, Wintermark

Descendants of George Jacob Koerner

(Konners, Kourner, Kerner)

 Generation No. 1

1.  GEORGE JACOB¹ KOERNER was born July 21, 1781 in Baden, Germany, and died March 20, 1886 in Monroe Co, Pa..  He married CATHERINE SALERNE.  She was born October 06, 1792 in Baden, Germany, and died October 21, 1872 in Monroe Co, Pa..

 Notes for GEORGE JACOB KOERNER:

1. Participated in early Lutheran and Presbyterian Churches.

2. Immigrated by ship between 1820 to 1827 on possible ship name Grande Bretagne (Great Britian).

         Due to the early English census, historians,  church record takers the spelling of the Koerner name has change gradually over the years. When George W. Naumann married Wilhemina the spelling was Konner. In the 1850 census the spelling was Kourner and other spellings are Korner, Kohrner, Kerner, and Karner. George Jacob Konner supposedly immigrated from Germany or Austria in 1827 with a wife Catherine and 2 sons. They arrived in Northampton County, Pa from Philadelphia, then moved to Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pa. 

        The birth date of 1846 for daughter Catherine S. Koerner is questionable since her mother would have been 54 at the time.

         George J. Kourner, age 65 is found in the 1850 census five houses from that of George W. Nowman (Nauman) and his wife Wilhelmina Konner Nauman and Wilhelmina's mother Catherine Kourner (Konner) age 58 was living. Both George and Catherine are reported to have been born in Germany.

        George Kourner, age 84?, is found in the 1860 census living with his son Jacob J. Kourner.

George and Catherine had 2 sons and five daughters..Johannes died at the age of 21. Although Johannes was married, he did not seem to have any sons.. 

                         So the Koerner name was carried on thru Jacob John Koerner and blossomed from there..

 Update from JH Beers on 1850 Census       - Gordon Koerner 8 Oct., 2000

13 Sept 1850 Family # 1030, Page 162

George J. Kourner    65, M, Germany

                                                   Descendants of George Jacob Koerner

 Church and Cemetery Locations

 Keokee Chapel

Keokee Methodist Church

 The Keokee Chapel and Cemetery is found a short distance west of

Paradise Valley in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. At the junction of

Pa. Routes 191 & 390, head west/south on Rte 390, approximately one-half

mile to the intersection of Keokee Chapel Road. Turn onto Keokee Chapel

Road and travel about one-half mile to the church and cemetery. Keokee

Chapel Road also intersects with Pa. 940 coming east from Mt. Pocono.

 Jones Church and Cemetery

St. Paul's United Church of Christ,

St.Paul's Reformed Church

 This church and cemetery has been known by several names and is used by

different people of community. It is located just east of Swiftwater in

Monroe County, south of Mt. Pocono at the junction of Rte 611 and Rte 314.

At this junction follow Rte 314 east approximately one mile to a Y in the

road leaving Rte 314. Follow Upper Swiftwater Road another mile and the

church and cemetery are on the right. This cemetery is accessible by automobile.

Standing at the church, the older Koerner graves are to the left behind building.

These Koerner graves are located in what appears to be Utt, Knoll, Koerner plots.

The more current graves are located behind and to the upper right of church building..

Paradise Church, 1826-1856 (Remains of Cemetery)

Lutheran Presbyterian Congregation

 This cemetery is located behind the remains of a closed down stone quarry at the

intersection of Red Rock Road and Merry Hill Road. Follow Red Rock Road from

Paradise Valley . 3/10 mile go west to Merry Hill Road. At the intersection turn

left onto abandoned road. Entering the quarry following the work road, past the

scale bed and old quarry office Walk thru the quarry at the top of what is a

walkable slope, there are two boulders blocking vevicle entrance . Follow the

path to the cemetery. There is a 2 to 3 foot stone wall.

 Swiftwater Cemetery Tombstone Transcripts

 Name                                 Birth          Death                   Notes On Tombstone

Koerner, Archie         11Mar1904     31Decl942

     Helen I, Glessing    15Jan1911      22Junl971        M,23jul1931,also wife of George Pope

Koerner, Myrtle          l2Novl900        4May1972

Koerner, Russell                  1902                   1974        Father

         Mary C.                1914                   1993        Mother

Koerner, John W.                 1897                   1912

         Frank, Jr.        1916                   1918

         Amanda                        1876                   1946            Mother

         Frank, Sr,        1874                   1961             Father

Koerner, Jessie             16Junl861?         lNov1948        Mother

         Arthur W.        30Jun1887           20ct1918 Son

         Charles C.      13Mar1852       25Apr1914        Father

Koerner, Jacob               280ctl877            9Novl878        ly/1ld,son of George & Catherine

         Horris L.            5Junl884   25Jan1885        7m/20d,son of George & Catherine

                George           19Mayl882         29Jun1882            lm/lOd,son of George & Catherine

        Jonathan           12Jull867            9Dec1888             21y/4m/27d,son of George & Catherine

        Mahlon          25Dec1892        5May1907             14y/4m/13d, son of George & Catherine

Koerner, George J           21Ju11781         20Marl866             Father

        Catherine            60ct1792    21Oct1872             Mother

Koerner, Harry L.                   1889                     1892

        Florence                    1893                     1895

        William R.         1865                     1952

        Hattie M.                          1873                      1955

   Bertha Watkins                    1890                      1911        Daughter

Koerner, Charles C.         19May1892           5Novl953       PA Horseshoer 310 FA 79 Div WWI

Utt, Charles              26Augl823         11Dec1898          75y/3m/15d, Co Hl 1 Reg.PA DAR

     Elizabeth              14Feb1822          lOSep1877          Wife 55y/6m/26d

                                         Descendants of George Jacob Koerner

         We, the descendants, invite you to a celebration of that occasion. Beginning with George Jacob (6.1785) and Catherine Salome xxx (6.1792) Koerner (s) (Konners, Kourner, Kerner) of Braden, Germany, arrived Northampton, County, Pa before 1827.

We need to determine exactly when, how, where and why. Their children from the church register, were Jobannes(b.1807) Germany, married Susanna, Jacob J.(b.1812) Germany?

and Wilbelmina, (6.1831) USA. Sometimes called Hannah married George Nauman Jacob J.. initially, may have married Margaretha and Anna Marie(b.1835). Later he may have returned to Germany to marry Catherine of Bavaria and re-entered NYC port from Hamburg with one child Katherine, aboard the Grande Bretagne, August 1837, then re-setting with others in Paradise (formerly Price) Township, Monroe County (formerly a part of Northampton County) Pocono Mountains, Pa. Their respective ages in 1937 were 26, 25, and 5 years old. Later a June 30,1850 US Census record and Evangelical Lutheran Church Register shows additional children; Mariah 15, Jonathan 13, Elizabeth 11, Matilda 10, Nancy 8, George 5, another Katherine 4, Sarah Ann 2, and Samuel 1 month and later Charles. The first Katherine, is assumed deceased or married in 1850.

        George Jacob participated in the early Lutheran and Presbyterian churches. Jonathan's grave (d.1859) is marked and is in the remains of a grave yard behind the commerial stone quarry at Mill and Merry Hill Road. Assumed is his parents and some siblings are buried-unmarked here along with 3 Native Americans graves. Since the children were mostly girls, their Koerner names disappeared, eg., Wilhelmina (Nauman), Elizabeth (Boorem), deaths and becoming other ancestors.

        The 1860 census shows Jacob's father, George J. ciaimind Baden as home, not Bayern, as on Jacob's ship certificate, also Charles 8, and Nancy and Thomas Hens, 18 and 24, respectively are listed in the same household Later George son of Jacob marries Katherine Utt (?Delaware-Lenape); most can remember 16ò22 children. Most are buried in Cemeteries at Keokee Chapel and St. Pauls Churches. Most descendants were born off Koerner Road and Pa. Route 940 on a 40 acre farm formerly known as the Hattie (Koerner) and Wes Seegar estate currently owned by the Shelton Family (formerly Tom Custard Family).

        The original barn and spring have been restored. Only the fireplace and chimney stand from the original farmhouse. Seach the attached family tree for further family roots. Other Koerner Family's live on Koerner Road.

        Further information on the above exists in the Monroe Co., Pa. courthose, Library, Historical Society, USA National Archives, Commemorative Biographical record of Eastern Pennsylvania, p.1625, Chicago 1900, Dr.Robert zNauman, Baton Rogue, La., Edwin Wescott, E.Stroudsburg, Pa. and Dr.Jean Bush. These church records (GermanEnglish) deeds, naturalization papers, tax records, and translations. These are records, eg.Bible.... Please research and share this information with us..

        George, of Jacob J. of George Jacob, marries Catherine Utt having 16-22 children and hence the continuation of this Koerner Family Name. Jonathan, of Geor ge Jacob died in 1859 at the age of 22 and probably without children. He is buried in the above cemetary (Paradise Township Historic Site). This Grave needs a Tombstone-Marker.

More About GEORGE JACOB KOERNER:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetary, Swiftwater, Pa. ( Utt Plot)

Notes for CATHERINE SALERNE:

        The 1850 census shows a 58 year old Catherine Kourner living with George and Wilhelmena Nauman three house from that of Jacob Kourner and five houses from that of 65 year old George Kourner in Paradise Twp, Monroe County, Pa. The 1870 census shows Catherine Koerner age 77, born in Baden, Germany, living in her house with Caroline Able (13) in the house adjoining that of Jacob Coffman (63) and three houses from that of William Coffman (52).

The Following is an email from Pam of the JH Beers Co.  on Oct. 8, 2000  to Gordon Koerner

 Family #1028 13 Sept.1850 Paradise, Pa.

George Bowman      24, M, Laborer, Pa.   Micro Tape was bad, this is suppose to be Nauman

Wilmina                   20, F, Pa.

Catherine E.              1, F, Pa.

Rubin                         5, M, Pa.

Catharine Kourner   58, F, Germany

More About CATHERINE SALERNE:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetary, Swiftwater, Pa.  ( Utt Plot)    

Children of GEORGE KOERNER and CATHERINE SALERNE are:

2.                i.       JACOB JOHN² KOERNER, b. 1812, Baden, Bavaria, or Bayern,  Germany.

                  ii.       ELIZABETH KOERNER, m. CHARLES LAMBSHIRE; d. Greentown, Pa..

                 iii.       MARGURITE KOERNER, m. EARNEST P. ABEL; d. Sterling, Wayne Co. Pa..

Notes for MARGURITE KOERNER:

       Settled in Sterling, Wayne County. Pa.

 3.              iv.       JOHANNES KOERNER, b. 1807, Germany.

                  v.       SARAH KOERNER, b. December 15, 1822; d. January 19, 1926; m. J.C. KNOLL; b. 1815; d. 1874.

Notes for SARAH KOERNER:

       Buried in Jones Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa. in the Knoll plot with her husband. Location of the plot is to the left of the church in the old part of the cemetery. Standing at the end of the parking lot next to the church, turn left and walk almost the whole way thru the the cemetery towards the stone wall. The Knoll plot is within 20 feet of the wall..

More About SARAH KOERNER:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetary, Swiftwater, Pa.     Knoll Plot

More About J.C. KNOLL:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa.   Knoll Plot

 4.              vi.       WILHEMINA KOERNER, b. August 06, 1831, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa..

                vii.       CATHERINE S. KOERNER, b. 1846; d. Scranton, Pa..

 Notes for CATHERINE S. KOERNER:

       Catherine never married. Lived in Doylestown, Pa. Also lived in Scranton with a nephew. Died in the "Home of the Friendless". Catherine supposedly sued the government of Germany for lands confiscated from her parents George J. and Catherine S. Koerner. A story of this suit was printed in a March 1866 New York Paper. ( Source was from the notes of Wilhelmina Koerner)

Catherine's birth date is in question since her mother would have been 54 years old and a 20 year old suing the German Government.. More then likely it is 1836..

 Generation No. 2

2.  JACOB JOHN² KOERNER (GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1812 in Baden, Bavaria, or Bayern,  Germany.  He married CATHERINE MARGARETHA KAUFMAN.  She was born 1811.

 Notes for JACOB JOHN KOERNER:

        Immigrated to USA by ship on the Grande Bretagne in 1820 with father, mother, and older brother Johannes and settled in Paradise Township, Monroe County, Pa in the Pocono Mountains. Supposedly Jacob's ship certificate lists his home as Bayern (Bavaria?). It is also rumored that Jacob made a trip back to home land and returned wife a new wife??? Which could be the Catherine Kaufman listed or someone not listed.. Rumors??

 Page 161  1850 Census  13 Sept, 1850 Paradise, Pa.  Family # 1022

Jacob J. Kourner 38, M, Farmer, Germany

Catherine             39, F, Pa.

Mariah                 15, F, Pa.

Johnathan           13, M, Pa.

Elizabeth             11, F, Pa.

Matilda                 10, F, Pa.

Nancy                    8, F, Pa.

George                   5, M, Pa.

Catharine                4, F, Pa.

Sarah Ann               2, F, Pa.

Samuel                 1/12, M, Pa.               

Children of JACOB KOERNER and CATHERINE KAUFMAN are:

5.                i.       GEORGE³ KOERNER, b. 1845, Monroe Co, Pa.; d. Monroe Co, Pa..

                  ii.       MARIAH (ANNA MARIA) KOERNER, b. 1835.

Notes for MARIAH (ANNA MARIA) KOERNER:

       The May 25, 1835 baptism of Anna Maria Kerner, a daughter of Jacob and Margaretha Kerner, is reported in the records of the Evangelical Luthern Church of Paradise Valley, Pa.  A 15 year old Maria is reported in the Family of Jacob Kourner and his wife Catherine, in the 1850 Paradise Township Census. It is assumed that Catherine and Margareth are the same person...

                 iii.       JONATHON KOERNER, b. January 25, 1837; d. July 06, 1860.

 Notes for JONATHON KOERNER:

       Buried in the cemetery of the remains of the Paradise Church which existed from 1826 to 1856.  It had Lutheran/Presbyterian Congregations. It was acclaimed to be the first church in Paradise Township. This Cemetery lies behind a now defunct stone quarry on the dead end section of an intersection of Red Rock and Merry Hill Road, just 3/10 of a mile west of Paradise on Red Rock Road. One must walk there through the quarry or by following an unkept grass road. As one enters the quarry following the work road past the scale bed and what probably was the quarry office, assume you would be facing a 12 o'clock position on the face of a clock. Look and walk through the flat portion of the quarry towards what would be approximately 1 to 2 o'clock, at the top of what is a short walk able slope, there are two boulders blocking vehicle entrance to the cemetery road. Follow that path/road to the cemetery. It does have a 2 to 3 foot high, hand lain stone wall.. (July 12, 1999-Emmett Gross)

More About JONATHON KOERNER:

Burial: Behind commercial stone Quarry close to Paradise, Pa.

 6.              iv.       ELIZABETH KOERNER, b. 1838.

                  v.       MATILDA KOERNER, b. 1839, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; m. --------FOX.

Notes for MATILDA KOERNER:

       Records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paradise Valley, Pa. show Matilda was baptized on January 1, 1840. Sponsors were her grandparents..

                  vi.       NANCY KOERNER, b. March 02, 1842, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; m. THOMAS HEUY; b. 1836.

Notes for NANCY KOERNER:

  Sometimes spelled Nense

                 vii.       CATHERINE KOERNER, b. 1846; m. ALLEN KELLER.

               viii.       SARAH ANN KOERNER, b. 1848.

                  ix.       SAMUEL KOERNER, b. August 1850; d. 1902; m. ETNA; b. 1850; d. 1877.

7.                x.       CHARLES KOERNER, b. March 15, 1852; d. April 25, 1914.

 3.  JOHANNES² KOERNER (GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1807 in Germany.  He married SUSANNA. 

 Notes for JOHANNES KOERNER:

Genealogy.com: International & Passenger Record saearch tWau=L5

 Johannes Koerner found in: . Family Archive #354 Passenger and Immigration Index, 15381940 Place: North America Year: 1822-1859 Source publication code: 8057.5 Source publication page number: 106 Source name: SCHENK, TRUDY, and RUTH FROELKE. The Wuerttemberg Emigration Index. Vol. 2. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1986. 240p. Source: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index Data Introduction    

Child of JOHANNES KOERNER and SUSANNA is:

                   i.       HANNA³ KOERNER, b. 1827.

 4.  WILHEMINA² KOERNER (GEORGE JACOB¹) was born August 06, 1831 in Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa..  She married GEORGE WASHINGTON NAUMAN, son of MICHAEL NAUMAN and CATHERINE WOLF.  He was born 1826.

 Notes for WILHEMINA KOERNER:

        The birth date  and the baptismal date of October 4, 1831 was found in the records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paradise Valley, Pa.         She was sometimes called Hannah.             The Konner name she was baptized eventually became Koerner..       She married George Washington Nauman, son of Michael Nauman and Catherine Wolf. George was born in 1826. He died in Scranton, Pa.

 More About WILHEMINA KOERNER:

Burial: Keokee Methodist Church, Paradise, Monroe Co. Pa.

 Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON NAUMAN:

        George Nauman  is listed as George Namen age 33 in the 1860 Paradise census.  With him listed are his wife, Wilhelmena age 29, his children, Elizabeth- 10, Theodore- 8, William H.-6, James- 3, and Mary Ann- 1, and his brother Reuben- 15, Also in the home was Jacob Frantz- 45.  George and Wilhelmena had 12 children..  George, Wilhelmina, and son Samuel are buried in the Keokee Chapel Methodist Cemetery, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.    

Children of WILHEMINA KOERNER and GEORGE NAUMAN are:

8.                i.       ELIZABETH CATHERINE³ NAUMAN, b. 1850, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa..

9.               ii.       THEODORE NAUMAN, b. February 08, 1852; d. 1927.

10.            iii.       WILLIAM HENRY NAUMAN, b. April 12, 1854.

11.            iv.       JAMES B. NAUMAN, b. October 1856, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; d. 1932.

                  v.       MARY ANN NAUMAN, b. 1859.

 Notes for MARY ANN NAUMAN:

Mary Ann Nauman is not listed in the 1870 census.  There is a Mary A. Nauman- 12, a domestic servant in the home of Henry and Adaline Beck of Lower Nazareth Township, Northampton County, Pa. on page 248 of the 1870 census.  Could this be Mary Ann Nauman of George and Wilhelmina..   Did Mary Ann move back to the area her Grandfather Michael left in 1821?? 

12.            vi.       LYDIA A. NAUMAN, b. 1860.

                vii.       SAMUEL S. NAUMAN, b. 1861; d. 1925.

Notes for SAMUEL S. NAUMAN:

In 1900 Samuel lived at home and was unmarried.. He was a blacksmith.

 13.          viii.       CHARLES AUGUSTUS NAUMAN, b. 1864, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; d. 1959.

14.             ix.       JOSIAH NAUMAN, b. 1867.

                   x.       EDNA NAUMAN, b. 1869; d. 1959; m. JODIE WILLIAMS.

Notes for JODIE WILLIAMS:

Jodie or Lodie was a farmer and lumberjack in Wayne County, Pa. in 1900

 15.             xi.       ARMINDA NAUMAN, b. 1871; d. July 03, 1900.

16.            xii.    IRA DAVID NAUMAN, b. July 1876; d. January 31, 1954. 

Generation No. 3

5.  GEORGE³ KOERNER (JACOB JOHN², GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1845 in Monroe Co, Pa., and died in Monroe Co, Pa..  He married CATHERINE UTT, daughter of CHARLES UTT and ELIZABETH OVERPECK.  She was born 1847, and died 1918 in Monroe Co, Pa.. 

Notes for GEORGE KOERNER:

Most descendants were born on George's original homestead off Devils Hole Road. "Black Hole Rd." lies east of what is now Mt.. Pocono, Pa. It intersects with Pa. State Route 940..  Other Koerners settled nearby and a road holds the ancestor name of Koerner.  The original homestead close to where Koerner  road  intersects with Devils Hole Rd is the location.. Facing west at this intersection, one would turn right, or north, going a very little distance, the lane to homestead is on the left..  The property was a 40 acre parcel which somehow Hattie Koerner and Wesley Segear acquired from George Koerner.

        In the early 1990's the property was acquired by the Wesley Family from, the former owner Tom Custard Family. The original barn and spring have been somewhat restored. The original homestead house either deteriorated and fell down or was destroyed by fire. The foundation and chimney still exist..

        Sixteen children have been accounted for, but it is reported (hearsay) that George and Catherine (Utt) Koerner had 22 children.. Local folks also said that Catherines mother was native American.. Elizabeth Utt's maiden name was Overpeck, which is German. Possibly Elizabeth Overpeck's mother was native American.. The Native Americans where always on the Koerner farms and it is reported as late as the 1940s that they were still coming on the Koerner farms and taking farm products..

        Catherine died in the 1918 flu epidemic..

New update as of April 7, 2001... 1900 census lists in Paradise Township;

Name---------------------Birth Month-Year       Years Married            Children   Children that Lived

 George Koerner               Sept    1844          36                                                                                  Catherine                         June   1847           36                              16                 11

Herbert                             Nov    1885                                           This statement by Catherine

Walter                              Mar     1888                                          should put to rest the 22 children

Hattie                               Nov     1890                                          rumor..

Mahlon                             Dec     1892                            

 More About GEORGE KOERNER:

Burial: Swiftwater Cemetery, Monroe Co, Pa.

Notes for CATHERINE UTT:

13 Sept. 1850 Family #1029 Page #162 Paradise, Pa.  1850 Census

Charles   Utt   25, M, Lumberman, Pa.     cannot read or write

Elizabeth       25, F, Pa.

Samuel            5,  M, Pa.

Catherine        3,  F, Pa.

Ellen           8/12, F, Pa.  

 More About CATHERINE UTT:

Burial: Swiftwater Cemetary, Monroe Co, Pa.

     Children of GEORGE KOERNER and CATHERINE UTT are:

                   i.       HERBERT ORIN⁴ KOERNER, b. November 19, 1885, Paradise Valley, Monroe, Pa; d. January 18, 1966, Bethlehem, Pa.; m. (1) HATTIE SMITH; b. August 15, 1889, Tannersville, Pocono Township, Pa.; d. March 25, 1962, Wind Gap. Pa; m. (2) ESTELLA FENSTAMACHER; b. December 27, 1899; d. June 29, 1954; m. (3) MABEL WEIRKEISWER.

Notes for HERBERT ORIN KOERNER:

Worked at Bethlehem Steel as an engineer for in plant trains/cranes. Lived in Hellertown most of his Adult life.

Died from perforated appendicitis. Another signicant condition was ASHD

More About HERBERT ORIN KOERNER:

Burial: Bethlehem, Pa.  Memorial Park Cemetery

More About HATTIE SMITH:

Burial: Plainfield Township Cemetery

More About ESTELLA FENSTAMACHER:

Burial: Bethlehem, Pa   Memorial Park Cemetery

                   ii.       WILLIAM RICHARD KOERNER, b. August 08, 1865; d. April 04, 1952; m. HATTIE M. SMITH; b. 1873; d. 1955.

More About WILLIAM RICHARD KOERNER:

Burial: Jones Cemetery, Swiftwater, pa.

                  iii.       JOHNATHAN KOERNER, b. July 12, 1867, Paradise Valley, Monroe County, Pa.; d. December 09, 1888.

More About JOHNATHAN KOERNER:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetary, Swiftwater, Pa.  Utt Plot

                  iv.       CHARLES HOWARD KOERNER, b. September 12, 1869; d. September 19, 1943; m. KATHY ROSANNA SHALLER; b. May 06, 1872.

Notes for CHARLES HOWARD KOERNER:

Charles was a brakeman on the DL&W Railroad for 57 years. from George Koerner of Clarks Summitt, Pa.

                   v.       SAMUEL KOERNER, b. October 13, 1871; d. 1929, Scranton, Pa. Moses Taylor Hospital; m. SADIE ROBINS.

 Notes for SAMUEL KOERNER:

Samuel was a switchman on the DL&W railroad. He lost a leg while hopping a train.. Died in Moses Taylor Hospital. Rumor has it he died from eating too many wild mushrooms; i.e. possibly mistakenly ate toad stool mushrooms..

Samuel is buried at Lake Winola Cemetery just off PA 247. His sister in-law, Rachel Robin Harvey Obici, 1st wife to Harvey Silk Mills' Magnate and then Amadeo Obici, one of the " planters Peanuts Kings"! Samuel's grave is currently unmarked. Gary Lee Koerner 7/10/1999, I will have a marker added to the Obici Oblisk with some of the preceding information.. 

More About SAMUEL KOERNER:

Burial: Lake Winola Cemetery 

More About SADIE ROBINS:

Burial: Buried in Scranton, Pa. (Hillary Rodham Clinton parents cemetery) 

                 vi.       MORRIS KOERNER, b. February 24, 1873; d. March 12, 1874.

                vii.       FRANK S. KOERNER, b. February 24, 1874, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; d. July 29, 1961; m. AMANDA KNITTER; b. August 15, 1876; d. May 11, 1946. 

Notes for FRANK S. KOERNER:

What was considered to be Frank's " homestead " property , is in 1999 the Mt.Pocono Campground, just north of Mt. Pocono, Pa. on Route 611. It is from this property in 1943 from where Helen and Arthur Gross of Bethlehem, Pa. picked up and adopted Emmett Roy Koerner.

        Archie had died at the home of his uncle Herbert Koerner in Hellertown, Pa. on December 31, 1942, leaving his wife Helen ( Hart ) Smith Koerner with 8 children. After Emmett's adoption, Helen took her oldest daughter Jeannette and her youngest daughter Amanda and relocated to Syracuse, NY. The remaining 5 children ( Charles, Kenneth, Bruce, Betty, Phylis were discovered by their grandfather several days later and some form of Children's Court stepped in and placed them in various foster homes for mostly the remainder of their juvenile and teenage life.. 

       Frank was a guard at the courthouse at MT. Pocono, Pa.---George Koerner

Died at home in Mt. Pocono, Pa. He is buried in Jones Cemetery at Swiftwater, Pa. His grave plot is to  the right of the front of the church, between the church and the driveway. The headstone is red granite. The grave site is also the resting place of his wife Amanda Knitter Koerner and their two sons Frank Jr. and John W. who died of bee stings at age of 15.      

               Amanda died in hospital in East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

More About FRANK S. KOERNER:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa.

More About AMANDA KNITTER:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa.

                viii.       AMANDA KOERNER, b. October 06, 1875; d. March 23, 1923; m. HUSBAND FLOWERS.

Notes for AMANDA KOERNER:

Amanda had 11 children..

                  ix.       JACOB KOERNER.

More About JACOB KOERNER:

Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa. Utt Plot

                    x.       JAMES KOERNER, b. January 28, 1880; d. December 28, 1951.

Notes for JAMES KOERNER:

James never married. He served in the armed forces in the Philippines. It is said he had a plate in his head from an accident involving mules.. 

More About JAMES KOERNER:

Burial: rural Cemetery, Albany, NY 

                  xi.       THEODORE KOERNER, b. November 27, 1882; d. April 05, 1958; m. MAE UNKNOWN. 

Notes for THEODORE KOERNER:

Theodore had 3 children. He was an engineer on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad and lived in Albany, NY

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Burial: Memorial Gardens, Albany, NY

                  xii.       HORRIS KOERNER, b. June 05, 1884; d. January 25, 1885.

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Burial: Jones Church Cemetary, Swiftwater, Pa. Utt Plot

                 xiii.       WALTER KOERNER, b. March 03, 1888; d. July 09, 1977; m. (1) MARY BEELER; m. (2) CAROLINE COFFEY.

Notes for WALTER KOERNER:

Walter had one child(married a Lois Crick); He operated a crane for Bethlehem Steel at the Nicholson Viaduct and at Niagara Falls.  Walter is buried in Baltimore.     (George Koerner of Clarks Summitt, Pa.)

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Burial: Baltimore, Md

                 xiv.       HATTIE MAY KOERNER, b. November 28, 1890; d. January 09, 1980; m. WESLEY S. SEGEAR; b. 1879; d. 1954.

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Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa.

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Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa.

                  xv.       MAHLON KOERNER, b. December 25, 1892; d. May 05, 1907.

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Burial: Jones Church Cemetery, Swiftwater, Pa. Utt Plot

                 xvi.       GEORGE KOERNER, b. March 19, 1882; d. June 29, 1882.

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Burial: Jones Church Cemetary, Swiftwater, Pa. Utt Plot

 6.  ELIZABETH³ KOERNER (JACOB JOHN², GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1838.  She married FRANK BOOREM March 18, 1860 in Paradise Township, Pa., son of JOHN BOREM and ELIZABETH. 

 Notes for ELIZABETH KOERNER:

The records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paradise Valley, Pa. list Elisabetha Koerner the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Koerner, baptized June 8, 1838

 Notes for FRANK BOOREM:

The records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Paradise Valley, Pa. list a Francis Borem, the son of John and Elizabeth Borem, baptized on December 28, 1835..   

Children of ELIZABETH KOERNER and FRANK BOOREM are:

                   i.       MORRIS⁴ BOOREM, b. 1867.

                  ii.       MELISSA BOOREM, b. 1869.

 7.  CHARLES³ KOERNER (JACOB JOHN², GEORGE JACOB¹) was born March 15, 1852, and died April 25, 1914.  He married JESSE NEWHART.  She was born June 16, 1861, and died November 01, 1948.

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Burial: Swiftwater Cemetery

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Burial: Swiftwater Cemetery

        Children of CHARLES KOERNER and JESSE NEWHART are:

                   i.       HOWARD N.⁴ KOERNER, b. June 26, 1885.

                  ii.       ARTHUR UPTON KOERNER, b. July 30, 1887; d. October 02, 1918.

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Burial: Keokee Chapel Cemetery,  Paradise, Pa.

                  iii.       GEORGE ALVA KOERNER, b. October 06, 1889, Paradise Valley, Monroe County, Pa.; d. April 18, 1952; m. HELEN DOERNER, October 06, 1916, Philadelphia, Pa.; d. April 28, 1975.

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Burial: Keokee Chapel Methodist Church

                  iv.       MAUDE GERTRUDE KOERNER, b. December 06, 1891.

 8.  ELIZABETH CATHERINE³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1850 in Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa..  She married JOSEPH WILLIAMS.         

Children of ELIZABETH NAUMAN and JOSEPH WILLIAMS are:

                   i.       HORACE⁴ WILLIAMS.

                  ii.       AMSEY WILLIAMS.

                 iii.       CLINTON WILLIAMS.

                 iv.       WILLIAM WILLIAMS.

                  v.       MARY WILLIAMS.

                 vi.       SADIE WILLIAMS.

 9.  THEODORE³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born February 08, 1852, and died 1927.  He married MATILDA (TILLIE) WINTERMARK. 

 Notes for THEODORE NAUMAN:

The records of St. Paul's Church of East Swiftwater, Pa. show that Theodore was born on February 8, 1852 and was baptized on July 4, 1852; the sponsors were Peter and Catherine Price. Theodore Nauman lived in Scranton; he was a conductor for the DL & W Railroad.    

Children of THEODORE NAUMAN and MATILDA WINTERMARK are:

                   i.       JESSIE⁴ NAUMAN, b. 1877; d. 1971.

                  ii.       WALTER NAUMAN, b. 1884; d. 1907.

 10.  WILLIAM HENRY³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born April 12, 1854.  He married CARRIE FRANTZ. 

 Notes for WILLIAM HENRY NAUMAN:

William Henry Nauman was baptized on September 5, 1854 at St. Pauls Church of Swiftwater, Pa. He was a conductor on the Buffalo and Elmira Railroad for fifteen(15) years. He was a member of the Methodist Church and died in Paradise Township before 1900.

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Burial: Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.

        Child of WILLIAM NAUMAN and CARRIE FRANTZ is:

                   i.       ETHEL⁴ NAUMAN. 

11.  JAMES B.³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born October 1856 in Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa., and died 1932.  He married ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) HANNA, daughter of BENJAMIN HANNA and CATHERINE ACE. 

 Notes for JAMES B. NAUMAN:

James B. Nauman received a public education. He was an apprentice to Benjamin Hanna to learn to become a blacksmith and wheelwright. He practiced those trades for 22 years. In 1880 he married Benjamin's daughter , Elizabeth. He lived in Paradise Valley in a two story home he built and a barn. In 1883 he purchased land in the village of Paradise where he erected a shop in which the machinery was run by both water and steam power. He used this machinery in the blacksmith and wheelwright trade. He also ran a large press which manufactured cider.. He was reputed to be a first class mechanic and an honorable man. James was also a democrat; he was a school director. He and his wife were active members of the Evangelical Church of Paradise Valley. He was the Superintendent of the Sunday School for eight years and a trustee of the church for three years..

        Children of JAMES NAUMAN and ELIZABETH HANNA are:

                   i.       ALVIN⁴ NAUMAN.

Notes for ALVIN NAUMAN:

Died in childhood..

                   ii.       LAWRENCE W. NAUMAN, b. August 08, 1890, Paradise Valley, Monroe County, Pa.; d. 1949; m. MABEL UNKNOWN.

                 iii.       VERNA NAUMAN, b. December 1892, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; d. 1966.

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Burial: Keokee Chapel Methodist Church

                  iv.       JAMES NAUMAN, b. August 1898, Paradise Valley, Monroe County, Pa..

 12.  LYDIA A.³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1860.  She married WILLIAM METCHEER (MELCHER).         

Children of LYDIA NAUMAN and WILLIAM (MELCHER) are:

                   i.       BERTHA⁴ (MELCHER).

                  ii.       UNKNON (MELCHER).

 13.  CHARLES AUGUSTUS³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1864 in Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa., and died 1959.  He married SADIE W. WARDELL, daughter of MAJOR WARDELL and SUSAN BUCKINGHAM.  She was born 1863, and died 1940.

 Notes for CHARLES AUGUSTUS NAUMAN:

Charles was a machinist who was taught the trade by his brother, James B. Nauman

        Children of CHARLES NAUMAN and SADIE WARDELL are:

                   i.       VIDA⁴ NAUMAN.

                  ii.       LILLIE NAUMAN.

                 iii.       EMMA NAUMAN.

                 iv.       UNKOWN NAUMAN.

                  v.       CHARLES AUGUSTUA NAUMAN, JR, b. 1900, Paradise Township, Monroe, Pa.; d. 1943.

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Burial: Keokee Chapel Methodist Church, Monroe County, Pa.

                  vi.       JAMES B. NAUMAN.

 14.  JOSIAH³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1867.  He married DORCAS LYONS. 

 Notes for JOSIAH NAUMAN:

Josiah Lived in Scranton, the home of his wife, where he was a bookkeeper in a coal company in 1900.

        Children of JOSIAH NAUMAN and DORCAS LYONS are:

                   i.       UNKNOWN⁴ NAUMAN.

                  ii.       UNKNOWN2 NAUMAN.

 15.  ARMINDA³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born 1871, and died July 03, 1900.  She married ALLEN NAUMAN, son of CHRISTIAN NAUMAN and ROSANNA WAGNER. 

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Burial: Keokee Chapel Methodist Church

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Burial: Keokee Chapel Methodist Church

        Child of ARMINDA NAUMAN and ALLEN NAUMAN is:

                   i.       FLOSSIE⁴ NAUMAN.

 16.  IRA DAVID³ NAUMAN (WILHEMINA² KOERNER, GEORGE JACOB¹) was born July 1876, and died January 31, 1954.  He married (1) MABLE L. JONES.    He married (2) CORA MAY STORM. 

        Children of IRA NAUMAN and CORA STORM are:

                   i.       GEORGE ANDREW⁴ NAUMAN, b. October 30, 1906; m. (1) GRACE VAN VIET; m. (2) ELAINE UNKNOWN.

                  ii.       HAROLD WILLIAM NAUMAN, b. September 28, 1908, Mountain Home, Pa.; d. November 26, 1944; m. ADELAIDE VAN VIET.

                 iii.       CORA MAY NAUMAN, m. (1) ALVIN TRANSUE; m. (2) SECOND UNKNOWN; m. (3) CLIFFORD DAVIS; m. (4) JAY J. JONES.

 Submitted by: Gordon Koerner email: [email protected]

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