Charles Albert Horner (1878 - 1945)

Born 6 Jan 1878 in East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Jane (Heiland) Horner — married 22 Feb 1899 in privage home, Mt. Wolf, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 12 Jul 1945 at age 67 in Saginaw, East Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

He was a tenant farmer, who worked several farms in the Saginaw-Mt. Wolf area before moving to Saginaw, where he was a carpenter in the limestone quarries. In 1940, he is listed as a township road supervisor. The family lived for time in Saginaw and worked the farm on the river floodplain. They then moved to two other farms, the first off the Starview-Mt. Wolf Road in East Manchester Township and the second on Hartman's or Low's Island in the Susquehanna river, just below Brunner's Island, in East Manchester Township (This island is now part of the Brunner's Island Power Plant). Then, they moved back to Saginaw and lived in a house, which had been rented by William Horner, Charles' father.

Sources

• Horner reunion historical records; Charles A. and Emma J. Horner Reunion

family interviews: Annie Rae (Horner) Smeltzer and Ruth Elenor (Horner) Ely U.S. Census records, Charles and Emma J. Horner, East Manchester Township [part of the time stated to be New Holland (Saginaw)], York County, Pennsylvania: 1900 (Series T623, Roll 1501, Page 186), 1910 (Series T624, Roll 1433, Page 74), 1920 (Series T625, Roll 1667, Page 11), 1930 (Series T626, Roll 2165, E.D. No. 67015, Sheet 3A, Image No. 129), and 1940 (Series T627, Roll 3641, E.D. No. 67-16, Sheet No. 2B, Image No. 468).