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Isaac Darner
(1818-1888)
Periann Wisecarver
(1823-1892)
Jacob Huffman
(Abt 1832-)
Anna Shrigley
(Abt 1837-)
Jacob Darner
(1856-1907)
Sarah Ellen Huffman
(1862-1916)
William Emmett Darner
(1884-1955)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Bessie May Atkinson

William Emmett Darner 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

  • Born: 22 July 1884, Norwich, OH 1 2 6 7
  • Marriage (1): Bessie May Atkinson on 28 June 1906 in , Muskingum County, OH 1 2 3
  • Died: 3 May 1955, Cambridge, OH at age 70 2 5 7
  • Buried: 6 May 1955, Sonora, OH 7
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:



• Birth Image: 22 July 1884, in Norwich, OH.

• He has alternate birth date of 25 February 1887 and a birth location of Union Township, Muskingum County, OH.

This birth date of 25 Feb 1887 comes from the Muskingum County Birth Register book. Why is it so vastly different from the birth date entered on the 1900 census of 22 Jul 1884? The July 1884 date also appears on William marriage license application as well as the Find-A-Grave.com memorial page.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Union Township, Muskingum County, OH on 12 June 1900. 6

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 63, Family 85
Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Farm owned with mortgage
William E. Darner..Son..Jul 1884..15..OH..At School

(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Norwich, OH on 14 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 112, Family 24, Roll 1425
Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
National Road; Home owned, no mortgage
William Darner..Head..38..Ohio..Fireman, Steam Railroad

NOTE - If his birth date was 22 Jul 1884, then his age should have been 35 instead of 38.
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• His obituary was published in The Zanesville Signal on 4 May 1955 in Zanesville, OH.

7 Services for William E. Darner, 70, of Cambridge, brother of a Zanesville man, will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Mock funeral home in New Concord. Rev. Howard Patrick will officiate. Burial will be in St. Paul cemetery at Sonora.

Mr. Darner, a former resident of Norwich and Newark, died at 2:45 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Contented Family Rest home in Cambridge after an illness of four months.

He was born July 22, 1884, in Muskingum county, the son of Jacob and Sarah Bowers Darner.

Mr. Darner retired in 1949 after being employed for 43 years by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as an engineer. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at Columbus and the Veterans of B&O Employees association in Newark.

Surviving are his widow, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Nelson of New Concord, and Mrs. Kenneth Sharrock of Maysville; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; a brother, Lewis, of 1124 Linden avenue.

The body will remain at the funeral home.


(Source: The Zanesville Signal, Zanesville, Ohio, Wednesday, May 4, 1955)
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• He was buried on 6 May 1955 in the Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Sonora, OH.

Find A Grave Memorial #81046716
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William married Bessie May Atkinson, daughter of James Milton Atkinson and Sarah Nancy Geyer, on 28 June 1906 in , Muskingum County, OH.1 2 3 (Bessie May Atkinson was born on 21 December 1885 in Norwich, OH and died on 26 May 1973 in Norwich, OH 2.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:



• Marriage Image: 28 June 1906, in , Muskingum County, OH.

• They appeared on the 1920 US Census in Norwich, OH on 14 January 1920. 3

1920 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 112, Family 24, Roll 1425
Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States
National Road; Home owned, no mortgage
William Darner..Head..38..Ohio..Fireman, Steam Railroad
Bessie M. Darner..Wife..36..Ohio
Alice M. Darner..Daughter..12..Ohio
Dorthy F. Darner..Daughter..4..Ohio
James Milton..Father-in-law..45..Ohio..Widowed..Farm Laborer, Working out
Lewis D. Darner..Brother..18..Ohio..Miner, Coal Mine
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bullet  Marriage Notes:


Name: William E. Darner
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 28 Jun 1906
Event Place: Muskingum, Ohio, United States
Age: 21
Birth Date: 22 Jul 1884
Birthplace: Norwich, Ohio
Father's Name: Jacob Darner
Mother's Name: Ella Huffman
Spouse's Name: Bessie M. Atkinson
Spouse's Age: 21
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1885
Spouse's Birthplace: Norwich, Ohio
Spouse's Father's Name: Samuel Atkinson
Spouse's Mother's Name: Nank Geyer

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8NL-2QS : 10 December 2017), William E. Darner and Bessie M. Atkinson, 28 Jun 1906; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, 298, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Sources


1 "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Feb 2014); Name: William E. Darner; Event Date: 28 Jun 1906; Event Place: Muskingum, Ohio.

2 Richard Mettler, "Thomas Burnham Sr.," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3233462 : accessed 27 Feb 2014).

3 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Norwich, Muskingum County, Ohio, United States, enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 1B, family 24, William Emmett Darner and Bessie May Atkinson; index and images (accessed 28 Feb 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1425.

4 "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 27 Feb 2014); Name: Darner; Event Date: 25 Feb 1887; Event Place: Union, Muskingum, Ohio.

5 Dannell Hopkins, "HOPKINS, HLADKY, BOHAM, LYMAN AND MANY MORE," database, RootsWeb (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=craighopkins : accessed 13 Mar 2014).

6 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, enumeration district (ED) 63, sheet 5A, family 85, Jacob Darner and Sarah Ellen Huffman; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Feb 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.

7 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 27 Feb 2014), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81046716.


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