A stray and sole piece of information:James Ingalls of Bedford, MA, married Margaret Bonner of Billerica, 13 March 1788, had son James, born 10 November 1790. Hope it helps someone. Marilyn

UNSUBSCRIBE ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [BONNER] BONNER Surname > All variant spellings of "Bonner" should be considered: e.g. Bonnar, > Bonar, Boner, Bonar, Bauner, Beauner, Bauner. But, it is a good idea > to check to see if other Rootsweb lists may exist for variant > spellings. > > Marilyn, Bonner List admin > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

All variant spellings of "Bonner" should be considered: e.g. Bonnar, Bonar, Boner, Bonar, Bauner, Beauner, Bauner. But, it is a good idea to check to see if other Rootsweb lists may exist for variant spellings. Marilyn, Bonner List admin

In a message dated 4/25/01 5:02:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > > > Please let me know if I can be of help to you. > > > > Marilyn Symonds, [email protected] > > Dear Marilyn, I am delighted that someone with your enthusiasm has taken over the BONNER list. I am writing to you for your help because I joined the Bonner list in Digest mode so that I wouldn't receive so much individual mail. I find the Digest mode suits the way I use my e-mail and the various lists the best. Are you going to have a Digest mode? That is certainly my preference! If not, how do I unsubscribe from the Bonner list when it is no longer a Digest list but that is the method that I used to subscribe? I've reread my above message and though it sounds a bit confusing, I am sure that you can help me with my dilemma. Judy Bonner Martin <[email protected]> Ohhhh! I just discovered that I am getting my BONNER List mail both ways; the regular List mode and the Digest mode. What should I do to be certain that I only receive the BONNER list in the Digest mode?

Hello Marilyn, Glad to have you on board. Thanks for your work as administrator of the list My name is Kathy Atkin and I have been searching for my Bonner line now for over 10 years. My Bonner brick wall!! Newton Bonner (born 1821) married to Elizabeth Smith Julian. Son John Robert Bonner. From the Census of John Robert Bonner, Newton is born either in North Carolina or Kentucky. Believe his father is John Robert Bonner. Brother Jim/James Bonner moved to Virginia. Newton's, son John Robert Bonner spent most of his childhood in Greenville, Bond, Illinois. With his stepfather Elihu R McCord and mother Elizabeth Smith Julian. And his grandmother Lucinda Burrow and step grandfather Reuben Ratliff. When John Robert Bonner was married to Elmira Elizabeth Tice in 1871 they had 5 children born in Illinois and then moved to South Dakota, California then Utah. Any one out there working on this same family or has information! Would love to hear from you. Any assistance would be appreciated Thanks, Kathy

Hi Marianne, My g-grandfather, James Bonner came to Philadelphia during the famine years in Ireland. He married Francis McDevitt about 1850-ish. They had 9 children all born in Philadelphia. I have done considerable research on the BONNER/BONER name in Philadelphia during the 1800's. So, I may be of some help. Do you know the street address or part of town your g-grandfather lived? Names of children? It could help me narrow things down as there were very many Bonner's in Philadelphia during this time. Best Regards, Neil Bonner At 02:00 AM 4/26/01 -0700, you wrote: >______________________________X-Message: #11 >Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 00:10:40 EDT >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [BONNER] List Administration >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > >Hi! I'm also searching for my Bonner ancestors. I reviewed the inquiries from >your list and I cannot find any connection with the current searches. My >great-grandfather, John Bonner (may have been Boner previously) arrived in >the US from Ireland. I believe he originally came from County Donegal, >Ireland. Up to present times, the majority of people in Ireland with that >name can be found in that county. Available records indicate that John was >born in 1865. He married my g-grandmother, Mary McGinty, another Irish >immigrant, in a Catholic church in Philadelphia in 1887. He died here in >Phila in 1930 at age 65. Any info about Irish-born Bonners would be much >appreciated! Marianne Bonner

Sorry no connection.

> My great grandfather, Alfred Austin Bonner was born 8 May 1841, 43 or 44 ( > military, marriage and census all different on year of birth) in Heinsburg, > Burlington or Moulton, Vermont (again different towns listed in vs. documents) > I have not had any success in finding any Bonners in these areas. > > I remember my grandmother saying that her father could speak French, and she > remembered someone saying the family name use to be Bonaire (or something > like that) Alfred did not marry my great grandmother until he was 53, or so > says the marriage record. I believe this was his third marriage and her > second. The marriage record shows his parents as being John and Mary Bonner. > > I did not find my great grandparents in the census until 1900 Montgomery > Town, Vermont They were living next door to a Napoleon & Mary Bonner. I believe that Alfred and Napoleon were related. This Napoleon was born in 1858 and the census showed that both Alfred and Napoleon were born in Vermont, and their parents were French Canandian. My g-grandparents finally settled in Michigan. Sandy Williams

My children's gr grandfather was married to an Elizabeth (I think) Bonner...His name was Joseph White...their son, William was born in Michigan. He always claimed his family was from canada or had some canadian connection; also something about a lumber company or something. I have no info on them at all except for the son William I spoke of above. He named one of his sons William Edward and one of them John. (the oldest John). Any possible connection? Oh..William was born abt 1900 I think. He settled in Flint, MI and retired from Buick then moved to Iosco (sp?) cty...tawas city. I believe he was born around Bay City Mi...forgot the cty... between Saganaw and Tawas City Mich. Any connection anyone?

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F95D7437B77021070233AB38 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I hope that you will also consider the branch that spelled their name BONAR. I was rather surprised about ten years ago when I was able to track some of our family to an illiterate Civil War Veteran (and a deserter, or at least an AWOL, to boot) James Bonar, who returned to his place of enlistment in Illinois only to find that his mother (Emma or Annie Hicks Bonar) and his step-father, half brother William Bonar had moved west to Iowa. He followed, or at least went west too, marrying Elizabeth "Lib" Kehler in Nebraska in September, 1872. Spelling was not a big priority, as the marriage certificate has at least two spellings of the names Bonar, Bonner, Kalor, and Kehler, as well as Lib's sister, Charlott(e) Kehler Covalt. Then the Bonar family moved on west, following the mining industry. In 1880, they were on Mosquito Mountain, near Leadville, CO. By 1885, Lib and James had split, with Lib having only Harvey, Joseph and Hattie. My grandfather, Lew Bonner took off for the southwest US, working on railroads before homesteading in Oklahoma in the Cheyenne-Arapaho run west of Kingfisher. We pretty well lost the trail of James Bonar, but he showed up in the Military Home in Malibu Twp. Los Angeles, California, in the 1920 census. I sent for his military records and found that he was the same one I'd been searching for. He died in 1929 and is buried in the National Cemetery I'll be glad to share some of the details with any of you if this seems to fit in. Most of this line (at least back to the immigrant William Bonar) is described quite well in Dorothy Elizabeth Rine Brown's 1960's book on Boners, Bonars, Bohner, Bonners, etc. It is out of print, but I can do searches occasionally. William J. Bonner --------------F95D7437B77021070233AB38 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="wjbonner.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for William Bonner Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="wjbonner.vcf" begin:vcard n:Bonner;William J. tel;fax:859-260-1935 tel;home:859-260-1545 x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;;;;;; version:2.1 email;internet:[email protected] fn:William J. Bonner end:vcard --------------F95D7437B77021070233AB38--

Hi Marianne et al., I am also interested in Bonners from the Philadelphia area. My Bonner ancestor was Daniel Scott Bonner, born 1870 in Donegal, Ireland. According to my aunt (also named Marianne), who is his grand-daughter, he came to the US on a cattle boat when he was 16. He served in the USMC and saw action during the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion. Daniel Scott Bonner married MaryAnn Gallagher in a Catholic Church in Philadelphia, I think. Daniel and MaryAnn had one son, Joseph James Bonner, my grandfather. Daniel apparently had siblings in Ireland who did not emigrate to the US. I don't think Daniel ever returned to Ireland. He died in 1955. I'd be interested in finding out about Daniel Bonner's Irish relatives. Joe Bonner

Any assistance would be appreciated. Thanks, LuEllen Pettengell e-mail: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Family of Lewis C BONNER Lewis C BONNER was born 1833 in , , Massachusetts. Census - 1870 Alton, Waseca, Minnesota #055216 (SLC FHL) Bonner, Lewis J 37 MW Farmer Massachusetts Sarah J 24 FW Keeping house Pennsylvania Lewis J 12 MW ____________ Wisconsin Leuella 7 FW ____________ Wisconsin Leonard J 3 MW ____________ Minnesota Willie J 1 MW ____________ Minnesota In the same census Mary (Bonner) Skillings Skillings, Edward H 23 MW ___________ Maine Mary A 18 FW ___________ Wisconsin (Lewis married Sarah J. Sarah was born 1846 in , , Pennsylvania.) Mary A BONNER was born about 1852 in , Wisconsin. An L.C. Bonner lived in Alton township, Waseca, Minnesota moved to Nebraska, was one of the first settlers early 1860's in MN per Steele and Waseca County History, published in1887 Mary married Edward Henry SKILLINGS, son of William Henry /Hasty SKILLINGS and Jane Dyar PARKER, on 7 Nov 1869 in Alton, Waseca, Minnesota. Edward was born 21 Mar 1847 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine. He died 9 Aug 1910 in Swansville, Morrison, Minnesota and was buried 10 Aug 1910 in Bearhead Cem, Pillsbury, Todd, Minnesota.

Hi. Thanks for taking over the List. I'm looking for JOHN BONNER, b. about 1935 in Co. Donegal (?), Ireland. Came to the US sometime in the 1850'sor 60's. Married Penelope (or Nebie) Gallagher on the ship coming over(?). Lived in GA., then ELLENTON, S.C. Had 9 Children: Luke -1867(?), John 1869(?), Maggie 1873(?), Sallie 1873(?), Ella 1874(?), Pat 1876(?), James or J.J. 1879, Marry 1879(?) and Ed 1885. And info would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Barry Bonner

Hi, everyone: I'm thrilled that this list may be infused with new life. Thank you Marilyn! I have been lurking for a year or more, but so far have found no one working on Bonners in New England. I am not at home right now, so I do not have the details to hand, but I'm working on my ggg grandfather, William Bonner. Don't know where he was born, but I believe it was in 1827. I suspect the Boston area, but that's based on family legends that connect us to Capt. John Bonner, the 18th century map maker from England. In 1844 William was living in Northboro, MA, where his son James was born (gg grandfather). His wife at that time was Sarah; I believe William is buried in Warwick, RI, but I'm working on verifying that. Died 1924 (if I'm remembering correctly...) William's son James and his wife Betsy lived as farmers in N. Smithfield, RI. My g grandparents (George D. & Bridget V.) relocated over the border in Massachusetts, and our branch of the family remained in that area (Attleboro). If this sounds familiar to anyone, I would love to hear from you. Meanwhile, I'll keep digging on William--he could be the link to one of your lines--who knows? D. Ellen Bonner ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 10:01 AM Subject: [BONNER] List Administration > Hello Bonner list members, > > As the new list administrator, I would like to introduce myself and > particularly to advise you that the default reply is now to the list, > rather than to an individual poster. The purpose of the change is to > provide information for all members and an optimum chance to discover > new possibilities in family connections. > > My interest in the Bonner surname derives from Thomas Bonner of Amelia > and Halifax Counties, Virginia. I will post details about Thomas in a > later message. I hope, as you think appropriate, each of you will > introduce yourself to the list and let us know of your special > interest in the Bonner name. > > Please let me know if I can be of help to you. > > Marilyn Symonds, [email protected] > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >

Hello, Marilyn, and thank you for your work! My grandfather, Charles Bonner Cook b. 4-26, 1892 Blue Creek, Adams Co.,OH d. 6-12, '72 Knights of Pythias Home, Springfield-Dayton, OH m. 5-25-1912 Gladys `Ruth' WILSON b. 2-24-1892 d. 9-11-'45. They had Adah Roberta(d. toddler) Marianna m. Roy Royse, Lois Janet "Sue" m. Paul L. Crawford, and William Paul(Bill) Cook, my dad. Charles B. Cook was the son of Isaac Newton `Newt' Cook b. 12-8-1840 Jefferson Twp., Adams Co.,OH d. 11-13-1898 m.ABT. 1885 Adams Co.,OH Anna BONNER b.ABT. 1849 Hanover,IN. Anna BONNER, my gr-grandmother, was the daughter of a missionary to the Indians in southern Indiana and Ohio, which would explain how she met her future husband, who was 1/8th Shawnee. Anna's parents were John P. Bonner and Margaret LITTLE, and they are my `brick wall,' since I know nothing past them! If ANYONE cn help me, I really appreciate it! Thanks! Polli Bates

Hi! I'm also searching for my Bonner ancestors. I reviewed the inquiries from your list and I cannot find any connection with the current searches. My great-grandfather, John Bonner (may have been Boner previously) arrived in the US from Ireland. I believe he originally came from County Donegal, Ireland. Up to present times, the majority of people in Ireland with that name can be found in that county. Available records indicate that John was born in 1865. He married my g-grandmother, Mary McGinty, another Irish immigrant, in a Catholic church in Philadelphia in 1887. He died here in Phila in 1930 at age 65. Any info about Irish-born Bonners would be much appreciated! Marianne Bonner

I have a copy of "Some Colonial and Revolutionary Families of NC Vol I" by Marilu Burch Smallwood, and am slowly putting all of the vital information online (with permission) on my website. It has listed about 250 Bonner's, mostly in Eastern NC, up through 1900. If you have questions about specific names on the website, let me know. The book sometimes has a few more details which I did not record. The address is www.gurganus.org. Enjoy. Ray Gurganus [email protected]

Hello, I joined the Bonner list in hopes of discovering information about the parents and siblings of my grandfather Albert Ezekiel Bonner. Albert was born in Arkansas (Sebastian County) in the late 1800's and died in a coal mine explosion in Oklahoma in the early 1900's. The only family information I have on him was that he a brother named Frank who was living in Oklahoma in the late 1920's. Any help/information to help me get to the otherside of this brick wall is appreciated. Barbara Cargill Easley

[email protected] wrote: > > Hello Bonner list members, > > As the new list administrator, I would like to introduce myself. > My interest in the Bonner surname derives from Thomas Bonner of Amelia > and Halifax Counties, Virginia. I will post details about Thomas in a > later message. I hope, as you think appropriate, each of you will > introduce yourself to the list and let us know of your special > interest in the Bonner name. > > Please let me know if I can be of help to you. > > Marilyn Symonds, [email protected] > Dear Marilyn, Thank you for assuming the responsibilities of coordinating the Bonner list. I'm sure it will be time-consuming and even frustrating, at times. My Bonner relative is also from VA. Maybe we have connections?! My gggg grandmother was Esther Bonner, b. C.1738, in Middlesex Co., VA, m. Morris Bowers, a Rev. soldier, April 6, 1759 in Sussex Co., VA, d. C. 1790 in VA. Esther and Morris Bowers had about eight ch: Sarah, Morris, Lydia, Suzannah, Phoebe, Mary, Elizabeth and Phereby. Elizabeth, my ggg gma, m. Elisha Walker, also a Rev. soldier (in GA) and moved to Washington Co., GA, where Elisha was given land for his Rev. service. I do not know Esther's parents, siblings or any other info about her but would greatly like to know more. Thanks again for your willingness to help others! Walker Baumgardner Gainesville, GA [email protected]

Hello, I joined the Bonner list hoping to find the parents and siblings of my gggrandfather, Thomas Trotter Bonner. Born in North Carolina - date not known. He married Elizabeth Shackelford in Marengo, Co., Ala. in 1834. Henry S. Bonner is listed as bondsman. In 1850 the family was in Pickens, Co., Ala. and by 1860 they were in Phillips/Lee Co., Arkansas. Kay McGee Lakeland, Fl.