Hi... An interesting search, but I think you may want to contact a different Bonner! I am William R. Bonner. Your contact would probably be William J. Bonner [email protected] Best of luck in your search!!!! Bill Bonner In a message dated 5/19/2001 6:46:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj: Re: [BONNER] BONNER Surname > Date: 5/19/2001 6:46:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Circle8) > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> > To: [email protected] > > > Hi William, > > Regarding the attached message I was wondering if you have a copy of the > book mentioned. The only copies I know about are located on the east coast. > I am in the northwest. The Library of Congress will provide a copy for > about $ 300 plus. A little too steep since I do not know if my Bonner/Bonar > family is even mentioned by the author. If you have seen the book I am > curious about the information contained within. I have been told the book > is only a record of the history of the Bonner (and the variations) name. I > do not believe that someone would write a book and not include some > historical facts about the families mentioned. > > I have been trying to locate any information on the following. > My GGF Patrick Bonner (birth name was probably Bonar) was born in Donegal > (10-1860). This information is from the 1890 Idaho census. He married my > GGM in 1889 in Eva, Idaho (confirmed). His whereabouts from 1889 are known > by the birth of his children until his reported death in 1906 in Nevada. > His parents were possibly William and Catherine of Donegal and sister of > Anne Bonar who married James McKelvey and was with James in Penn. in 1873 > where her first daughter Hannah was possibly born. The dates of immigration > are unknown. If this information matches anything you have please let me > know. > > Thank you, > > Patrick Bonner > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Bonner" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 10:29 > Subject: [BONNER] BONNER Surname > > > > > 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 >