My husband's family is solidly rooted to the land in Southern Ontario. Much of the land was originally granted for loyalty to Britain. His family is spread all across Ontario with some still living on their original land grant.
There is much history attached to the Buchner name.
My husband shares a name with a X5 great uncle whose home is a historical site in the Niagara Falls area.
"The property was part of a larger holding purchased by Christopher Buchner
from his father-in-law, James Forsyth, in 1799. The lands were central to the
fighting of the Battle of Lundy's Lane on July 25, 1814. A house belonging to
Christopher and Sarah Buchner on the southwest slope of Drummond Hill was
noted in military papers which recorded the battle proceedings. Christopher
Buchner was a lieutenant in the 2nd Lincoln Militia and was standing, with his son John, only a few hundred yards from his house when the first skirmishes began. The extent of the damage, if any, which the house sustained during the battle is unknown." 1
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| Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Lundy%27s_Lane.jpg |
When I first got married I don't remember who told me: 'if you aren't born to or married to a Buchner - not to worry you will be related to Buchners before you die', but they were right. As I navigate across the Buchner side of the Bramble Bush I have discovered that the statement was funny because it was true. I spend a lot of time untangling the wraparound vines. The intertwining requires careful consideration before adding a new person to this side of the bramble bush.
In Ontario many Buchners are still farmers or lease their land to other farmers. Many run businesses from the land descendants still own. When searching for Buchners alternative spellings Boughner & Buckner will result in long lists of folks and businesses throughout North America.
Long before the battle of 1812 my husband's ancestors called Unnau, Germany home.
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| Red is the village Unnau Source: Google Maps |
"All genealogies begin with the German ancestor Merten Buchner (died 1694) who lived in Unnau, a village in the province of Nassau-Dillenburg. This is located in the northernmost part of the Westerwald Region of the present state of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany and northeast of the city of Koblenz. The genealogy follows his family in the records of nearby Bad Marienberg Evangelical Church. Merten’s son Johan Bäst Buchner (baptized 1663) lived in Unnau, as did Merton’s grandson Johann Martin Buchner (baptized 1705), the immigrant ancestor to America.
Martin Buchner with his wife Elisabetha Maria Zehrüng and family emigrated to America on the snow Rowand landing in the Port of Philadelphia in 1753 then settled in Amwell Township, Morris (afterwards Sussex) County, New Jersey where Martin was a schoolmaster." 2
Johannes Martin (Martin) Buchner
BIRTH 29 JAN 1704 • Unnau, Nassau (now), Westerwald, Germany
DEATH 1780 • Sussex County, New Jersey, United States of America
and
Elsa Maria (Elizabeth) Zehrung
BIRTH 14 OCT 1704 • Fehl-Ritzhausen, (now Marienberg), Nassau, (now) Westerwald, Germany
DEATH 1780 • Amwell, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
Martin and Elizabeth (nee Zehrung) Buchner are my husband's 6th great grandparents through their son:
Johannes Theis (John) Buchner (my husband's 5th great grandfather)
BIRTH 18 SEP 1729 • Unnau, Westerwald, Hessen, Germany
DEATH 11 SEP 1791 • Hardwick Twp, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
and his wife Catherine (I have't been able to confirm details).
My husband's part of the bramble bush arrived in Ontario, Canada via his 4th great grandparents
**** and 5th great grandparents explained in another blog linked below ****
United Empire Loyalist (UEL)
Sergeant Jacob Buchner
BIRTH 31 MAY 1763 • Hardwick Twp., Sussex, New Jersey, USA
DEATH 11 AUG 1841 • Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario
and
Catherine Shelar
BIRTH 20 SEP 1767 • Sussex County, New Jersey
DEATH 8 FEB 1855 • Woodhouse, Norfolk County, Ontario
I do not yet have a record of their arrival in Canada, but the first recorded child born in Canada was 1789.
My husband's 3rd great grandfather is their 7th child born in 1908.
Jacob Clasnor Buchner
BIRTH 20 APR 1803 • Woodhouse Twp, Norfolk County , Ontario, Canada
DEATH 29 JUN 1886 • Houghton Twp, Norfolk County , Ontario, Canada
married to
Amy Catherine Matthews
BIRTH ABT 1801 • Woodhouse, Ontario
DEATH 10 MAR 1880 • Cultus, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
who was a widow of George Warwick when she married Jacob.
Their descendant works in healthcare, and finds peace rooted to the land.
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| Working hard to pollinate2020 Mason Bees |
5 generations later still loving the land!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Related Previous Blogs:
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When Two Lines Become One ~ Clarissa (nee Buchner) Rittenour
http://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/2020/03/when-two-lines-become-one-clarissa-nee.html
Footnotes:
1 Buchner House, 6172 Buchner Place, Council of the Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls , Bylaw Amendment, Ontario Heritage Act e-Register. Retrieved April 25th 2020 from
https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/fr/oha/details/file?id=4733
2 The Ontario Pioneers and Available Genealogies, The Long Point Settlers. Mutrie, R. Robert. Retrieved April 25th 2020 from
https://sites.google.com/site/longpointsettlers/ontario-pioneers-genealogies/settlers-b/ontario-pioneers-brady-to-budd?authuser=0
Sources:
Buchner House, Canada's Historic Places. Retrieved April 25th 2020 from
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=9749
Lundy's Lane Battlefield, Niagara Falls Museums. Retrieved April 25th 2020 from
https://niagarafallsmuseums.ca/visit/lundyslanebattlefield
Nassau, Historical Region, Germany, Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 25th 2020 from https://www.britannica.com/place/Nassau-historical-region-Germany
Niagara Falls, Fort Erie Local History. Retrieved April 25th 2020 from
https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=9749
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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