Biographical Sketch for
Bonner Family
This is a large family. Many family members stayed in
Scotland. We concentrate on those that came to the Millburn
area and ignore a great number of other family members.
+--James Bonner-------+ +--John
| | |
| +--+--Margaret Ironsides--+ +--William
| | | +--+--Anna L.
| Margaret Anderson--+ | James McCredie------+ +--Ella Gifford
| | +--Alice Maud
| |
| +--James Hugh----------+ +--Vivien L.
| | | |
| | +--+--Leslie Stewart------+
| | | | |
| | | | Faye Dawson---------+
| | Elizabeth Stewart---+ |
| | +--Mabel Elizabeth-----+
| | |
| | John Gordon Bonner--+
| |
| +--Elizabeth-----------+
| | +--+--Gladys
| | Peter W. Stewart----+
| |
| +--Ann Spence----------+ +--Ray
| | +--+
| | Harry Eusden--------+ +--Ralph
| |
| +--Mary C.-------------+
| | +--+--Arthur
| | Delazon T. Knox-----+
| |
| +--Agnes Gordon
| |
| +--Willamina Jane------+ +--Lura----------------+
| | | | |
| | | | Horace Culver-------+
| | +--+
| | | +--Margaret
| | | |
| | Tyler A. Gilbert----+ +--Ruth
| |
| +--William A.----------+ +--Ralph
| +--+
| Minetta McGuire-----+ +--Ethel McGuire
|
|
|
+--Andrew Bonner------+ +--Elsie---------------+ +--Margaret
| | | +--+
| +--+ George Lawrence-----+ +--Georgina------------+
| | | |
| Espet Adams--------+ | Harry Bascom--------+
| |
| +--Jessie--------------+
| | +--+--Beatrice
| | George A. Low-------+
| |
| +--((eleven siblings))
|
|
|
+--William Bonner-----+ +--William
| | |
| +--+--Margaret Smith-------+ +--Lucy Palfrey
| | | | +--May Gordon
| Margaret Gordon----+ | +--+--Lily True
| | | +--Royal Sherman
| | Samuel Webster Dodge-+ +--Josephine True
| |
| |
| | Nancy Murrie---------+
| | |
| +--John-----------------+ +--Clarence E.---------+
| | | | |
| | +--+ Lucy Dimis Trotter--+
| | | |
| | Catherine Murrie-----+ +--William Murrie------+
| | | |
| | | Ethel McGuire-------+
| | |
| | +--Burton
| | |
| | +--John Gordon---------+
| | | |
| | | Mabel Bonner--------+
| | |
| | +--Robert J.-----------+
| | | |
| | | Grace Beaumont------+
| | |
| | +--(three siblings)
| |
| +--James----------------+
| |
| Elizabeth Murrie-----+
|
|
+--((four siblings))
The first generation we have listed are children of
Alexander and Margaret Ironsides Bonner, married
August 15, 1805, in Scotland.
James Bonner
Born September 02 (12?), 1806, in Scotland.
Married Margaret Anderson.
See tree above for
children.
Came to US in 1850.
Died August 28, 1891, in Lake Villa, Ill.
Margaret Anderson
Born July 13, 1817.
Married James Bonner.
Died December 18, 1898.
(photo available:
1897).
Andrew Bonner
Brother of James.
Born January 12, 1812.
Married Elspet Adams on January 20, 1839.
Children.
Village blacksmith in Stuartfield, Scotland.
Did not come to US.
Died November 11, 1898.
Elspet Adams
Born November 15, 1822.
Married Andrew Bonner on January 20, 1839.
Did not come to US.
Died October 20, 1903.
William Bonner
Born May 05, 1815, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Came to US in 1840.
Settled in Somers, Wisc.
Bought
land from federal government.
Married Margaret Gordon.
Children.
Carpenter.
Died of consumption on August 29, 1881, at age 65 years 3 months.
Margaret Gordon
Born September 22, 1810.
Married William Bonner.
Died October 16, 1895.
((four siblings))
John, born April 08, 1808.
Alexander, born January 10, 1810.
George, born June 02, 1818.
Elizabeth, born November 02, 1820.
Children of James and Margaret Anderson Bonner
John
Born 1847.
Died 1850.
Margaret Ironsides
Born August 20, 1848 (46?), in Scotland.
Married James McCredie about January 20, 1868.
Children.
Died 1893.
(photo available:
1885)
James Hugh
Read biographical sketch written in
1902.
Born January 28, 1850, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Married Elizabeth E.Stewart on October 10, 1879.
Children.
Moved and built house at Bonnie Brae Farm.
Stockholder Millburn Creamery.
Died September 6, 1938.
(photos available:
1880,
1895,
1925,
1929,
1935).
Elizabeth
Known as Lizzie.
Born December 25, 1851, in Lake County.
Married Peter W. Stewart July 04, 1877.
Children:
Gladys (adopted), born April 26, 1890,
married Simeon Ames,
died July 14, 1985.
Died ?.
(photos available:
1885.
1938,)
Ann Spence
Born 1853.
Married Harry Eusden about March 6, 1880
(photos available:
1881,
1884).
He died in 1911.
Children:
Ray
(photos available:
1884,
1886);
Ralph
1884,
1886).
Lived in Grinnell, Iowa.
Died March 4, 1911.
(photos available:
1881,
1884)
Mary C.
Born February 01, 1856.
Married Delazon T. Knox on May 24, 1877, in Millburn.
He was born about 1855,
the son of James M. (born about 1832) and Mary E. (born about 1834) Knox.
Children:
Arthur, born about 1879.
Moved to Alpena, South Dakota.
Agnes Gordon
Born May 08, 1858.
Did not marry.
Died November 4, 1913, of creeping paralysis.
(photos available:
1884,
1885).
Willamina Jane
Known as Mina.
Born September 04, 1860, twin of William A.
Married Tyler A. Gilbert about September 14, 1885.
He was born on December 13, 1853, and died in
December, 1908 (notice).
(photo available:
1881).
Children:
Lura G., born October 26, 1890,
married Horace Culver (May 17, 1888 - September 16, 1979)
on January 8, 1914 (wedding photo),
died January 5 (8?), 1989 (obituary);
Margaret, born June 10, 1892,
died May 7, 1984 (obituary);
Ruth Edith, born 1894 (93?),
died 1905.
Died 1949.
(photos available:
1884,
1938,
1943).
William A.
Born September 04, 1860, twin of Willamina Jane.
Married Minetta Denman McGuire in 1922.
Died ?.
(photo available:
1932,
1938)
Children of Andrew and Elspet Adams Bonner
Elsie
Born July 19, 1840.
Married George Lawrence in 1867.
He died in 1871.
Came to Millburn in 1871.
Children:
Margaret, born September 19, 1868, died November 27, 1916,
at Newton, Massachusetts.
(photo available:
1884);
Georgina,
known as Ina,
born December 7, 1871,
married Harry W. Bascom (March 31, 1875 - September 10, 1958) on August 17, 1904,
died May 26, 1964.
Died November 29, 1924.
Jessie
Born 1858.
Married George A. Low about December 24, 1887, in Millburn.
He was born in 1851 and died in 1926.
Children:
Beatrice, born July 12, 1897,
married Clifford Pearce,
married Carl Anderson,
died February 26, 1984.
More about Beatrice Anderson.
Died July 3, 1943.
Children of William and Margaret Gordon Bonner
William
Born about 1841.
Civil war soldier.
Died September 20, 1863, at age 22 years 7 months,
while soldier during civil war.
Margaret Smith
Born about 1845.
Married Samuel Webster Dodge about October 14, 1865.
Children
John
Read biographical sketches written in
1877 and
1902.
Born August 12, 1847, in Kenosha, Wisc.
Married Nancy Murrie
on January 25, 1871.
Married her sister Catherine Murrie
April 19, 1876.
Children.
Treasurer of Millburn Mutual Insurance Company.
Died September 2, 1917.
James
Born about 1850.
Married Elizabeth Murrie about October 22, 1877.
Carpenter.
Moved to Freemont, Nebraska.
Children of James Hugh and Elizabeth Stewart Bonner
Vivien L.
Born September 14, 1881.
Did not marry.
School Teacher.
Worked for Ed Martin for a while at Martin's Gen'L Store.
Died September 12, 1978 (obituary).
(photo available:
1914,
1925,
1929,
1950).
Leslie Stewart
Born September 30, 1887, on the farm his parents purchased in 1847.
Married
Faye Dawson
on October 28 (29?), 1914, in the Joseph Dawson home at Millburn.
Children:
Beryl, married Vernon Stahnke
(photo available:
1925,
1929);
Geraldine, married Howard B. Petty
(photo available:
1925,
1929);
Lyman J.,
born on April 21, 1919, at Waukegan
married Arlene N. Gott,
died on November 18(?), 1953
(
obituary)
(photo available:
1925,
1929).
President of Millburn Mutual Insurance Company for thirty years.
School board member, Warren High School and Warren Elementary School.
Died May 07, 1968, at age 80 (
obituary).
(photo available:
1897,
1915,
1925,
1929).
Mabel Elizabeth
Born July 28, 1889.
Married John Gordon Bonner (her second cousin).
Died October, 1955.
(photos available:
1897,
1915,
1929,).
Children of John and Catherine Murrie Bonner
Clarence E.
Born August 22, 1878.
Married Lucy Dimis Trotter June 15, 1909.
Children:
Jean Olive, born 1914 and died in 1938.
William Murrie
Born October 30, 1880.
Married
Ethel McGuire on November 16, 1911.
Children:
William Roy (7/22/1916 - 12/1/1999)
(
obituary);
John Harold.
Moved to Gurnee in 1948.
Died March 13, 1965 (
obituary).
Burton
Born January 22, 1883.
Died April 02, 1884.
John Gordon
Born April 03, 1885.
Married (second cousin) Mabel Bonner February 27, 1915.
Children:
Howard John
(photo available:
1925,
1929,
1943);
Lois Margaret,
married Russell E. Doolittle (March 8, 1921 - March 22, 2001)
on October 12, 1946 at Millburn
(photos available:
1925,
1929);
Died April 01, 1969.
(photos available:
1915,
1915,
1925,
1929).
Robert J.
Born April 16, 1891.
Married Grace Beaumont on October 09, 1920.
Moved to Kansasville, Wis.
Died March 23, 1967.
