[or-roots] WWI Draft Cards & 1870 census

[Ann]

Thank you Darlene!  Ontario Canada.  Daniel & Bessie.  They might be spelled 
BATZNER or BASTNER or BATSNER...that is how I have found them in other 
records, including cemetery records on the OCFA site.  They had 2 sons.  I 
don't know if anyone else from his family lived into the 20th century.  A 
sister, Philibena  Philapena Batzner married a William Clark--but I think 
she died before 1900.  Parents were John Michael and Margaret (Maime)Batzner 
who came to Canada from Indiana (Brookville, Franklin Co.) in 1861.  You'll 
love this--its right out of a B western movie.....Michael was the town 
SHERRIFF and county TREASURER.  He had alot of money in real esate--the 1860 
census shows him with several thousand dollars in property and 
holdings....so what does he do?  STEALS the country treasury, worth an 
estimated 25-$30,000 and SPLIT to Canada, taking his family with him.  A 
wanted man in the US, he lived the rest of his live (to 1871) in Canada and 
is buried there.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darlene Casteel" <dcasteel at masterpiece.metrobbs.com>
To: <or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] WWI Draft Cards & 1870 census


>I have the Canada subscription.  Do you have a first name or location 
>and/or time frame for your Batzner?
> Darlene
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