Lifeline : Sawler Family Tree

$Description: L:\Pages from Lifeline.jpg$

Dedicated to my wife

Susan Leone (Kaizer) Sawler

Who for 60 years shared my life and brought me much happiness.

On September 13, 1983, Susie Sawler passed into the presence of her Lord. She is missed by all of her family, her

neighbours and friends. She shared in the preparation of this family tree.

First Edition	1979
Second Edition	1980
Third Edition	1981
Fourth Edition	1984
Fifth Edition	2005

Preface

For many years I have wanted to write up my family tree,

and, as the retirement years came and time permitted it, I

undertook this project.

I want to express my sincere thanks to all those people who helped me fill in the places I didn’t know myself.

This family tree is complete as far as I was able to go. Please forgive me for any mistakes I have made along the way!

If this family tree increases your knowledge of our families and friends, and gives you pleasure, I am most satisfied.

Sincerely,

Arthur Wellington Sawler

Table of Contents

Dedication ……………………………………………………………………..	1
Preface ………………………………………………………………………...	2
Introduction of Author ………………………………………………………….	4
History of Sawler Family ……………………………………………………….	5
Frederick Sawler Family ……………………………………………………….	6
John and Sarah Sawler Family …………………………………………………	8
Julia Sawler Family …………………………………………………………….	20
Ellen Sawler Family ……………………………………………………………	23
Maggie Sawler Family …………………………………………………………	25
Myria Sawler Family …………………………………………………………..	26
Louisa Sawler Family ………………………………………………………….	27
Jacob Sawler Family …………………………………………………………..	28
James Sawler Family …………………………………………………………..	32
Joseph Sawler Family ………………………………………………………….	40
George Sawler Family …………………………………………………………	42
John and Bessie Zwicker Family ……………………………………………….	44
Henry and Hannah Swinamer Family …………………………………………..	49
Erban and Agnes Swinamer Family …………………………………………….	53
Falton and Agnes Swinamer Family ……………………………………………	56
William Kaizer Family …………………………………………………………	60
Christopher Mosher’s First Family …………………………………………….	64
Christopher and Nancy Mosher Family ………………………………………..	67

Introduction of the Author

Born at home in Western Shore, on July 30, 1900, Arthur Wellington Sawler began his life. He attended a one-room school in Western Shore and then the new school which was built, which is the present Fire Hall.

Like most young men of his day, Arthur started working at an early age, and his first job was piling heading at the Gold River Mill. For his ten hour day he made 75 cents!

Arthur then began working at the French Cable Wharf in Dartmouth. At the time of the Halifax Explosion in 1917, he was employed at Imperial Oil Company, Woodside. Although buildings around him were badly damaged, Arthur escaped any injury.

Working in the woods also became an occupation and for several years

Arthur made barrels in the Annapolis Valley.

In 1923 Arthur married Susan Leone Kaizer. Seven children came along to complete their family and make their home happy and exciting. Their family has always taken priority in their lives and interest.

In 1939 Arthur went to Halifax to help work on boats. These were war years and times were hard. After the war, Arthur came to Western Shore and set up his own cooper shop. Then he returned to Halifax to do

carpenter work at Brookfield Construction and National Sea Products, until

retirement.

For over thirty years Arthur served as a board member at the Pentecostal

Tabernacle, in Western Shore

As this was published, Arthur filled his time with basket weaving and riding his

bicycle around visiting friends. In the summer he enjoyed berry picking and the work in his garden.

HISTORY OF THE SAWLER FAMILY

There isn’t much information available about the arrival of the Sawler family to this country, but what facts are available are immensely interesting.

The original name was Zeyler, then Seiler, then Sawler.

In 1752, the ship Gale arrived in Halifax and on the list of passengers was the handwritten name of Johann Heinrich Zeyler. He gave his age at 28 years and his occupation was a farmer. In 1752 many died on the voyage or after landing. They were persuaded to sell everything including their bedding and they had to lay on the bare decks or platforms and still destitute of all kinds of bedding , as written by Governor Hopson 16 October 1752.

He came from Palatinate. Palatinate was the name of two little countries of the old German empire. Johann Heinrich Zeyler’s name was listed again in 1752 along with the names of Johann Nicholas and Johann Heinrich. These were probably his sons. However, on that particular list his surname was spelled as Seiler. In 1753 he was allotted land on the Lahave River. Father Johann died 1757, in Lunenburg. (His wife was previously deceased, 1752, possibly on the voyage or in Halifax.) His sons were taken in by another family, as they would now be orphans.

In a list of people dating 1757, a John Henry Seiler is listed with the other children of Michael Hauptman. This was undoubtedly the family who took in the orphaned children. In 1760, in a registry of Town Lots, it is stated that Johann Henrich Zeyler was absent, and that his son was to have the lot instead. Another registry for 30-acre lots, dated the same year of 1760, states that the senior Johann Heinrich was dead, and his son was to have this land as well. Another source of information is the records of the Lutheran Church, where a Heinrich Seiler signed the membership roll in 1775, and his name appears in the account book from 1774-1785.

It is interesting to note that there are a few records of a Johann Michael Seiler around this same time. There is doubt about this name as he too was an orphaned child taken in by another family and there was a real possibility that his original name was changed, or partially changed by the family who raised him. Based on further research by Lewis Sawler at the Public Archives, N.S., Johann Nicholas and Johann Michael are presumed to be one and the same. Johann Michael was 10 when they left Germany. Johann Heinrich was 7.

Johann Heinrich Seiler, the orphan boy now grown up, had his name written as John Henry Seiler when he married Catherine Margaret Klettenberg (also written as Catherine Clattenberger) on January 12, 1773. They had seven sons, one of which was named (John)Frederick, and it is with this man that the family tree begins. They also had seven daughters.

John Frederick Seiler was born in 1786. He married Sarah Slagenweid (the original spelling on the records), in 1814. He died in 1858 at the age of 72 years.

Although many facts of the Sawler family history are nowhere to be found, many of the details have been passed down by word of mouth, through the generations. We do know that the family is of German ancestry and that they were one of the early settlers in the New World. Johann Heinrich Zeyler was here before the Acadians were expelled from Nova Scotia in 1755 and when the British captured the Fortress of Louisburg in 1758. In 1760 the Battle of Quebec was fought and General James Wolfe and the Marquis de Montcalm died. It was in 1760 that the French Governor surrendered the colony in its entirety over to Great Britain. Thus the Sawler ancestry shared in the formation of the Dominion of Canada since its early beginnings.

At the time of this writing in 1984 there are approximately 75 households in Canada who have the surname “Sawler”. This makes it very unique. It must be assumed, however, that distant relatives have their own rendition of the original Zeyler name. The majority of the Sawler families live in the Counties of Halifax and Lunenburg and in the Annapolis Valley, until this present year. Now, in 2004, there are 235 households listed in Canadian telephone listings with the name “Sawler”.

Family of Frederick Sawler

FREDERICK Sawler married Sarah Slauenwhite. They had five sons, John, Jacob, James, Joseph and George.

JOHN married Sarah Zwicker, daughter of John and Bessie (Barkhouse) Zwicker. They had four sons, Albert, John, James and Lemuel, and five daughters, Julie, Myria, Maggie, Ellen and Louisa.

JACOB married Amelia Seaboyer. They had five sons, Robert, Reuben, George, James and Wilbert, and two daughters, Esther and Mymie.

JAMES married Eliza Barkhouse. They had six sons, James A., Ben, Bert, Albert, Freeman and Firman, and four daughters, Mary, Bertha, Victoria, and Agnes.

JOSEPH married and had a son, Joseph.

GEORGE married Amy Barkhouse. They had a son, Howard, and eight daughters, Hannah, Lettie, Etta, Salome, Janie, Eunice, Beatrice and Emily.

Family Line of John and Sarah Sawler

JOHN, son of Frederick and Sarah, married Sarah Zwicker, daughter of John and Bessie (Barkhouse) Zwicker. They had four sons, Albert (Al), John, James and Lemuel, and, five daughters, Julia, Ellen, Maggie, Myria and Louisa.

ALBERT, and his wife, Sarah, had three sons, Albert, Percy and Owen, and three daughters, Eldora, Lottie, and Florence.

ALBERT JR. married Rose Griswald. They adopted a girl, Pearl.

PEARL married Gordon Dillman.

PERCY married Jean Ogilvie. They had four sons, Owen, Percy, Harold, and Reginald, and three daughters, Katherine, Alice, and Myrtle.

OWEN married Jean Carter. They had two sons, Robert and Donald, and a daughter, Heather.

PERCY married Marguerite Beazley. They had a daughter, Barbara.

Percy’s second wife was Margery Moore. They had a son, Brian, and a daughter, Adell. HAROLD married Kathleen Hardy. They had three sons, John, James and Robert.

REGINALD married Frances Hull. They had two sons, Paul and Stephen, and two daughters, Cheryl and Kathleen.

KATHERINE married Vincent Sorrentino.

ALICE married Ferrucio Filie.

MYRTLE married Robert Munson. They had a son, Robert, and a daughter Bonnie.

OWEN married Annie MacEachern. They had two sons, Bert and Jack.

ELDORA died at a young age.

FLORENCE married William (Bud) Swaffer. They had three sons, William Jr., George and Carl, and three daughters, Maud, Dolly, and Irene.

LOTTIE married William Duggan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duggan Sr. They had five sons, Gordon, Kenneth, David, Buddy and Paul, and eight daughters, Francis, Irene, Bessie, Helena, Lydia, Alma, Edna, and Phyllis.

GORDON died at a young age.

KENNETH married Gertrude Walsh. They had three sons, Kenny, David and Stephen, and one daughter, Carole.

DAVID married Rita Webber. They didn’t have any children.

BUDDY married Bernice Grindley. They had four sons, Christopher, David, Mark, and Shawn, and two daughters, Deena and Lisa.

PAUL married Jean Baker. They had a son, Joel, and a daughter, Andrea.

FRANCIS died at a young age.

IRENE married Clyde Purcoll. They didn’t have any children.

BESSIE remained single.

HELENA married Garnet Wheeler. They had two daughters, Shirley and Madolyn.

LYDIA married James McKay. They had one daughter, Susan.

ALMA died at the age of two years.

EDNA died in the Halifax Explosion.

PHYLLIS’ first husband was Howard Callahan. Phyllis’ second husband was Walter Burns.

JOHN married Phebe Rafuse. They had four sons, Stanley, Harry, Clarey, and Andrew, and three daughters, Gertrude, Georgina and Minerva.

STANLEY married Susan Sawler, daughter of Benjamin and Agnes Sawler. They had six sons, Gilbert, Lester, John, Lawrence, Sydney, and Franklyn, and six daughters, Elsie, Arlene, Irene, Rosalee, Evelyn and Idella.

GILBERT married Ruth Aulenbach. They had three sons, Stanley, Delbert, and Gordon, and six daughters, Doreen, Deborah, Georgina, Susan, Linda, and Paulette.

STANLEY married Deanne Clattenburg. They have a son, Leslie, and a daughter, Patricia.

DELBERT married Judy Levy. They have a son, Magnum, and two daughters, Tanya and Lisa.

GORDON married Marjorie Richardson. They have one son, Jonathan.

DOREEN married Gary Nauss. They have a daughter, Tracy.

DEBORAH married Clarence Young. They have a son, Terry, and a daughter, Lorine.

TERRY and his wife Marcie had twin girls

LORINE had a son, Braydon.

SUSAN married Leo Mcauley. They had two sons, Bruce and Ted.

BRUCE married Debbie Zwicker. They had a daughter Haley and a son.

LINDA

GEORGINA

LESTER remained single.

JOHN married Pearl Shaw, of Bathurst. They have no children.

LAWRENCE, SYDNEY, and FRANKLYN died at a young age.

ELSIE married Ross Wentzell. They had one daughter, Eyvonne.

EYVONNE married Tracy Zwicker. They had a son, Mark, and a daughter, Julie.

ARLENE married Gordon Aulenbach. They had two sons, and three daughters.

IRENE married Selvyn Rafuse. They had a son Wayne, and a daughter, Louise.

ROSALIE married Donald Walker. They had a son, David.

EVELYN married Jack Dorey. They had three sons, Ronald, Max, and Lawrence, and two daughters, Vivian and

Dianne.

RONALD married Donna Delong. They have two daughters, Vickie and Joanne.

LAWRENCE married Arlene Beniah. They had two sons.

VIVIAN married William Burge. They have three sons, Melvin, William, and Lawrence, and a daughter, Darlene.

DIANNE married Fred Hupman. They have two sons, Daryl and Scott, and one daughter, Tina.

HARRY married Laura Murphy, of River John, Pictou Co. They had one son, Vincent, and four daughters, Jessie, Edna, Lillian, and Inez.

CLAREY (Clarence) married Lena Nauss, of New Cornwall. They had five sons, Joshua, Wilbert, Clarence Jr., Benny (Bennett) and Murray, and two daughters, Mildred and Dorothy.

CLAREY Jr married Betty Wilson, they had six children, Wanda, Brenda, Benita, Melvin, Jeffrey and Rhoda.

MURRAY married Pauline Walker, They had two sons Eugene, and Michael, and a daughter Tracey

EUGENE married Carolyn Hatt. They had 4 children, Tracey, Eugene, Jamie, and Marcy.

MICHAEL married Hilda and they had a daughter , Jennifer

BENNY (Bennett) married Olive Corkum. They had 6 children, Monica, Barry, Philip, Maxine, Gloria, and Virginia.

MONICA married Craig Mosher, son of Noreen and George Mosher. They had a son, Adam, and a daughter, Shauna

ADAM and Nicole Adams had two sons,

GLORIA and Philip --- had a daughter, Ashley.

ANDREW married Florence Wile. They had three sons, Donald, Carroll, and Charles, and one daughter, Jean.

CHARLES died as a soldier in the Vietnam War.

JEAN married Mac Vaughn.

GERTRUDE married George Dorey, son of Bill and Margaret Dorey, of Martin’s Point. They had a son, George, and a daughter, Phoebe

GEORGE (Jack) married Evelyn Sawler, daughter of Stanley and Susan Sawler. They had three sons, Ronald, Max and Lawrence, and two daughters, Vivian and Diane.

PHOEBE married John Mosher. They had a son, Newman, and a daughter, Noreen

GEORGINA married Arthur Young. They had two sons, Donald and Murray, and six daughters, Hilda, Florence

(Flo), Arlene, Faye, Blanche and Wilma.

DONALD married Marguarite Swinamer, daughter of Leveth and Meadie Swinamer. They had two daughters, Margie and Elaine. They had an infant daughter, Omeda, who died at five months.

MARGIE married Aubrey Hirtle. They had a son, Chris, and a daughter, Tammy.

MURRAY married Betty Berge, daughter of Arthur and Mary Berge. They had an adopted son, Peter.

HILDA married Willie Walker. They had two sons, Donald and Russell, and one daughter, Yvonne.

DONALD married Rosalee Sawler. They had a son, David.

RUSSELL married Marion Zwicker.

YVONNE married George Tobacco. They had two sons, Gary and Allen.

GARY married Debra Harvey. They had a son, Raymond, and two daughters, Elaine and

Julie.

FLORENCE (Flo) married Joshua Knickle. They had a son, Brian, and three daughters, Peggy, June and Joy.

BRIAN married Joan Veinotte. They have two sons, John and Arnold, and three daughters, Jane, Elizabeth and Rebecca.

PEGGY married Oran Lantz. They had two sons, Allister and Gary (died in a car accident), and four daughters, Carolyn, Gail, Cheryl, and Doris.

JUNE married Willis Langille of Oakland. They have a son, Robert, and a daughter, Charlene.

JOY married Norman Wilson. They have two sons, Rickey and Christopher, and a daughter Joanne.

ARLENE married Frank Swinamer. they had six sons, Franklyn, Barry, Thomas, Charlie, Cecil and Maurice, and three daughters, Joy, Naida and Stella.

FRANKLYN married Joyce Stevens. They had two sons, Stephen and Timothy, and one daughter, Rebecca.

BARRY married a daughter of Lewis and Leona Rafuse.

THOMAS married a daughter of Lewis and Leona Rafuse.

CHARLIE was married twice. To his first wife he had three sons, Billy, Bobby and Arnold.

CECIL married a Naugler woman.

MAURICE married Patricia Kaizer. They had two children.

JOY married Harry Adams. They had three daughters, Sandra, Annette and Sheila, and one son, Dewey.

DEWEY married Anne Stuart. They had two daughters, Shelly and Charlene.

CHARLENE and Adam Ham had a son, Liam.

NAIDA married George Hamm, son of Basil and Clara Hamm. They have a son, Bradley, and two daughters, Carol and Linda.

STELLA married Laurie Myra.

FAYE married Boyd Swinamer. They had a son, Beverly, and two daughters, Mickey and Blossom (twins).

BLANCHE married Wilfred Fralic. They had two sons, Graham and Owen, and two daughters, Wilma and

Madrinne (died at 11 months).

GRAHAM married Valerie MacGregor. They had three daughters, Tammy, Sharon, and Valerie.

OWEN married Yvonne Fitch, and they had a daughter, Penny, and two sons Owen and Jonathan

WILMA married Robert Slauenwhite. They had three sons, Phillip, Paul and Carter.

WILMA married Roy Swinamer, son of Norman and Effie Swinamer.

MINERVA died in her youth.

JAMES B. married Bertha Sawler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Sawler, from the Windsor Road. They had one son who died very young.

(Bertha had four sisters, one married Reuben Sawler, a second married Nelson Demont of Windsor Road, a third married

John Rafuse of Martin’s Point and a fourth married George Rafuse of Martin’s Point.)

LEMUEL married Laura May Mosher, daughter of Christopher and Nancy Mosher. They had four sons, Lindsay, Arthur, Wesley and Roland, and five daughters, Jennie, Lydia, Martha, Mary and Gladys.

JENNY married Edward Swinamer, son of Henry and Victoria Swinamer. They had two sons, Harold and Hartley, and one daughter, Doris.

HAROLD married Una Adams, daughter of Norman and Josephine Adams.

HARTLEY married Marlene Wile. They had a son and two daughters.

DORIS’ first husband was Peter LaFrance. Her second husband was named Newcom, and her third was

Arthur Boehner of Martin’s Point. There was also a fourth.

LYDIA married George Richardson, son of Willis and Minnie Richardson. They had three sons, Maurice, Melbourne and Donald, and four daughters, Marion, Myrtle, Marjorie, and Bernice.

MAURICE married Clara Vaughn. They had two daughters, Ruth and Connie, and a son, Clyde.

MELBOURNE married Betty Thompson of Liverpool.

DONALD’s wife’s name is Betty. They had a son, Stephen.

MARION married Osburne Hiltz. They had a son, Gordon.

MYRTLE married Borden Demont, son of Walter and Ethel Demont. They had a daughter Laurinda.

LAURINDA married Ivan Hatt. They had two sons Derek and Darren.

MARJORIE married Lloyd Hamm. They had a daughter, Veronica.

BERNICE married Johnny O’Flynn. They didn’t have a family.

MARTHA married Prescott Swinamer. They had two sons, Chipman and Richard, and one daughter, Laura.

CHIPMAN married Dorothy Rafuse. They had a son, Brian.

RICHARD’S first wife was Esther Jefferson. They had a son Derwin and a daughter, Nadine.

Richard’s second wife was Ann Martin.

LAURA married Donald Barkhouse. They had three daughters, Suzette, Jill and Jacqueline.

JILL married Daniel McDow and they had a son, Shane and a daughter Breanne.

SUZETTE married John Swinamer. They had a couple of adopted children, Cody and Alyssa.

JACQUELINE married Richard Baglole. They had a son Matthew and a daughter Samantha.

MARY married Moyle Rafuse. They had one son Billy, and four daughters, Francis, Joan, Donna and Sheila.

GLADYS married Irvine Stevens. They didn’t have any children.

LINDSAY, the eldest of this family, died when he was only a few months old.

ARTHUR (author of this family tree) married Susan Leone Kaizer, daughter of Lemuel and Cora May Kaizer. They had two sons, Lewis and Arthur, and five daughters, Doris, Lola, Bonnie, Shirley and Lois.

LEWIS’ first wife was Helen Zinck, of Walden. They had one son, Michael, and four daughters, Juanita, Annette, Christine and Jackie.

JUANITA married Walter Pierce of Middlewood. They have two sons, Danny and Christopher, and one daughter, Kimberley.

KIMBERLY’s first husband’s name was Kevin.

Kim’s second husband was Johnny Blagdon. They had a daughter, Angie. DANNY married Kerri Burrell. They had a son Evan, and a daughter, Jayme.

MICHAEL married Rose Ritcey. They had a son, Michael.

ANNETTE married Robert Muggah. They had two sons, Joey and Jamie.

CHRISTINE had a daughter, Paige.

JACKIE married Denis Gilbert. They had a son, Damian, and a daughter, Melissa.

Lewis’ second wife was Linda Harvie of Burlington. They had a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Lurinda.

LURINDA’ and Scott Kaizer, of Gold River, son of Jimmy and Ruby Kaizer, had a son, Jacob, and a daughter, Kailee.

JONATHAN married Nicole Young. They had a son, Bryce

DORIS married Robert Hirtle. They had one son, Bobby, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Donna, Danita, and Lynn.

ELIZABETH’s first husband was David Heisler. They had two sons, Byron and Timmy, and