Descendants of Elijah Hommen

Fifth Generation

(Continued)

153. Lester A. Brand ¹ (Leanora Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 28 Apr 1855 in Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He died on 17 Mar 1939 in Chula Vista, San Diego, California, USA.

He farmed near Polo and Brookville for a number of years and later  operated a grocery in Polo until 1911, when he moved to California.  Member of  the Methodist Church.

Lester married Anna Mary Wolfe, daughter of Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Herb, on 23 Nov 1875 in Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA. Anna was born on 11 Sep 1858. She died on 24 May 1940.

They had the following children.

+	327	F	i	Ivy Ellen Brand was born on 2 Nov 1876. She died on 14 Jul 1957.
+	328	M	ii	Alpha Wolfe Brand was born on 9 Jun 1878. He died in 1958.
	329	F	iii	Hazel Helen Brand was born on 26 Aug 1885 in , Ogle, Illinois, USA. She died on 1 Nov 1885 in , Ogle, Illinois, USA. She was buried in Evangelical Cemetery, Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA.

155. George Mortimer Brand ¹ (Leanora Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 10 Apr 1859 in Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He died on 19 Dec 1931 in Brighton, , Colorado, USA.

Was a rancher.

George married Annie E. Raaths on 18 Dec 1889 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Annie died on 4 Dec 1942.

They had the following children.

	330	M	i	Clifford G. Brand was born on 28 Oct 1890. Was a U.S. Government food inspector at 547 New Custom House, Denver,  Colo.
	331	F	ii	Leanora R. Brand was born on 9 Sep 1892. A teacher.  Lived in Greeley, Colo.
				Leanora married Russell Royer. Russell died on 30 Apr 1948. An insurance agent.
+	332	M	iii	Sherman Brand was born on 17 Jul 1899.

156. Henry Douglas Brand ¹ (Leanora Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 22 Apr 1864 in Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He died on 7 Feb 1924 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA.

Henry married Bertha E. Lemon on 25 Jun 1891 in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA. Bertha was born on 24 Jul 1869 in Wooster, , Ohio, USA.

They had the following children.

	333	F	i	Helen Lemon Brand was born on 24 Dec 1892 in Tacoma, Wash. She died on 17 Sep 1900 in St. Paul, Minn..
+	334	F	ii	Inez Marie Brand was born on 13 Nov 1895.

157. Robert M. Brand ¹ (Leanora Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 7 Aug 1865 in Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He died in Jun 1941 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA.

An attorney.

Robert married Ella Stafford Gibson on 26 Jun 1895 in Chicago, Ill.. Ella was born on 15 Jul 1868 in White Rock, , Michigan, USA. She died on 19 Apr 1949. She was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA.

A teacher.

They had the following children.

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Judith Brand.

158. Catharine A. "Katie" Brand ¹ (Leanora Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 29 Jan 1870 in Brookville, Ogle, Illinois, USA. She died on 10 Mar 1902 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA. She was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA.

Katie married Sherman G. Donaldson on 20 Dec 1888 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA. Sherman was born on 29 Oct 1866 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He died on 3 Apr 1935. He was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA.

A farmer.

They had the following children.

	336	M	i	George J. Donaldson was born in Sep 1898 in Polo, Ogle, Illinois, USA. He died on 8 Jun 1963. George and Ruth had two adopted children and were living in Rockford, Illinois in 1939.
				George married Ruth Goff. Ruth died in May 1963.

159. Anna Maryetta Sanborn (James P. Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 4 Oct 1869.

Was living in Grand Detour, Illinois in 1939.

Anna married George William Veith on 23 Aug 1899.

Deceased.

They had the following children.

+	337	F	i	Cecil Bell Veith was born on 23 Sep 1903.
+	338	F	ii	Lucille May Veith was born on 5 Oct 1905. She died.
+	339	M	iii	Ray Clarence Veith was born on 9 Oct 1907.
+	340	M	iv	Clyde Wyatt Veith.

160. Egbert E. "Bert" Sanborn (Joseph N. Sanborn , Susan Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born in 1872 in Cedar, Lucas, Iowa, USA.

Egbert is listed in the 1880 census.

Bert married Lillian in 1897 in Cedar, Lucas, Iowa, USA. Lillian was born in Sep 1877 in , , Iowa, USA. She died in 1900/1910.

They had the following children.

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Maud Sanborn was born in Mar 1900 in Cedar, Lucas, Iowa, USA.

Bert also married Florence in Cedar, Lucas, Iowa, USA. Florence was born in 1886 in , , Iowa, USA.

They had the following children.

	342	M	ii	Shubal ? Sanborn was born in 1910 in Cedar, Lucas, Iowa, USA.
	343	M	iii	Joseph Sanborn.
	344	F	iv	Sontse ? Sanborn.
	345	M	v	Clide Sanborn.

161. Susan Fish (Catherine Johnson , Abram Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born about 1862.

Susan married Frank B. Stacey.

They had the following children.

+	346	F	i	Helen Stacey was born about 1889. She died about 1919.
	347	M	ii	Wendell Stacey died in Gallipoli.

162. Harriet "Hattie" Risebrough (Lucina Johnson , Abram Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ).

Hattie married Stephens.

They had the following children.

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Arthur Johnson Stephens.

163. Lena May Neville (Harriet Maria Johnson , Abram Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ).

Lena married Russell Ethridge Purdy.

They had the following children.

	349	F	i	Harriet M. Purdy.
	350		ii	Purdy.
	351		iii	Purdy.
	352		iv	Purdy.
	353		v	Purdy.
	354		vi	Purdy.

165. Edna Shepard Johnson (Abram Smith Johnson , Abram Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 11 Oct 1880. She died on 12 Mar 1959.

Edna married Charles Stanley Milne on 16 Oct 1909. Charles was born on 24 Oct 1877. He died about 1938.

They had the following children.

	355	M	i	Lorus Johnson Milne was born on 12 Sep 1910 in Ottawa, , Canada. He died on 4 May 1987.
				Lorus married Margery Joan Green in Sep 1936 in Cambridge, , Massachusetts, USA. Margery was born in 1914 in New York City, New York, New York, USA. She died on 28 Feb 2006 in Durham, , New Hampshire, USA. In Memoriam, Dr. Margery Milne  Dr. Margery Greene Milne, 94, internationally known naturalist, died peacefully in her Durham home Tuesday evening, February 28, 2006. Although she grew up in the urban world of New York City, she lived near the Wildlife Park of the Bronx Zoo and developed a life long fascination with the natural world. At a time when few women were encouraged to become scientists, Margery Greene followed her fascination with nature. At Wadleigh High School she was captain of the basketball team, president of her class, and a serious student of science at a time when women were not welcomed by most scientists. Dr. Milne was determined to study the science of the natural world. She earned her undergraduate degree at Hunter College, was accepted in graduate science programs at the University of Michigan, Cornell University and received a master¹s degree from Columbia University. Dr. Milne also passed a demanding teacher exam and became a biology teacher at Theodore Roosevelt High School near the Wildlife Park where her interest in nature began. Becoming a high school teacher was the highest goal a woman could imagine and she intended to be a high school teacher for the rest of her professional life. She was accepted in a summer seminar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the largest in the world. She was one of only two women in a 12 student seminar but one of the men in the class was Lorus Milne, a young Canadian who was in a doctoral program at Harvard University. They became close friends and Margery Milne applied to Radcliffe College and received a Master¹s Degree in 1937 and a Doctoral Degree from Harvard University in 1939. After a quick Justice of the Peace marriage, Lorus Milne became a professor at Southwestern University in Texas while Margery Milne accepted a faculty position at the University of Maine. It was five years before they could live together. Finally Dr. Lorus Milne joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Margery began teaching at nearby Beaver College. In 1947 they both received faculty appointments at the University of Vermont transferring to the University of New Hampshire in 1948. Dr. Lorus Milne was appointed Associate Professor and Dr. Margery Greene Milne Assistant Professor. Three years later Dr. Margery Milne was forced to resign her tenure track position because married couples were no longer allowed to both be on the faculty. Until recently Dr. Margery Milne taught for ten years at UNH Manchester and at Granite College, then called College of Lifelong Learning. She also taught briefly at Northeastern University and Fitchburg College. In the first years of their marriage they began a second life as world travelers and writers. They gave workshops and lectures around the world and collaborated on writing articles and books. They collaborated on more than 50 books, 20 of which are still available. After her husband died in 1987 Dr. Margery Milne continued to teach, give workshops and travel until several serious falls in recent years limited her travel. From time she arrived in Durham, Dr. Margery Milne was recognized as she walked all over town. She was especially proud of being named The Swan Keeper. She became known for her energy, her enthusiasm for the natural world, her blunt questioning of those she met, and her proud frugality. Paul Litt of Toronto, Canada, cousin of her late husband Lorus Milne, friends, and Wentworth Homecare and Hospice cared for her in the last weeks of her life. A memorial service is planned for the spring. Contributions in Dr. Margery Milne's memory may be made to the Dimond Library at the University where she contributed to The Lorus J. and Margery Milne New Book Room, the Durham Public Library, and Wentworth Homecare and Hospice. Submit your FYIs to  campus.journal@unh.edu .

167. Mary A. Peck (Nancy Lawrence , Lydia Johnson , Catharine Hommen , Elijah ) was born on 25 Sep 1854 in Polo, Ogle Co., Illinois. She died on 1 Dec 1931 in Pasedena, California.

Alias: /Mate/
Lived in Pasedena, California.

Mary married Fred A. Hovey in 1876 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Fred died in Aug 1929 in Pasedena, California.

They had the following children.

+	356	M	i	Frank P. Hovey.
+	357	F	ii	Florence Hovey.
+	358	M	iii	Lawrence E. Hovey.
+	359	F	iv	Nancy Hovey.
	360	F	v	Lilly Hovey.
				Lilly married Alex C. Ridder.

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