Margaret Castner

Margaret Mink

Born: 1825, Waldoborough, Maine, USA

Died: Dec. 14, 1892, Belmont, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts

Father: Isaac Mink, of Waldoborough, Maine

Mother: Lydia Flanders

Her father was a farmer at North Waldoborough, and a manufacturer of power mills.

Marriage: June 14, 1845, Waldoborough,, Maine

Spouse: Miles Thomas Castner, b. April 9, 1824, Waldoborough, Maine; d. Apr. 28, 1910. AE. 86yrs. 19dys; son of Jacob Castner and Sarah Benner,

Children:

Hector Levensaler CASTNER - Born ...1847

Sanford Benner CASTNER - Born ...1848

Norman Benjamin CASTNER - Born ...1850

Almanza Sarah CASTNER - Born ...1853

Eldorus Austin CASTNER - Born ...1859

Ulysses Simpson CASTNER - Born ...1866

Chester Isaac CASTNER - Born ...1868

Children:

1. Hector, born September 7, 1846 ; married September 26, 1867, Ella S. Hahn, of Waldoborough; children: i. Alberti M., born February 13, 1868, died April 13, 1896, married March 13, 1891, Eldora J. Gross, and had Beryl H., born April 18, 1892, and Lynne Vernon, born June 5, 1895 ; ii. Lena B., born August 23, 1870, married first, May 7, 1887, Eli F. Havner and had Ethel A. Havner. born July 27, 1888, and married second, March 30, 1898, Eugene L. Vanner, and had Lisle J. Vanner, born Octo ber 8, 1901 ; iii. Percy E., born June 7, 1872, died June 8, 1872 ; iv. Eva M., born May 1, 1873 ; v. Ernest G., born April 25, 1875, mar ried August 9, 1902, Ida I. Bailey ; vi. Alice L., born October 29, 1877, married August 7, 1899, Charles M. Hardy, and had Hector H. Hardy, born July 9, 1906; vii. Frank P., born January 3, 1880, married May 13, 1901, Sadie Fogg, and had Clyde O., born January 8, 1903, Mildred R., born December 17, 1904, died July 4. 1906, and Verna B., born August 21, 1907 ; viii. Addie E., born October 22, 1885, married November 29. 1905. Llewellyn E. Jackson, and had Eugene E. Jackson, born June 20, 1906; ix. Rosslyn E., born August 18, 1887; x. Miles Thomas, born April 15, 1890; xi. Forest D., born February 2, 1892, died March 7, 1892 ; xii. Charles L., born June 28, 1893 : xiii. Audrey M., born August 16, 1897."

2. Sanford Benner, born February 20. 1848: Sanford Benner Castner, son of Miles Thomas Castner (3), was born in Waldoborough, Maine, February 20, 1848. He received his education in the schools of his native town, assisting his father on the farm, and chopping in the woods. He and his father bought some woodland known as Hunt's Woods, which they converted into lumber for the manufacture of lime casks. They owned the Weaver mill, and found a market for the casks in Rockland, where the lime was made, Mr. Castner attending to the teaming and selling. At the age of twenty-three, having sold this business, he went to Waltham, Massachusetts, and found employment with Alden Jameson, driving a milk wagon to Boston for two years. He then purchased the business of his employer and was a member of his family in all four years. In 1876 he bought his present homestead and built a barn, building the house the following year. The place is situated in that part of Waltham known as the Trapelo district, and is near Mr. Jameson's. Until 1892 Mr. Castner devoted most of his time to his market in Boston. He sold it at that time to Albert Kendall who still owns it. Mr. Castner then purchased a milk route in Waltham of Sidney Tyler. Two years later he bought the route of Oscar Hatch and added it to his business. In 1906 he purchased the route of Pierson Brothers, and at the present time he has nearly five hundred customers among the best families of Waltham. Mr. Castner is assisted in his business by his son Ervin. He owns considerable real estate in Waltham in the vicinity of his home. Mr. Castner and his family are members of the Universalist church. In politics he is a Republican, and he has been honored by his townsmen with many positions of trust and responsibility. He was a member of the Republican city committee 1890 to 1896; alder man of the city of Waltham, 1899-1900-01, and chairman in the latter year. He was a member of the license committee for three years, chairman of the board in his second year, was also on the committee on nomination and on the finance committee. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Isaac Parker Lodge of Waltham. He was made a member of Union Lodge, No. 35, Odd Fellows, at Union. Maine, in September, 1871 ; now a member of Prospect Lodge, No. 35, and has served in all the offices of that body ; and Waltham Encampment No. 50. and has served in all its offices. He is also a member of the uniformed rank of Odd Fellows. Both Mr. and Mrs. Castner are members of Haw thorn Rebekah lodge No. 57, at Waltham. He was formerly a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of the Philedian Association of Waltham, and of the Lyons and Daughters of Maine ; and formerly belonged to the Old Farmers' Club. He mar ried. June 19, 1878, Addie Maria Wellington, born at Waltham, October 6, 1855, daughter of Charles Lowell and Cecilia Webb (Dalton) Wellington, of Waltham. Her father was a farmer. Their only child : Ervin Sanford, born May 25, 1880.

3. Norman Benjamin, born July 21, 1850; married May 17, 1874, Bertha Miller of Waldoborough : children : i. Alma Lydia,.born November 20, 1875. married December 22. 1897. Fred O. Jameson, of Warren, Maine : ii. Sadie Bell, born April 29, 1884, married June 14, 1905. Willis A. Moody, of Warren, Maine, and had Ruth Alma Moody, born June 6. 1906; iii. Hattie Mae, born May 1, 1889, married November 27. 1907, Leon L. Benner, of Waldoborough.

4. Almanza Sarah, born July 27, 1853 : married September 20, 1873, Robert Sukeforth, of Washington, Maine ; children : i. Lilla R. Sukeforth, born October 29, 1875, married January 7, 1897, Charles Finn; ii. Maud Sukeforth, born May 3. 1877, married September 23, 1902, A. L. Farwell, of Unity, Maine, and had Lilla M. Farwell, born November 15, 1904 ; iii. Perlie Sukeforth, born August 16, 1881. married May 1. 1901, Sadie E. Grinnell, of Liberty, Maine, and had Hazel Maud Sukeforth, born October 29, 1902, and Clyde Leroy Sukeforth, born November 1, 1904.

5. Eldorus Austin, born July 17, 1859: Eldorus Austin Castner, son of Miles Thomas Castner (3), was born at Waldoborough, Maine, July 17, 1859. He attended the common schools of that town until eighteen years old, working in the meantime for his father on the farm. At the age of nineteen he came to Waltham, Massachusetts, and became associated with his brother Sanford in his milk business, first as driver and delivery clerk, in Boston, and continuing for eight years. He then began on his own account, establishing a milk route and driving his own wagons to the Boston market for two years. In 1890, at the time of his marriage, he bought his home stead in Waverly, Massachusetts. He built it new stable and an addition to the house. He continued his milk business in Boston until about 1895. when he sold out to advantage, and later purchased a large route in Somerville. He remained in this business until October. 1907. when he sold it and retired. He resides in a beautiful home at 616 Trapelo Road. He and his family attend the Waverly Unitarian church. He is a staunch Republican, has for a number of years been elected delegate to various nominating conventions of his party, and is a member of the Republican town committee. He was made a master mason m Belmont Lodge of Free Masons, November 4. 1897. and is a member of Trapelo Lodge No. 238. Odd Fellows, and a past noble grand and secretary of this lodge. He is a member of Hawthorne Rebekah Lodge of Waltham, is past regent and collector of Waverly Council, 313, Royal Arcanum : and formerly a member of the Boston Milk Dealers' Association. He married. April 2, 1891. Helen Welling ton, sister of his brother's wife, mentioned above. She was born at Waltham, February 14, 1864. daughter of Charles Lowell and Cecilia Webb (Dalton) Wellington, of Waltham. Children: 1. Lena Wellington, born August 7, 1893. 2. Myrtle Margaret, born October 30, 1897.

6. Ulysses Simpson, unmarried, born December 1866

7. Chester Isaac, born May 8. 1868: married July 6, 1889, Cora Weaver, of Washington, Maine, born November 5, 1867; children: i. Ina Mae, born August 29, 1892 ; ii. Susie Cudworth, born February 11, 1893; iii. Sylvia Margaret, born June 23, 1895; iv. Donald Warren, born July 7, 1897, died 1904; v. Floyd Raymond, born April 30, 1900; vi. Shirley Mary Mink, born September 20, 1903 ; vii. Dorothy Ellen, born September 7, 1906." - Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs...

Burial: Comery Cemetery, Waldoboro, Lincoln County, Maine, USA

Sources:

http://www.mytrees.com/ancestry-family/si000864-15612-36954/Miles-C...

ROKES, NEWBERT, BENNER, BUTLER and MARTIN Families - http://nlt.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ftp/misc/benner02.txt

SHULERS and others - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbkeeley&...

Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Volume 4, by William Richard Cutter, January 1, 1908, Lewis historical publishing Company., pgs. 1517, 1518.

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