9 Eckert Bortner was born December 29, 1867 in Codorus, York, Pennsylvania. He was in the Green Ridge Cornet and Orchestra Band (AKA Brodbeck's Band) along with his brothers Rolandes, Ozias, Joatham and Edmund "Edward". He was a farmer and restaurant keeper. He married Clara Belle Lentz on April 12, 1904. She was a daughter of farmer Jesse Lentz and Catherine Markle and was born in 1872 in Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania.
Eckert and Clara's children.
1 Vida Bortner
2 Dorethea Bortner (Stewart - Sebald)
3 Auburn Lentz Bortner
4 Harry Leroy Bortner
Eckert and Clara's children.
1 Vida Bortner
2 Dorethea Bortner (Stewart - Sebald)
3 Auburn Lentz Bortner
4 Harry Leroy Bortner
1 Vida Bortner was born December 11, 1904 in Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania. She was a school teacher in Burlington, New Jersey. She never married.
Vida Bortner
1926 Pennsylvania State Normal School Millersville, Pennsylvania
1926 Pennsylvania State Normal School Millersville, Pennsylvania
2 Dorethea Bortner was born April 27, 1906 in Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania, United States. She married dentist Ford Stewart. He was born in 1906 in Pennsylvania. They lived in Erie, Pennsylvania. Ford died in 1965. She remarried William John Sebald.
3 Auburn Lentz "Tip" Bortner was born August 22, 1907 in Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania, United States. He was a furniture maker and a purchasing agent for an insulation company. He was also basketball coach of Glen Rock High school. Auburn served in the US Navy during WWII. He never married.
Auburn Lentz Bortner
Picture courtesy of Carolyn Woodring |
Auburn Lentz Bortner
York Daily Record 18 Nov 1977 |
4 Harry Leroy Bortner was born May 8, 1915 in Glen Rock, York, Pennsylvania. He was a draftsman. He married Ruth Mildred Torbert on August 28, 1937. She was a daughter of house carpenter David Ambler Torbert and Amy Lithgo Graybill and was born December 22, 1911 in Gatchellville, York, Pennsylvania.
Harry and Ruth raised two children.
1 Sylvia Lou Bortner b. 1941 married David Luther Schrader b. 1938
2 Rebecca Ann Bortner b. 1944 married Edmund Francis Hillick b. 1944
Harry and Ruth raised two children.
1 Sylvia Lou Bortner b. 1941 married David Luther Schrader b. 1938
2 Rebecca Ann Bortner b. 1944 married Edmund Francis Hillick b. 1944