Benjamin Lodge Horner

3 April 1816–25 February 1899 (Age 82)
Gloucester, New Jersey, United States

The Life of Benjamin Lodge

When Benjamin Lodge Horner was born on 3 April 1816, in Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, his father, Malachi Carpenter Horner, was 38 and his mother, Susannah Robbins, was 27. He married Margaret T Horner on 29 October 1837, in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Cumberland, New Jersey, United States in 1860 and Stow Creek Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 February 1899, at the age of 82, and was buried in Bridgeton, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Lodge Horner
1816–1899
Margaret T Horner
1813–1885
Marriage: 29 October 1837
Ruth Tebbet
1838–
Nathaniel R. Horner
1839–
Emma F Horner
1844–
Benjamin Franklin Horner
1846–1912
Wilbert M Horner
1849–1913

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
29 October 1837
Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
children

(5)

    Ruth Tebbet

    Female1838–Female

    Nathaniel R. Horner

    Male1839–Male

    Emma F Horner

    Female1844–Female

    Benjamin Franklin Horner

    Male1846–1912Male

    Wilbert M Horner

    Male1849–1913Male

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(10)

+5 More Children

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 3

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
1820

Age 4

On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
1844

Age 28

The 1844 revision of the New Jersey State Constitution made some significant changes. Suffrage rights were revoked from women and non-whites, meaning that only white men could vote. A separation of powers was established between executive, legislative, and judicial branches. A new bill of rights was provided, and the state now had the right to elect the governor.

Name Meaning

1 English, Scottish, German, and Dutch: from Horn 1 with the agent suffix -er; an occupational name for someone who made or sold small articles made of horn, a metonymic occupational name for someone who played a musical instrument made from the horn of an animal, or a topographic name for someone who lived at a ‘horn’ of land.2 habitational name from Horner in Diptford, Devon, which is named from Old English horn ‘horn of land’ + ora ‘hill spur’, ‘ridge’.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Horn 4.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Benjamin L Homer, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Benjamin Horner, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Benjamin L Horner, "United States Census, 1860"

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