MYLER - OH to IL to ND
Wow - I get to post the first message!let' see - where to start.
William Myler as born in 1809 in Ross County Ohio.He had at least one brother named Robert MYLER, born in 1825 in Chillicothe, Ross County Ohio.It's been said that their father was named either Robert or William.
William Myler m. Experience McClelland in the 1830s.They had 5 children.
1.John Milton Myler
2.James Canaday Myler
3.William Riley Myler
4.Unknown
5.Unknown.
I had thought that they had only the 3 boys until receiving a copy of Experience's obituary.See the McClelland genforum and type in ROSE YOUNG.
1.John was my great grandfather.In the 1860s he moved to Vermilion County, IL and married Cornelia Dee Harmison.See the Harmison genforum.They had five children:
(1) Charles Milton Myler
(2) John Edward Myler
(3) Malissa Myler
(4) Etta Myler
(5)
Charles was my grandfather.He married in ILL to a woman named Airstone Firebaugh.They had one son Ralph and moved to Douglas, Ward County, North Dakota.Ralph and Airstona and 3 horses were killed by the same lightening bolt.Charles then married, in 1935, Helena Minnie Schuester and had 5 girls.He was born in 1879 and was 66 years old when he had this brood.Charles died in 1949 in Minot, ND.His wife Minnie was only 19 at the time of marriage.His five daughters were
a.Carol Marie Myler (my mother)
b.Mary Ellen Myler
c.Demeris Ruth Myler
d.Donna Myler
e.Doris Myler
(the last two are twins)
Charles' brother, John Edward Myler, also moved to North dakota.He married Margaret Sullivan and lived his life in Douglas, ND.he had the following children:
Adele Myler, who m. Ernest Parker and had 6 kids.
Lois Myler, who had 4.
Marie Myler, who m. Paul Dawson.
There are others, but this is all off the top of my head right now.Will post more in the early new year of 2000.
Welcome, Myler genforum!