Don's Genealogy - Loker Family

 

Ancestors of Loker

The Loker family, along with the Wismer family has a long history in Canada. David and Elizabeth (also known as Lizzie) raised their family in Ontario

David Loker

b. June 1, 1886, Galt, Ontario, Canada

d. July 23, 1972 Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Sarah Ann Elizabeth Wismer

b. June 7, 1893, Galt, Ontario, Canada

d. September 26, 1981, Brantford, Ontario Canada

Married February 25, 1914, Galt, Ontario, Canada

Children: 7

While most of their lives were spent in the Galt and St. George area of Ontario, in about 1915-20 David and Lizzie lived in the Okanagan where they tried to start a farming enterprise. Some of their older children were born around that time. Here are some pictures from that time. It shows the clearing of land by the Loker settlers.

 

They returned from the Okanagan after their new farm failed, and eventually setup a market gardening farm outside St. George Ontario at the corners of Highway 24 and the road to St. George. The Adelaide Hunter Hoodless park holds a memorial to the founder of the Women's Institute and is at that junction was once the Loker's front yard.

Generation Zero

David Loker's family were:

Father: Hiram Christopher Loker b. abt. 1846 d. July 9, 1912

Mother: Elizabeth Ann Mogg b. abt. 1847 d. July 7, 1900

Children: 13

Siblings:

William Edward Loker, b. 1868, d. 1962, m. Ellen M Hudson

Alexander Loker, b. April 18, 1870, d. July 12, 1904

Elizabeth Ann Loker, b. December 3, 1871, d. abt. March 1950, m. John Henry Shaw

Mary Loker, b. October 14, 1873, d. October 14, 1873

Hiram Loker, b. May 8, 1876, d. December 31, 1935, m. Laura Spaeth, m. Agnes Lucinda Gooding

Marguerite Katherine Loker, b. December 12, 1877, d. abt. 1963, m. Thomas Morkin

John Loker, b. 1880, d. 1880

George Loker, b. January 25, 1883, d. April 18, 1950, m. Beatrice Hicks

Lewis Loker, b. 1883, d. 1883

Minnie Loker, b. 1884, d. 1884

Esther Mae Loker, b. January 10, 1885, d. unknown, m. James Hudson

Joseph Loker, b. January 18, 1890, d. April 20, 1972, m. Eva Beatrice Keen

Lizzie Wismer's family were:

Father: Cyrus H. Wismer b. March 15, 1866 d. April 19, 1942

Mother: Margarethe Ellen Morrison b. July 29, 1875 d. November 15, 1959

Children: 5

Siblings:

Marjory May Wismer, b. August 15, 1901, d. August 22, 1981, m. Clarence Smith

Alan Edward Wismer, b. March 11, 1895, d. September 23, 1979

Christina Jane Wismer, b. December 12, 1904, d. April 19, 1985, m. Albert Hyde

Elsie Annabel Wismer, b. October 7, 1907, d. December 14, 1962, m. William Ira Anderson

Generation -1

Hiram Christopher Loker's family were:

Father: Unknown

Mother: Hanna

Siblings: None Known

Cyrus H. Wismer's family were:

Father: Isaac Wismer, b. September 13, 1840, d. August 15, 1874

Mother: Nancy Hillborn, b. abt. 1844, d. April 27, 1923

Siblings: 1

John A. Wismer, b. January 12, 1869, d. abt. 1939, m. Mary Boehmer

Generation -2

Isaac Wismer's family were:

Father: Henry Wismer, b. December 20, 1789 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA), d. February 15, 1854

Mother: Hanna Schlichter, b. December 18, 1798 (Franklin Cty, PA, USA), d. June 26, 1878

Siblings: 9

Joseph Wismer, Mary Wismer, David Wismer, Susanna Wismer, Daniel Wismer, Anna Wismer

Moses Wismer, Lydia Wismer, Elizabet Wismer

Nancy Hillborn's family were:

Father: Wismer

Mother: Sarah Dennis

Siblings: 1

Generation -3

Henry Wismer's family were:

Father: Joseph Wismer, b. April 1, 1765 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA), d. November 29, 1834 (Waterloo Cty, Canada)

Mother: Hanna Fried, b. November 1, 1760 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA), d. June 6, 1830

Siblings: None known

Generation -4

Joseph Wismer's family were:

Father: Henry Wismer, b. abt. 1730 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA), d. November 29, 1834 (Waterloo Cty, Canada)

Mother: Barbara Lederach, b. 1734 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA), d. June 6, 1830

Siblings: 11

Jacob Wismer, Abraham Wismer, Annie Wismer, Maria Wismer, Henry Wismer, Christian Wismer,

Esther Wismer, John Wismer, Elizabeth Wismer, Samual Wismer, Barbara Wismer

Generation -5

Henry Wismer's family were:

Father: Jacob Wismer, b. abt. 1684 (Germany), d. February 4, 1787 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA)

Mother: Nanny Souder, b. 1703 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA), d. 1787 (Bucks Cty, PA, USA)

Siblings: 10

Jacob Jr. Wismer, b. 1721

Mary Wismer, b. 1723

Elizabeth Wismer, b. 1725

Joseph Wismer, b. 1726

Henry Wismer, b. abt. 1730

Mark Wismer, b. 1737

Daniel Wismer, b. 1737

John Wismer, b. 1738

Christian Wismer, b. 1741

Abraham Wismer, b. February 20 1742/1743

Nanny Wismer

Generation -6

Jacob Wismer's family were:

Father: Jacob Wismer, b. abt. 1659 (Bruchsal near Karlsruhe, Germany), d. 1725 (New Bern, North Carolina, USA)

Mother: Maria Friedt, b. abt. 1667 (Germany)

Siblings: None known

Generation -7

Jacob Wismer's family were:

Father: "unknown" Wismer, b. abt. 1633 (Germany)

Mother: Not known

Siblings: None known

Generation -8

"unknown" Wismer's family were:

Father: Martin Wismer, b. abt. 1607 (Karlsrhue,Germany)

Mother: Not known

Siblings: None known

Loker Family History

Verbal family history passes on that H. C. Loker immigrated to Canada as a small child with his mother Hanna from Rantz Germany in 1851 (27 miles outside of Berlin). This journey had to done by passing through England where the name "Brown" was used during travel. H.C.'s original family name is uncertain in that it could originally have been Locker or Von Loker. Canadian census data shows a Herman Locker aged 33 in the 1881 census, but there is no assurance this is the same person.

Wismer Family History

 

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Last Updated: 2008 August 2