Sarah Ann5 Aurner, born 18 August 1831(R) in Livingston County, New York;  married first 1848 in St. Joseph County, Michigan (Book B, page 049) to William H. Dildine who was born about 1825-26 in New York;  married second by 1880 in Bremer County, Iowa to Erastus Lawrence Brower (his second marriage)(son of Andrew Brower and Mary Goodwin) who was born about 1824 in Onondaga County, New York.

[William was a farmer. He served in Company B, 14th Iowa Infantry Regiment (the same company as her brother Hiram Aurner, just below) during the Civil War; age 36 at enlistment on 16 August 1862, nativity New York, residence Jefferson (Bremer County), Iowa. Widow Sarah A. Brower applied for a Widow’s Pension, Application #654431 filed 11 May 1892 in Wisconsin. Dependent(s) “William H. Dildine, et al” applied for a Minor’s Pension, Application #658286 filed 18 July 1897 in Minnesota.]

[Erastus was a blacksmith. He served in Company B, 38th Iowa Infantry Regiment and Company I, 34th Iowa Infantry Regiment during the Civil War; age 37 at enlistment, residence Janesville (Bremer County), Iowa. He might be the Erastus L. Brower who died 07 September 1902 in Waupaca County, Wisconsin (Wisconsin Death Index).]

1860 Census: Wm Dildine, page 398, visit 367/350, Jefferson, Bremer, Iowa. 1870 Census: William Dildine, page 127, visit 047/047, Cuivre, Pike, Missouri. 1880 Census: Erastus L. Brower, page 334, visit 192/202, Plainfield (Polk Township), Bremer, Iowa.

Known children with first husband:  P. H. Dildine (son), born about 1849 in Michigan;  M. W. Dildine (son), born about 1852 in Michigan;  Alnysa/Alonza? E. Dildine, born about 1854 in Wisconsin;  Ella C. Dildine, born about 1856 in Wisconsin;  Georgia H. Dildine, born about 1858 in Wisconsin, died 1886 in Saskatchewan, Canada(R), married William Mulligan(R);  John Dildine, born about January 1860 in Iowa;  Helen Dildine(R), married Joe Berry;  William H. Dildine, apparently a twin, born about 1868-69 in Iowa, [NOTE: recorded as William H. Brower in the 1880 census];  Anna Mabel Dildine, apparently a twin, born 09 April 1869(R) in Iowa, [NOTE: recorded as Anna Brower in the 1880 census], died 29 September 1940(R), married first William Mulligan (widower of her sister Georgia, above(R)). [Sarah probably had no children with her second husband.

Co. E DILDINE William H. Hillsdale Co.21disch. at expiration of service. June 28, 1864.
compiled from Michigan Soldiers and Sailors, published by the State of Michigan in 1915, and Compendium of History and Biography of Hillsdale County Michigan Elon G. Reynolds. ed. Chicago: AW Bowen & Co (1903) pp 82-87.

The William H. Dildine Family

William H. Dildine was probably born in Livingston County, NY in 1826. He married Sarah Aurner(Orner) in Sturgis, MI, in 1848. The Aurner family is well documented. William "Drilline" shows up in Wisconsin Indian Lands (1850 census) with wife Sarah and son Philip (b. MI). The family can be traced through census documents in Wisconsin-1855, Iowa-1860 and Missouri-1870. William dies and Sarah marries Erastus Brower. She can be traced through other census documents: Iowa 1880 and Minnesota-1900,

The children can be traced further:

C.E. Dildine is probably Charity Ellen, known later in life as Hellen. She married Henry Smith Berray, possibly divorced, and then moved to Washinton and can be traced through the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census. Her daughter Pearl Berray (Harrison, Rogers) can be traced through the same census as well as an old letter found on the Hicks family website.

Annie Mabel Dildine had 4 husbands: 1) Robert Mulligan, 2) Phylander Tallman, 3) Charles Vergin, and 4) Richard Stuart.
She had two sons: 1) Albert Clarence Mulligan, 2) Robert Tallman.
She can be traced through the 1900, 1910, and 1920 U.S. census. Annie Mabel and Richard moved to Canada and can be found on the voters list for Vanderhoof, BC in 1924. Albert moved south and can be traced on the 1920 and 1930 census.

William (Annie Mabel's twin) can be found with the family in 1900. No wife or family is mentioned.

Georgia is rumoured to have married a Mulligan and died in Saskatchewan in 1886.

Of M.W., Philip and John, I have found nothing.