Information provided in the following family trees comes from my book THE CANSLER FAMILY IN AMERICA published by Gateway Press in 2001. The book may be purchased from me for $20, which includes shipping. I can be contacted at cliff874@adelphia.net or by mail:

Cliff Roberts
6020 Ansley Way
Suwanee, GA 30024

This 504-page book incorporates the contributions of more than two-dozen family historians as well as years of Cansler research on my part. More than 650 Canslers are placed and connected in genealogical order, as well as some 2,000 individuals in related families. The book is filled with detailed biographical sketches of Cansler men and women as well as some 50 family photographs and 10 maps. Related families include Abernathy, Allen, Arends, Barnett, Benick, Caldwell, Carson, Cline, Cunningham, Davenbaugh, Davenport, Deal, DePriest, Durham, Earney, Etters, Finger, Gentzler, Gerding, Green, Haynes, Hoke, Keaton, Keener, Long, Lowrance, McNeely, Miller, Nichols, Quickel, Propst, Ramsour, Rankin, Roper, Rozzelle, Rudisill, Shuford, Toms, Troutman, Welch, Wintermyer, Woods, and Woody.

• Cansler Family Tree (2784 KB)
  The Canslers' are a Southern family of German origin. The first Cansler immigrants, arriving in Philadelphia in 1749, spelled their name Gentzler. It was pronounced Cansler, however, and later generations, at least those in the South, would spell it that way. Philip W. Gentzler brought his family from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont area of North Carolina in the fall of 1769. This file traces the lives of Philip and his wife Uly, their ten children, and their many generations of descendants.

• Charles Lee Cansler, 1867-1921 (30 KB)
  Charles Lee Cansler was the son of Abel Theodore Cansler and Nancy Susan McNeely. He served in the Spanish-American War. Charles married Florence Portwood. They lived in Republic, Alabama where they ran a general store.

Cliff Roberts
6020 Ansley Way
Suwanee, GA 30024
United States
cliff874@adelphia.net

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