Family/Spouse: Living Andersen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living Lehmann
2. Living Lehmann

Other Events:

• Departure: 28 Sep 1925, Bremen, Germany; on S. S. "Berlin"; last residence Neukoelln; nearest relative in Germany: Minna's sister Helene Schachtschabel at Blankenfeldstr 14 in Berlin
• Arrival: 7 Oct 1925, New York, New York, USA; S. S. "Berlin"; Family on lines 17-20: mother Minna & sons Gerhardt & Guenther & her mother Emilie Schemel
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Elma Lehmann: Berlin, Germany; Birthplace given as Neukoelln on 7 Oct 1925 S. S. Berlin arrival in New York

Buried:
Elma Lehmann: Avon Centre Cemetery; Rte 83 & Shorewood; Grayslake, IL

Died:
Elma Lehmann: died at St Therese Hospital in Waukegan

Gerhardt married Elma June Buehler on 14 Jul 1937 in Crown Point, Indiana, USA. Elma (daughter of William John Bill Buehler and Marie Johanna Staack) was born on 31 Oct 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 22 Feb 2003 in Bristol, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 27 Nov 1918, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3533 Mozart (Marie's parents at 3527); age 1
• Talents: Abt 1927; Elma (Buehler) Lehmann: took dancing lessons with her cousins Katherine Vandre & Martha Johnston
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2452 60th Street; age 11; at school
• Confirmation: 20 Mar 1932, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church at 64th & Washtenaue Ave; pastor John A. Leimer

Notes:

Birth:
Elma Lehmann: at home 3504 S Rockwell

Baptism:
Elma Lehmann: St. John's Lutheran Church at 36th & Wood St; pastor H. L. Pflug; godparents were Uncle John Staack and my father's sister Elsie (Buehler) Kavanaugh

Notes:

Married:
Elma Lehmann: Crown Point Court House; 46 anniversaries before Gerhard's death

Other Events:

• _MILT: Abt 1917; Captain in German 35th Division
• Departure: 2 Oct 1924, Bremen, Germany; on S. S. "Columbus"; age 27; mechanic; married; last residence Neukoelln; nearest relative in Germany: mother Anna Laars, Berlin Neue Kahnstr 92; final destination Chicago, Ill.
• Arrival: 10 Oct 1924, New York, New York, USA
• Residence: 7 Oct 1925, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 5421 Shields, per wife's S. S. Berlin 7 Oct 1925 arrival information
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 5646 Union Avenue
• Residence: 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Reg; living at 5644 S Union; borh 10 Jul 1896 in Berlin, Germany; contact: wife at same address; Employed by Chicago Daily News at 222 Racine, George Pope

Notes:

Birth:
On his WWII draft registration, he gave his birthplace as Berlin. His 1917 marriage record gives his birthplace as Spandau.There is a Spandau, Berlin, Germany; so I am using that location.

Buried:
Elma Lehmann: burial from Kenny Funeral parlor 5438 S Halsted St

Died:
Elma Lehmann: at home 5632 S Lowe in Chicago; body was taken to Engelwood Hospital to determine cause of death which was Coronary Thrombosis and Hypertension; Dr. E. W. Arnold of 1001 W 79th St

Erich married Minnia Minnie Minna Schemel on 17 Nov 1917 in Berlin, Germany. Minnia (daughter of Schemel and Emilie Emilia Emily (married Schemel)) was born on 8 Jul 1898 in Rixdorf, Germany; died on 28 Apr 1967 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA; was buried about 5 May 1967 in Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Departure: 28 Sep 1925, Bremen, Germany; on S. S. "Berlin"; last residence Neukoelln; nearest relative in Germany: Minna's sister Helene Schachtschabel at Blankenfeldstr 14 in Berlin
• Arrival: 7 Oct 1925, New York, New York, USA; S. S. "Berlin"; Family on lines 17-20: mother Minna & sons Gerhardt & Guenther & her mother Emilie Schemel
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Birth:
birth location given as Rixdorf on 17 Nov 1917 marriage & on 7 Oct 1925 S. S. Berlin arrival

Buried:
Elma Lehmann: Evergreen Park Cemetery by Toon Funeral Home 4920 Main St in Westmount, IL

Died:
Elma Lehmann: died at Elgin State Hospital of Bronchopneumonia, primary arteriosclerotic heart disease.

Notes:

Married:
Elma Lehmann is the source for both the date and location

Other Events:

• Organizations: Elma Lehmann: was Secretary for the International Molders & Foundry Workers Union Local 233 for a number of years; went to conventions in St. Louis, MO & Birmingham, AL
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3533 Mozart (Marie's parents at 3527); Renting; age 29; Carpenter in Building trade
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2452 60th Street; age 11; Renter for $67.50 per month from Andrew Stucker; age 39; age at first marriage 21; Manufacturing of Vases in Store
• Occupation: Bef 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: worked for cartage co with horse wagons; salesman for Air*Way vacuum cleaners; then "Buehler & Jacobs" 6022 S Western Av cement bird baths, benches, vases, landscaping - lost in Depression
• Occupation: Aft 1933; Elma Lehmann: drill press operator for C. H. Milles Foundry at 35th & Bell in Chicago; worked there 21 yrs & retired at 70
• Residence: 1942, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; WWII Draft Reg: living at 3540 S Damen; contact: Marie at same address; Employer: Charles H. Milles at 2522 W 35th St
• Residence: Abt 1947, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: bought 2 lots & chicken coop at 1323 W Hawthorn Dr from Marie's sister Henrietta & Walter Johnston who needed to sell for money; Henrietta & Walter hlped make it a beautiful home where Marie & Bill lived 23 years; Bill sold when Marie died
• 50th Wedding Anniversary: 3 Jun 1961, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: at the VFW Club at 1205 Grub Hill Road (now called Fairfield Road). Elma's uncle Louis Abraham played his concertina that evening.
• Residence: 1970, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: after Marie died, Bill sold their house at 1323 W Hawthorne and came to live with his daughter Elma & Gerhard Lehmann, who lived next door

Notes:

Buried:
Elma Lehmann: Avon Centre Cemetery; Rte 83 & Shorewood; Grayslake, IL; son Emil Buehler who owned Buehler Memorials on Rollins Road in Round Lake designed the grave marker

Died:
Elma Lehmann: Waukegan Pavilion Nursing Home

William married Marie Johanna Staack on 3 Jun 1911 in St. Joseph, Michigan, USA. Marie (daughter of Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack and Katherine Schaumburg) was born on 15 Oct 1893 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Oct 1970 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; was buried after 5 Oct 1970 in Grayslake, Lake, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Talents: Elma Lehmann: "Mother loved to crochet, tate, and many more things it would be a list a mile long."
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3533 Mozart (Marie's parents at 3527); age 27
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 2452 60th Street; age 36; age at first marriage 18
• Occupation: Bef 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: worked for Libby & McNeil & Libby Co at the Union Stockyards at 43rd & Halsted; then for Stein Garter Co at 35th & Ashland; then husband started own business & she did the office work
• Occupation: Aft 1933, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: after husband Bill lost business in Depression, she went to work for Lerner Co at Canal & Van Buren downtown; she retired from there
• Residence: Abt 1947, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: bought 2 lots & chicken coop at 1323 W Hawthorn Dr from Marie's sister Henrietta & Walter Johnston who needed to sell for money; Henrietta & Walter hlped make it a beautiful home where Marie & Bill lived 23 years; Bill sold when Marie died
• 50th Wedding Anniversary: 3 Jun 1961, Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: at the VFW Club at 1205 Grub Hill Road (now called Fairfield Road). Elma's uncle Louis Abraham played his concertina that evening.

Notes:

Birth:
383 Hastings Street; 3rd child of mother; father occupation Carpenter; father birthplace Spantekow Prussia -- name on certificate is Minnie

Buried:
Elma Lehmann: Avon Centre Cemetery; Rte 83 & Shorewood; Grayslake, IL; son Emil Buehler who owned Buehler Memorials on Rollins Road in Round Lake designed the grave marker

Died:
Elma Lehmann: Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan

Notes:

Married:
see image in Media Gallery; Elma (Buehler) Lehmann: Bill met Marie through her brother John, Bill's boyhood friend. Bill lived at 3537 Mozart & John at 3527 Mozart.

Other Events:

• _MILT: Elma Lehmann: 3-star general in German Army

Erich married first wife mother of Eric and Bruno von Lehmann. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

married Emilie Emilia Emily (married Schemel). Emilie was born about 1868 in Dubrow, Brandenburg, Germany; died on 1 Jul 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Departure: 28 Sep 1925, Bremen, Germany; on S. S. "Berlin"; last residence Neukoelln; nearest relative in Germany: Minna's sister Helene Schachtschabel at Blankenfeldstr 14 in Berlin
• Arrival: 7 Oct 1925, New York, New York, USA; S. S. "Berlin"; Family on lines 17-20: mother Minna & sons Gerhardt & Guenther & her mother Emilie Schemel

Notes:

Birth:
Birth given as Dubrow on 7 Oct 1925 S. S. Berlin arrival list in New York

Died:
Cook County Death Certificate 6019645 -- see http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1882
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA

Fred married Anna Hannah Katz. Anna was born about 1865 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Arrival: 1882
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA

Other Events:

• Baptism: 6 Aug 1865, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
• Confirmation: 28 Sep 1879, Spantekow, Kreis Anklam, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; see Wesley Johnston's hand-written copy made about 1981 from the original then owned by Viola (Staack) Abraham
• Baptismal Sponsor: 22 Mar 1881, Beseritz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany; sponsor at baptism of sister Caroline Staack's son Bernhard Friedrich August Konsoer
• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1900 census
• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1910 census
• Arrival: 1882; in United States - per 1920 census
• Departure: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Hamburg, Germany
• _ORIG: Bef 17 Apr 1882, Prussia
• Arrival: 17 Apr 1882, New York, New York, USA; Mother Sophie & children Bertha & Fritz (Fred) Staack arrive in New York on the Silesia, which sailed from Hamburg -- see images in Media Gallery
• _DEST: 17 Apr 1882, United States of America
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 53; Nat'd 1887; Carpenter
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8817 Euclid Avenue (son John at 8819, dau Henrietta Johnston at 8823); owns home of unknown value; does not have a radio set; age 65; first married at age 22; arrived in US 1884; Naturalized; occupation: none

Notes:

Baptism:
sponsors: 1. Carl Pagels, Statthalter (foreman) in Spantekow 2. Friedrich Wascher, coachman in Drewelow 3. Henriette Schultz, girl in Spantekow -- see image in Media Gallery

Buried:
Waldheim Cemetery -- Section G Lot 9

Died:
8817 Euclid Avenue

Friedrich married Katherine Schaumburg on 4 Jun 1887 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Katherine (daughter of Adam Schaumburg and Wilhelmina Minnie Gelis) was born on 22 Jul 1868 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 5 Feb 1934 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 8 Feb 1934 in Forest Park, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Residence: 1870, Chicago Ward 8, Cook, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1 May 1875, New Ulm, Brown, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1880, Springfield, Brown, Minnesota, USA
• Residence: 1900, Chicago Ward 10, Cook, Illinois, USA; 977 West 21st Place
• Residence: 1910, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart
• Residence: 1920, Chicago Ward 5, Cook, Illinois, USA; 3527 South Mozart (Fred & Katherine are renting to their daughter Minnie & George Vandre and living down the street from Katherine's sister Mary & Otto Kluth at 3513 and their daughter Marie & William Buehler at 3533); age 51
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 8817 Euclid Avenue (son John at 8819, dau Henrietta Johnston at 8823); age 63; first married at age 20;

Notes:

Buried:
Waldheim Cemetery-- Section G Lot 9

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses: August Schaumburg [her brother], Fina Blohm, Hermann Konsoer [Fred's sister Wilhelmine Caroline Staack had married Carl Konsoer about 1874], August Gohr -- see image in Media Gallery