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

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

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

1. Living Hoffman
2. Living Hoffman
3. Living Hoffman
4. Living Hoffman
5. Cheryl Hoffman was born on 13 Dec 1962 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA; died on 13 Dec 1982 in Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1987; Elma Lehmann: retired electrician

Notes:

Died:
Residence in Round Lake, IL; died at Victory Memorial Hospital in Waukegan

Eric married Katherine Kay Vandre on 19 Jun 1937 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Katherine (daughter of George William Beaver Vandre and Wilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - Staack) was born on 3 Aug 1917 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died in May 1987 in Round Lake, Lake, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: Abt 20 Aug 1917
• 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 2
• Talents: Abt 1927; Elma (Buehler) Lehmann: took dancing lessons with her cousins Elma Buehler & Martha Johnston
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 7645 South Chicago Avenue (step-father's apartment building); age 12; at school
• Education: Abt 1935, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: graduated from Kelly High School in Chicago
• Occupation: Abt 1969, Waukegan, Lake, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: nurse at St. Therese Hospital in Waukegan; retired by 1987

Notes:

Birth:
Cook County File Number 6026116

Baptism:
Elma Lehmann: godparents were her grandmother Katherine (Schaumburg) Staack & a friend Art Wick

John married Gertrude (married Hoffman). Gertrude was born in in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Personal Nature: Elma Lehmann: "No matter what problems he had he was always happy-go-lucky."
• Residence: 5 Jun 1917, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; WWI Draft Reg; living at 3524 Rockwell St; Teamster for C. D. ?Gorman? Teaming Co at 119 Ada St; married; was Cpl in 2nd Infantry ?NG? for 3 years in Illinois; claims draft exemption -left eye defective; medium height & build; gray eyes; dark brown hair
• 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 25; Driver for Gannon and Company
• Occupation: Abt 1925, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; info from Elma Lehmann's records (1987): truck driver
• Surgery to Amputate Arm at Shoulder: Abt Jun 1926, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: "My Aunt told my mother Marie all he asked the Doctor that the nurse give him one cigarette after another which they did while the Doctor operated on him at home. He smoked 16 packages of cigarettes. He lived one year after the operation.\"

Notes:

Birth:
Elma Lehmann (1987) wrote that he was born Beaver but adopted by Vandre; he explicitly gave his birth date and place on his WWI draft registration, but I cannot find a Chicago birth record for him

Buried:
info from Elma Lehmann's records (1987): Oakwoods Cemetery

Died:
Cook County Death Certificate 6017155 -- see http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/idphdeathsrch.html; Elma Lehmann: died of cancer

George married Wilhelmine Ottolie - Wilhelmina - Minnie - Staack on 5 Feb 1916 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Wilhelmine (daughter of Friedrich Gustav Carl Fred Fritz Staack and Katherine Schaumburg) was born on 4 Feb 1896 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 24 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; was buried on 27 May 1931 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Personal Nature: Elma Lehmann: "My Aunt used to roller skate to work and back so she could save money. Many times her & my cousins roller skated to our home at the time at 60th & Campbell from 79th & Cottage Grove where they lived."
• Personal Nature: Elma Lehmann: "My Aunt was a great cook. Her sister my mother Marie [Staack Buehler] would have her come and cook fried brains for my father because she cooked them the best."
• Occupation: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; Elma Lehmann: "Worked for Wrigley Gum Factory and a Cookie Factory located at 35th & Ashland. ... My Aunt would always bring my brother and I Wrigley chewing gum."
• Baptism: 4 Apr 1896, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 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 24
• Residence: 1930, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; 7645 South Chicago Avenue (husband's apartment building); age 34; age at first marriage 20; occupation: none

Notes:

Birth:
No civil birth record found for her - birth date is from baptismal record

Baptism:
Immanuel Lutheran Church - sponsors Wilhelmine (Gelis) Schaumburg & Otto Kluth

Buried:
Oakwoods Cemetery by Lain & Son at 316 W. 63rd St.

Died:
Elma Lehmann: died at County Hospital of yellow jaundice caused by her gallbladder -- Death Cert: at 7643 S Chicago Ave; married to Salvatore; housewife; cause acute hepatitis (2 weeks); burial 27 May 1931 at Oakwoods Cemetery by Lain & Son at 316 W. 63rd

Notes:

Married:
by Rev. Hermann L. Pflug of 3650 South Honore Street -- see image in Media Gallery

father married mother of George Beaver. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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