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Ferdinand LEHMAN & Christina GINTER
Gotthelf F. LEHMAN
(7 Jul 1884 - 14 May 1952) & Irma MALETSKY (7 Mar 1892 - 14 Jul 1966)
Albert Llewellyn LEHMAN (30 Nov 1918 -
14 Jan 1995) & Carolyn Josephine WAMSER (10 Oct 1918 - )
Misc. Notes
Ferdinand
was Lutheran prior to converting to Baptist.
My mother is unsure of (the family relationships) but she believes
Ferdinand's wife (Christina) was first married to a Tripke and then after his
death married Ferdinand Lehman. She is
unsure of the relationship between Emma and Gotthelf, at first thinking they
were true brother-sister, but then we found a note indicating Emma was a
half-sister.
NOTES FROM ALBERT L. LEHMAN:
I don't know
any dates for Ferdinand, but he lived to the age of 89. His second child's name was
"Maria", not Emma, and she and Gotthelf were true
brother-sister. Maria had 1 child, named
Otto, who is now a Baptist minister in East Germany.
Ferdinand
had a farm in what is now East Germany.
Before that he ran a chemical plant, where an accident affected his
eyesight. He became blind early in his
life. He anticipated that a war in
Europe was likely to occur soon, and sent his son (Gotthelf) to the U.S.
NOTES FROM JEAN (TRIPKE) TOMES
– ABOUT “OTTO”:
(His surname
was Scholl.) “Otto Scholl was a Baptist minister – I don't know his wife’s
name. They had two children, boy and girl. Otto had a spinster
sister named Maria, no children.
“When Hitler
invaded Poland, Otto was inducted into the German army. Wife and two
children fled from Poland into Germany. All contact was lost with Otto
[because of the war] and wife and children. Wife wrote to my father
[Arthur Tripke] asking if they had heard from Otto. Apparently Otto wrote
also and that is how the two got together again, by the exchange of
letters.
“I do
remember something about Otto's son being a musician and fled into free
Germany (across the Berlin Wall). Because of this, things became very
hard on Otto, wife and daughter. Chickens were confiscated, they were
apparently left with not much as retaliation and were under much
scrutiny.
“At one time
there was a letter… from Otto written to Uncle Al [I believe..could be wrong
about who got the letter] asking for a motorcycle so that he could visit
his congregation. I believe he had very bad arthritis and his bike wasn't
helping anymore. We had a family meeting at Herbert Tripke's house to
discuss the prospects of getting him one and how to go about doing it.
Someone called the consulate for help and it was suggested that it would be
lost cause. Even if the motorcycle would make it across the border, which
was doubtful, any replacement parts would be totally out of the question for
repairs. Plus the cost of doing something like that was
prohibitive. Not sure how it all ended, but, no motorcycle was ever
sent.
“I met
Maria, his sister, in Germany when I was about 18. She told stories of
visiting her brother, Otto, taking oranges or other precious goodies and
sometimes they would be confiscated by the guards and other times she could
pass through with them. I suppose that is the one thing that struck me
and stuck with me. I do have at least one picture of Otto and wife and
daughter and perhaps one of Maria too.
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Spouse: Anna Rosine GÜNTHER
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Birth: 4 Jun 1844 Joanka, Poland
Father: Daniel GÜNTHER (1812-1848)
Mother: Anna Dorothea NITSCHKE
(1815->1861)
Other
spouses: Gottlieb TRIPKE
Misc. Notes
We had been using name “Christine Ginter”.
From Reinhold Jerke:
“Where to begin to tell what I know about
the families? I started my family research more than 30 years ago and so it is
a lot of information.
I think it is the best way to begin with the
directly connection between us and that is the family of Anna Rosine Lehmann
wid. Tripke nee Günther (in polish or russian documents Ginter).
Anna Rosine (also Rosa) Günther, born 4 June
1844 at the village of Joanka, baptized 16 June 1844 at Sobieseki (Lutheran
church), date of death is unknown
1st Marriage 11 November 1861 at Sobieseki
(Lutheran church) “
Other
spouses: ? TRIPKE
? TRIPKE
& Anna Rosine GINTER/GUNTHER
Wilhelm TRIPKE (abt 1877 - ) & Augusta
(abt 1881 - )
Johanna TRIPKE (27 Dec 1902 - 14 Nov
1914)
Arthur TRIPKE (19 Apr 1908 - 21 Apr
1965) & Elli REIN
Herbert TRIPKE (7 Jan 1914 - 1 Nov
1997) & Ruth (9 Jun 1917 - Oct 1993)
Ferdinand
LEHMAN & Anna Rosine GINTER/GUNTHER
Gotthelf F. LEHMAN (7 Jul 1884 - 14 May
1952) & Irma MALETSKY (7 Mar 1892 - 14 Jul 1966)
Arthur LEHMAN (? - )
Irma Virginia LEHMAN (19 Jul 1916 - )
& Harold J. LARASH
Alice LEHMAN (23 Sep 1915 - ) &
Carl Heinz LESCHE
Albert Llewellyn LEHMAN (30 Nov 1918 -
14 Jan 1995) & Carolyn Josephine WAMSER (1918 - 2010)
Maria (Emma?) LEHMAN & SCHOLL
Pastor Otto SCHOLL
Maria SCHOLL
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