Mabel Emma (Schlemmer) Lehrman (1905 - 1985)

Born 23 Mar 1905 in Allen County, Indiana

Ancestors

Daughter of Henry Schlemmer and Mary (Scaer) Schlemmer

Wife of Paul Frederick Lehrman — married 18 Sep 1929 in Monroeville, Allen County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1985 at age 80 in Ft Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

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The Schlemmer Sisters

Biography

Mabel Emma Schlemmer was born on March 23, 1905 at Allen County, Indiana.^[1] Her parents were Henry Schlemmer and Mary Scaer.^[2] It was a home birth at the family farmhouse. Eventually, this same home would become the home of Mabel and her husband, Paul Lehrman:

Home of Paul and Mabel Lehrman

Henry Schlemmer and Mary Scaer had a small farm near Monroeville, Indiana. When Mabel was young, she and her siblings attended the one room schoolhouse called "the Schlemmer Schoolhouse" on Lortie Road near the Schlemmer homestead.

Mabel and her One Room Schoolhouse Classmates

Mabel came of age during the Roaring Twenties. Here she is dressed in her flapper gear. Maybe she learned the Charleston, a popular dance of those days.

Mabel Schlemmer in her Roaring 20's Regalia

At the age of 24, Mabel Schlemmer was married to her sweetheart, Paul Lehrman.^[3] Once, he told a story that, as a young bachelor farmer, Mabel caught his eye. He thought that she might make a good wife, but marriage was a big step. He wanted to make sure that she knew how to cook. He decided to hire Mabel to cook for him to see if he liked her cooking. Then he hired Mabel to clean for him to see how that went. He said, "Well, I really liked her cooking and I really liked her cleaning, so I decided to propose marriage." It was just a silly story told to a young grandchild, but a memory to share.

Wedding Photo

Here is a scan of their original marriage license:

Original Marriage License

Mabel and Paul Lehrman had 4 children:

Donald Lehrman^[4]

Joyce Lehrman Hambrock^[5]

Noella Lehrman Moore^[6]

Joella Lehrman Stephenson

Here they are at the family Christmas party in 1960:

Lehrman Family Christmas Party

Mabel had a gorgeous flower garden. She probably also grew veggies, but she really had a green thumb with flowers. In the spring there were lilacs and daffodils, the summer brought geraniums, pansies and petunias. Grandma called them all "posies." She loved the outdoors. Here she is having a picnic with her daughters:

Mabel, Noella and Joella

Mabel was very creative and always making something colorful with her hands. She had a box with felt of many colors and pinking shears and magnets.... When the grandchildren came to visit, she would whip up a butterfly or a bluebird or a cardinal for each child to take home.

Paul and Mabel Lehrman celebrated their Golden (50 Year) Wedding Anniversary in September of 1979.

Golden Wedding Anniversary

In her later years, Mabel's hands shook from Parkinson's Disease, so she stopped making little handmade trinkets. Mabel died on October 9, 1986, from complications due to Parkinson's.^[7] She is buried at the Monroeville Memorial Cemetery in Monroeville, Indiana.^[8]

Female descendants carry mitochondrial DNA of I4b. This is called "mitochondrial Iris." The flower iris is used as the background image of some others in this line. However, Mabel always had mass plantings of colorful petunias in her home garden. This is why that flower is used for her background image.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKL5-BVS : accessed 8 May 2018), Mable E Schlemmer in household of Henry Schlemmer, Monroe, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 15A, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 338; FHL microfilm 1,374,351.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ8-BS1 : accessed 8 May 2018), Mabel E Schlemmer in household of Henry Schlemmer, Monroe, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing ED 19, sheet 4A, line 19, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 420; FHL microfilm 1,820,420.
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXJZ-L3L : 10 December 2017), Mary Scare in entry for Paul Lehrman and Mabel E Schlemmer, 18 Sep 1929; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,130,179.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX2L-Z65 : 8 December 2017), Mable Emma Schlemmer in entry for Donald Henry Lehrman and Janice Sue Miller, 15 Jan 1951; citing Allen, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,130,537.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X41L-WDZ : accessed 8 May 2018), Mabel H Lehrman in household of Paul F Lehrman, Monroe, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 5B, line 70, family 106, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 576; FHL microfilm 2,340,311.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1R3-Q3W : accessed 8 May 2018), Mabel E Lehrman in household of Paul F Lehrman, Monroe Township, Allen, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-19, sheet 4A, line 40, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1025.
7. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPPF-PZ9 : 20 May 2014), Mabel Lehrman, Oct 1985; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK2-3XK6 : 11 July 2016), Mabel E. Schlemmer Lehrman, 1985; Burial, Monroeville, Allen, Indiana, United States of America, Monroeville Memorial Cemetery; citing record ID 51594920, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Joella Lehrman and her third cousin Dolly Jackemeyer. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great great grandparents, Peter Schlemmer and Catharina Sali. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 99 cM across 5 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.

• Maternal and Paternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Joella Lehrman and her second cousin Karen B. Their most-recent common ancestors are their great grandparents, John Scaer and Catharine Emrich. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousins, based on sharing 103 cM across 7 segments; Confidence: Extremely High.