The Lahr Family

The Lahr Family

The following material was donated to the Berks County Genealogy project by: Sandy.

I’m looking for information on E. W. Lehr who came from PA. I’m trying to find out if he was a decendant of Samuel L. &Elizabeth Hallabaugh Lehr of Berks, Pine Grove, Schylkill, PA. Trying to find out any info on family, especially names of siblings. I understand they had 16 children. If anyone has any info on Samuel &Elizabeth Hallabaugh Lehr please contact me.

I’m a decendant of Jacob S. Lehr, 1 of their children through his son Isaac Lehr. In OH 1850 Isaac Lehr married Mary Jane Winkler had 2 children Mary A. (Adaline, Addie, Ada ) Lehr and Marvin Allen Lehr in OH.

They later moved to De Pue, Bureau, Il around 1855 and had Alice and Frank Lehr. Mary A. Lehr married Franklin Smith, and Alice Lehr married Justus Poke.

The Smith &Lehr family then moved on to Schaller, IA. Mary A. Lehr and Franklin Smith raised a family in IA and most of them are buried there in Schaller, Cemetery.

Marvin Allen Lehr also known as M. A. Flour &Grain married Rose Luvilla Francisco Lehr and they had five children there: Lucian Lehr, Cecil M.Lehr, Hazel Alice Lehr, Gladys Lehr and Opra Lehr (died after birth).

Marvin and his family moved to Boone, NE in 1900 census. Then they moved to Omaha, NE probably around 1910. Marvin, Rose, Lucian and Cecil Lehr are all buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha, NE. Hazel Lehr Reese Calvos Holm Nathan is!
buried in Vallejo, CA. Frank and his wife Laura Rawson Lehr are buried in Colma, CA.

I’m trying to find out if any of these Lehrs were related and am looking for obits on the E. W. Lehr family. I’m also trying to research the Manderson Lehr family of Alibon that the American Legion is named after. I would like any obits or articles on him and his family. I understand he was and Army Officer killed in action. I know that Cecil Lehr was a member of Omaha’s Post 1 and a Printer 1st class in the US Navy, Pacific Fleet, he died 9 Sep 1941.