Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth "Mamie"
When Mary Elizabeth "Mamie" Lehman was born on 2 November 1868, in Edinburg, Mahoning Township, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ozro W Lahman, was 24 and her mother, Anna McCullough, was 21. She married Bayard Eli Grim on 18 October 1886, in WaKeeney, Trego, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 24 January 1929, in Chatham, Chatham Township, Medina, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Chatham Cemetery, Chatham, Chatham Township, Medina, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Mamie Grim in household of Byron Grim, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: M.E. - Government record: Census record: birth: November 1868; Edinburg, Lawrence, Pennsylvania, United States
- Mary Caywood im Eintrag für Ray O. Grim und Sarah E. Handel, „Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013“
Spouse and Children
1863–1943 Male
1868–1929 Female
Children (6)
1889–1890 Female
1890–1979 Male
1893–1975 Male
1895–1977 Male
1896–1978 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1844–1905 Male
1847–1872 Female
Siblings (3)
1866–1870 Male
1866–1923 Female
1868–1929 Female
World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 2
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Age 9
1886
Age 18
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Lehmann . Compare Layman , Leaman , Leeman , and Leman .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Lehmann .
History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Swiss Mennonite family, originating in the Emmental in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, from where many of its bearers moved in the early 18th century to the Palatinate in Germany, Alsace in France, and (finally) to PA in the US. Its original Swiss German form is Lehmann. Among the American Mennonites it is also established in the altered forms Layman and Leaman.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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