Mary Catherine Lehnherr

Brief Life History of Mary Catherine

When Mary Catherine Lehnherr was born on 2 November 1848, in Randolph, McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, Christian Lehnherr, was 31 and her mother, Mary Catherine Touberit, was 18. She married Oscar Oran Reed on 25 May 1866, in Coos, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Coquille, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1880. She died on 3 June 1927, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rose City Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Oran Reed
1842–1921
Mary Catherine Lehnherr
1848–1927
Marriage: 25 May 1866
Calvin C. Reed
1867–1940
Stephen Sylvester Reed
1869–1954
William Tell Reed
1871–1957
Florence Louise Reed
1872–1936
Maude Mary Reed
1877–1972
Sybil Alvira Reed
1879–1971
Inola Eloise Reed
1881–1963

Sources (5)

  • Mary Lehnherr in household of Christian Lehnherr, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Mrs Mary Brown Crawford, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Mary C Reed in household of Oscar Reed, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

From Latin Maria via Old Welsh Meir. See Mary .

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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