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Esther Victoria <I>Melcher</I> Lehman

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Esther Victoria Melcher Lehman

Birth
Hocking County, Ohio, USA
Death
24 Feb 1981 (aged 84)
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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Esther was born 13 January 1897 in South Bloomingville, Hocking, Ohio, the third of six children of Casper Franklin Melcher, Sr. (1868-1942) and Nora Ellen Hamilton (1874-1905). Esther's siblings were Ethel Bell, an infant brother (died in 1896), Dorothy Gayle, Sarah Elizabeth, and an infant brother (died in 1905). Esther's mother Nora died with the birth of Esther's infant brother in 1905. Following her mother's death, Ether's father married Josephine Ethel Honnold (1884-1962). Esther had four half-siblings from her Father's second marriage: Elinor Ruth, Mary Helen, Casper Jr., and Cathryn.

Esther married Lawrence Mather Lehman 15 March 1915 in Hocking County, Ohio. Lawrence was born 20 March 1896 in South Bloomingville, Ohio, the son of Joseph Lesley Lehman (1872-1948) and Stella Lorraine Earnhart (1874-1946). He had four siblings: Pearl, Daisy, Flay, and Edgar. Lawrence started out working as a clerk in a drug store, then became a public school teacher.

Esther and Lawrence had eight children: James, Joseph, Stella, Robert, Beatrice, Lawrence Jr., Herman, and Mary Alice.

Lawrence was a teacher a Kansas City Junior College at the time of his death. Lawrence died of a heart attack 17 July 1963 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.

Esther died 24 February 1981 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.
Esther was born 13 January 1897 in South Bloomingville, Hocking, Ohio, the third of six children of Casper Franklin Melcher, Sr. (1868-1942) and Nora Ellen Hamilton (1874-1905). Esther's siblings were Ethel Bell, an infant brother (died in 1896), Dorothy Gayle, Sarah Elizabeth, and an infant brother (died in 1905). Esther's mother Nora died with the birth of Esther's infant brother in 1905. Following her mother's death, Ether's father married Josephine Ethel Honnold (1884-1962). Esther had four half-siblings from her Father's second marriage: Elinor Ruth, Mary Helen, Casper Jr., and Cathryn.

Esther married Lawrence Mather Lehman 15 March 1915 in Hocking County, Ohio. Lawrence was born 20 March 1896 in South Bloomingville, Ohio, the son of Joseph Lesley Lehman (1872-1948) and Stella Lorraine Earnhart (1874-1946). He had four siblings: Pearl, Daisy, Flay, and Edgar. Lawrence started out working as a clerk in a drug store, then became a public school teacher.

Esther and Lawrence had eight children: James, Joseph, Stella, Robert, Beatrice, Lawrence Jr., Herman, and Mary Alice.

Lawrence was a teacher a Kansas City Junior College at the time of his death. Lawrence died of a heart attack 17 July 1963 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.

Esther died 24 February 1981 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.


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