Lehner

The Lehner family has their origins in Schömersdorf, Bavaria, Germany.

The earliest known Lehner is Andreas Lehner; he died in 1862 in Schömersdorf.

In March 1887, Bartholomew "Bartl" Lehner, grandson of Andreas, immigrated to America. On the same ship was Bartl's future bride Frances Sturm from Braunsried. They were married in 1889 and settled on a farm in Sauk County, Wisconsin.

Ode to Bartl and Frances for a Lehner Reunion

On a Windy Day in March

In Eighteen Eighty-Seven

Bartholomew Lehner

Embarked From Bremen

On the SS Rhein

He Sailed the Sea

And On That Ship

Was His Bride-To-Be

Frances Sturm

Came With Barbara, Her mother

Bartl Came Alone

As Adam, His Brother

They Sailed to Baltimore

Took Separate Paths to Plain

When Two Years Later

They Met Again

Love Soon Grew

And Turned to Marriage

All Told, They Pushed Eight

In Their Baby Carriage

Margaret and Anna,

Elizabeth and Joe

Can't Stop Now--

There's Four More to Go!

Alois and Catherine

Mary and John

All in the Hopes That

Their Memory'd Live On

It's One Hundred and Seven Years

Since They Set Forth

From Their Families and Friends

In Pertolzhofen und Schömersdorf

Now It's Time Once Again

To Gather Together

And Get Reacquainted

No Matter the Weather

We'll See Some New Faces

And Some That Are Old

We Hope You're All Comin'

Let's Pray it Ain't Cold.

The Children of Mary

Planned the Reunion This Year

In Hope's That You'd Come

From Far and From Near

If Bartl and Frances

Could Come Here From Over There

We Know You'll Be Here

To Show That You Care

So Bring that Cooked Chicken

And Salads and Cake

Old Recipes, and New

That We All Like To Bake

Show Off Your Good Cookin'

Your Delicacies and Treats

What Fun We Will Have

When We EAT, EAT, EAT, EAT!!

Two books about the Lehner family have been written:

Lehner Family History Click here

The Lehner Family Cookbook Click here

More about Lehner is in the Dirnberger section

Lehner message board at Ancestry.com