Carl Lehman, WHC Collections 0079.001.0002

Carl August Lehman

Job Title(s)

Dresser, Foreman 

Dates of Employment

c. 1910-1939

Last Name  Carl 
First Name  August 
Middle Initial  Lehman 
Born  24 Apr 1895 in Salem, OR 
Home Addresses 

(1929-1934) 

1286 S 15th in Salem, OR 
Died  26 Mar 1940 in Los Angeles, CA 
Place Buried  Belcrest Memorial Park in Salem, OR 
Wife  1st – Lew J Bell 

2nd – Glenna B Jayes 

Date of Marriage  1st – 26 Apr 1919 

2nd – 27 Dec 1935 

Children  Doreatha 
Dates of Employment  1910-1939 
Job(s)  Dresser, Foreman 
Story  Carl August Lehman worked at TKWM from about 1910 as a dresser then supervisor until retirement in 1939.  Carl’s father August and siblings also worked at the Mill for some time. 

Carl’s German emigrant parents, August (1866-1936) and Anna (1867-1964) Lehman arrived in the U.S. in 1891 and settled in Oregon.  Carl was born on 24 Apr 1894 and by 1900 the family was living at 1740 Oxford St. in the Yew Park neighborhood of Salem, OR.  

In 1910, Carl worked as a weaver at TKWM along with his father August.  August left in 1911 to become a restaurateur.  By 1917, he worked alongside his siblings Ella and William as weavers. On 26 Apr 1919 in Vancouver, Washington, at age 25, Carl married Lew J Bell who was 19 at the time.  They had one child named Doreatha but divorced by 1929.  In 1935 Carl married Glenna B Jayes, a divorcee with two teenage children.  She was a weaver at TKWM.   

Carl continued working at TKWM as a Dresser Foreman until ill health forced him to move to southern California in 1939.  Wife Glenna accompanied him.  Carl died from a heart attack in Hollywood, CA on 26 Mar 1940 and was returned to Salem for burial in Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem.   

   
References 
Name  Remarks 
Census  1900 Charlie Lahman. Age 6. Born Apr 1894 in Oregon. Home in Yew Park. Father and mother born in Germany. Additional household members: August Lahman 32, Anna Lahman 37, Charlie Lahman 6, Fred Lahman 4, Willie Lahman 3, Ella Lahman 1. 

1910 Carl A. Lehmann. Age 16. Birth Date: 1894 in Oregon. Home on Oxford St. Salem Ward 6, Marion, OR. Father and mother born in Germany. Additional household members: August C. Lehmann 43, Anna R. Lehmann, 42, Fritz W. Lehmann 14, Willie A. Lehmann 13, Ella D. Lehmann 10, Otto H. Lehmann 7 Hermann R. Lehmann 4, Dora E. Lehmann 0. 

1920 Carl A. Lehman. Age 25. Birth: abt 1895 in Oregon. Home on 4th St. In West Salem. Married, Son-in-Law. Spouse: Lew J. Lehman. Father and mother born in Germany. Occupation: Dresser in Textile Industry. Additional household members: Delana P. Bell 54, Lew J. Lehman 17, Ruth A. Wilhoit 15. 

1930 Carl Lehman. Age 35. Born about 1895 in Oregon. Divorced. Owns home at 1286 15th St. Father and mother born in Germany. Occupation: Laborer, Woolen Mill. 

City Directories  1924 Carl A Lehman (Lew).  1286 S 15th, Salem.  Forman TKWM. 

1931 Carl A Lehman.  1286 S 15th, Salem.  Dresser TKWM. 

1932 Carl A Lehman.  1286 S 15th, Salem.  Dresser TKWM. 

1934 Carl A Lehman.  1286 S 15th, Salem.  Dresser TKWM. 

1935 Carl A Lehman.  1286 S 15th, Salem.  Boss dresser TKWM. 

1937 Carl A Lehman (Glenna B) 147 N 18th, Salem.  Foreman TKWM. 

1939 Carl A Lehman (Glenna B) 147 N 18th, Salem.  Foreman TKWM. 

WW1 Draft Card  Carl August Lehman. Birth Date: 24 Apr 1894 in Oregon. Address: 2040 Oxford Salem, Marion County, OR. Occupation: Weaver TKWM. No dependents. Dated 5 Jun 1917. 
Find a Grave  Carl August Lehman Birth: 24 Apr 1894 in Oregon.  Death: 26 Mar 1940 (aged 45) in Los Angeles County, CA. Burial: Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion County, OR. Memorial ID: 166158834.     
Washington Marriage Cert  Carl A Lehman.  Marriage Age: 25.  Birth Date: abt 1894 in Salem, Oregon.  Occupation:  Dresser.   Marriage Date: 26 Apr 1919 in Clarke County, Washington.  Father:  Mother: Anna Lehman Spouse: Lew J Bell age 19.  First marriage for each. 
Newspapers.com  Capital Journal 27 Mar 1940 p 12.  Carl A Lehman Obituary 

Capital Journal 3 Jul 1929 p 7. Divorce Request 

Capital Journal 28 Jul 1929 p 5.  Divorce Granted  

Capital Journal 6 Sep 1941 p 7.  Claim against Carl Lehman estate 

Oregon Marriage Index  Glenna B Jayes.  Marriage Date: 27 Dec 1935 in Marion, Oregon 
WHC Materials  M3 1996-001               Mill Records 

0079.001.0002            Photo 

M3 2007-010-0013     Photo 

M3 2007-010-0014     Photo (Lehman Family) 

M3 2007-010-0016     Photo 

M3 1994-100-0008     Ad 

0082.012.0001.002    Student Paper (Alaska, Yukon, Pacific Exposition)