Dear John and List, In the Louisa County Marriage Records, the first female Whisler, Eliza/Lisa, reported is married on 24 November 1859 to C. J. Potter, in Marriage Book B, page 230. The next female Whisler marriage is on 31 December 1868, when a Mary C. Whisler is married to a John B. A. Fuller, recorded in D-107. The next is on 25 December 1870, between a Mary Whisler and a P. C. Watsabaugh, D-207. The only other female Whisler record prior to 1900 is for an Iqulay A. Whisler to Charles B. Shellabarger on 13 September 1877, Book E-117. There are two Lehman marriages for the same period. On 18 February 1880 Kettie Lehman married Henry M. Brown, Book E, page 255. On 11 January 1883 Loretta Lehman, to be 22 next birthday, is married to W. H. Foster, who is to be 21, in Book F, page 5. There are no male Lehman marriages listed in the indexes prior to 1899. There are several Whisler male marriages, those of Adam, Arthur E., H. D., Jacob, John and J. V. I would suggest you research census records, for both Federal Censuses and Iowa State censuses. There would be Federal censuses in 1860, 1870 and 1880 that you could research, for their residence in Louisa County, city of Columbus Junction or in Columbus City town or township. There would be Iowa state censuses in 1885 and 1895. If they or their children were living in 1925, the place and date of their marriage might be found in the 1925 Iowa census. Good luck! Keith Street ckcasey@netins.net 325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515 319-523-8164 -----Original Message----- From: John H. Lehmann <jlehmann@mwt.net> To: IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 9:13 AM Subject: Lehmann/Whistler >My great grandparents, Gottlieb Otto Lehmann, believed he used Otto, and Mary Jane Whistler, supposedly where married in Louisa County abt 1857. To date I have not been able to find records of this marriage. Any suggestions? > >Also Gottlieb Otto lived in Columbus Junction and worked as a tin smith according to family stories. This has not been verified either. I do know he died in 1882 and is buried in Cedar County with his mother and brothers in the Downey Cemetery. GGmother and children moved to Nebraska to homestead shortly after G. Otto's death. > >I am new to this hobby and would like to follow the Whistler line but no leads to date. Can anyone help? > >Thank you. > >John H. Lehmann jlehmann@mwt.net > > >==== IALOUISA Mailing List ==== >Don't forget to check out the web sites for southeastern Iowa families. >http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialouisa >http://www.rootsweb.com/~iahenry >http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~jennings