a cooper is a barrel maker ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [ILROOTS] Decendents of Johann Hoffmann Marissa, IL > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: GailElledge > Surnames: Lehmann > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.illinois.unknown/3883.2.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Hi Jody, my name is Gail Lee (Mathes) Elledge, Waterloo, IL. My mother's > maiden name is Haas, Adelle Pauline Priscilla. She is one of the twins > born to Nora Lehmann Haas listed further down. > > Her mother Nora's maiden name is Lehman or Lehmann. His name was John A. > Lehmann, born in 1861 and died about 1955 age of 94. My information is > that he was a cooper by trade, but I have no idea what a cooper is. > > >