Excerpt from The SASATCHEWAN VALLEY NEWS
August 14, 1991
More than 160 descendants of Wilhelm and Karolina gathered at Rosthern on Sunday, August 4, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Lehmanns immigration to Canada. Wilhelm and Karolina with their three children, Anna, Albert and Karl came to Canada in 1890. Following a breif stay in Manitoba, the family homestead at Rosthern, N.W.T.; in 1894, where they developed a successful farming operation while raising a family of four daughters and seven sons. Here they were instrumental in the establishment of the Elberfeld School and organizing the Rosthern Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
The theme for the reunion was 100 Years- Our Legacy.” Activities began with an evening social Saturday evening on the homestead site. Sunday schedule included a praise service in the morning, a noon banquet, an afternoon family program. Picture taking, visiting and reminiscing rounded out the program.
Relatives and friends from as far as Australia, Germany and the United States. Others came from Nova Scotia and all other provinces from Ontario and West to Alberta.
Commemorative gifts were presented to the oldest surviving descendant, Herbert of Rosthern and to the youngest, Marcus David Keenan of Winnipeg.
There are two surviving members of Wilhelm and Karolina Lehmann’s Family. Both are living in the Rosthern area. Herb and his wife Erna reside on the orginal homestead farmsite, and Luise resides in Rosthern.
