Harvey Lehman

Biography

Timeline

1. date not given

   Brothers own The Sunshine Store

   Successful combination hardware and grocery store.

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2. date not given

   Manny flees to Newburg

   Took half the store cash and bank savings, left Harvey a note, and departed by train.

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3. date not given

   Brothers own The Sunshine Store

   Manny and Harvey owned a very successful combination hardware and grocery store.

   History of the Guild Family

4. After the reported assault and alleged fire

   Manny leaves Astoria for Newburg

   Took half the store cash and half their bank savings, left Harvey a note, and fled by train to Newburg.

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Stories mentioning Harvey

• The Lehman Family's Dunker RootsEdward Williams was born Emanuel (Manny) Lehman near Astoria in 1882, to Pennsylvania Dutch parents Michael and Lizzie Lehman. They owned a large farm in the Dunkers' community and reportedly had migrated from Hershey, Pennsylvania. The passage traces the Church of the Brethren from eight members in Germany in 1708 through persecution, refuge in Holland, and settlement in Pennsylvania, describing its baptismal practice, pacifism, simple living, and opposition to slavery. Emanuel's siblings were Mary, Henry, and Harvey.
• From the Sunshine Store to a New NameManny and Harvey owned a successful hardware and grocery business in Astoria. According to an account Ethel reported long after his death, Manny discovered his young bride with another man, beat the man, allegedly burned the house, and fled after withdrawing half the store cash and bank savings. In Newburg he worked on a wheat farm, then managed a lumberyard with an attached restaurant and dance hall, subsequently becoming its accountant and prospering. Between 1905 and 1910 he adopted the name Edward Williams. The passage offers speculative explanations involving prosecution or bigamy when he married Agnes Tomitum, while stating that secret correspondence with Harvey revealed that the assaulted man had survived.
• Manny's Family and Their Dunker RootsEdward Williams was born Emanuel (Manny) Lehman near Astoria in 1882 to Michael and Lizzie Lehman. The passage describes the Church of the Brethren's origins, persecution, migration, baptismal practices, and simple pacifist beliefs. A living Lehman relative said Manny's parents migrated from Hershey, Pennsylvania to Astoria, where they owned a large farm. Manny had a sister Mary and brothers Henry and Harvey.
• From the Sunshine Store to a New NameManny and Harvey owned the successful Sunshine Store in Astoria. According to a later report by his daughter Ethel, Manny discovered his first bride with another man about six months after they were betrothed, beat the man, and allegedly burned the house after ordering his wife outside. He took half the store cash and bank savings and fled by train to Newburg. There he worked as a wheat farmhand, then managed a lumberyard with an attached restaurant and dance hall, and subsequently became its accountant. He changed his name to Edward Williams between 1905 and 1910. The family speculates about avoiding prosecution or a bigamy charge when marrying Agnes Tomitum, while stating that secret correspondence with Harvey revealed the other man had survived and the first wife had disappeared.

Referenced in

• History of the Guild Family — EDWARD WILLIAMS
• History of the Guild Family — EDWARD WILLIAMS