52 Ancestors -starts with a vowel

 I am writing below about Ida Schadwell Lendman Betchel. This week's prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks with Amy Johnson Crow is starts with a vowel.

Ida Schadwell was believed to be born in Prussia/Germany to Rudolph Schadwell and Ida Moxie in 1863. Ida came to America in 1889 at age 26. We know Ida traveled on the ship Werra from the port of Bremen Germany to Southampton England and onto New York, New York.  Ida arrived in New York April 16, 1889.  Ida would marry John Lendman in Clayton Iowa July 12, 1889. John was 49 and Ida was 26. This was believed to be basically an arranged marriage. Both Ida and John are believed to be from the same area of Prussia, later part of Germany. Clayton Iowa was home to a large German community. More information about Iowa's German Heritage. John Lendman was a land dealer/farmer who lost his first wife, Ann, in 1886. They had 4 children together. The details of the wedding between John and Ida were reported in the local newspaper. 

John Lendman, one of our prosperous farmers, was married last Friday July 12, 1889, to a young lady of this township. Rev Seifert performed the ceremony in the presence of over fifty invited guests. All were served with an elegant dinner. -Elkader Weekly Register July 18, 1889, pg8

Shortly after John and Ida married, they moved to Hancock County, Iowa near the town of Britt. They had their first child Frank Rudolph Lendman in 1891 in Hancock Iowa. Then they proceed to have John Earl in 1892, Theresia H 1893, Harry in 1896, Ida in 1899 and lastly Hilda in 1902. By the 1910 census, John and Ida were living in Wascott Wisconsin. In 1910 is also when John and Ida became naturalized citizens. Eventually John and Ida would come to reside in Indiana. John would pass away May 25, 1914, in Grant County, Indiana. Ida was 51 years old. She would remarry to James Betchell on Feb 14, 1917.  According to the 1930 census, Ida’s husband, James, worked in a radio factory and her daughter Eda was living with them with her two children in Marion, Indiana. Her daughter Theresia would pass away in 1930. In 1933 her youngest daughter Hilda would pass away. Ida would die February 4, 1937, in Marion Indiana