 He was a third child, following a brother Gustave Adolph born in 1855, and a sister Wilhelmina who was born in 1857.Following the birth of Herman, the Lehmans had another son William F. born in 1861.Augusta had three more daughters, Emeliyn, Caroline Wilhelmina and Mathilde, but their birth order is unclear, as it is unclear whether these were children of Lehmann or her second husband Buchmeier.