The Ehlen Family

Musicality and craftsmanship are themes that run through the Ehlen family in their relationship with the Bethel and Aurora Colony’s. John Diedrich Ehlen was born in Hanover Germany on October 4, 1799. He died on February 9, 1882. About 1825 he married Maria Charlotta Boning and the

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