Robert Lempka

b.
6 Jun 1871
Colony Grabine, Zielz Krise, Neustadt, Oberschlesien, Germany
d.
12 Nov 1961
Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska, USA
Cause: Stroke Complications
bur.
Spouses
Mary Pierdel
m. 18 Apr 1892, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska, USA

Mary A. Graba
m. 11 Aug 1897, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska, USA

General Information
1889 Immigration: From Germany to USA. (Per 1910 Census)
1892 Marriage: To Mary Pierdel, in Smartville, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
1894 Wife Died: Mary Pierdel died in childbirth to Frank, 21 December.
1897 Marriage: To Mary Graba, in Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
1910 Census: Living in Nemaha, Johnson Co., Nebraska.
1920 Census: Living in Nemaha, Johnson Co., Nebraska. (With father Emanuel)
1930 Census: Living in Nemaha, Johnson Co., Nebraska.

Schooled in Germany along with some military training. Learned tailoring trade. Immigrated with parents and five other siblings. Lifelong Catholic, affiliated with Royal Highlander Lodge. Worked as a farm hand two years, then got a tailoring job, then bought his own shop 1898. Sold that business in 1911 and farmed.
(From Obituary, attached)

Buried: St. Andrews Cemetery, Tecumseh, Johnson Co., Nebraska.

(Oberschlesien = Upper Silesia, Poland. Part of Germany 1871)
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