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Joachim Heinrich Friedrich (Fritz) Jungbluth, born June 15, 1837, in Alt Krenzlin, Mecklenburg, Schwerin. Fritz Jungbluth was the 7th child of 8 born to Hans Jochim and Sophie Jungbluth, nee Luth. Fritz Jungbluth as a young man was hired out by his father to work for other families, to earn money for his family. Living conditions in the early 1800's were so poor for the Jungbluth family, as they lived under a system that made them, and kept them poor. Fritz completed his military obligations at the Fort at Domitz, about 20 miles from Alt Krenzlin. Alt Krenzlin has been in this location for over 600 years. In the early 1860's the Jungbluth family were reciving letters from Fritz's brother, John Jungbluth, who had gone to America, to the Middleton, Wisconsin area in 1852, along with several other Alt Krenzlin families. The prospects of cheap or free land, that could be theirs, and not taken away by some Duke, had many families in the Alt Krenzlin area making preparations to leave Mecklenburg. A marriage arrangement had been made between the Hans Jungbluth family, and the Carl Lempke family of Krenzliner Hutte, for the marriage of Fritz Jungbluth and Carl Lempke's oldest daughter, Catharina Maria Dorothea, born September 19, 1847 in Krenzliner Hutte. With the deaths of Hans Jungbluth December 20, 1862, and Carl Lempke February 2, 1864, these two families were in desperate financial conditions now. Elizabeth Lempke took what little money she had from her husband's estate, and made plans to travel to America with her two daughters, Maria and Sophie, and her soon-to-be son-in-law, Fritz Jungbluth; applied for permission to leave Mecklenburg, Schwerin, and was granted permission, which when you received this permission, you gave up your Mecklenburg citizenship. Fritz Jungbluth took the Lempke family to Hamburg, where on November 18, 1865, they boarded the schooner Thatcher Magoun, upon arriving in New York on January 6, 1866, after weeks at sea, they went to the Middleton, Wisconsin area, where Fritz's brother John Jungbluth had a farm, and a large number of former Mecklenburg citizens now lived. Fritz Jungbluth and Maria Lempke were married there on February 15, 1866. After the birth of two children, Fritz Jungbluth moved his family in late 1869, to Colfax County, Nebraska, again because of the chance for free land, with the new Homestead act. Arriving in Colfax County with the Jungbluth family were Elizabeth Lempke, her daughter Sophie, and Sophie's daughter Rosetta, born December 14, 1868 in Middleton, Wisconsin. Fritz Jungbluth filed a Homestead claim on 80 acres April 10, 1870. His claim was in an area called Sox Hollow, and on the North side of Shell Creek. His application tells us that he had built a house that was 14 feet by 16 feet, it had a door and 3 windows, he had built a straw barn, dug a well, and planted an acre of trees on this property.Fritz Jungbluth became an American citizen March 26, 1877. Soon after arriving in Nebraska, 6 more children were born to this family. In December 1877 Fritz Jungbluth bought 120 acres, west across the road from the Homestead 80, paying $960.00 for this 120 acres. In April 1884 Fritz Jungbluth bought 80 more acres next to the 120 acres, for $750.00. He now had 280 acres. He recived his Homestead Patent March 22, 1880. In June 1887 Fritz Jungbluth sold the orignal Homestead 80, and now had 200 acres of what we would call the "The Home Place." The orignal Homestead house was used as a hog shed for years on the "Home Place." My grandparents, Otto and Nora Jungbluth bought this farm from Fritz and Maria Jungbluth in March 1911 for $20,000.00. This farm was sold April 1992, after 115 years in the family. I think often about the poor farm boy from Mecklenburg, who came to America, and through hard work by he and his wife, lived the "American Dream", prospered, and raised their family.
Fritz Jungbluth died May 1, 1914, in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Maria Jungbluth died March 21, 1930, in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Their final resting place, and that of Elizabeth Lempke, is the Schuyler City Cemetery.
Children born to Fritz and Maria Jungbluth 1. Fred Henry Jungbluth, born December 9, 1866 in Middleton, Wisconsin. Fred Jungbluth married Margaret Bott of Schuyler, in Schuyler Nebraska on March 6, 1905. Fred died January 1, 1924 in Norfolk, Nebraska. Margaret died June 10, 1953 at her home in Chambers, Nebraska. Six children were born to this marriage.
2. Paulina A. Jungbluth, born November 22, 1868 in Middleton, Wisconsin. Paulina Jungbluth married Charles Henry Morian, at the Jungbluth home, October 13, 1890. Paulina died at a early age, February 22, 1897 in Leigh, Nebraska. Two children were born to this marriage. Paulina was laid to rest near her parents, in the Schuyler City Cemetery.
3. Lewis Jungbluth, born December 13, 1870, in Colfax County, Nebraska. Lewis married Bess McManus, place and date unknown. Bess was born November 12,1870 Vancouver, Canada. Two children were born to this marriage. After a divorce, Lewis married Anna Punnell in Marshaltown, Iowa, in 1916. Anna Jungbluth died October 1, 1933 Grenville, New Mexico. Bess died February 10, 1932 in Bell, California. Lewis died January 8, 1946 in Mineral Wells, Texas.
4. Otto John Jungbluth, born June 25, 1872 in Colfax County, Nebraska. Otto married Nora Veronica Maple, the daughter of Jacob Parker, and Margaret Maple, nee Dumphy. Nora was born March 7, 1872 in Richland township, Colfax County, Nebraska. Otto died June 9,1942, Schuyler, Nebraska. Nora died March 10, 1952 Council Bluffs, Iowa. Four children were born to this marriage. Otto and Nora Jungbluth were laid to rest in the Schuyler City Cemetery, along side two of their children. Otto and Nora Jungbluth are the grandparents of the author of this article.
5. Matilda Ann Jungbluth, born December 4, 1875 in Colfax County, Nebraska. Matilda married Arthur Schuster September 21, 1892 in Schuyler, Nebraska. No children were born to this marriage. Arthur and Matilda adopted one of Matilda's sister Pauline's children. Matilda died October 31, 1959 in Santa Anna, California.
6. Clara S. Jungbluth, born September 20, 1877 Colfax County, Nebraska. Clara never married. She died January 19, 1969 in Long Beach, California.
7. Edward Christian Jungbluth, born May 25, 1879, Grant Township, Colfax County. He married Henrietta Kloppel December 28, 1903 in Fremont, Nebraska. Henrietta was born December 4, 1884 in Leigh, Colfax County, Nebraska. One child was born to this marriage. Dr. Edward Jungbluth was killed in a run away horse accident near Leigh, February 9, 1906. Henrietta Jungbluth died January 5, 1960 in Denver, Colorado. They were laid to rest in Leigh Cemetery, Colfax County, Nebraska.
8. Walter G. Jungbluth, born November 19, 1884, Grant Township, Colfax County, Nebraska. Walter married Fern Reck June 1920 in Clayton, New Mexico. Four children were born to this marriage. Walter died September 29, 1957 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fern died September 27, 1977 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They were laid to rest in a cemetery in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Robert Jungbluth
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