From The Palmer Journal, December 26, 1935, page 3, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Robert Lambert, formerly a resident of this locality, died at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last Sunday night at 10 o'clock having reached an advanced age. Funeral services were held at the Home chapel a 2:30 pm. Tuesday afternoon and burial was made in the odd Fellow cemetery at York.
J. H. McGonagle, John Moyer and Arthur McClellan of Palmer, representatives of the local Odd Fellow lodge attended the funeral and were pall-bearers. Q. F. Lambert of Fullerton, a son of the deceased, accompanied the Palmer group to York. Clem Lambert of Central City, also a son, was present, accompanied by his family. Mrs. Laura Heck of Palmer is a sister of the deceased.
Over thirty years ago Mr. Lambert lived on a farm a mile east of Palmer.
The Palmer Journal, June 6, 1935, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
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Life History of Robert C. Lambert -
The life history of Robert Campbell Lambert, who passed away at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last summer has just been received at this office.
Robert Campbell Lambert was born May 16, 1851 on a farm near Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana and died June 2nd, 1935, age 84 years and 16 days.
When a boy his parents moved to Missouri. His father was in sympathy with the North and moved to southern Iowa when the war broke out in 1861, settling near where Sheridan is now located.
In 1865 his father moved his family back to Porter County, Indiana, and settled in the same neighborhood where he once lived.
Was married to Mary Ann Spray Jan. 4, 1873. Six children, 5 boys and 1 girl were born. One boy was born and died on April 8, 1877. One girl, Ada Mulvina, passed on April 11, 1904.
Late in the summer of 1874 Mr. Lambert and wife moved to near Hastings, Iowa, settling on an 80 acre farm.
In the summer of 1880 Mr. Lambert, wife and two boys came to Merrick County, Nebraska, in search of a new home, making the trip by covered wagon and returned to Hastings, Iowa, the same autumn. He had two uncles in Loup township, John Campbell and William Campbell. Also one brother F. C. Lambert, (Burt). F. C. Lambert owned the quarter section of land which was one mile long now the South portion of the town site of Palmer.
In Feb 1881, Mr. Lambert was an immigrant to Central City, and in March moved to the S. E. Quarter of Sec. 33-15-8, one mile east of Palmer.
There he lived until 1899, when with his family he drove to Dawes County, Nebraska, in two covered wagons, and located on Soldier Creek, southwest of Crawford, Nebr. About 1913 he came back to Palmer and made his home with his two boys, Q. F. and C. W.
In the spring of 1918 he and C. W. moved to Greeley County, settling on adjoining farms. About 1922 Mr. Lambert moved back to Palmer and made his home with Q. F. until the autumn of 1929 when he went to the I.O.O.F. home at York, Nebr., and there spent the rest of his life.
Mr Lambert was from a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls, three of whom are still living: F. C. Lambert, Pomona, California, 670 E. Kingsley Ave.; Mrs Laura E. Heck, Palmer; and S. B. Lambert. His four sons are: Q. F. Lambert, Fullerton; C. W. Lambert, Central City; Roy Lambert, Glenn, Nebr. and Vine Lambert, Everett, Washington.
Robert Lambert, formerly a resident of this locality, died at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last Sunday night at 10 o'clock having reached an advanced age. Funeral services were held at the Home chapel a 2:30 pm. Tuesday afternoon and burial was made in the odd Fellow cemetery at York.
J. H. McGonagle, John Moyer and Arthur McClellan of Palmer, representatives of the local Odd Fellow lodge attended the funeral and were pall-bearers. Q. F. Lambert of Fullerton, a son of the deceased, accompanied the Palmer group to York. Clem Lambert of Central City, also a son, was present, accompanied by his family. Mrs. Laura Heck of Palmer is a sister of the deceased.
Over thirty years ago Mr. Lambert lived on a farm a mile east of Palmer.
The Palmer Journal, June 6, 1935, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
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Life History of Robert C. Lambert -
The life history of Robert Campbell Lambert, who passed away at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last summer has just been received at this office.
Robert Campbell Lambert was born May 16, 1851 on a farm near Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana and died June 2nd, 1935, age 84 years and 16 days.
When a boy his parents moved to Missouri. His father was in sympathy with the North and moved to southern Iowa when the war broke out in 1861, settling near where Sheridan is now located.
In 1865 his father moved his family back to Porter County, Indiana, and settled in the same neighborhood where he once lived.
Was married to Mary Ann Spray Jan. 4, 1873. Six children, 5 boys and 1 girl were born. One boy was born and died on April 8, 1877. One girl, Ada Mulvina, passed on April 11, 1904.
Late in the summer of 1874 Mr. Lambert and wife moved to near Hastings, Iowa, settling on an 80 acre farm.
In the summer of 1880 Mr. Lambert, wife and two boys came to Merrick County, Nebraska, in search of a new home, making the trip by covered wagon and returned to Hastings, Iowa, the same autumn. He had two uncles in Loup township, John Campbell and William Campbell. Also one brother F. C. Lambert, (Burt). F. C. Lambert owned the quarter section of land which was one mile long now the South portion of the town site of Palmer.
In Feb 1881, Mr. Lambert was an immigrant to Central City, and in March moved to the S. E. Quarter of Sec. 33-15-8, one mile east of Palmer.
There he lived until 1899, when with his family he drove to Dawes County, Nebraska, in two covered wagons, and located on Soldier Creek, southwest of Crawford, Nebr. About 1913 he came back to Palmer and made his home with his two boys, Q. F. and C. W.
In the spring of 1918 he and C. W. moved to Greeley County, settling on adjoining farms. About 1922 Mr. Lambert moved back to Palmer and made his home with Q. F. until the autumn of 1929 when he went to the I.O.O.F. home at York, Nebr., and there spent the rest of his life.
Mr Lambert was from a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls, three of whom are still living: F. C. Lambert, Pomona, California, 670 E. Kingsley Ave.; Mrs Laura E. Heck, Palmer; and S. B. Lambert. His four sons are: Q. F. Lambert, Fullerton; C. W. Lambert, Central City; Roy Lambert, Glenn, Nebr. and Vine Lambert, Everett, Washington.
From The Palmer Journal, December 26, 1935, page 3, transcribed by Linda Berney:
Robert Lambert, formerly a resident of this locality, died at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last Sunday night at 10 o'clock having reached an advanced age. Funeral services were held at the Home chapel a 2:30 pm. Tuesday afternoon and burial was made in the odd Fellow cemetery at York.
J. H. McGonagle, John Moyer and Arthur McClellan of Palmer, representatives of the local Odd Fellow lodge attended the funeral and were pall-bearers. Q. F. Lambert of Fullerton, a son of the deceased, accompanied the Palmer group to York. Clem Lambert of Central City, also a son, was present, accompanied by his family. Mrs. Laura Heck of Palmer is a sister of the deceased.
Over thirty years ago Mr. Lambert lived on a farm a mile east of Palmer.
The Palmer Journal, June 6, 1935, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
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Life History of Robert C. Lambert -
The life history of Robert Campbell Lambert, who passed away at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last summer has just been received at this office.
Robert Campbell Lambert was born May 16, 1851 on a farm near Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana and died June 2nd, 1935, age 84 years and 16 days.
When a boy his parents moved to Missouri. His father was in sympathy with the North and moved to southern Iowa when the war broke out in 1861, settling near where Sheridan is now located.
In 1865 his father moved his family back to Porter County, Indiana, and settled in the same neighborhood where he once lived.
Was married to Mary Ann Spray Jan. 4, 1873. Six children, 5 boys and 1 girl were born. One boy was born and died on April 8, 1877. One girl, Ada Mulvina, passed on April 11, 1904.
Late in the summer of 1874 Mr. Lambert and wife moved to near Hastings, Iowa, settling on an 80 acre farm.
In the summer of 1880 Mr. Lambert, wife and two boys came to Merrick County, Nebraska, in search of a new home, making the trip by covered wagon and returned to Hastings, Iowa, the same autumn. He had two uncles in Loup township, John Campbell and William Campbell. Also one brother F. C. Lambert, (Burt). F. C. Lambert owned the quarter section of land which was one mile long now the South portion of the town site of Palmer.
In Feb 1881, Mr. Lambert was an immigrant to Central City, and in March moved to the S. E. Quarter of Sec. 33-15-8, one mile east of Palmer.
There he lived until 1899, when with his family he drove to Dawes County, Nebraska, in two covered wagons, and located on Soldier Creek, southwest of Crawford, Nebr. About 1913 he came back to Palmer and made his home with his two boys, Q. F. and C. W.
In the spring of 1918 he and C. W. moved to Greeley County, settling on adjoining farms. About 1922 Mr. Lambert moved back to Palmer and made his home with Q. F. until the autumn of 1929 when he went to the I.O.O.F. home at York, Nebr., and there spent the rest of his life.
Mr Lambert was from a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls, three of whom are still living: F. C. Lambert, Pomona, California, 670 E. Kingsley Ave.; Mrs Laura E. Heck, Palmer; and S. B. Lambert. His four sons are: Q. F. Lambert, Fullerton; C. W. Lambert, Central City; Roy Lambert, Glenn, Nebr. and Vine Lambert, Everett, Washington.
Robert Lambert, formerly a resident of this locality, died at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last Sunday night at 10 o'clock having reached an advanced age. Funeral services were held at the Home chapel a 2:30 pm. Tuesday afternoon and burial was made in the odd Fellow cemetery at York.
J. H. McGonagle, John Moyer and Arthur McClellan of Palmer, representatives of the local Odd Fellow lodge attended the funeral and were pall-bearers. Q. F. Lambert of Fullerton, a son of the deceased, accompanied the Palmer group to York. Clem Lambert of Central City, also a son, was present, accompanied by his family. Mrs. Laura Heck of Palmer is a sister of the deceased.
Over thirty years ago Mr. Lambert lived on a farm a mile east of Palmer.
The Palmer Journal, June 6, 1935, page 1, transcribed by Linda Berney
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Life History of Robert C. Lambert -
The life history of Robert Campbell Lambert, who passed away at the I.O.O.F. Home at York last summer has just been received at this office.
Robert Campbell Lambert was born May 16, 1851 on a farm near Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana and died June 2nd, 1935, age 84 years and 16 days.
When a boy his parents moved to Missouri. His father was in sympathy with the North and moved to southern Iowa when the war broke out in 1861, settling near where Sheridan is now located.
In 1865 his father moved his family back to Porter County, Indiana, and settled in the same neighborhood where he once lived.
Was married to Mary Ann Spray Jan. 4, 1873. Six children, 5 boys and 1 girl were born. One boy was born and died on April 8, 1877. One girl, Ada Mulvina, passed on April 11, 1904.
Late in the summer of 1874 Mr. Lambert and wife moved to near Hastings, Iowa, settling on an 80 acre farm.
In the summer of 1880 Mr. Lambert, wife and two boys came to Merrick County, Nebraska, in search of a new home, making the trip by covered wagon and returned to Hastings, Iowa, the same autumn. He had two uncles in Loup township, John Campbell and William Campbell. Also one brother F. C. Lambert, (Burt). F. C. Lambert owned the quarter section of land which was one mile long now the South portion of the town site of Palmer.
In Feb 1881, Mr. Lambert was an immigrant to Central City, and in March moved to the S. E. Quarter of Sec. 33-15-8, one mile east of Palmer.
There he lived until 1899, when with his family he drove to Dawes County, Nebraska, in two covered wagons, and located on Soldier Creek, southwest of Crawford, Nebr. About 1913 he came back to Palmer and made his home with his two boys, Q. F. and C. W.
In the spring of 1918 he and C. W. moved to Greeley County, settling on adjoining farms. About 1922 Mr. Lambert moved back to Palmer and made his home with Q. F. until the autumn of 1929 when he went to the I.O.O.F. home at York, Nebr., and there spent the rest of his life.
Mr Lambert was from a family of eight children, 4 boys and 4 girls, three of whom are still living: F. C. Lambert, Pomona, California, 670 E. Kingsley Ave.; Mrs Laura E. Heck, Palmer; and S. B. Lambert. His four sons are: Q. F. Lambert, Fullerton; C. W. Lambert, Central City; Roy Lambert, Glenn, Nebr. and Vine Lambert, Everett, Washington.
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