Frederick William Lemke was born in what was then part of Germany. (German name was Ottendorf, Polish name today is Boguszyce.) In 1851 Frederick immigated to America with his Lutheran father, Charles Lemke, and his Catholic mother, Friedericka Pesch. The couple reared their sons as Lutheran and their daughters as Catholics.
Frederick married Julia Anna Klier in 1872. They had nine children, although sadly one child, Ida, died at a young age.
In 1881 Frederick moved his family to Dakota Territory, where he settled on a homestead near Cando in Towner County in 1883. There he prospered, acquiring 2,700 acres by the mid-1890s and winning election to the North Dakota state legislature as a Republican in 1900, the year before his death. Frederick was an aggressive farmer who had already acquired 2,700 acres in North Dakota when he died of a stroke in 1901 when he was outbid on a piece of land he wanted.
Frederick married Julia Anna Klier in 1872. They had nine children, although sadly one child, Ida, died at a young age.
In 1881 Frederick moved his family to Dakota Territory, where he settled on a homestead near Cando in Towner County in 1883. There he prospered, acquiring 2,700 acres by the mid-1890s and winning election to the North Dakota state legislature as a Republican in 1900, the year before his death. Frederick was an aggressive farmer who had already acquired 2,700 acres in North Dakota when he died of a stroke in 1901 when he was outbid on a piece of land he wanted.
Frederick William Lemke was born in what was then part of Germany. (German name was Ottendorf, Polish name today is Boguszyce.) In 1851 Frederick immigated to America with his Lutheran father, Charles Lemke, and his Catholic mother, Friedericka Pesch. The couple reared their sons as Lutheran and their daughters as Catholics.
Frederick married Julia Anna Klier in 1872. They had nine children, although sadly one child, Ida, died at a young age.
In 1881 Frederick moved his family to Dakota Territory, where he settled on a homestead near Cando in Towner County in 1883. There he prospered, acquiring 2,700 acres by the mid-1890s and winning election to the North Dakota state legislature as a Republican in 1900, the year before his death. Frederick was an aggressive farmer who had already acquired 2,700 acres in North Dakota when he died of a stroke in 1901 when he was outbid on a piece of land he wanted.
Frederick married Julia Anna Klier in 1872. They had nine children, although sadly one child, Ida, died at a young age.
In 1881 Frederick moved his family to Dakota Territory, where he settled on a homestead near Cando in Towner County in 1883. There he prospered, acquiring 2,700 acres by the mid-1890s and winning election to the North Dakota state legislature as a Republican in 1900, the year before his death. Frederick was an aggressive farmer who had already acquired 2,700 acres in North Dakota when he died of a stroke in 1901 when he was outbid on a piece of land he wanted.
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