Outagamie County, WI - Biography of Christian J. LEMBCKE of Grand Chute

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SUBJECT: Biography of Christian J. LEMBCKE of Grand Chute
SUBMITTER: county coordinator 
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
DATE SUBMITTED: 19 March 2000
SURNAMES: LEMBCKE, WURL
SOURCE: Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley Counties of Brown,
Outagamie and Winnebago, J.H. Beers & Co, p. 672, 1895



CHRISTIAN J. LEMBCKE has been identified with the business interests of Outagamie county
for a number of years past, since 1893 as a farmer of Grand Chute township, and previous to that
time as a butcher in Appleton.
Our subject is a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, born September 26, 1849. While yet an infant
he lost his father, and when about three years old went to live with his grandmother, with whom
he remained until he reached the age of fifteen, meanwhile receiving his education in the
common schools of his native land.  At this time his mother, who had gone to the United States a
number of years before, and remarried in New York, sent funds to bring him to this country, and
in the fall of 1864 he left Germany, and, crossing from Hamburg to New York in eight weeks,
came west immediately to Appleton, Wis., and thence to Greenville township, Outagamie
county, where his mother was then living on a farm.  After remaining there two years Christian
came to Appleton, where for two years he worked for Rufus Smith, and then one year for Mr.
Crawford, a street commissioner.  In 1871 he married, in Center township, Outagamie county,
Miss Augusta Wurl, also a native of Germany, and for a short time afterward lived with his
wife's people, after which he again came to Appleton, and purchased a home.  He found
employment in a sawmill for some time, and then commenced to learn the butcher business with
Fred Peterson, for whom he worked four years, at the end of that time commencing on his own
account in a store on College avenue.  He made and lost money here, and continued to conduct
the business until April, 1893, when he removed to Grand Chute township and took up his
residence on the "Hamblin farm," having purchased it a short time previously.  This property
contains eighty acres, situated in the northwest corner of Section 12, and yields a good income to
the owner, who carries on a general farming business with marked success.
Mr. and Mrs. Lembcke have had children as follows: Theodore (butcher of Kimberly, Outagamie
county), Edward, Walter and Arthur (residing at home), and George and Willie-first and third
respectively in order of birth-(deceased).  Mr. Lembcke in Church connection is a member of the
Evangelical Association; politically he affiliates with the Republican party, but though a stanch
supporter of those principles takes no active part in public affairs.  With an unblemished record
for integrity in all his dealings, he is respected by all who know him, and is regarded as one of
the thoroughly reliable men of his section.