Tempel, Theodore

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Buried:
Theodore was buried in the Salem Church Cemetery.

Theodore married Starkebaum, Emma Wilhelmina 3 Apr 1902, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Emma (daughter of Starkebaum, Heinrich Friederich L. and Riechers, Johanne Henrietta Luise) was born 10 Mar 1880, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 19 Aug 1973, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
According to marriage records in Lafayette County, Missouri, "Theo. Temple [sic]," of Mayview, Missouri, and "Emma Starkebaum," of Higginsville, Missouri, received a marriage license at Lexington on 31 March 1902. Theodore and Emma were married in her parent's home at Higginsville by Rev. Theodore Hoefer, pastor of Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, of Higginsville. The couple lived on two different farms in the Higginsville area, where they raised their own seven children and also a niece, Frieda Tempel.

1. Tempel, Albert Ernst was born 28 Jan 1903; died 17 Aug 1988.
2. Tempel, Henry Herman was born 20 May 1905, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 13 Jul 1992.
3. Tempel, Edna Friedericke was born 2 Oct 1907; died 10 Apr 1999.
4. Tempel, Ernest William was born 31 Jan 1910; died 25 Dec 1968.
5. Tempel, Ella Emma Wilhelmina was born 21 Sep 1912, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 25 Oct 2013, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 31 Oct 2013, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
6. Tempel, John William was born 6 Sep 1915, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 15 Sep 2008, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA; was buried 16 Sep 2008, Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri, USA.
7. Tempel, Emma Henrietta Augusta was born 14 Apr 1919; died 1979.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; a farmer

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The following biographical sketch was published in 1893.

     Ernst Tempel, a representative German-American farmer of La Fayette County, Mo., located upon his fine farm situated on section 29, range 26, township 49, is a self-made man, having carved out his own fortune, and bears the reputation of being one whose word is as good as his bond. His beginning here was that of a poor man, but now he owns one hundred and twenty well-improved acres of land, which he has earned by his own perseverance and energy.
     Our subject is of German birth and parentage, having been born in Prussia, Germany, July 25, 1845. His parents were Germans and they have lived always in their native country. They bear the names of Herman and Minnie Tempel, and are good and worthy people, who reared their son and sent him to the schools of his province, where he received a very fair German education. Since coming to this country he has adapted himself to our ways of speech, and thus has two languages at his command.
     In 1869, Mr. Tempel emigrated to America, taking passage on a steamer at Bremen, and after a stormy voyage of fifteen days landed in New York City. His destination was the State of Missouri, and he shortly after reached Warren County. For three months he continued at work in Warren and there received $16 per month as a farm hand, but later came into La Fayette County, where he worked on a farm for about three years, receiving as wages $200 per year with board.
     About this time Mr. Tempel began to think of forming domestic ties and of having a home of his own. His choice of a companion was Miss Frederica Tolle, a native of Germany, and their marriage took place August 4, 1872. Ten children have blessed this union, as follows: Minnie, Annie, Lena, May, Theodore, Gustavus, Fritz, Edward, and Louis. One child died young. After his marriage Mr. Tempel rented land for a number of years, gaining means and experience, but he finally purchased his present home and has lived upon it since 1882.
     At the present time our subject owns one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land and has upon it some very good buildings. In religion, he is a member of the German Evangelical Church, and is very highly esteemed in that congregation at Mayview. As a politician, Mr. Tempel is ranked with the Republican party, in which he is an important factor in his neighborhood. His influence is always given in favor of educational matters, and in every way our subject is a man much esteemed by those who have his acquaintance. Any matter affecting the public weal is true to enlist his interest, and he is credited by his neighbors with being governed by honest convictions in the side which he espouses.

Ernst married Tölle, Friedericke 4 Aug 1872, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Friedericke was born 1849, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
They were the parents of ten children, one of whom died at an early age, and lived on a farm three miles south of Mayview, Missouri. The family attended Zion Evangelical Church at Mayview, Missouri.