Tempel, Theodore

Male 1879 - 1959  (80 years)


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  • Name Tempel, Theodore 
    Born 17 Feb 1879  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Aug 1959  [5, 6, 7
    Buried Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • Theodore was buried in the Salem Church Cemetery.
    Person ID I1254  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 17 Oct 2010 

    Father Tempel, Ernst,   b. 25 Jul 1845, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Tölle, Friedericke,   b. 1849, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 4 Aug 1872  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    • 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.
    Family ID F1635  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Starkebaum, Emma Wilhelmina,   b. 10 Mar 1880, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1973, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1902  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    • 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.
    Children 
    +1. Tempel, Albert Ernst,   b. 28 Jan 1903,   d. 17 Aug 1988  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Tempel, Henry Herman,   b. 20 May 1905, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1992  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Tempel, Edna Friedericke,   b. 2 Oct 1907,   d. 10 Apr 1999  (Age 91 years)
    +4. Tempel, Ernest William,   b. 31 Jan 1910,   d. 25 Dec 1968  (Age 58 years)
    +5. Tempel, Ella Emma Wilhelmina,   b. 21 Sep 1912, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 2013, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years)
    +6. Tempel, John William,   b. 6 Sep 1915, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 2008, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +7. Tempel, Emma Henrietta Augusta,   b. 14 Apr 1919,   d. 1979  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Apr 1902 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Theodore Tempel, born 1879.

    2. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Theodor Tempel, son of Ernst and Friedericke (Toelle) Tempel, born 17 February 1879.

    3. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), (7 September 2006).
      Family history written by Martin Tempel (www.theodoretempel.org/history.txt). "Theodor Tempel was the fifth of ten children born to Ernst and Friedericke Toelle Tempel. His parents were both natives of Germany, having immigrated to the United States before their marriage. Theodor was born February 17, 1879 in rural Mayview, Missouri."

    4. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 727.
      "Ernest Tempel Family," submitted by Elaine (Riekof) Hudson. Theodore, child of Ernest Tempel and Friderike Tolle, was born in 1879. He married Emma Starkebaum.

    5. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Theodor died in 1959.

    6. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Theodor Tempel died 18 August 1959.

    7. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), (7 September 2006).
      Family history written by Martin Tempel (www.theodoretempel.org/history.txt). "Theodor was 80 years of age when he died in 1959.... [He is] buried in the Salem Church Cemetery, Higginsville, Missouri."

    8. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Theodor Tempel, son of Ernst and Friedericke (Toelle) Tempel.

    9. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 727.
      "Ernest Tempel Family," submitted by Elaine (Riekof) Hudson. "His [i.e., Ernest Tempel] wife was Friderike Tolle, born in 1849. They farmed 120 acres, three miles south of Mayview and were early members of the Mayview Zion Evangelical Church."

    10. [S250] Portrait and Biographical Record of La Fayette and Saline Counties, Missouri Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1893), page 270.
      Biographical sketch of Ernst Tempel. "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."

    11. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Theodore Tempel and Emma Starkebaum married 3 April 1902 at Higginsville, Missouri.

    12. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Theodore Tempel and Emma Starkebaum married on 3 April 1902. No place given.

    13. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Theodor Tempel and Emma Starkebaum married 3 April 1902.

    14. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), (7 September 2006).
      Family history written by Martin Tempel (www.theodoretempel.org/history.txt).
           "Theodor and Emma were married April 3, 1902 at the home of the bride’s parents, by the Rev.Theodore Hoefer of the Salem Evangelical and Reform Church, Higginsville, Missouri."
           "They were the parents of Albert, Henry, Edna, Ernest, Ella, John, and Emma (Amy). They also took into their home a niece, Frieda Tempel, and reared her as one of their own."
           "In 1925, they moved to a farm several miles southwest of Higginsville...."
           " When Theodor and Emma celebrated their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on April 3, 1952 they were honored with the presence of approximately 200 guest, including the Rev. Theodore Hoefer who had officiated at their marriage, as well as Mrs. Emma Seba who had served as the bride’s maid of honor, and William Starkebaum who was the groom’s best man in 1902."

    15. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Theodore Temple [sic] and Emma Starkebaum married 3 April 1902 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    16. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Accessed in October 2010.
      Lafayette County marriage records for 1902; page. 409. Original data from microfilm records at the Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri.
           A marriage license issued at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri on 31 March 1902 to Theo. Temple [sic], of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years and Emma Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified that "Theo. H. Hoefer," "ordained minister of the Gospel," did marry the above name persons at Higginsville, Lafayette County, on 3 April 1902 and filed the Certificate of Marriage with the County Recorder on 4 April 1902.