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- "I can't remember whether they both came over together or not. They had the three girls, Kate, Bertha, and Ida, who were born in Germany. Helen and Herman were born in America. They came from Saxony. When they came over, they lived in a little tiny house north of the penitentary. It was a one room shack and they built an addition on it. But then there was a bad storm and it tore off the addition and half of the house. After that they didn't rebuild it. Then they bought the farm. They gardened for years. She used to tell how many pigs they sold, etc. In Germany, she used to tell that she walked to town 10 kilometers and back with produce. When they were on the farm they used to make butter and sell eggs in town. They had truck gardens. There was little house there and they added onto it. When Herman got married, Grandma and Grandpa moved into town to the five acres they had there which is where Lincoln High School is now. They did quite a lot of truck farming there but then they quit after they had gotten the farm paid for and they also were getting older. Then they sold that and moved into town. They moved into a little house on Center Avenue back of Old Saints School. That's where they were living when Grandma Leubecher passed away. Grandpa Leubecher had died three or four years before that. When my mother was killed when I was four I lived with Grandma Leubecher out on the farm. Helen worked in the bank downtown Sioux Falls. Cliff and I both stayed with Grandma after Mother was killed but the two of us got to be too much for Grandma to handle so Dad took Cliff. He was working at Humboldt, staying with his sister there and he took him for the last year. Elsie went with my father's Mother.
"Was Grandma Leubecher a strong woman? Did she run the show? Yes, she was. Grandpa was very mean to Grandma and used to beat her up until the kids were big enough to step in. She was the strong person in the family."
Passenger List Information:
Arrival Date: 9 Jun 1883
Port of Departure: Bremen, Germany and Southampton, England
Destination: United States of Ameria
Place of Origin: Germany
Ship Name: Elbe
Port of Arrival: New York
Aug. Leubscher [sic], 33, female, wife
Ida, 11, female, child
Bertha, 8, female, child
Anna, 6, female, child
Charlotte Pomnitz, 26, female, none [one list records last name as: Pomnit]
1905 South Dakota Census: Augusta H. Lubecher, age 56, Lincoln Cty, Springdale Twp, farmer’s wife, years in SD: 21; years in US: 22; father and mother born in Germany.
1924 Sioux Falls, South Dakota City Directory:
Lubeker Augusta, (wid Geo), r 1005 Center av.
Newspaper article: Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) 17 Aug 1925, Mon
"Mrs. W. J. Buswell has returned to her home in Pepenmish [sic], Wash., after visiting Mrs. Charles Wakey. Accompanying her was her mother, Mrs. Augusta Lubacher [sic], who will spend the next six months in the west."
On Herman Leubecher’s death record, last name is listed as “Romnitz”.
Death Certificate:
Place of Death: Minnehaha County
City: Sioux Falls
1005 Center Ave.
Full Name: Augusta Luebecher
Residence: 1005 Center Ave.
Length of Residence in city or town where death occured: 40 years.
Sex: Female
Widow
Husband: George Luebecher
Date of Birth: June 2, 1845
Age: 80 years, 6 days, 6 months
Occupation of Deceased: Retired
Birthplace: Germany
Name of father and mother: Unknown
Birthplace of Father and Mother: Germany
Informant: Mrs. Charles Wakey, Sioux Falls, SD
Date of Dath: Dec. 8, 1925
“I Hereby certify that I attended deceased from Nov. 18, 1925, to Dec. 8, 1925 that I last saw her alive on Dec. 8, 1925 and that death occured on the date stated above. The cause of death was as follows: dilated heart, duration 2 years.
No operation preceded death. No autopsy was performed. Symptoms confirmed diagnosis of death.
(Signed): A. J. Moe, M.D., 12/11/1925, Sioux Falls, SD
Place of Burial: Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Sioux Falls, SD
Dec. 10, 1925
Undertaker: Miller Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, SD
Obituary Announcement: The Daily Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., Tuesday, December 8, 1925:
“MRS. LEUBECHER DIES AT AGE 76; Aged Pioneer Woman Emigrated with Husband from Germany--Here Since ‘83.
“Mrs. Augusta Leubecher, 76 years old and a resident here since 1883, passed away at 1:15 a.m. today after an illness of five months from a complication of ailments. Her home was at 1005 Center Ave.
Mrs. Leubecher was born in Prussia, Germany, June 2, 1849. In 1871 she was united in marriage to George Leubecher, and in 1882 they emigrated to America with three children. They lived in Pittsburgh, Pa., for eight months and then came to Sioux Falls. Her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Ida Miller, preceded her in death.
The Leubechers first lived on North Phillips avenue. Later they moved on a farm eight miles southeast of the city, and afer 25 years retired and returned to the city.
Mrs. Leubecher is survived by one son, H. G. Leubecher, who resides on the home farm; three daughters, Mr. W. J. Buswell, Toppenish, Wash., Mrs. John Hommes, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Charles Wakey, city; and six grandchildren. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran church.
Funeral arrangements were not completed today. The remains were at the Miller Funeral Home.”
Obituary/Funeral Announcement The Daily Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., Wednesday, December 9, 1925:
“LEUBECHER FUNERAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON”
“Funeral services for Mrs. Augusta Leubecher, pioneer who died yesterday at the age of 76, will be held at 2:30 Thursday at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Fourteenth and Minnesota. The Rev. G. A. Troemel will officiate. Burial will be in the family lot in Mt. Pleasant cemetery. Pallbearers will be Henry Luhra, A. W. Semmons, Charles Eckert, Will Brooks, J. H. Ruvald, and E. W. Hobson. The funeral will be directed by I. D. Miller.” [1]
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1849 - 1925 (76 years)
