Maria (Krieger) Lebsack (1884 - 1973)

Born 24 Nov 1884 in Brunnental, Samara, Russian Empire

Wife of Jacob A Lebsack — married 15 Sep 1903 in Brunnental, Samara, Russian Empire

Died 7 Nov 1973 at age 88 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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This profile is part of the Bridgeland-Riverside, Alberta One Place Study.

Biography

Maria (Krieger) Lebsack was a Volga German.

According to the informative family history found in Cleverville, Champion, 1905-1970, which can be found on-line, Maria's maiden name was Krieger and she married Jacob Lebsack on 15 September 1903. ^[1] Only one child was born in Russia, perhaps because Jacob had joined the Russian Army for several years.

On 16 November 1907 the Lebsack family left Bremen on the S. S. Grosser Kurfurst and arrived at New York on 26 November 1907. ^[2] The manifest indicates they were going to Otis, Kansas, to work for a Heinrich Lobsack. Heinrich might have been Heinrich Lebsack (1865-1929)^[3] although it is difficult to be certain since there were so many Lebsacks living in Otis at the time.

The 1910 U.S. census shows the Lebsack family on a farm in Pleasantdale, Otis, Kansas. Two more children had been born in the United States^[4] After Kansas, the family spent some time in Lingle, Wyoming (see Research Notes below) before moving north to Champion, Alberta, in 1918 where Jacob's brother Conrad had already settled. ^[5]

The family lived on several different rented farms before they acquired a permanent residence in Harmony, next to Jacob's brother, Conrad. ^[6] Conrad and Jacob's sister, Marie Schauerman, also settled in the area.

Marie and Jacob had the following children (their birthplaces help track the family's trajectory):

Mary Lebsack (1904, b. Russia - d. 1951, Ft. St. John, AB) m. Lee Jay Smith

Samuel Lebsack (b. 1908, Otis, Kansas - d. 1977, Calgary, AB)

Minnie Lebsack (b. 1910, Otis, Kansas - d. 1997, Calgary, AB) m. Alexander Befus

Freda Lebsack (b. 1911, Otis Kansas - d. Langley, B.C.) m. Adolph A. Anhorn

Benjamin Lebsack (1913-1984) b. Lingle, Wyoming - d. 1984, Kelowna, B.C.)

Jacob Lebsack (1916, b. Lingle, Wyoming - d. 1981, Red Deer, AB) m. Florence Mary Hanson

Alvina Lebsack (1918, b. Champion, AB - d. 1978, Vulcan, AB) m. Rudolph Graff

David Lebsack (1920, b. Lomand, AB - d. 1970, Vulcan, AB) m. Nora Kranzler

Hannah Lebsack (1923, b. Lomand, AB - d. 2009, Pt. Moody, B.C.) m. Clifford Clifton Ohlhauser

Around 1948 or so, the Lebsacks retired and moved to Calgary. The lived close to Conrad and his family in the district of Bridgeland-Riverside which had a large population of Germans from Russia. Their address was 427 - 11th St. N.E.

The Lebsack's family history indicates that Maria and Jacob were living at the Brentwood Nursing Home when they celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary on 15 September 1969.^[7] Jacob died in 1971, Marie in 1973. They are buried at Mountain View Memorial Gardens.^[8]

Henderson Directories

Henderson's Greater Calgary Directory, 1953, p. 143: 427 - 11th St. N.E.; Lepsack Jacob A

Henderson's Greater Calgary Directory, 1957, p. 605: Lebsack Jacob A (Maria) retd h 427 11 St NE

Henderson's Greater Calgary Directory, 1964, p. 339: Lebsack Jocob A (Mariaea) retd h427 11 st NE

Research Notes

The Volga Germans, Lingle: https://www.volgagermans.org/who-are-volga-germans/history/immigration/united-states/wyoming/lingle (There were enough Volga Germans in this town to build a church (1918-1958.)

Sources

1. ↑ "The Jacob Lebsack Family History," Cleverville, Champion, 1905 to 1970 : a history of Champion and area, 1972, (CU14325277) by Cleverville Pioneer Club History Book Committee, . corporate. Courtesy of Local Histories Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary, pp. 647. https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/asset-management/2R3BF1FR1WAVX?FR_=1&W=1920&H=919
2. ↑ Name: Maria Lobsak; Sex: Female; Age: 24 years; Birth Date: 1883; Residence Place: Bremethal, Russia; Marital Status: Married; Nationality: Russia, German; Additional Person's Name: Andreas Lobsak; Second Additional Person's Name: Heinrich Lobsak; Event Type: Immigration; Event Date: 1907; Event Place: Ellis Island, New York City, New York, United States; Page Number: 140; Series Number: T715; Affiliate Publication Title: Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York , NY, 1897-1957; Departure Port: Bremen; Ship Name: Grosser Kurfurst; Household Members: Jacob Lobsock (Jacob's name looks like it was spelled with an "F") (25); Maria (24); Maria (3). Going to work for Heinrich Lobsak, Otis, Kansas. "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXLX-F2V : Thu Mar 07 19:28:01 UTC 2024), Entry for Maria Lobsak and Andreas Lobsak, 1907. (Andreas was Jacob's father and Russian contact.)
3. ↑ Heinrich L. Lebsack; Birth: 11 Sep 1865 Russia; Death: 27 Nov 1929 (aged 64); Otis, Rush County, Kansas, USA; Burial: Otis Methodist Cemetery; Otis, Rush County, Kansas, USA; Memorial ID:90496801. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90496801/heinrich-l-lebsack
4. ↑ Name: Marie Lebsack; Age in 1910: 26; Birth Date: 1884; Birthplace: Russia; Home in 1910: Pleasantdale, Rush, Kansas, USA; Sheet Number: 4b; Race: White; Gender: Female; Immigration Year: 1907; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married; Father's Birthplace: Russia; Mother's Birthplace: Russia; Native Tongue: German; Able to read: Y; Able to Write: Y; Enumeration District Number: 0190; Years Married: 7; Number of Children Born: 3; Number of Children Living: 3; Enumerated Year: 1910; Household Members: Jacob A Lebsack (28) farmer - general farm; Marie (26); Marie (6); Samuel (2); Minnie (0). Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Pleasantdale, Rush, Kansas; Roll: T624_452; Page: 4b; Enumeration District: 0190; FHL microfilm: 1374465. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
5. ↑ Name: Jacob A Labseck; Gender: Male; Age: 36; Birth Date: abt 1882; Birth Place: Russia; Arrival Date: 21 Feb 1918; Arrival Place: Coutts, Alberta, Canada; Citizenship: Russian; Household Members: Jacob A Labseck (36) farmer; Mrs (34); Mary (14); Samuel (10); Minnie (8); Freda (6); Benjamin (5); Jacob (16 mos). Source Citation: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 1908-1935 Border Entries; Roll: T-5468. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Canada, Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. (The family had come from Lingle, Wyoming, and were going to Champion, Alberta.)
6. ↑ Name: Marie Lebzack; Sex: Female; Age: 42 years; Birth Year (Estimated): 1884; Birthplace: Russia; Arrival Date: 1918; Marital Status: Married; Race: Russian; Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Event Type: Census; Event Date: 1926; Event Place : Bow, Cypress County, Alberta, Canada; Event Place (Original): Bow River, Alberta; Sub-District: 42, 13; Sub-District Number Townships 15 and 16 in range 22, west of the fourth meridian; Household Identifier: 56; Line Number: 36; Page Number: 6; Household Members: Jacob Lebzackk (43); Maria (42); Samuel (18); Minnie (16); Benjamin (12); Freda (14); Jacob (9); Arvena (8); David (5); Hannah (2). "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2C-XXK7 : Sat Mar 09 23:39:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Jacob Lebzack and Marie Lebzack, 1926. (The family was living in Harmony, next door to Conrad Lebsack.)
7. ↑ "Jacob Lebsack," Cleverville, Champion, 1905-1970, p. 649
8. ↑ Name: Maria Lebsack; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 1884; Death Date: 1973; Cemetery Mountain View Memorial Gardens; Burial or Cremation Place: Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Has Bio? N; Spouse: Jacob A Lebsack; Children: Frieda Anhorn. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

See Also

• Henderson's Calgary Directories: Henderson's Calgary Directory:http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/2961.html

• https://archive.org/search?query=henderson+calgary+directoriesHenderson Directories. Henderson's Calgary Directory:http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/2961.html

• Name: Mary Lepsack; Sex: Female; Age: 46 years; Birth Year (Estimated): 1885; Birthplace: Russia; Naturalization Date: 1927; Arrival Date: 1910; Marital Status: Married; Occupation: Homemaker; Industry: General Farm; Race: German; Nationality: Canada; Religion: r c; Can Write R: Relationship to Head of Household: Wife; Father's Birthplace: Russia; Mother's Birthplace: Russia; Event Date: June 1, 1931; Event Place: Bow, Cypress, Alberta, Canada; Range: 22; Sub-District: 0013; Enumeration District: Bow River 214; Line Number: 12; Sheet Number: 3; Number of Rooms Occupied: 6; Household Members: Jacob Lebsack (48) farmer, general farm; Mary (46) homemaker; Minnie (21); Frieda (19); Benjamin (17); Jacob (14); Alvina (12); David (11) Hannah (7). "Canada Census, 1931", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:65L4-SPC9 : Wed Mar 20 10:55:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Jacob Lepsack and Mary Lepsack, June 1, 1931.