Jacob A Lebsack (1882 - 1971)

Born 18 Jul 1882 in Brunnental, Samara, Russian Empire

Husband of Maria (Krieger) Lebsack — married 15 Sep 1903 in Brunnental, Samara, Russian Empire

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1971 at age 88 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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

Biography

Jacob Lebsack was a Volga German.

The Alberta local history book, Cleverville, Champion, 1905-1970 nicely summarizes the early history of the Lebsack family in North America:

Jacob Lebsack and Maria Krieger were married in Brunnental, Russia on September 15, 1903. Mr. Lebsack served in the Russian Army from 1903-1908. One child was born in Russia. In 1908 the family immigrated to Otis, Kansas and then moved to Lingley, Wyoming in 1910. Five children were born while in the United States. In 1918, the family moved to the Champion, Alberta district. Three more children arrived to complete this family unit.

The Lebsack family lived on the S.W. 7-15-21 when they first arrived in the Champion district. The children attended the Sanderson school. Their church was conducted from the homes by the Lutheran church.

For a few years the family lived in the Vulcan-East district on the Porter Noyes farm but returned to the Champion district and the Alex McLaughlin farm and in 1924, they purchased the Charlie Beaubien farm where they lived until 1948 when they retired to live in Calgary.^[1]

Jacob and his family likely went to Otis, Kansas, because there were other Lebsacks living there. (See Research Notes below.) For some reason the family moved to Wyoming before they followed brother Conrad Lebsack to Champion, Alberta. There were 17 years of rented farms before they acquired their own spread.

In 1948 Jacob and his wife moved to Calgary although they do not show up in the online Henderson Directories until 1953. They lived in the Bridgeland-Riverside District at 427 - 11th Street N.E. They would have been close to Jacob's brother Conrad and German churches and businesses. But when the couple celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary in 1969, they were living at the Brentwood Nursing Home.^[2]

When Jacob died in 1971, he was at the North Bethany Auxiliary Hospital. He is buried at Mountain View Memorial Gardens.

Obituary

From: The Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) 20 Apr 1971, Tue, p. 4; as found on Newspapers.com:

LEBSACK - April 19, 1971, Jacob A., aged 88 years, beloved husband of Mrs. Maria Lebsack, North Bethany Auxiliary Hospital, formerly of 427 - 11th Street N.E., passed away following a lengthy illness. Besides his beloved wife he is also survived by three sons, Samuel, Red Deer, Benjamin, Viking and Jacob Jr., Lacombe, four daughters, Mrs. Alexander (Minnie) Befus, Calgary, Mrs. Adolph (Fieda) Anhorn, New Westminister, B.C., Mrs. Rudolph (Alvena) Graff, Vulcan and Mrs. Clifford (Hannah) Clhauser, Kelowna, B.C., twenty-six grandchildren and thirty great grandchildren. He was predeceased by a daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith in 1950 and by a son, David in 1970. Born at Brunnental, Russia he came to Ottis, Kansas in 1907 and to Champion in 1918 where he farmed until retiring to Calgary in 1948, residing at Calgary since. Mr. Lebsack was a member of Central Moravian Church. Services at LEYDEN'S "Chapel of Remembrance" Thursday 1:00 p.m. Rev. Joseph Lafortune officating. Interment Mountain View Memorial Gardens.

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

There were many Lebsacks who had settled in Kansas. Jacob's relation might have been Heinrich L Lebsack (1865-1929) who was living in Pleasantdale in the 1920's. ^[3]

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. 647-649. https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/asset-management/2R3BF1FR1WAVX?FR_=1&W=1920&H=919
2. ↑ "Jacob Lebsack," Cleverville, Champion, 1905-1970, p. 649.
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

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: Jacob Lobsack; Age: 25; Birth Year: abt 1882; Arrival Year: 1907; Arrival Place: New York, New York; Primary Immigrant: Lobsack, Jacob; Source Publication Code: 2974.4; Annotation: Data includes occupation and, often, destination. Source Bibliography HAYNES, EMMA SCHWABENLAND. "Passenger Lists." In Clues. 1982, pt. 2, pp. 23-28. Household Member: Jacob Lobsack (25). Source Citation: Place: New York, New York; Year: 1907; Page Number: 26. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.

• Name: Jacob A Lebsack; Age in 1910: 28; Birth Date: 1882; Birthplace: Russia; Home in 1910: Pleasantdale, Rush, Kansas, USA; Sheet Number: 4b; Race: White; Gender: Male; Immigration Year: 1907; Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married; Father's Birthplace: Russia; Mother's Birthplace: Russia; Native Tongue: German; Occupation: Farmer; Industry: General Farm; Employer, Employee or Other: Own Account; Home Owned or Rented: Rent; Farm or House: Farm; Naturalization Status: Papers; Able to read: Y; Able to Write: Y; Enumeration District Number: 0190; Years Married: 7; Enumerated Year: 1910; Household Members: Jacob A Lebsack (28); 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.

• 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.)

• Name: Jacob Lebsack; Gender: Male; Racial or Tribal Origin: Russian; Nationality: Russia; Marital Status: Married; Age: 38; Birth Year: abt 1883; Birth Place: Russia; Year of Immigration: 1918; Residence Date: 1 Jun 1921; House Number: 2; Residence Street or Township: 16; Residence City, Town or Village: Clifton Municipality Twp 16-Range 21 W 4th; Residence District: Bow River; Residence Province or Territory: Alberta; Residence Country: Canada; Relation to Head of House: Head; Spouse's Name: Mary Lebsack; Father Birth Place: Russia; Mother Birth Place: Russia; Can Speak English? Yes; Can Speak French? No; Other Language: German; Religion: Lutheran; Can Read? Yes; Can Write? Yes; Occupation: Farmer; Employment Type: Own Account; Nature of Work Rented Farm; Section: 19; Range Number: 21; Meridian Number: 4; Municipality: Clifton; Enumeration District: 2; Sub-District Number: 10; Home Owned or Rented: Rented; Class of House: Single House; Materials of Construction: Wood; Number of Rooms: 6; Enumerator: Peter McIntyre; Line Number: 5; Family Number: 2; Household Members: Jacob Lebsack (38) farmer - rented farm; Mary (37); Mary (17); Samuel (13); Minnie (11); Freda (9); Benjamin (8); Jacob (11); Alvina (3); David (1). Source Citation: Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 2; Census Place: Clifton Municipality Twp 16-Range 21 W 4th, Bow River, Alberta; Page Number: 1. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1921 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2013.

• Name: Jacob Lepsack; Gender: Male; Nationality; Canadian; Racial Origin: German; Marital Status: Married; Age: 48; Estimated Birth Year: abt 1883; Birth Place: Russia; Immigration Date: 1910; Naturalization Date: 1927; Residence Date: 1931; Residence Township: 15; Home in 1931:Bow River, Alberta, Canada; Relation to Head: Head; Father Birth Place: Russia; Mother Birth Place: Russia; Can Speak English: Yes; Can Speak French: No; Language Spoken as Mother Tongue: German; Religion: Roman Catholic; Can Read and Write: W; Occupation: Farmer; Industry: General Farm; Class of Worker: Employer; Income: W; House Number: 22; Family Number: 22; Section: 20; Range: 22; Meridian: W 4; Municipality: Harmony Municipality #128; Enumeration District: Bow River; Sub-District Number: 0013; Home Ownership: O; Value of House: 2000; Class of House: S; Materials of Construction: Wood; Number of Rooms: 6; Owned Radio: No; Household Members: Jacob Lepsack (48) farmer, general farm; Mary (46); Minnie (21); Frieda (19); Benjamin (17); Jacob (14); Alvina (12); David (11); Hannah (7). Source Citation: Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Seventh Census of Canada, 1931; Folder Number: T-27349; Census Place: Bow River, Alberta, Canada; Page Number: 3. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1931 Census of Canada [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2023.

• Name: Jacob A Lebsack; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 18 Jul 1882; Birth Place: Russia; Death Date: 19 Apr 1971; Death Place: Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Cemetery: Mountain View Memorial Gardens; Burial or Cremation Place: Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada; Has Bio? Y; Spouse: Maria 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. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139011203/jacob-a-lebsack