Gottlieb Girmus

1847 - 1917  (69 years)

• Name	Gottlieb Girmus  [1]
  Birth	18 Nov 1847	Praha, Bohemia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Nov 1917	Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  Burial	Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska
  Notes	Also known as Bohumil. The son of Barbara BARTOS and Joseph GIRMUS, Gottlieb was born in Prague, Bohemia in 1847, and immigrated to the United States in 1851 with his (father and) brother Joseph. His father remarried Katharine WAGWADUKE and had eleven additional children. The family lived in New York, and later moved to Newark, New Jersey. Gottlieb worked as a machine shop operator. The Girmus family later settled in Saginaw, Michigan. Here Gottlieb enlisted in the 16th Regiment, Company D, Michigan on March 24, 1864. He was described as being small in stature, five feet one inch tall, with a fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair, occupation laborer. He served for approximately 11 months, but became ill in March and April 1865 and was mustered out of the service due to his health. He was discharged in May 1865. Gottlieb moved to Nebraska in 1868, and filed a homestead claim at the Beatrice Land Office on April 26, 1869. His land was approximately 150 acres in Section 34 of Liberty Township in Fillmore County. Gottlieb was apparently industrious and entrepreneurial in spirit. The local paper noted he built to town coal shed, served as assessor for Glengary Township, purchased a well auger as a joint venture with Vit Laun, and served as village clerk. When he was in his early sixties, he moved to Chugwater, Wyoming to set up a homestead in that state. (Milligan, 276).
  Person ID	I19693	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Katherine Sopr,   b. 25 Nov 1853, Praha, Bohemia d. 20 Mar 1904 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	14 Oct 1879	Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska   [1]
  	They married in the office of T.H. Lovegrove, J.P. in Liberty Township. Witnesses were John KOTAS and Joseph KOCA. (Milligan, p 276).
  Children	1. Emil Girmus,   b. 23 Nov 1880, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 13 Dec 1884, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 4 years)   2. James J. Girmus,   b. 13 Apr 1883, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 26 Mar 1943, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 59 years)   3. Marie Girmus,   b. 5 Jul 1884, Nebraska d. 1 Aug 1955 (Age 71 years)   4. Frantisek Girmus,   b. 21 Jun 1886, Fillmore County, Nebraska d. 2 Mar 1890, Fillmore County, Nebraska (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F3259	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 18 Nov 1847 - Praha, Bohemia Marriage - 14 Oct 1879 - Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Death - 11 Nov 1917 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Burial - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), 276 (Reliability: 3).