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Gottlieb Girmus

Male 1847 - 1917  (69 years)


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  • Name Gottlieb Girmus  [1
    Birth 18 Nov 1847  Praha, Bohemia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Nov 1917  Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1904 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 14 Oct 1879  Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Dec 1884, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)
     2. James J. Girmus,   b. 13 Apr 1883, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1943, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     3. Marie Girmus,   b. 5 Jul 1884, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Aug 1955 (Age 71 years)
     4. Frantisek Girmus,   b. 21 Jun 1886, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1890, Fillmore County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    Family ID F3259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Nov 1847 - Praha, Bohemia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Oct 1879 - Liberty Township, Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Nov 1917 - Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Bohemian Brethren Cemetery (AKA Cesky Bratri Cemetery), Fillmore County, Nebraska Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S219] Milligan Centennial History Book Committee HISTORY OF MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA 1888-1988 (Walsworth Publishing, Marceline, MO), 276 (Reliability: 3).