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Wedding photo, 1885 Robert T. Lux Amelia Elizabeth Borgmann Married: 27 Jan 1885, Sauk Centre, Minnesota

(Photo at right provided by Fred E. "Bud" Lux)

This page is dedicated to my mother,
Marguerite Louise Lux Winker.
When I began doing family history research,
she asked me to find her grandfather.


Children:

Robert Lux      \    | Ferdinand Theodore     b. 15 Jun 1886 / d.  8 Aug 1962
      &          }---| Alexander William      b. 31 Jan 1888 / d. 12 Oct 1950
Amelia Borgmann /    | Everett Robert         b. 31 Aug 1893 / d. 17 Aug 1970


Peter Gaspard   \    | Beatrice               b.  3 Jan 1909 / d. 
      &          }---| Melvin                 b. 13 Feb 1910 / d.    Jan 1991
Amelia Borgmann /    |

From the Wadena County Pioneer
Friday, August 14, 1896
Obituary - Robert Lux, 1896

From the Wadena Journal
August 21, 1896
Obituary - Robert Lux, 1896
(provided by Rick and Holly Johnson)

Very little is known about Robert Lux beyond the obituaries published in the Wadena newspapers in August, 1896. He is buried in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Wadena, Minnesota.

Census records from the 1800s (1870 and 1880 Federal; 1857, 1875 and 1885 Minnesota) indicate that he was born in Ohio, and that he lived in Belle Plain township, just south of Jordan, Minnesota, while growing up. The family record from the Church of St. John the Baptist in Jordan says he was born in Cleveland on 6 May 1854. That record also indicates that he was a witness to the marriage of his sister Anna to Nicholas Knaff in April of 1876.

Robert married Amelia Borgmann of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, on Janaury 27, 1885. They had three children, all boys: Ferdinand (Fred T.), Alex and Everett. According to both the 1920 and 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Everett was born in Washington. From the information in the obituaries, we know that the family lived for a time in Staples, Minnesota, but moved to Wadena shortly before Robert's death.

In September of 1907, Amelia married Peter Gaspard of Sauk Centre, Minnesota. They had two children: Beatrice and Melvin.

Beatrice married John (Jack) Richardson and they lived in St. Cloud. Melvin lived in Long Prairie, Minnesota, but is buried alongside his parents.


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Amelia Borgmann
Amelia Borgmann as a young woman.
Amelia Lux and sons
Amelia Lux and sons:
Fred, Alex and Everett
Fred, Alex and Everett Lux

Fred, Alex and Everett Lux
approx. 1904

Amelia Borgmann Lux Gaspard
Amelia Borgmann Lux Gaspard
about 1920
Robert Lux. Died Aug 8 1896
Stone reads:

ROBERT LUX
DIED
AUG 8 1896
AGED 41 YRS
AT REST

Calvary Cemetery, Wadena, MN

Gaspard, Amelia and Peter
Stone reads:

AMELIA
1864-1922

PETER
1866-1922

Calvary Cemetery, Sauk Centre, MN


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