Christian Fredrick LUECK

  General Notes:

Meicho family Bible:

Christian Fredrick Lueck was born in a town near Berlin called Arnswalde
He was born Jan 15 1815, died Sept. 2, 1912. He married Fredricka Ziegenhaggen Lueck in 1840. She was born June date unknown 1814 died April 22, 1883.  They had 8 children.
Their son Herman Lueck born Sept. 23, 1843 died Nov . 14, 1912
Minnie Wilhelmine Lueck Kuhn records not known....
Marie Albertine Lueck born Dec. 23, 1840 died June 6, 1927. She married Jacob Marx.
Herman Leuck son of Christian and Fredricka Ziegenhaggen Lueck His children
Josephine Lueck Schnepp Born Aug. 2, 1880
Arthur Lueck Born April 22, 1885
Albert Lueck deceased
Flora Lueck deceased

These three names were on a small piece of paper in the Bible and towns where they probably were born.

Christian Frederick Lueck,  Raekow, West Prussia, Germany
Fredricka Ziegenhaggen Lueck,  Raekow, West Prussia, Germany
Marie Albertine Lueck,  Kuertow, Germany

William Meicho was Grandma Marx's brother who moved to Seattle, Washington probably in the 1920s.  The Meichos were Lutherans and Grandma Marx converted when she married our Grandfather who was Catholic.


BIOGRAPHY: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1912/lueck.htm

HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS AND HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY Volume II - BiographicalChicago: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers 1912

BIOGRAPHY: Page 1405
SON OF FREDERICK AND FREDERICA LUECK
LUECK, HERMAN - One feature of Springfield that contributes towards its material prosperity is the location there of men of substance, who have retired from the activities of business, but are able, because of their leisure, to give more time and attention to civic affairs. One of the retired capitalists of this city is Herman Lueck, one of the German-American residents of Sangamon County. Mr. Lueck was born September 23, 1845, a native of Germany, where his parents were also born. He is a son of Frederick and Frederica (Seigan-Hanger) Lueck, the former born January 15, 1815. By trade the father was a tailor, and he came to America in 1867, locating in Baltimore, where he hoped to establish himself in his line of business, but, not finding conditions favorable, came to Springfield, which has since been his home. Although he is now ninety-five years of age, he enjoys good health and is one of the honored residents of the city. He served his regulation time in the German army, as did his son Herman.

BIOGRAPHY: Herman Lueck was educated in his native land and was taught the tailoring trade, at which he worked until the family emigration to America in 1867, and for a short time in Springfield. Then he obtained employment with the Wabash Railroad Company, and continued with them until his retirement. All his life he has been animated by a desire to do his full duty, and his efforts have been rewarded with more than the usual measure of success.

BIOGRAPHY: On June 9, 1876, Mr. Lueck was married, in Springfield, to Pauline Alexander, born in West Prussia, May 9, 1847. Her father came to America and direct to Springfield, where he resided until his death, in 1909. The mother had passed away in Germany. Three children survive of the five born to Mr. and Mrs. Lueck; Arthur R.; Albert F., an electrician, and Josephine, wife of William Schnepp, a shoe merchant of Springfield. Mr. Lueck is a Democrat, but has not been willing to allow his name to be used on the party ticket. For many years he has been one of the liberal supporters of Trinity German Lutheran Church, and is highly esteemed in it, as he is throughout Sangamon County.

Christian married Fredricka ZIEGENHAGGEN (Seigan-Hanger). (Fredricka ZIEGENHAGGEN (Seigan-Hanger) was born in Jun 1814 in Raekow Arnswalde, Prussia (Germany) and died on 22 Apr 1883.)