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I live in Olpe,Kansas!
Olpe, eleven miles south of Emporia, KS on the Howard Branch , was established in 1879 when the Santa Fe built this line. Bitlertown, a few rods southwest of the Olpe town site, south of the tracks, founded by Daniel Bitler in 1877, made a fight to retain its name. The new founder, a man named Flusche, wishing to please his German neighbors, named the new town for his home city, Olpe, In Germany, and the Santa Fe decided in his favor. Eagle Creek, established probably in the eighteen sixties, was a star route post office kept by Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Soule, a mile west of the present town. A stage barn was located on the Soule farm, and horses were changed there on the trip to Eureka. Olpe is a neat an thrifty place, one of the best-kept towns in Lyon County, and has a larger proportion of home-owners than any other Lyon County town. Its most imposing building is the large and handsome Catholic Church---St. Joseph's---and a the Catholic parochial school is housed in a substantial building. There is a good public school building and a Methodist and a Lutheran Church.
This discription of Olpe was written in 1929 by Laura M. French and today is still true, except the Lutheran Church moved to Emporia! Olpe has a population of about 600 people.
The following is data on my family tree.
---Raimund Pimpl Family Record---
GRANDPARENTS
Raimund Pimpl Katharina Pimpl born Wudinger
born December 5, 1814 born March, 1814
in Reuan Kreis Pilsen Bohmen Öesterich in Kreis Pilsen Bohmen Öesterich
Died--October 21, 1878 Died --March 22, 1895
Shelby County, Iowa Shelby County, Iowa
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Johann Fuchshoven Katharina Fuchshoven born Karl
born October, 1836 born July 23, 1841
in Dorf Kambenig Kreis Coblenz in Dorf Lind Kreis
Rhein Preuhsen, Germany Rhein Preuhsen, Germany
Died--May 30, 1921 Died--March 24, 1927
Omaha, Nebraska Earling, Iowa
Parents
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Johann Pimpl Anna M. Fuchshoven
born May 24, 1857 born July 4, 1861
Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin Johnsburg, Fondu Lac County, Wisconsin
Died--September 2, 1931 Died--January 11, 1940
Fleming, Colorado Sterling, Colorado
Married October 11, 1881 at Westphalia Shelby County, Iowa, by Father Weber
Children
NAME BORN AT MARRIED TO DIED
| Catherine | 7-10-1882 | Westphalia, Iowa | 11-20-1906 | John P. Kohnen | 5- 9-1974 |
| Fred | 10-27-1883 | Westphalia, Iowa | 4-12-1910 | Martha Kirsch | 6-15-1945 |
| Wendell | 2-16-1885 | Westphalia, Iowa | 9-29-1909 | Ella Lenniger | 12-30-1960 |
| Peter | 10-10-1886 | St. Bernard, Neb | 5-8-1912 | Clara Kirsch | 6-17-1975 |
| Marie | 2-28-1889 | Westphalia.Iowa | 10-29-1912 | Fred Lesch | |
| Christina | 9-22-1890 | St. Bernard, Neb | 9-12-1945 | ||
| Theresia | 8-10-1892 | Randolph, Neb | 10-29-1913 | Will James | 2-13-1920 |
| Joseph | 2-28-1894 | Randolph, Neb | 5-16.1922 | Elizabeth Sharland | 1-29-1974 |
| Anton | 12-4-1895 | Randolph, Neb | 2-23-1896 | ||
| Peter Anton | 7-14-1897 | Pierce CO., Neb | 7-2-1966 | ||
| Margaret | 3-24-1899 | Pierce CO., Neb | 11-27-1930 | James M. Keeps | |
| Raymond | 2-21-1901 | Randolph, Neb | 10-17-1928 | Marcella Gollobith | 7-17-1969 |
| Francis | 11-5-1902 | Randolph, Neb | |||
| Agnes | 9-18-1904 | Wien, Missouri | 2-23-1927 | Ted Berg | |
| Rosa | 2-22-1906 | Wien, Missouri | 11-27-1930 | Roman Becker |
