Christian Buchmeier Jr. was born 20 DEC 1848 at Rolfshagen, Germany, the 4th child of Christian Ludwig Buchmeier and Sophie Sieckmann. He was christened in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Obernkirchen on 31 DEC 1848. Witnesses were Friedrich Ackeman, Friedrich Buchmeier and Carl Soffker.

Christian Jr. came to Beecher, IL with his parents, brother Wilhelm and his sister Sophie about 1866-1868. Per the 1870 (Aug 30) Census of PO Monee, Will Co., IL, he lived with his parents on a farm, 21 years old. In 1871, Christian and his father signed their First Papers for Naturalization at Beatrice, Gage Co., NE. Christian purchased 80 acres of land (West 1/2 of the SE 1/4), of Section 30 in Franklin Township of Fillmore Co., NE near Ohiowa, NE. He bought this land at $2.50 per acre of prairie land from the United States.

Christian made settlement on Aug. 1, 1871 and built a house 9 x 12, with one door and one window. He finally moved into this house Aug. 10, 1871 and plowed and cultivated about 45 acres. From his homestead application ... dug well and plowed 1 acre of forest trees and 160 rods Osage Orange hedges all of which is now in good growing condition....

Christian was Naturalized on 12 JUN 1877 in Fillmore County. In the 1885 Franklin Township census, Christian was living with his parents and his fiancee Laura Saatman, daughter of Fred and Sophia Saatman. Christian and Laura were married on 31 DEC 1885 at Ohiowa. In January of 1887 they had a son who only lived a few hours.

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