When Joseph Lux was born on 12 October 1849, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Mathias Lux, was 25 and his mother, Sibilla Kaymer, was 27. He married Anna Sophia Schult on 30 September 1874, in Waldorf, Landkreis Bonn, Rhineland, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Polk, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Canada Township, Polk, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 7 June 1934, in Shelby, Polk, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Shelby, Polk, Nebraska, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Butler, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Butler, Nebraska, United States
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German and French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine): patronymic from a vernacular short form of the personal name Lucas . Compare Loux .
German: variant of Luchs ‘lynx’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
French: habitational name from any of the places so named in Côte-d'Or, Haute-Garonne, and Saône-et-Loire.
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