Forks of the Ohio
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- Joined
- Mar 19, 2019
I've been learning much lately about the Lemp brewing family of St. Louis.
Adam Lemp emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in the 1830's. He established the Lemp family's brewery. His son, William Lemp Sr., served in the Union Army in the Civil War and then he went on to grow the brewery to the largest in St. Louis. The Lemp family was insanely wealthy in the late 1800's. William Lemp Sr. and his wife Julia had a significant number of children and many of them went on to marry and raise families of their own.
However, I read that the man in this article allegedly refers to himself as a "Lemp" descendant although confirmed Lemp family members deny this. From what I've read about this man, I am under the impression that he is not trying to claim any part of the original Lemp brewing fortune. No, nothing like that. Instead, he allegedly makes money from giving talks and doing historical tours about the Lemp family under the premise that he is himself a Lemp.
After I read the above article, I did another search on the Lemp family and I found this flyer advertising a tour of the Lemp Mausoleum that advertised the opportunity to "Meet a Lemp."
This led me to wonder how many pretenders are out there, giving historical tours and talks, while falsely claiming to be related to somebody famous.
Adam Lemp emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in the 1830's. He established the Lemp family's brewery. His son, William Lemp Sr., served in the Union Army in the Civil War and then he went on to grow the brewery to the largest in St. Louis. The Lemp family was insanely wealthy in the late 1800's. William Lemp Sr. and his wife Julia had a significant number of children and many of them went on to marry and raise families of their own.
However, I read that the man in this article allegedly refers to himself as a "Lemp" descendant although confirmed Lemp family members deny this. From what I've read about this man, I am under the impression that he is not trying to claim any part of the original Lemp brewing fortune. No, nothing like that. Instead, he allegedly makes money from giving talks and doing historical tours about the Lemp family under the premise that he is himself a Lemp.
After I read the above article, I did another search on the Lemp family and I found this flyer advertising a tour of the Lemp Mausoleum that advertised the opportunity to "Meet a Lemp."
This led me to wonder how many pretenders are out there, giving historical tours and talks, while falsely claiming to be related to somebody famous.