Karl Herman Lobner and Francis Magdalene Adams are Cory’s maternal great-grandparents and the parents of his grandfather Alex Lobner.
Karl Herman is an immigrant from Germany and immigrated in 1907 from Goldhausen, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany. I have some research done on their location in Germany can can share that information as desired. Until we can hire an in-person researcher, further study on the family in Germany is on hold.
We have found it challenging that Karl Herman will sometimes use Karl and sometimes Herman on any paperwork. This site gives some good information on German naming customs and maybe why he would have switched back and forth.
Francis’ family is also German, and needs further research to determine their exact origins.
- Karl Herman Lobner and Francis Adams Lobner Bio – Written by Nicole
- Herman Obituary Garden County News
- Francis Obituary Garden County News
- Story from the Garden County History Book
- Kincaid Act – this is what brought Karl Herman to Nebraska
- Letter to Herman Lobner from his brother Adolph (Adolph was killed in a cabin fire in the Jicarilla Mountains in New Mexico)

Francis Adams Lobner 
Francis Lobner with Turkeys 
Francis Adams Lobner 
Francis Adams Lobner with pet eagle 
Francis Adams Lobner with colt 
Francis Adams Lobner Turkeys 
Francis Adams Lobner motorcycle 
Francis Adams Lobner 
Welby Anderson, Herman Lobner, Alex Lobner, Karl lobner JR 
Karl Herman Lobner and his horse Elsie 
Herman Lobner Erma and Garnet 
Karl Herman Lobner – corn stalk 
Francis Aaron Erma Garnet Millie Conrad – young man unknown 
Herman Lobner 
Herman Lobner with his gun 
Herman Lobner with cattle 
Herman and Francis Lobner 
Herman Lobner Car 
Herman Lobner by house 
Herman Lobner and his pigs 
Herman and Francis Pet Eagle 
Herman Lobner Certificate of Shares – Mascot Mining and Milling Outside 
Herman Lobner Certificate of Shares – Mascot Mining and Milling Inside 
Karl Herman Lobner Naturalization 
Karl Herman Lobner Brand 
Karl Lobner Homestead 
Nebraska Tract Books Vol 28 Image 84- Gustav Adolf Lobner 
Nebraska Tract Books Vol 28 Image 81- Karl Hermann Lobner