From Marion VanderLaan:
Uncle Temps family was German
and their name was Schmidt (not necessarily correct spelling) and early in world war 2
they thought it prudent to change it to Smith. When I first met him he was always called
Smitty, thats the only name I knew him by. But after he started to become a
tycoon Esther let it be known that he was to be called Tempel in future. His full name
is Tempel Jean Smith, I dont know where the Jean came from but Tempel was
his mothers maiden name.
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25 Aug 2011 : https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.2/9QVW-WNF/p_470359802

United States Census, 1910 for Tempel Schmidt

Name: Tempel Schmidt
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Family Number: 452
Page Number: 18
Household Gender Age
Parent Jean J Schmidt M 37y
Parent Mabel Schmidt F 38y
Tempel Schmidt M y 8m
Elsie Bernhardt F 25y

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United States Census, 1920 for Temple Smith

Name: Temple Smith
Residence: 49th Precinct Chicago 25th, Cook, Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1910
Age: 10
Birthplace: Illinois
Relationship to Head of Household: Nephew
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Birthplace:
Film Number: 1820342
Digital Folder Number: 4300493
Image Number: 00409
Sheet Number: 16
Household Gender Age
Wm Rolsted M 53y
Rose K Rolsted F 42y
Mabel Smith F 35y
Temple Smith M 10y
Jane Smith F 8y
Elizabeth Rosted F 12y
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this reference was cited in an Ancestry.com tree, but doesn't seem correct -
(http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/39708960/person/19402770773?ssrc=)
(but info on his father indicates the father living in Reno county in 1910)

Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
about Temple Smith
Name: Temple Smith
Census Date:1925
Residence County:Reno
Residence State:Kansas
Locality:Pretty Prairie
Birth Location:
Kansas
Family Number:6
Marital Status:Single
Gender:Male
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1911
Race:White
Relation:Son
Line:16
Roll:KS1925_122
Father's Name:C E Smith
Mother's Name:Mae Smith
Household Member(s):
Name Age
C E Smith 43
Mae Smith 34
Temple Smith 14
Dale Smith 13
Jewel Smith 11
Elizabeth Smith 9
Freda Smith 7
Paggy Smith 1
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United States Census, 1930 for Temple Smith

Name: Temple Smith
Event: CENSUS
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Chicago (Districts 1751-1976), Cook, Illinois
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Marital Status:
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Estimated Birth Year: 1910
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Nephew
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Illinois
Enumeration District Number: 1791
Family Number: 415
Sheet Number and Letter: 22A
Line Number: 8
NARA Publication: T626, roll 491
Film Number: 2340226
Digital Folder Number: 4584292
Image Number: 00426
Household Gender Age
Rose K Rotsted F 55
Blossom I Drake F 35
Rosemarie Drake F 8
Mabel Smith F 48
Temple Smith M 20
Jane Smith F 18
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U.S. Social Security Death Index for Temple Smith

First Name: Temple
Middle Name:
Last Name: Smith
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 10 August 1909
Social Security Number: 323-07-3396
Place of Issuance: Illinois
Last Residence: Cook, Illinois
Zip Code of Last Residence: 60646
Death Date: December 1980
Estimated Age at Death: 71

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from http://www.hmca-il.org/hfarm.htm
Historic Millburn Community Association <b.htm>
Farm History

In the late 1950s, Esther and Tempel Smith, Sr. began buying up local farms. Many farmhouses and outbuildings were torn down for the open space. The Smiths continued farming with an all grain operation on several thousand acres. The remaining local family farming and dairying operations continued for only a few more decades.
Tempel Farms, a subsidiary of Tempel Steel Company, is a prominent feature in the village. The main farm is located on the former John F. Jelke estate, Good Luck Farm. The late Esther and Tempel Smith, Sr. imported 20 lipizzans from Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia in 1958. Tempel Farms Lipizzans have performed in the Chicago area as well as at several presidential inaugurals and Madison Square Garden. "Tempel Farms is the only place in the United States where they breed, train, and perform these rare white horses." (www.tempelfarms.com/History.html) At one time, Tempel Farms had the largest herd of Lipizzans in the United States. Today, people come from all over to watch the famed Tempel Lipizzans perform.Esther and Tempel Smith's children and grandchildren continue the family tradition. The tradition begun at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna continues right here in the Village of Old Mill Creek today!

History of Millburn Area Schools - Online Historical Archives - HMCA,Inc.
A new Millburn School building was built on the current site at the northwest corner of Crawford and Millburn Roads. The old school property was sold on May 5, 1962 for $16,000. to Tempel Smith, Wadsworth. The building was razed and the site grassed over
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Tempel Steel Company
Tempel Smith Sr. founded the company in a garage in 1945
Tempel Steel, founded in Chicago by Tempel Smith 63 years ago, produces laminated steel products
Tempel Steel Company is the world's largest independent manufacturer of magnetic laminations for the motor and transformer industry. It was founded by Tempel Smith who started the global company from a garage on the north side of Chicago in 1945. Tempel is a company with over 1,700 employees and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Libertyville, IL; Canada, Mexico, China and India. In addition to producing magnetic steel laminations, the company sells electrical and cold-rolled motor lamination steel to manufacturers, subcontractors and other customers to produce their own laminations. Tempel also provides added value products such as powder coating, die-casting, welding

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Chicago Sun-Times articles > March 1994
Article: Smith Sr. Won IRS Battle Over Deductions for Horses
In 1974, the IRS disallowed horse-related expenses for Tempel Steel because auditors determined the Lipizzan horses were a hobby and not a profitmaking enterprise.
[article continues . . . ]
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"In 1955, millionaire Tempel Smith (Tempel Steel) of Chicago, imported 20 Lipizzans from Austria, 11 from Hungary, and 6 from Yugoslavia..."
..."Tempel Smith devoted 15 years, until his death in 1980, importing and breeding his herd to over 400 horses. Since Tempel Smith's death, much of the herd was disbursed. However, Tempel Farms still breeds a number of Lipizzans each year, and they still successfully compete Lipizzans for Tempel Farms."
Chicago industrialist Tempel Smith and his wife Esther first imported 20 Tempel Lipizzans from Austria in 1958. Since 1958, more than 850 foals have been born at Tempel Farms.

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