Johann Friedrich Lübbering was born in Schwaförden, Lower Saxony, Germany, the eldest son of 34-year-old Albert Friedrich Lübbering and Anna Margaretha Dorothea Elisabeth Meier, who was a farmer in Schwaförden, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The founding father of Luebbering was John Frederick Luebbering (February 4, 1830, Schwaförden, Lower Saxony, Germany - February 9, 1904, St. Louis), who served as the first postmaster and merchant until April 18, 1896.