Clemens August Padberg (Branch G) was born April 15, 1852, in Bigge, Westphalia. His parents were Johann Heinrich Adam Padberg (1824-1887) and Wilhelmina Agatha Antonia Metz (b. 1822). Clemens August moved to the Netherlands where he became a merchant and manufacturer of men’s clothing and bedding in Heerenveen. In 1879, he married Alida Thöne in Heerenveen. Alida was born March 19, 1860, in Leeuwarden, Friesland. Alida and Clemens had eight children, six sons and two daughters born between 1882 - 1899.

In 1907, the family prepared to immigrate to the United States with their six sons. Their two daughters were already married and decided to remain in The Netherlands. Thecla (b. 1884) was married to Herman C. de Kruyf (b. 1881), and Wilhelmina (1885-1934) was married to Conrad Müller (b. 1883).

After a brief tour in Germany, Alida and Clemens and their sons left from Hamburg on the Hamburg-American liner “Blücher” bound for New York. Once their ship left Hamburg, Clemens August filed a document with the Dutch government stating that he was making a “Declaration of Failure (Bankruptcy) as a merchant of Heerenveen and Leeuwarden.” This document was signed September 15, 1907, after the ship had left Hamburg for New York on August 31, 1907.

The six sons on the journey were Henry Padberg (1882-1951), John Philip (1887-1964), Petrus (1889-1945), Theodore Hubert (1893-1957), Paul Francis (1896-1971), and Martin (1899-1960). After arriving in New Yark, they traveled to Boston and on to New Brunswick, Canada by train and boat.

The family initially settled on a 200-acre farm in New Brunswick. In 1912, the family, Alida and Clemens and their six sons, traveled west as many immigrants were doing at that time. Their destination was described by their son, Paul Padberg as the “Great Bald-Headed Plains of Southern Alberta.” They settled on a large ranch of wheat and cattle which eventually reached 4000 acres.