Heinrich Herman Starkebaum
and
Elisabeth (Ridder) Starkebaum

Family Home

photo of Sonneborn No. 47, in 1941
Sonneborn; 1941.
Permission of Martin H. Meier; all rights reserved.
House 47, Sonneborn, Land Lippe, Deutsches Reich, 1941
 

photo of Sonneborn No. 47, in 1985
Sonneborn; 1985.
from Fiegenbaum-Gerber family.
House 47 in 1985

 

The photos on this page are of House No. 47 in Sonneborn.

Heinrich Herman Starkebaum (1800-1865) and his wife, Elisabeth Ridder (1800-1872), raised their 7 children in this home in the Pricipality of Lippe.

One of their sons, Friederich Heinrich Starkebaum (1830-1898) departed from Bremen aboard the Westphalia and arrived in New York on 3 July 1854.

Two other sons, Heinrich Friedrich L. Starkebaum (1838-1923) and Hans Hermann August Starkebaum (1843-1900) travelled on the Hansa from Bremen to New York, arriving on 30 October 1867.

The present address of the house is Alte Dorfstrasse 25, Sonneborn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

 
 
photo of Sonneborn No. 47, in 1997
Sonneborn; 1997.
Permission of Martin H. Meier; all rights reserved.
House 47 in 1997
photo of Sonneborn No. 47, in 1997
Sonneborn; 1997
Permission of Martin H. Meier; all rights reserved.
 

Brief Genealogy

Heinrich Hermann Starkebaum's family

Elisabeth Ridder's family

Starkebaum - Ridder family

 

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