Horstmeier, Anna Christine Katharina

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Birth:
Anna was born in Lienen (in the township of Holperdorp), a neighboring village to the east to Ladbergen.

Died:
Anna was 70 years, 2 months and 19 days old when she died.

Anna married Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich 20 Nov 1785, Lienen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Hermann (son of Fiegenbaum, Johann Hermann and Grotholtmann, Catharina Elisabeth) was born 2 Sep 1764, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 11 Mar 1829, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. [Group Sheet]

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Married:

     The newly married couple lived in the Horstmeier Heuerhaus located in Bauerschaft Holperdorp, a section of the town of Lienen. Their first child was born there. It would appear that within a few years the family had moved. The couple's second child was born in the nearby village of Ladbergen. By 1800, the family had built a house at Ladbergen-Wester 21, located in the section of the village know as "In der Laake." Hermann died in this home in 1829 and Anna passed a year later. In 1840, the house was sold. It may be that some of the proceeds from this sale helped finance Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum's family emigration to the USA in 1841.
     In addition to being a carpenter or house builder, Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum was a Heuerling or tenant farmer. Tenant farmers were low on the social scale in Ladbergen at the time. "They owned no land, and they lived in rented houses on larger farms. Every large or middle-sized farm in Ladbergen had one or more tenant houses (in German: Heuerhäuser) scattered over the farm. The highest number on any farm in Ladbergen was seven; two or three was common. Each tenant farm house had its own plot of 7 to 12 acres. The tenants rented the houses and plots for life. The tenant farmers were not the same as sharecroppers or rental farmers in the American sense. They had only a small plot to themselves, and they did not need to give any of the yield to the landowner. They were essentially renters of houses who paid for their dwellings with a small amount of cash and a specified number of days of labor. In the 19th century the tenants were typically relatives of the landowners, but this was decreasingly the case after the turn of the century."

1. Fiegenbaum, Everd Jacob Wilhelm was born 2 Jun 1786, Lienen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 8 May 1870, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.
2. Fiegenbaum, Johann Heinrich was born 12 May 1788, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 12 Mar 1861, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
3. Fiegenbaum, Johann Heinrich was born 24 Mar 1791, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 3 Jul 1847, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.
4. Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich was born 19 Dec 1793, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 11 Jan 1877, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA; was buried , Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA.
5. Fiegenbaum, Johann Hermann Adolph was born 6 Feb 1797, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 4 Jan 1798, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg.
6. Fiegenbaum, Anna Katharina Elisabeth was born 1 Feb 1799, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Fiegenbaum, Anna Christine was born 22 Dec 1802, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 14 Jan 1871, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.