Darling, Myrtle Maud

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Buried:
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at the Funk-Cooper-Warren Chapel with the Rev. George Boicourt in charge. Burial was in the Eudora Cemetery at Eudora, Kansas.

Died:

     The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 15 February 1954 in the Lawrence Daily Journal World, of Lawrence, Kansas.

Mrs. Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum, 84, died Sunday at her home 937 Kentucky Street. She had maintained a home here and at Eudora all her life, moving back to Lawrence in December. Mrs. Fiegenbaum's husband died in 1934. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Funk-Cooper-Warren Chapel with the Rev. George Boicourt in charge. Burial will be in the Eudora Cemetery. She is survived by one sister, Miss Alice Grace Darling of the home; three nephews, Ray Ogden of Eudora, Thomas Darling of Leavenworth, Washington and Dr. Gene Darling of Colville, Washington; two nieces Miss Geneva Ogden of the home and Mrs. Bernice Smith of Wenatchee, Washington.

Myrtle married Fiegenbaum, Benjamin Friedrich 20 Dec 1893, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. Benjamin (son of Fiegenbaum, Friedrich Wilhelm and Otto, Louisa) was born 7 Jan 1865, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA; died 20 Jan 1934, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA; was buried 23 Jan 1934, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Married:
Following the wedding, the couple settled in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Benjamin was a druggist.

Census (family):

     According to the 1900 enumeration of Eastern Avenue, the household consisted of "Benjamine Fiegenbaum," head, male, born January 1866 in Iowa, age 34, married for 6 years, a druggist; and Myrtle D. Fiegenbaum, wife, female, born April 1870 in Kansas, age 30, married for 6 years, the mother of 1 child, who was no longer living.

Residence (family):

     According to a newspaper account of the event, "Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum" of Western, Nebraska attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Benjamin's parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902. According to the Alumni Catalogue of the University of Kansas published in 1905, Benjamin was still living at Western.

Census (family):

     According to the 1910 enumeration of 937 Kentucky Street, the household consisted of Benjamin Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 44, born in Iowa, married for 16 years, a druggist; Myrtle Fiegenbaum, wife, age 40, born in Kansas, married for 16 years; Alice G. Darling, sister-in-law, age 35, born in Kansas; single; Raymond C. Ogden, nephew, age 23, born in Kansas; single, attending school; and Geneva S. Ogden, niece, age 21, born in Kansas, single, attending school.
     According to the Alumni Catalogue of the University of Kansas published in 1908, Benjamin was already a resident of a resident of Lawrence, Kansas at that time and was working as a pharmacist.

Census (family):

     According to the 1920 enumeration of 937 Kentucky Street, the household consisted of Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 53, born in Iowa, married, a state drug inspector; Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum, wife, age 49, born in Kansas, married; Alice Darling, sister-in-law, age 45, born in Kansas, single; and Genva [sic] S. Ogden, niece, age 30, born in Kansas, single, a university librarian.

Census (family):

     According to the 1930 enumeration of 937 Kentucky Street, the household consisted of "Benjamine" F. Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 64, born in Iowa, married at age 27, a pharmacist for the State Board of Health; Myrtle Fiegenbaum, wife, age 59, born in Kansas, married at age 27; Alice Darling, sister-in-law, age 56, born in Kansas, single; and Geneva S. Ogden, niece, age 41, born in Kansas, single.

T. married [---?---], Sarah Canada. Sarah was born , Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Sarah's maiden name not known at this time.

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Married:
There is no information at present to confirm the assumption that T. C. Darling and Sarah, whose surname is not known, were married, or that a marriage took place in Canada. These facts need to be confirmed.