Lütkemeyer, Frank

Johann married Borgmann, Maria Sophia Missouri, USA. Maria (daughter of Borgmann, Heinrich Stephen and Fiegenbaum, Christine Elisabeth) was born 28 Aug 1845, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 11 Jan 1926, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 8 Jun 1846, Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Other researchers have given her name as Sophie Christine and the place of birth as Pinckney in Warren County, Missouri. On her death certificate, the place of birth of birth was identified as "near Marthasville."

Baptism:
Maria Sophia's birth and baptism were recorded in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, USA

Notes:

Birth:

     Heinrich's family was living in the Osterbeck parish of Westerkappeln at the time of his birth. During the Napoleonic era, from about 1808 to 1810, Westerkappeln, as part of the County of Tecklenburg (Grafschaft Tecklenburg), came under the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Berg (French: Grand-duché de Berg; German: Großherzogtum Berg), a client state of the First French Empire.
     In 1811 borders were redrawn again and Grafschaft Tecklenburg was incorporated directly into the First French Empire as part of the Département Ems-Supérieur (German: Departement der Oberen Ems).
     After Napoleon's defeat, Westerkappeln found itself part of the Province of Westphalia in the Kingdom of Prussia (German: Provinz Westfalen, Königreich Preußen).

Immigration:

     According to documents in northwestern Germany, "Steffen Heinrich Borgmann", a resident of the Osterbeck parish of Kappeln, in the Province of Westphalia, the Kingdom of Prussia, emigrated in 1834 to America. Apparently he did not obtain all the necessary official permissions before he left the country.

Heinrich married Fiegenbaum, Christine Elisabeth 24 Feb 1842, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA. Christine (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Johann Heinrich and Hagen, Catherina Elsabein) was born 18 Jun 1819, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 22 Aug 1897, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:

     Christina's family was living at Wester 21 at the time of her birth. Wester is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen.
     A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created. The number 21 would indicate that this was the 21st farm established in this Bauerschaft.

Immigration:

     Christine Fiegenbaum celebrated her 22nd birthday during her voyage from Ladbergen to the USA. She traveled with her father (age 53), mother (age 54) and younger brother (age 18). Her family was accompanied by two other, related families. Her married sister, Anna Elisabeth (Fiegenbaum) Aufderhaar (age 29), her husband, Johann Aufderhaar (age 32) and their three oldest children (ages 8, 4, and less than 2 years) also made the voyage. The third family consisted of her other married sister, Anna Christine (Fiegenbaum) Bierbaum (age 26), her husband, Johann Bierbaum (age 28) and their child (age 1 year), as well as Johann's sister, Sophia Bierbaum (age 18). By 1843, when Christine's older brother, Heinrich (at age 27), emigrated, the entire family had left Germany.
     In all, at least 13 members of this extended family left Ladbergen together in 1841. They departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.

Notes:

Married:

     The marriage of "Stephan H. Borgmann" and Christina Elisabeth Fiegenbaum is recorded in the register of the German evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as Die deutsche evangelische Kirchengemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ). Rev. Hermann Garlichs officiated at the wedding. On the same day he also performed the wedding of Johann Heinrich Schulte and Mrs. Maria (Wiebusch) Jaspering.

Johann married Stiegemeyer, Anna Catherine Margarethe. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Details of their lives are not known at this time. Also, the fact of a marriage is likely, but has not been confirmed with documentation.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Sep 1850, District 99, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Aug 1860, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
In various civil and church records through the course of his life, this person is identified as either Johann Heinrich or Hermann Heinrich. There is also some confusion concerning the date of birth as reported by various researchers: either 12 May 1788 or 6 July 1787. Some say that the Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum born in 1788 married Anna Catherine Lagemann and that the Johann Heinrich born in 1787 married Catherine Elsabein Hagen.
     A satisfactory resolution of this matter may require a rigorous inspection of records in Germany. In the meantime, I have chosen to follow the lead provided by the published emigration record and the records of the church in Holstein, Missouri.


Immigration:

     The Fiegenbaums were from a class known as Heuerleute or tenant farmers. "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."
     In addition to farming, Johann Heinrich also worked as a carpenter, a trade which his father also followed.
     Hermanda Fiegenbaum, of Münster, reports: "Die ganze Familie, Eltern mit den verheirateten und ledigen Kindern und den Enkelkindern, wanderte 1841 nach USA. aus." ["The whole family, parents with married and single children and the grandchildren, emigrated in 1841 to the USA."].
     A total of at least 13 people from this extended family emigrated from Ladbergen. Johann Heinrich (at age 53), his wife Catharina Elisabeth (born Hagen; at age 54), and their two youngest children, Christina Elisabeth (she turned 22 near the end of the voyage) and Hermann Heinrich (at age 18) comprised one family unit. The two eldest daughters were already married by the day of departure. Anna Elisabeth Aufderhaar (b. 1811) and Anna Christine Bierbaum (b. 1815) both emigrated with their husbands and those of their children who had been born before 1841. Sophia Bierbaum, Anna Christine's sister-in-law (age 18) also left Ladbergen at this time.
     This group departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.
     It would appear that the eldest Fiegenbaum son, Heinrich Adolf (b. 1814), emigrated alone in 1843.


Census:
Johann Heinrich, listed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Herman, was living in the home of his youngest child, Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, and his family.

Buried:
Johann Heinrich was buried in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). The German inscription on his gravestone reads:

     Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum
     geb.
     Mäi 12. 1788.
     in Ladbergen,
     Kreis Teklenburg [sic]
     Regierungsbezirk
     Münster
     Könichreich [sic]
     Preussen,
     gest.
     Mär. 12, 1861.

     Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum
     born
     May 12th 1788
     in Ladbergen,
     County of Teklenburg [sic]
     Administrative District of
     Münster
     Kingdom of
     Prussia,
     died
     Mar. 12th, 1861.



Died:
Johann's death is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). In the published record of those archives, his name is given as "Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum" and his age at death is listed at 72 years and 10 months (which yields a calculated date of birth as 12 May 1788).

Johann married Hagen, Catherina Elsabein 13 Jul 1810, Ladbergen, Grand Duchy of Berg. Catherina (daughter of Hagen, Johann Heinrich and Holtkamp, Anna Elisabeth) was born 26 Sep 1786, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 16 Sep 1853, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Sep 1850, District 99, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
In existing records, this woman's name appears as either Catharine Elisabeth or Catherine Elsabein. Occasionally, Anna is placed before either of these combinations.
     Catherine Elsabein's family was living in Ladbergen at Overbeck 16 at the time of her birth. Overbeck is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen. A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created. The number 16 would indicate that this was the 16th farm established in this Bauerschaft.


Immigration:

     Catherine (Hagen) Fiegenbaum emigrated from Ladbergen with her extended family, a total of at least 13 people. She (at age 54), her husband (at age 53) and her two youngest children (at ages 21 and 18) are identified as one group. Her two older daughters were already married by 1841. Anna Elisabeth (Fiegenbaum) Aufderhaar (b. 1811) and Anna Christine (Fiegenbaum) Bierbaum (b. 1815), along with their husbands and the children born prior to the departure from Germany, are identified as traveling under their husbands' names. Also included in the group was Sophia Bierbaum (age 18), sister of Anna Christine's husband. Catherine Fiegenbaum's other son, Heinrich Adolf (b. 1814), immigrated to the USA in 1843.
     The entire extended family departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.

Buried:
Catherina was buried in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). The German inscription (and a translation) on her grave stone reads:

     Cath. Elsabein
     Fiegenbaum
     geb: Hagen von Ladbergen
     geb: den 26 ten Sept. 1786
     gest: den 16 ten Sept 1853

     Cath. Elsabein
     Fiegenbaum
     nee Hagen from Ladbergen
     born the 26th of Sept. 1786
     died the 16th of Sept. 1853


Died:
Catherina's death is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).

Notes:

Married:

     The couple began their married life living in the Heuerhaus of the Hagen farm at Ladbergen-Overbeck 16. Sometime between 1815 and 1819, the family moved to Ladbergen-Wester 21.
     From 1808 to 1810, the village of Ladbergen found itself located in the département Ems of the Grand Duchy of Berg (French: Grand-duché de Berg; German: Großherzogtum Berg), a client state of the First French Empire.
     In 1811 borders were redrawn again and Ladbergen was incorporated into the First French Empire as part of the Département Ems-Supérieur (German: Departement der Oberen Ems, or, Ober-Ems).