Bierbaum, Erna

Other Events:

• Census: 1920, Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois, USA
• Census: 1930, Widner Township, Knox County, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Census:
According to the 1920 federal enumeration, Erna Bierbaum, age 8, lived with her parents, Rev. Daniel and Bertha Bierbaum, and her brother, Milton Bierbaum, age 12.

Census:
According to the 1930 federal enumeration, Erna Bierbaum, age 18, at school, was living at home with his parents, Daniel Bierbaum, a 52 year old minister in the Evangelical Church and Bertha Bierbaum, also age 52; and her brother, Milton Bierbaum, age 22, at school. Also living in the home was Ernestine Bierbaum, Daniel's mother, age 75, a widow.

Other Events:

• Occupation: minister of the German Evangelical Synod
• Census: 1880, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1900, Central Township, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
The birth place may have been Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, where his father served after Prescott, Wisconsin and before returning to Warren County, Missouri.

Occupation:
From 1866, the denomination was known as Die Deutsche Evangelische Synode des Westens [The German Evangelical Synod of the West]; after 1877, as Die Deutsche Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika [German Evangelical Synod of North America]; after 1925, as the Evangelical Synod of North America. In 1934, the denomination merged with the Reformed Church in the United States to become the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Another merger, in 1957, with the Congregational Christian Churches, resulted in the United Church of Christ.

Census:
According to the 1880 enumeration, Daniel ,age 2, lived with his parents, Andre [sic] Bierbaum (age 28), a preacher, and Ernestine Bierbaum (age 25), and his two brothers, Herman (age 4) and Paul (age 7 months). Also in the house was Conrad Koch (age 48), a teacher, and Mary Wulferkammer [sic] (age 18), a servant.

Census:
According to the 1900 federal enumeration, the household consisted largely of the students attending Eden College. Among these was listed "Danl Bierbaum," born in January 1878 in Wisconsin.

Buried:
Daniel Bierbaum was buried in Minier Cemetery. His wife was buried next to him; they share a gravestone.

Daniel married Siemers, Bertha Maria 12 Oct 1902, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA. Bertha (daughter of Siemers, Albert Fredrich and Ochs, Ida Wilhelmine) was born 2 Apr 1878, Wisconsin, USA; died 2 Nov 1953; was buried , Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

Census:
According to the 1900 federal enumeration, Bertha, age 22, single, was living with her mother, Ida Siemers, and her five brothers and sisters: Eddie, Fred, Emma, Walter, and Ida. Also living with the family was Eddie Heckmann, an 18 year old farm laborer.

Buried:
Bertha (Siemers) Bierbaum was buried in Minier Cemetery. Her husband was buried next to her; they share a gravestone.

Notes:

Married:
According to the 1910 U.S. census, Daniel and Bertha had been married for seven years. Two children had been born to the couple, but only one of these was still living: Milton Bierbaum. Details of the birth and death of the other child are not known at this time.

Residence (family):
According to a biographical sketch of his brother, Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, published in 1907, Daniel, also a minister, was living in Beecher, Illinois.

Census (family):
According to the 1910 federal enumeration, the household consisted of Daniel Bierbaum, age 32, a minister, and his wife, Bertha, age 32. They had been married for seven years and were the parents of two children, only one of whom was still living - Milton Bierbaum, age 2, born in Illinois.

Residence (family):
In September 1918, Daniel registered for the U.S. military draft. According to the information he provided, he and his "nearest relative," Mrs. Bertha Bierbaum, lived at 104 Union Street. He was a pastor at St. John's Evangelical Church, on Union Street. The registrar noted that the 40 year old Daniel was tall, of medium build, with brown eyes and black hair.

Census (family):
According to the 1920 federal enumeration, the household consisted of Rev. Daniel, a minister in the Evangelical Church, Bertha Bierbaum, Daniel's wife, and their two children, Milton, age 12, and Erna, age 8.

Census (family):
According to the 1930 federal enumeration, the household consisted of Daniel Bierbaum, a 52 year old minister in the Evangelical Church and his wife, Bertha Bierbaum, also age 52; and two of their children: Milton Bierbaum, age 22, at school; and Erna Bierbaum, age 18, at school. Also living in the home was Ernestine Bierbaum, Daniel's mother, age 75, a widow.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 14 Nov 1852, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Education: 1868–1870, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: 1870, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Education: 1870–1874, Marthasville, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: 1874–1914; minister of the German Evangelical Synod of North America

Notes:

Birth:
The place of birth has been reported in secondary sources as both St. Charles County, Missouri, or as Marthasville, which is in Warren County. The exact location of the family home at the time of the birth has not yet been determined.

Baptism:
The birth and baptism of Andreas were recorded in the baptismal register of the German evangelical church at Femme Osage, Missouri (founded in 1833 as the Deutsche Evangelische Kirchengemeinde and known since 1957 as Femme Osage United Church of Christ).

Education:
He studied for two years at Central Wesleyan College.

Census:
According to the 1870 enumeration, Andrew Bierbaum, age 17, was a college student living in a household with 38 other college students. No information is given about the educational institution, but it seems likely that this was the seminary founded at Marthasville in 1850 as the Evangelisches Predigerseminar (Evangelical Preacher’s Seminary). It eventually became the present-day Eden Theological Seminary, at Webster Groves, Missouri.

Education:
He studied at the seminary founded at Marthasville in 1850 as the Evangelisches Predigerseminar (Evangelical Preacher’s Seminary). It eventually became the present-day Eden Theological Seminary, at Webster Groves, Missouri.

Occupation:

     He was ordained on 5 July 1874 in Die Deutsche Evangelische Synode des Westens (The German Evangelical Synod of the West). The denomination was known after 1877 as Die Deutsche Evangelische Synode von Nord-Amerika (German Evangelical Synod of North America); after 1925, as the Evangelical Synod of North America. In 1934, the denomination merged with the Reformed Church in the United States to become the Evangelical and Reformed Church. Another merger, in 1957, with the Congregational Christian Churches, resulted in the United Church of Christ.
     Rev. Bierbaum served as pastor of the church in Holstein, Missouri from 1879-1886, during which a new parsonage and a new brick church were built. In 1884, the congregation changed its name to the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein. Rev. Bierbaum returned to serve the church in 1888-1890. From 1890-1897 he was the pastor of Evangelische St. Johannis Gemeinde (St. John's Evangelical Church) at Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.

The following biographical sketch was published in 1885.

     Rev. Mr. Bierbaum is a native of St. Charles county, born on his father's farm in that county, October 31, 1852. His early youth was spent on the farm, assisting at such work as he could do and attending the neighborhood schools. However, while he was yet a youth his parents removed to Warren county, where they made their permanent home. In 1868 young Bierbaum entered the Central Wesleyan College, at Warrenton, where he took a two-years' course. He then matriculated at the Missouri Seminary, where he studied for four years, and on the 5th of July, 1874, was regularly ordained a minister of the Evangelical Church of North America. He shortly received a call from Wisconsin and went to that State, where he was engaged in the work of the ministry for five years. While there, on the 15th of October, 1874, he was married to Miss Ernestine Fiebig, a daughter of August Fiebig, of Sheboygan county, that State. Mr. Bierbaum returned to Warren county in 1879, and has since been occupied with the duties of the ministry in that county. He is a man of fine scholarly attainments, thoroughly versed in theology, an able and eloquent preacher, and, above all, a profoundly ernest and zealous Christian minister. Mr. and Mrs. Bierbaum have 5 children: Herman H., Daniel, Paul, Theodore and Emma. Mr. B. was the sixth in the family of 10 children of H. H. and Wilhemina (Gosejacob) Bierbaum, both originally from Germany.

A biographical sketch of Rev. Herman H. Bierbaum, published in 1907, included this brief chronology of Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum's career.

     Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, pastor of the Evangelical Trinity church of the town of Brookfield, comes of a family which has many representatives in the same work. His father, Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum, was born in Marthasville, Mo., Oct. 31, 1849, and married Miss Ernestine Fiebig, who was born Feb. 5, 1853. The former was ordained for the ministry in 1874, his first charge being at Prescott, Wis., where the subject of this sketch was born on Oct. 24, 1875. His next charge was at Rhine, Sheboygan county, and he remained several years at each point. He then returned to Warren county, Mo., taking a church at Holstein, where he remained for twelve years. Later he spent two years in Denver, Col., then several years in Missouri, six years at Ada, Wis., several years in Iowa, and then came to Milwaukee, which is his present residence. He has suffered from poor health which has necessitated considerable travel and some changes of residence. There were eleven children in the family, of whom seven are living, viz., Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, the subject of this sketch; Daniel, a minister, residing in Beecher, Ill., Paul, a minister, residing in Millville, Minn.; Theodore, a minister, residing in Old Ripley, Bond county, Ill.; Anna, unmarried, resides with her parents; Jonathan, now in college at Elmhurst, Ill., preparing for the ministry; and Emma, residing at home.


Buried:
Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum was buried in Minier Cemetery. His wife was buried next to him; they share a gravestone.

Andreas married Fiebig, Ernestine Louise 18 Oct 1874, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA. Ernestine was born 5 Feb 1855, Cecil, Shawano County, Wisconsin, USA; died 30 Mar 1937, Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA; was buried , Minier, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1930, Widner Township, Knox County, Indiana, USA

Notes:

Birth:
The year of birth may be either 1853, 1854 or 1855. The year on her grave marker is 1855; I have used that date until this question can be resolved.

Census:
According to the 1930 federal enumeration, Ernestine Bierbaum, Daniel's mother, a 75 year old widow, was living in the home of her son, Daniel Bierbaum, a 52 year old minister in the Evangelical Church and his wife, Bertha Bierbaum, also age 52; and two of their children: Milton Bierbaum, age 22, at school; and Erna Bierbaum, age 18, at school.

Buried:
Ernestine (Fiebig) Bierbaum was buried in Minier Cemetery. Her husband was buried next to her; they share a gravestone.

Notes:

Married:
According to the 1900 U.S. census, Andreas and Ernestine were the parents of 11 children, but in 1900 only seven were still living. The same figures are repeated in a biographical sketch of one child, Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, published in 1907. The names of the children listed in the sketch are H. H.; Daniel; Paul; Theodore; Anna; Jonathan; and Emma. Details of all 11 children are not known at this time.

Residence (family):
According to biographical sketch of his son, Herman H. Bierbaum, published in 1907, Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum's first charge after his ordination in 1874 as at Prescott, Wisconsin, where Herman H. Bierbaum was born.

Residence (family):
According to biographical sketch of his son, Rev. Herman H. Bierbaum, published in 1907, Rev. A. J. H. Bierbaum served at Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin after his time at Prescott, Wisconsin and before returning to Warren County, Missouri.

Census (family):
According to the 1880 enumeration, the household consisted of Andre [sic] Bierbaum, head of household, age 28, born in Missouri, married, a preacher; Ernestine Bierbaum, wife, age 25, born in Wisconsin, keeping house; Herman Bierbaum, son, age 4, born in Wisconsin; Daniel Bierbaum, son, age 2, born in Wisconsin; and Paul Bierbaum, son, age 7 months, born in October 1879 in Missouri. Also living with the family was Conrad Koch, a 48 year old, single, teacher, born in Prussia; and Mary Wulferkammer [sic], an 18 year old servant.

Residence (family):
Rev. Bierbaum served as pastor of the church at Holstein, Missouri from 1879-1886. In 1884, the congregation changed its name to the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein.

Census (family):
According to the 1895 enumeration by the state of Wisconsin, the household consisted of 3 white males and 3 white females; ages were not provided. Only the head of the household was named: A. J. H. Bierbaum. One can safely assume that Ernestine L. Bierbaum was one of the females enumerated. There is no way of knowing which of the couples children were represented by the remaining four household members.

Census (family):
According to the 1900 federal enumeration, the household consisted of Andrew H. Bierbaum, a 40 year old clergyman, married for 25 years; Fiebig E. L. [sic] Bierbaum, a 45 year old mother of 11 children (7 of whom were still living); and their children, all attending school: Paul A. Bierbaum, born October 1879 in Missouri; Annie Bierbaum, born in March 1887 in Missouri; Jonathan C. Bierbaum, born in July 1890 in Missouri; and Emma L. Bierbaum, born in October 1895 in Wisconsin.

Census (family):
According to the 1905 Wisconsin state enumeration, the household consisted of Andrew J. Bierbaum, a 52 year old minister; his wife, Ernestina Bierbaum, age 50; and their children: Paul A. Bierbaum, age 24, a minister; Theodore F. Bierbaum, age 22, a minister; Anna Bierbaum, age 17; Jonathan R. Bierbaum, age 15, a student; and, Emma L. Bierbaum, age 10.

Albert married Ochs, Ida Wilhelmine 2 Mar 1876, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA. Ida was born 2 Sep 1855, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, USA; died 25 Dec 1937, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1900, Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

Census:
According to the 1900 federal enumeration, the household consisted of Ida Siemers, a 44 year old widow, mother of six children, a farmer; and her children: Bertha (age 22); Eddie (age 20); Fred (age 19); Emma (age 17); Walter (age 13), and Ida (age 8). Also living with the family was Eddie Heckmann, an 18 year old farm laborer.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1834, Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA
• Occupation: Between 1872 and 1878, Warren County, Missouri, USA; a county judge

Notes:

Immigration:
Hermann, his parents and his 6 brothers and sisters emigrated from Germany.

Hermann married Gosejacob, Catharine Wilhelmine 13 Oct 1843, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA. Catharine was born 17 May 1823, Germany; died 4 Feb 1861, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA; was buried 7 Feb 1861, Femme Osage, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
The burial record for Catharine Wilhelmine in the archives of the church at Femme Osage, Missouri states the she died on 4 February 1861 at the age of 37 years, 8 months, 18 days. If this record is accurate, it would yield by calculation a birth date of 17 May 1823. This date requires confirmation.

Buried:
Catherine Wilhelmine was buried in the "old" cemetery in Femme Osage.