Starkebaum, [--?--]

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Birth:
This second daughter lived for about one week. Details of her brief life are not known at this time.

Other Events:

• Occupation: a minister and a teacher
• Degree: Jun 1916, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Bachelor of Sacred Theology; Address:
  Boston University

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Occupation:
At the time he registered for the military draft in 1917, Arthur was a minister in the Methodist Church at Oakville, Iowa. According to the 1930 U.S. census, he was a teacher in the public school at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska. By the time of the 1940 census, he was principal of the school.

Buried:
His wife, Elsie, was later buried beside him.

Arthur married Hardt, Elsie Jenney 24 Jun 1915, Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Elsie was born 17 Apr 1891, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA; died 13 Sep 1955, Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado, USA; was buried , Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
In 1915, on the application for a marriage license and on the marriage license, she was identified as Elsie J. Hardt. Apparently later in life she was known as Jennie Elsie.

Buried:
Elsie was buried beside her husband, Arthur.

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Married:
According to marriage records in Warren County, Missouri, Arthur W. Starkebaum, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, age 26, and Elsie J. Hardt, of Warrenton, Warren County, age 24, applied for and received a marriage license at Warrenton on 22 June 1915 and they were married on 24 June 1915 at Warrenton by F. [H?] Wippermann, Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Residence (family):
According to information on his World War I draft registration card, filed on 5 June 1917, Arthur William Starkebaum resided at Oakville, Iowa. He reported that he was a preacher at Oakville, employed by the Methodist Church and that his wife was dependant upon him for support. He claimed no exemption from the draft. The Registrar of the local draft board, C. D. Krug, described Arthur as a tall man of medium build; with blue eyes and light brown hair. There were no other physical characteristics that would disqualify Arthur for military service.
     According to the 1930 U.S. census, Arthur was not a veteran of the U.S. military.


Census (family):
According to the 1930 U.S. enumeration, the household at 2111 Chase Street consisted of Arthur Starkebaum, head of household, age 41, a teacher in the public school; his wife, Elsie J. Starkebaum, age 23; and their daughter, Doris Mae Starkebaum, age 9, attending school.

Census (family):
According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, the Starkebaum family rented a home at 2111 Chase Street. The had lived there since at least 1935. The household consisted of Arthur W. Starkebaum, age 51, principal of the city school; his wife, Elsie J. Starkebaum, age 48, keeping house; and their daughter, Doris Starkebaum, age 19, who had completed one year of college.

Hermann married Joekel, Elizabeth 26 May 1883, Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA. Elizabeth was born 16 May 1862, Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 19 Jan 1949, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA; was buried , Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 3 Jul 1854, USA

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Birth:
Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker reports that Friederich was born at house or farm #47 in Sonneborn.

Immigration:
Friederich Heinrich departed Bremen aboard the Westphalia and arrived in New York on 3 July 1854. On the ship's passengers list, he was identified as a 23 year old farmer from Lippe. In 1893, a biographical sketch of his son, Henry L. Starkebaum, reported that Friedrich H. "Fritz" Starkebaum purchased two hundred acres of land in Warren County, Missouri and took up farming, an occupation he had followed in Germany.

Friedrich married Biesemeier, Wilhelmine Louise Amelia 18 Jan 1856, Lippstadt Gemeinde, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Wilhelmine (daughter of Biesemeier, Christian Friedrich and Winter, Dorothea Louise) was born 29 Jan 1838, Hummebrok, Germany; died 27 Dec 1909, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
The day of death may also have been 25 December.

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Residence (family):
According to a biographical sketch of his son, Henry L. Starkebaum, published in 1893, Friedrich H. "Fritz" Starkebaum, relocated from Warren County to Lafayette County in 1876. Henry made the same move at the age of nine year (which would have occurred in 1876). The sketch does not say so, but presumably Fritz's wife and any of their unmarried children also took up residence in Lafayette County.