Family: Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Rudolph / Hellweg, Maria Elisabeth (F103)
m. 27 Jan 1878-
Father | Male
Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Rudolph
Born 2 Jan 1837 St. Charles County, Missouri, USA 
Died 11 Sep 1908 Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Buried 15 Sep 1908 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Married 27 Jan 1878 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Other Spouse Krümpel, Elizabeth Ann | F102 Married 28 Jan 1860 Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Father Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich | F89 Group Sheet Mother Peterjohann, Christine Elisabeth | F89 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Hellweg, Maria Elisabeth
Born 21 Oct 1851 Franklin County, Missouri, USA Died Oct 1924 Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Buried 1 Nov 1924 Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Father Hellweg, Peter | F1362 Group Sheet Mother Danker, Martha | F1362 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Female
Fiegenbaum, Luella Annetta
Born 26 Nov 1878 Wisconsin, USA Died 15 Dec 1894 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Buried Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
Child 2 | Female
+ Fiegenbaum, Adelaide Katherine
Born 14 May 1880 La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA Died 27 Feb 1936 Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Buried Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Spouse Vetsch, Fred J. | F2527 Married 14 Mar 1900 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA
Child 3 | Female
Fiegenbaum, Elsie Arnbella
Born 16 Jul 1882 Iowa, USA Died 20 Mar 1958 San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA Buried Spouse Eaton, Aaron L. | F1445 Married 25 Jan 1905 Franklin County, Washington, USA
Child 4 | Male
+ Fiegenbaum, Rudolph Edward Dwight
Born 9 Feb 1885 Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Died 9 Apr 1958 Buried Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Spouse Preas, Bertha Amanda | F1046 Married 17 Jan 1914 Fruitvale, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA
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Notes Married:
- A biographical sketch of Henry, published in 1913, states the he and his second wife, Elisabeth Hellweg had four children. At that time of the biography, the eldest daughter had died at the age of 16. The surviving children were: Mrs. Fr. Vetsch of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Aaron Eaton of Mesa, Washington; and Rudolf [sic] Fiegenbaum of Wendell, Idaho.
Census (family):
- According to the 1880 enumeration of Ferry Street, the household consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 43, born in Missouri, married, a Methodist pastor; "Hellwig" Fiegenbaum, wife, age 28, born in Missouri, married, keeping house; Emma Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 16, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; Charles Fiegenbaum, son, age 10, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; Arthur Fiegenbaum, son, age 7, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; "Lulea" Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 1, born in Wisconsin, single; "Adelina" Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 1 month, born in May 1880 in Wisconsin; "Edward Hellberg," male, age 20, born in Illinois, a boarder; single; and Henriette Hellwig, female, age 24, born in Missouri, a servant, single.
Residence (family):
- An account of the 50th wedding anniversary of "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum," celebrated on 27 September 1899 at Edwardsville, Illinois, noted that one of William's three brothers was "...Rudolph of Garner, Iowa...."
Census (family):
- According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry R. Fiegenbaum, head of the household, born January 1840 in Missouri, age 60, married, for 22 years, a minister in the German Methodist Episcopal Church; Mary E. Fiegenbaum, wife, born October 1862 in Missouri, age 47; married for 22 years, the mother of 4 children (3 still living); Elsie A. Fiegenbaum, daughter, born July 1882 in Iowa, age 17, attending school; and Rudolph E. D. Fiegenbaum, son, born February 1885 in Kansas, age 15, attending school. Also in the household was Catherine Schneider, a boarder, born February 1873 in Iowa, age 27, single, a dry goods saleswoman.
According to other sources, Henry and Mary appear younger in this enumeration than they really were.
Residence (family):
- According to an obituary for his brother, "Rev. William Fiegenbaum," published on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the deceased was survived by his brother, "...Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington...."
Rudolph had been living near Connell since at least 1902. Hein and Anna Cathrina (Nuehs) Klindworth relocated from Nokomis, Illinois to Connell, Washington in September 1902 after having purchased a "relinquishment on a homestead situated nearly two miles south of the town of Connell" from "a bearded gentleman by the name of Rudolph Fiegenbaum, a retired German Methodist minister who was farming southeast of Connell and who at the same time was the part time real estate agent through whom Father had purchased the relinquishment."
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Sources - [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
Heinrich Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Mary Elizabeth Helwig; married 27 January 1878 in Charles City (Floyd County), Iowa. - [S133] E. W. Henke, et al, Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert (Charles City, Iowa: The Conference, 1913), page 97.
Henry Rudolf [sic] Fiegenbaum and Elisabeth Hellweg; married 1878. Elisabeth was a daughter of Rev. Peter Hellweg of the German Episcopal Methodist Church. Four children were born to Henry and Elisabeth. The eldest daughter died at the age of sixteen. Still living at the time the biographical sketch in this book was written (published in 1913) were: Mrs. Fr. Vetsch of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Aaron Eaton of Mesa, Washington; and Rudolf Fiegenbaum of Wendell, Idaho. - [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
In the household was: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 43; married. 01) Fiegenbaum, Hellwig; white; female; age 28; wife; married.
For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this couple. - [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Cemetery Records. "Henry R. Fiegenbaum".
Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Accessed in July 2009. Original data is from Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.
Name: Henry R. Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 1837. Death date: 11 September 1908. Cemetery: Concord. Town: Garner. Comment: wif: Elizabeth Helvig [sic]; chi: Mrs. Fred Betsch; chi: Mrs. Aron Eaton; chi: Rudolph. WPA index page no.: 13. "Level info: Gravestone Records of Cemeteries in Hancock County, Iowa." - [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 434, page 299A (census sheet 12A).
1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Hancock County, Concord Township, Garner, Supervisor’s District 10, Enumeration District 120, census census sheet 12A, enumerated on 18 June 1900; Henry R. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 235, family 237, lines 26-30. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
In the household was: 26) Fiegenbaum, Henry R.; head; white; male; married, for 22 years. 27) Fiegenbaum, Mary E.; wife; white; female; married, for 22 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living.
For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for these people. - [S22] Obituary, "Mrs. Adam Schneider." Garner Signal (Garner, Iowa), Wednesday, 13 June 1923; page 3, column 3.
"She ["Mrs. Henrietta Hellwig Schneider"] is survived beside by...two sisters Mrs. Dr. Schneider of Conway, Mo., and Mrs. Rev. H. R. Fienenbaum [sic] of Wendell, Idaho,...." - [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Vetsch-Fiegenbaum 1900.
Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 401 (Hamilton-Osceola). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
Return of marriages in the County of Hancock for the year ending 1 December 1900. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by S. D. [Wormeldorf?], Clerk District Court, on 28 May 1901.
Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: 13 March 1900. Bride's name: Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Garner, Iowa. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 20. Bride's color: white. Bride's race: German. Number of Bride's marriage: first. Bride's birth place: La Crosse, Wisconsin. Bride's father's name: H. R. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Elizabeth M. Fiegenbaum [sic].
For full details of this record, see the sources for the Vetsch-Fiegenbaum marriage.
- [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.