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Family: Fiegenbaum, Benjamin Friedrich / Darling, Myrtle Maud (F26)

• Father | Male Fiegenbaum, Benjamin Friedrich

  
  

  Born	7 Jan 1865	Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
  Died	20 Jan 1934	Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
  Buried	23 Jan 1934	Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
  Married	20 Dec 1893  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Father	Fiegenbaum, Friedrich Wilhelm | F18 Group Sheet
  Mother	Otto, Louisa | F18 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Darling, Myrtle Maud

  
  

  Born	15 Apr 1870	Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
  Died	14 Feb 1954	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
  Buried	17 Feb 1954	Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
  Father	Darling, T. C. | F1469 Group Sheet
  Mother	[---?---], Sarah | F1469 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  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.      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.      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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] Internet resource, KS GenWeb Internet Genealogical Society. Douglas County, Kansas Marriages, 1893. (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/archives/douglas/marriage/marr1893.htm). Accessed on 2 March 2003.      Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum and Myrtle Maud Darling were married on 20 December 1893. James Marvin, Minister of the Gospel officiated. It was reported in the web site that the marriage was listed in County Records Book 7, page 509. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38. Benjamin Friedrich Fiegenbaum and Myrtle Maud Darling were married on 20 December 1893 at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38. A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an marriage annoucement for Ben Fiegenbaum and Myrtle Darling. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the annoucement had appeared on 23 December 1893 in the Lawrence Daily World, of Lawrence, Kansas.      "Ben Fiegenbaum and Miss Myrtle Darling were quietly married Wednesday and afterwards went to Lincoln, Nebraska where Mr. Fiegenbaum is located in the drug business."      Wednesday was 20 December 1893. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 939, page 3B. 1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Saline County, South Fork Precinct [Township], Western Village, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 118, census 3B, enumerated 4 June 1900; Benjamine Fiegenbaum household, East Avenue, dwelling 60, family 61, lines 72-73. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.      In the household was: 72) Fiegenbaum, Benjamine; head; white; male; born January 1866; age 34; married, for 6 years. 73) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle D.; wife; white; female; born April 1870; age 30; married, for 6 years; mother of 1 child, 0 children still living.      By calculation from the information provided, Benjamine and Myrtle would have been married about 1893-1894. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 438, page 92B (image 187). 1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 65, censussheet 5B, enumerated 21 April 1910; Benjamin Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 107, family 113, lines 55-59.      In the household was: 55) Fiegenbaum, Benjamin; head; male; age 44; married (first); married for 16 years. 56) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; female; age 40; married (first); married for 16 years.      By calculation from the information provided, Benjamin and Myrtle would have been married about 1893-1894. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 700, page 10A [78A]. 1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 7, census sheet 10A, enumerated 11 April 1930; Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 249, family 261, lines 14-17.      In the household was: 14) Fiegenbaum, Benjamine [sic] F.; head; age 64; married; age 27 at first marriage. 15) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; age 59; married; age 22 at first marriage.      For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person. [S217] Book, Douglas County, Kansas, Marriage Records, 1885-1897. Compiled by Edna Willing and Vivian Clough; indexed by Richard Wellman. Lawrence, Kansas: Douglas County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2008. Volume 2, page 89.      Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum of Lincoln, Nebraska and Myrtle Maud Darling of Douglas County, Kansas were married on 20 December 1893 in Douglas County, Kansas. Jas. Marvin, Minister of the Gospel, officiated. Marriage record from Book 7, page 509, Office of the Clerk of the Specialized Division of the District Court, Room 144, Law and Judicial Building, Lawrence, Kansas.

  
  

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