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Starkebaum, Edwin August Albert

Male 1888 - 1972  (83 years)


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  • Name Starkebaum, Edwin August Albert 
    Born 15 Nov 1888  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 Jan 1972  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 

    •      The following obituary was a transcription of a clipping from an unidentified and undated newspaper, probably the Higginsville Advance, of Higginsville, Missouri.

                Edwin August Starkebaum

           Edwin August Albert Starkebaum, age 83, of Higginsville, died Wednesday, January 19, 1972 at the Meyer Nursing Home in Higginsville. He was born November 15, 1888 in Higginsville. He was married to Martha Charlotte Meyer on June 1, 1916. He was engaged in farming until his retirement in 1965. He was a member of Salem United Church of Christ, a past member of the church board, past member of the Elm Grove school board and the Elevator Board of Mayview.
           He leaves his wife of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Lester Lieser, Higginsville; a sister, Mrs. Theodore Tempel, Higginsville; and two grandchildren.
           The funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 22 at Salem United Church of Christ. Rev. Orval L. E. Willimann conducted the service. Miss Elsie Bleckschmidt was the organist.
           Pallbearers included Boyd N. Foulds, Carl Starke, Jack Gray, Otto Schowengerdt, John Knehans, Sam Sanders, Albert Goetz and Charles W. Pool.
           Burial was in the Salem United Church Cemetery. Friends called at the Wiegers Funeral Home Friday evening.
    Buried 22 Jan 1972  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Edwin August Starkebaum was buried in Salem Church Cemetery.
    Person ID I1243  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2013 

    Father Starkebaum, Heinrich Friederich L.,   b. 1 Jul 1838, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1923, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Riechers, Johanne Henrietta Luise,   b. 12 Jun 1850, Alverdissen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1893, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1870  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    • The place of marriage has been reported as either the Lippstadt Church, just south of Warrenton, Missouri, or in Lafayette County, Missouri. Henry and Henrietta (Riechers) Starkebaum had 10 children.
    Family ID F291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Meyer, Martha Charlotte,   b. 1892,   d. 1976  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1916  [19, 20, 21, 22] 
    Children 
    +1. Starkebaum, Anna Delome
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Nov 1888 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Jan 1972 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 22 Jan 1972 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach, Name. Full date. County, state.

    2. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Edwin August Albert Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Friederich/Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers/Reichers, was born 15 November 1888. No place given.

    3. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Edwin August Albert Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers, born 15 November 1888 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    4. [S22] Obituary, for Edwin August Starkebaum; 1888-1972.
      Transcription of a clipping from an unidentified and undated newspaper; probably the Higginsville Advance (Higginsville, Missouri).
           "He [Edwin August Starkebaum] was born November 15, 1888 in Higginsville."

    5. [S117] United States. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration), Edwin Starkebaum.
      Accessed in December 2012 through Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3693).
           Edwin Starkebaum, born on 15 November 1888, died in January 1972. He held Social Security Number 490-42-0292, issued by Missouri. The last address of record was Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri (this was not necessarily the place of death).

    6. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach, Year. County, state.

    7. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Edwin August Albert Starkebaum died in 1972.

    8. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Edwin died in 1972 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    9. [S104] Personal communication, from Landis David Duffett via email on 6 January 2010.
      Citing genealogical notes by Edna Friedericke (Tempel) Lefman. Edwin August Albert Starkebaum died on 19 January 1972.

    10. [S22] Obituary, for Edwin August Starkebaum; 1888-1972.
      Transcription of a clipping from an unidentified and undated newspaper; probably the Higginsville Advance (Higginsville, Missouri).
           "Edwin August Albert Starkebaum, age 83, of Higginsville, died Wednesday, January 19, 1972 at the Meyer Nursing Home in Higginsville."

    11. [S22] Obituary, for Edwin August Starkebaum; 1888-1972.
      Transcription of a clipping from an unidentified and undated newspaper; probably the Higginsville Advance (Higginsville, Missouri).
           "Burial was in the Salem United Church Cemetery."

    12. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Names of husband and wife. Full date. County and state.

    13. [S22] Obituary.
      The date of the marriage to "Miss Henrietta Riechers" is noted in a newspaper obituary for 'Henry Fred Fiegenbaum' in the Higginsville Advance, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri on Friday Febraury 9, 1923. The place of marriage is not mentioned. Photocopy provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker.

    14. [S22] Obituary.
      From a German language obituary in an undated and unidentified publication. Translated transcription provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker. The obituary notes that "Henrietta Riechers Starkebaum" is the wife of Henry Starkebaum, but does not mention a date or place for the marriage.

    15. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 8.
      Heinrich Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers married 19 January 1870 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    16. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Heinrich Friederich/Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Reichers were married 19 January 1869 at Lippstadt Church in Warren County, Missouri.

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 49.
      Henrietta Carolina Amelia Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Starkebaum and Henrietta Riechers, was born on 5 February 1873 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    18. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Henry Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1923; Certificate of Death #1669a.
      Accessed on 6 July 2006 and 29 January 2013.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #1669a. For Henry Starkebaum. A white, male born on 1 July 1838 in Germany. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of his spouse was not recorded. Personal information was provided by Wm. Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    19. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach, Names. Full date.

    20. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Edwin August Albert Starkebaum and Charlotte or Martha Meyer were married 1 June 1916. No place given.

    21. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Edwin August Albert Starkebaum and Martha Charlotte Meyer married 1 June 1916.

    22. [S22] Obituary, for Edwin August Starkebaum; 1888-1972.
      Transcription of a clipping from an unidentified and undated newspaper; probably the Higginsville Advance (Higginsville, Missouri).
           "He [Edwin August Starkebaum] was married to Martha Charlotte Meyer on June 1, 1916."


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