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Starkebaum, August William

Male 1864 - 1946  (82 years)


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  • Name Starkebaum, August William 
    Born 14 Apr 1864  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    • According to his death certificate, August was born at Hopewell, a settled area just north of Holstein.
    Gender Male 
    Died 6 Sep 1946  Dover Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • According to his death certificate, August died at 12:05 a.m. in rural Dover Township, outside of Higginsville. He had been a resident of the community for fifty years. The cause of death was cerebral thrombosis due to chronic myocarditis and chronic nephritis, both of several years duration.
    Buried 8 Sep 1946  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • According to personal information provided for the death certificate by Daniel Starkebaum, August was to be buried on 8 September 1946 in the "Evangelical Cemetery." This is very probably a reference to the cemetery associated with the congregation at Higginsville, Missouri, known since 1957 as Salem United Church of Christ.
    Person ID I1706  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2013 

    Father Starkebaum, Friedrich Heinrich,   b. 7 Mar 1830, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1898, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Biesemeier, Wilhelmine Louise Amelia,   b. 29 Jan 1838, Hummebrok, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1909, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 18 Jan 1856  Lippstadt Gemeinde, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Residence (family) 1876–1893  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F541  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frerking, Augusta Rosette,   b. 2 Dec 1866, Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1936, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1889  [17, 18, 19, 20, 21] 
    Children 
    +1. Starkebaum, Martha Wilma Ella,   b. 30 May 1891, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1983, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
    +2. Starkebaum, Caroline Augusta,   b. 4 Dec 1894, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1966, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +3. Starkebaum, Laura Emma,   b. 28 Apr 1897, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1976  (Age 78 years)
    +4. Starkebaum, Hulda Matilda,   b. 2 May 1899,   d. 17 May 1978  (Age 79 years)
    +5. Starkebaum, Flora Louise,   b. 18 Aug 1901, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1987  (Age 85 years)
    +6. Starkebaum, Mary Marguerite,   b. 30 Jan 1904,   d. 1984  (Age 79 years)
    +7. Starkebaum, Daniel August,   b. 16 Feb 1906, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    +8. Starkebaum, Norbert Benjamin,   b. 6 Sep 1909, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), pages 2, 4.
      August William Starkebaum, child of Friedrich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmine Lousie Amalia Biesemeier, was born on 14 April 1864 in Warren County, Missouri, USA.

    2. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      August William Starkebaum, child of Friedrich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmina Biesemeier, was born 14 April 1864 in Warren County, Missouri.

    3. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 709.
      "August William and Augusta Rosette (Frerking) Starkebaum," submitted by Mary Louise Schemmer. "August William Starkebaum, son of Friedrich Henrich Starkebaum (1830-1898) and Wihelmine Biesemeier (1838-1909), was born August 14, 1864, in Warren County, Missouri. Later he moved to Higginsville."

    4. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1946; Standard Certificate of Death #30843.
      Accessed in May 2007.
           State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #30843. For August Starkebaum. A white, male born on 14 April 1864 at Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri. Father's name: Frederick Starkebaum; born in Warren County Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Wilemina [sic] Biesemeyer; born in Germany. Personal information was provided by Daniel Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    5. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 4.
      August William Starkebaum died on 6 September 1946.

    6. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      August William Starkebaum died on 6 September 1946 at Higginsville.

    7. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 709.
      "August William and Augusta Rosette (Frerking) Starkebaum," submitted by Mary Louise Schemmer. August William Starkebaum died 6 September 1946.

    8. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1946; Standard Certificate of Death #30843.
      Accessed in May 2007.
           State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #30843. For August Starkebaum. A white, male born on 14 April 1864 at Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri. Father's name: Frederick Starkebaum; born in Warren County Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Wilemina [sic] Biesemeyer; born in Germany. Died at 12:05 a.m. on 6 September 1946 at Higginsville (in rural Dover Township), Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 82 years, 4 months, 22 days. His usual residence was west of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri. He had lived in the community for 50 years. He was not a citizen of a foreign country. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of his spouse was not recorded. His usual occupation was "Farmer." Immediate cause of death was "Cerebral thrombosis" (2 days duration). Due to "Chronic Myocarditis Chronic Nephritis" ("several years" duration). Burial was to be 8 September 1946 in "Evangelical Cemetery." The funeral director was C. G. Meinershagen, of Higginsville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Daniel Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri. [N? E?] [Kopp--?--], M.D., of Higginsville, Missouri, had attended the deceased from February 1945 to 6 September 1946, had last seen him alive on 4 September 1946, and signed the death certificate on 7 September 1946. The certificate was received by the local registrar on [10?] September 1946.

    9. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1946; Standard Certificate of Death #30843.
      Accessed in May 2007.
           State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #30843. For August Starkebaum. Died at 12:05 a.m. on 6 September 1946 at Higginsville (in rural Dover Township), Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 82 years, 4 months, 22 days. Burial was to be 8 September 1946 in "Evangelical Cemetery." The funeral director was C. G. Meinershagen, of Higginsville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Daniel Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    10. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Friederich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmine Louise Amelia Biesemeier; married 18 January 1855, place unknown.

    11. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 2.
      Friedrich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmine Louise Amalia Biesemeier, married 18 January 1856 in Lippstadt, Missouri.

    12. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Friedrich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmina Biesemeier were married in 1855. No place given.

    13. [S138] Mrs. Howard W. Woodruff, Marriage Records, Warren County, Missouri: Books A and B, 1833-1860 (Kansas City, Missouri: Mrs. H. W. Woodruff, 1969), page 44.
      Record from Marriage Book 'B' page 254: "18 Jan. 1856 Frederick Stuckebaum - Welhelmine Biesmeier 39."
           The number 39 refers to an index of officiating ministers and justices compiled by Mrs. Woodruff. Number 39 is listed on page 61: "Charles Frederick Doehring, Min."

    14. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). December 2007.
      Division of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #41563. For Minnie Lefman. Born 6 March 1872 at Warrenton, Missouri. Father's name: Fritz Starkebaum. Mother's maiden name: Wilhelmena Biesemeyer. Personal information was provided by Rudolph Lefman, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    15. [S250] Portrait and Biographical Record of La Fayette and Saline Counties, Missouri Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1893), Biographical sketch of Henry L. Starkebaum; pages 396-397.
      "Henry L. Starkebaum...was born in Warren County, Mo., September 3, 1867. His father, Fritz Starkebaum, was born in Lippe-Detmold.... His [Fritz Starkebaum's] wife, Wilhelmina Biesemier [sic], was also born in Germany. She bore her husband eight children, of whom our subject [Henry L. Starkebaum] is the fifth."

    16. [S250] Portrait and Biographical Record of La Fayette and Saline Counties, Missouri Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States (Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Brothers, 1893), Biographical sketch of Henry L. Starkebaum; pages 396-397.
      "His [Henry L. Starkebaum's] father, Fritz Starkebaum, was born in Lippe-Detmold, where he engaged in farming until he came to America and located in Warren County, Mo., where he purchased a farm of two hundred acres. In 1876, he came to La Fayette [sic] County and located on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, one and one-half miles south of Higginsville, that he improved and on which he still resides."
           "Henry L. was reared in Warren County until nine years of age, when he came to La Fayette County, and remained on the farm until he had attained his twentieth year." According to this biographical sketch, Henry L. Starkebaum was born on September 3, 1867. He would have turned nine in 1876.

    17. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 4.
      August William Starkebaum and Augusta Rosette Frerking were married on 11 April 1884.

    18. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      August William Starkebaum and Augusta Rosette Frerking were married on 11 April 1889. No place named.

    19. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 2, page 709.
      "August William and Augusta Rosette (Frerking) Starkebaum," submitted by Mary Louise Schemmer. August William Starkebaum and Augusta Rosette Frerking married on 11 April 1889.

    20. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Mrs. Agusta [sic] Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1936; Certificate of Death #11319.
      Accessed in October 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #11319. For Mrs. Agusta [sic] Starkebaum. A white, female born on 2 December 1866 at Concordia, Missouri. Father's name: Cheuncy Frerking, born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Agusta [sic] Dierks, born in Germany. Died at 7:00 p.m. on 3 March 1936 at Higginsville, Davis Township, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 69 years, 3 months, 1 days. She was married at the time of death to "August Starkebaum." Personal information was provided by August Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    21. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), August Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1946; Standard Certificate of Death #30843.
      Accessed in May 2007.
           State Board of Health of Missouri, Standard Certificate of Death #30843. For August Starkebaum. A white, male born on 14 April 1864 at Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri. Died at 12:05 a.m. on 6 September 1946 at Higginsville (in rural Dover Township), Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 82 years, 4 months, 22 days. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of his spouse was not recorded. Personal information was provided by Daniel Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.


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