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Starkebaum, Heinrich Ludwig

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  • Name Starkebaum, Heinrich Ludwig 
    Born 3 Sep 1867  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 1934  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • According to his death certificate, Heinrich, a cabinet maker, died early in the morning from myocarditis and arteriosclerosis. Other contributory causes were chronic alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver. Harry Ainsworth, of Higginsville, who provided personal information for the certificate, recorded that burial was to be at the Evangelical Cemetery, but did not provide a date. This is no doubt a reference to the cemetery associated with the congregation known since 1957 as Salem United Church of Christ, of Higginsville.
    Person ID I1707  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2017 

    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  [5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Residence (family) 1876–1893  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • 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 Hoehn, Louisa Marie,   b. 9 Nov 1867, Berger, Franklin County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1921, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 22 Oct 1891  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17] 
    • Apparently there were problems with the marriage. According to information recorded on her death certificate, Louisa was divorced at the time of her death. The name of her former husband was not recorded. The date of the divorce was also not recorded.
    Residence (family) 1876–1893  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 

    • In 1893, a biographical sketch of Henry was published in 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, published by Chapman Brothers in Chicago, Illinois.

           Henry L. Starkebaum, of the firm of Bear & Starkebaum, is one of the leading citizens of Higginsville, and is regarded as one of the most enterprising young business men of the place. He was born in Warren County, Mo., September 3, 1867. His 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. In religious matters, he inclines toward the Evangelical Church of his country. His wife, Wilhelmina Biesemier [sic], was also born in Germany. She bore her husband eight children, of whom our subject is the fifth.
           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. His education was received in the common schools of that section. In 1888, he accepted a position as clerk in the furniture store of Mr. Wade, where he remained for two years, and then engaged with Mr. Moiling for one year. His next departure was at La Crosse, where he engaged in the lumber business for one year; he then returned to Higginsville and formed his present partnership, under the firm name of Bear & Starkebaum. They commenced business in a one-room store, 22x80 feet, but soon the stock became too large for that and they rented their present place, where they have a double store, 40x133 feet, in which they carry on an extensive furniture, draping, decorating, upholstering and undertaking business. They also carry the Mason & Hamlin pianos and organs, Standard and While sewing-machines and leading bicycles. The high grade of their goods and work has convinced the people that this firm is one that can be trusted to the fullest extent, and in consequence Messrs. Bear & Starkebaum do a flourishing business.
           Our subject was married, October 22, 1891, to Miss Louisa Hoehn, who was born in Franklin, Mo., but reared in this city, a daughter of J. P. Hoehn, a retired farmer of Higginsville, and a stockholder and Director of the Bank of Higginsville. Like his father, our subject is an earnest member of the Evangelical Church. In politics, he votes with the Republican party upon occasion. Mr. Starkebaum is a born musician and plays both the piano and organ as only an artist can. So thoroughly does he understand these instruments, that his aid is invaluable in tuning and repairing either pianos or organs. When young and at home, he built himself a blacksmith shop and manufactured all the tools and did all the work of that nature required on his father's large farm.
           Mr. Starkebaum has invented several mechanical contrivances that he uses himself, and is never so happy as when at work at the forge. There is no doubt but that he is a genius, and had he devoted his attention to mechanics, he would without question have made his mark in the world of invention, and he may still do that, as his active brain is always busied in contriving new inventions calculated to benefit the human race. He is the genius of the firm, and his artistic taste is well shown in the decorating and draping department.
           The partner of our subject, Mr. Frank R. Bear, was born and reared in Lexington Township, and comes of one of the oldest families in that section of country. He is a graduate of the St. Louis School of Embalming, and understands his business thoroughly. He attends to this branch of the business and every order received by the firm is promptly attended to. Mr. Bear is a member of the Uniformed Rank, Knights of Pythias.
    Children 
     1. Starkebaum, Paul,   b. 1892,   d. 1892  (Age 0 years)
    +2. Starkebaum, Walter John Clarence,   b. 13 Mar 1894, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1981, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Starkebaum, Edna Wilhelmine,   b. 2 Nov 1896, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1986, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    +4. Starkebaum, Clarence Henry Frederick,   b. 7 May 1899, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Aug 1964, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    +5. Starkebaum, John Paul,   b. 1 Jan 1900, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1937, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F768  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsResidence (family) - 1876–1893 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Oct 1934 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 6.
      Henry Starkebaum, child of Friedrich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmine Lousie Amalia Biesemeier, born in Higginsville, Missouri, USA.

    2. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Heinrich Ludwig or Henry Louis, child of Friedrich Heinrich Starkebaum and Wilhelmina Biesemeier, was born in 1867.

    3. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificate Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). October 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #45815. For John Paul Starkebaum. Born 1 January 1901 at Lexington, Missouri. Father's name: Henry L. Starkebaum, born at Warrenton, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Walter Starkebaum, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    4. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Hy. L. Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1934; Certificate of Death #36508.
      Accessed on 17 December 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36508. For Hy. L. Starkebaum. A white, male born on [3?] September 1864 in Warren County, Missouri. Father's name: Fritz Starkebaum; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Louise Biesemeyer; born in Germany. Died at 3:00 a.m. on 24 October 1934 at Higginsville, Dover Township, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 67 years, 1 months, 21 days. Personal information was provided by Harry Ainsworth, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           The recorded date of birth on the death certificate was not totally legible. If the statement of the age at death is correct, the date of birth can be calculated: 67 years, 1 months, 21 days prior to 24 October 1934 yields a date of birth of 3 September 1864.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    5. [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."

    6. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      He died 24 October 1934 at Higginsville.

    7. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Hy. L. Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1934; Certificate of Death #36508.
      Accessed on 17 December 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #36508. For Hy. L. Starkebaum. A white, male born on [3?] September 1864 in Warren County, Missouri. Father's name: Fritz Starkebaum; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Louise Biesemeyer; born in Germany. Died at 3:00 a.m. on 24 October 1934 at Higginsville, Dover Township, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 67 years, 1 months, 21 days. His usual residence was not recorded. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of the spouse was not recorded His usual occupation was "Cabinet Maker." Cause of death was "Myocarditis; Arteriosclerosis." Contributory cause of death was "Chronic alcoholism Cirrhosis (Liver)." There was no operation prior to death. There was no autopsy. Diagnosis was confirmed by "Physical clinical" test. Burial,cremation, or removal was to be on October 1934 in "Evg. Cemetery." The funeral director was Hoefer & Meinershagen, of Higginsville, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Harry Ainsworth, of Higginsville, Missouri. W. [Carson?] Davis, M.D., of Higginsville, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 17 October 1934 to 24 October 1934, had last seen him alive on 23 October 1934, and signed the death certificate. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 30 October 1934.

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

    9. [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.

    10. [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.

    11. [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."

    12. [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.

    13. [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.

    14. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Heinrich Ludwig (Henry Louis) Starkebaum and Louisa Marie Hoehn were married. No date or place given.

    15. [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificate Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). October 2007.
      Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #45815. For John Paul Starkebaum. Born 1 January 1901 at Lexington, Missouri. Father's name: Henry L. Starkebaum, born at Warrenton, Missouri. Mother's maiden name: Louisia [sic] Hoehn, born at Berger, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Walter Starkebaum, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    16. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Louisa M. Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1921; Certificate of Death #23679.
      Accessed in July 2006 and October 2013.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #23679. For Louisa M. Starkebaum. A white, female born on 9 November 1867 at Berger, Missouri. Father's name: John P. Hoehn; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Caroline Drewel; born in Germany. Died at 12:30 a.m. on 23 September 1921 at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri at the age of 53 years, 10 months, 14 days. She was divorced at the time of death; the name of her former spouse was not recorded. Personal information was provided by Walter Starkebaum, of Lexington, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    17. [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.
      "Our subject [Henry L. Starkebaum] was married, October 22, 1891, to Miss Louisa Hoehn, who was born in Franklin, Mo., but reared in this city, a daughter of J. P. Hoehn, a retired farmer of Higginsville, and a stockholder and Director of the Bank of Higginsville."

    18. [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.
      The biographical sketch outlines the life of "Henry L. Starkebaum" up to about 1892 or 1983.


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