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Starkebaum, Arthur William

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  • Name Starkebaum, Arthur William 
    Born 27 Feb 1889  Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Male 
    Degree Jun 1916  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Bachelor of Sacred Theology 
    Address:
    Boston University 
    Occupation a minister and a teacher  [10, 11, 12] 
    • At the time he registered for the military draft in 1917, Arthur was a minister in the Methodist Church at Oakville, Iowa. According to the 1930 U.S. census, he was a teacher in the public school at Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska. By the time of the 1940 census, he was principal of the school.
    Died 7 Oct 1947  Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 13] 
    Buried Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 14] 
    Address:
    Steele Cemetery 
    • His wife, Elsie, was later buried beside him.
    Person ID I1714  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 20 Jun 2014 

    Father Starkebaum, Hermann Heinrich,   b. 26 Dec 1858, Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jun 1941, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Joekel, Elizabeth,   b. 16 May 1862, Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1949, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 26 May 1883  Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 
    Family ID F569  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hardt, Elsie Jenney,   b. 17 Apr 1891, Pekin, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1955, Haxtun, Phillips County, Colorado, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1915  Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18, 19, 20, 21] 
    • According to marriage records in Warren County, Missouri, Arthur W. Starkebaum, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, age 26, and Elsie J. Hardt, of Warrenton, Warren County, age 24, applied for and received a marriage license at Warrenton on 22 June 1915 and they were married on 24 June 1915 at Warrenton by F. [H?] Wippermann, Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Residence (family) Jun 1917  Oakville, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22, 23] 
    • According to information on his World War I draft registration card, filed on 5 June 1917, Arthur William Starkebaum resided at Oakville, Iowa. He reported that he was a preacher at Oakville, employed by the Methodist Church and that his wife was dependant upon him for support. He claimed no exemption from the draft. The Registrar of the local draft board, C. D. Krug, described Arthur as a tall man of medium build; with blue eyes and light brown hair. There were no other physical characteristics that would disqualify Arthur for military service.
           According to the 1930 U.S. census, Arthur was not a veteran of the U.S. military.
    Census (family) 1930  Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    • According to the 1930 U.S. enumeration, the household at 2111 Chase Street consisted of Arthur Starkebaum, head of household, age 41, a teacher in the public school; his wife, Elsie J. Starkebaum, age 23; and their daughter, Doris Mae Starkebaum, age 9, attending school.
    Census (family) 1940  Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [25] 
    • According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, the Starkebaum family rented a home at 2111 Chase Street. The had lived there since at least 1935. The household consisted of Arthur W. Starkebaum, age 51, principal of the city school; his wife, Elsie J. Starkebaum, age 48, keeping house; and their daughter, Doris Starkebaum, age 19, who had completed one year of college.
    Children 
    +1. Starkebaum, Doris Mae,   b. 19 Nov 1920, Sterling, Johnson County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Oct 1992  (Age 71 years)
     2. Starkebaum, [--?--],   b. Abt 1926,   d. Abt 1926  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 2.
      Arthur Starkebaum, child of Herman Starkebaum and Elisabeth Joeckel. No date or place of birth given.

    2. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Arthur William Starkebaum, child of Herman Starkebaum and Elizabeth Joekel, was born on 27 February 1889. No place given.

    3. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Arthur W. Starkebaum - Elsie J. Hardt; 1915; Warren County.
      Accessed in November 2008 and October 2010.
           An application for a marriage license issued in Warren County, Missouri on 22 June 1915 to Arthur W. Starkebaum, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, age 26, and Elsie J. Hardt, of Warrenton, Warren County, age 24.
           Calculating from the date of application and the age reported, Arthur W. Starkebaum would have been born about 1888-1889.

    4. [S179] Ancestry.com (library edition), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 in December 2017), Arthur William Starkebaum. Draft registration on 5 June 1917.
      Registration card number 47. Eliott Precinct, Louisa County, Iowa. Online database accessed in April 2014.
           Arthur William Starkebaum reported that he was born on 27 February 1889, at Sterling, Nebraska. His full age was not visible in the scanned image of the registration card.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 1,291, image 655, page 6B. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 74-6, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 9 & 10 April 1930; Arthur Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 156, family 161, lines 98-100. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 98) Starkebaum, Arthur; head; white; age 41; born in Nebraska.
           By calculation from the information provided, Arthur would have been born about 1888-1889. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 2,262, page 16A. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City Precinct, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 74-6A, census sheet 16A, enumerated on 24-25 April 1940; Arthur W. Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 384, lines 34-36. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 34) Starkebaum, Arthur W.; head; male; white; age 51; born in Nebraska.
           By calculation from the information provided, Arthur would have been born about 1888-1889. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for this person.

    7. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker, Steele Cemetey; Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska.
      A digital image of the grave marker for "A. W. Starkebaum | Febr. 27, 1889 | Oct. 7, 1947". Shared by Laurel A. (Jones) White with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in July 2014 vial email.

    8. [S217] Book, The Pulse, 1914 (volume 7).
      (Warrenton, Missouri: the Senior Class of Central Wesleyan College; printed by Banner Publishing Company, 1914); unnumbered page [approximately page 45]. Accessed through the Central Wesleyan College Archives Digital Collection, Special Collections Department, Pickler Memorial Library, Truman State University (Kirksville, Missouri).
           Arthur William Starkebaum. Arthur was identified as a member of and vice president of the senior class from Sterling, Nebraska. He was a member of the Y.M.C.A. and the Goethenia Oratorical Association. He played on the college basketball and baseball teams. He was a "Commencement Orator, (English)." There were 2 photographs and a brief appreciation of Arthur. "He was born at Sterling on February 27, 1889, where he learned to play ball in a back lot."

    9. [S217] Book, Boston University Bulletin, volume 6, number 5, part 2 (September 1917); page 460.
      Access at Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/generalcatalogue1719bost) in May 2014.
           Arthur William Starkebaum, of Sterling, Nebraska, with an A.B. from Central Weslyan College, received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree on 7 June 1916.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 1,291, image 655, page 6B. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 74-6, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 9 & 10 April 1930; Arthur Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 156, family 161, lines 98-100. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 98) Starkebaum, Arthur; occupation=teacher, in public school.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    11. [S179] Ancestry.com (library edition), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 in December 2017), Arthur William Starkebaum. Draft registration on 5 June 1917.
      Registration card number 47. Eliott Precinct, Louisa County, Iowa. Online database accessed in April 2014.
           Arthur William Starkebaum was employed as a preacher by the Methodist Church at Oakville, Iowa.

    12. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 2,262, page 16A. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City Precinct, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 74-6A, census sheet 16A, enumerated on 24-25 April 1940; Arthur W. Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 384, lines 34-36. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 34) Starkebaum, Arthur W.; head; male; white; age 51; completed 5 years of college; at work during week of 24-30 March; worked 48 hours during week of 24-30 March; occupation=principal, City School; worked 37 weeks in 1939; annual salary=$2200.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for this person.

    13. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Arthur William Starkebaum died on 7 October 1947 at Falls City, NE.

    14. [S104] Personal communication, from Laurel Ann (Jones) White to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2014 via email.
      Arthur W and Elsie Starkebaum were buried in Steele Cemetery, Falls City, Nebraska - sites: D1 277B 05 and 06.

    15. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 2.
      Herman Starkebaum and Elisabeth Joeckel married. No date or place given.

    16. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Hermann Heinrich Starkebaum and Elizabeth Joekel were married 26 May 1883 at Sterling, Nebraska.

    17. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Arthur William Starkebaum and Jennie Elsie Hardt were married on 24 June 1915. No place given.

    18. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Arthur W. Starkebaum - Elsie J. Hardt; 1915; Warren County.
      Accessed in November 2008 and October 2010.
           An application for a marriage license issued in Warren County, Missouri on 22 June 1915 to Arthur W. Starkebaum, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, age 26, and Elsie J. Hardt, of Warrenton, Warren County, age 24.
           A marriage license issued at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri on 22 June 1915 to Arthur W. Starkebaum, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years and Elsie J. Hardt, of Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified on the license that F. [H?] Wippermann, "Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church," did marry the above name persons at Warrenton, Warren County, on 24 June 1915 and filed the Certificate of Marriage with the County Recorder on 25 June 1915 at 8:00 a.m.

    19. [S179] Ancestry.com (library edition), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 in December 2017), Arthur William Starkebaum. Draft registration on 5 June 1917.
      Registration card number 47. Eliott Precinct, Louisa County, Iowa. Online database accessed in April 2014.
           Arthur William Starkebaum reported that he was married and that his wife was dependant upon him for support.

    20. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 1,291, image 655, page 6B. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 74-6, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 9 & 10 April 1930; Arthur Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 156, family 161, lines 98-100. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 98) Starkebaum, Arthur; head; male; white; age 41; married, at age 26; and, 99) Starkebaum, Elsie J.; wife; female; white; age 38; married, at age 23.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for these individuals.

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 2,262, page 16A. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City Precinct, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 74-6A, census sheet 16A, enumerated on 24-25 April 1940; Arthur W. Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 384, lines 34-36. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 34) Starkebaum, Arthur W.; head; male; white; age 51; married; and, 35) Starkebaum, Elsie J.; wife; female; white; age 48; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for these individuals.

    22. [S179] Ancestry.com (library edition), World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482 in December 2017), Arthur William Starkebaum. Draft registration on 5 June 1917.
      Registration card number 47. Eliott Precinct, Louisa County, Iowa. Online database accessed in April 2014.
           Arthur William Starkebaum was living at Oakville, Iowa at the time of his registration for the draft.

    23. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 1,291, image 655, page 6B. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 74-6, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 9 & 10 April 1930; Arthur Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 156, family 161, lines 98-100. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           In the household was: 98) Starkebaum, Arthur; head; male; white; age 41; born in Nebraska; not a veteran of US military.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    24. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T626, roll 1,291, image 655, page 6B. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 74-6, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 9 & 10 April 1930; Arthur Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 156, family 161, lines 98-100. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           The household consisted of: 98) Starkebaum, Arthur; head; rents home; monthly rental=$35; owns a radio; family does not live on a farm; male; white; age 41; married, at age 26; did not attend school since 1 September 1929; can read and write; born in Nebraska; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; speaks English; occupation=teacher, in public school; employement status=W [wage or salary worker]; was at work on last regular work day; not a veteran of US military. 99) Starkebaum, Elsie J.; wife; female; white; age 38; married, at age 23; did not attend school since 1 September 1929; can read and write; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=none. 100) Starkebaum, Doris Mae; daughter; female; white; age 9; single; attended school since 1 September 1929; born in Nebraska; father born in Nebraska; mother born in Illinois; occupation=none.

    25. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 2,262, page 16A. Nebraska, Richardson County, Falls City Precinct, Falls City, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 74-6A, census sheet 16A, enumerated on 24-25 April 1940; Arthur W. Starkebaum household, 2111 Chase Street, dwelling 384, lines 34-36. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2014.
           The household consisted of: 34) Starkebaum, Arthur W.; rents home, $28 per month; home is not on a farm; head; male; white; age 51; married; did not attend school since 1 March 1940; completed 5 years of college; born in Nebraska; lived in the same house on 1 April 1935; at work during week of 24-30 March; worked 48 hours during week of 24-30 March; occupation=principal, City School; worked 37 weeks in 1939; annual salary=$2200; did not have income outside of wages or salary. 35) Starkebaum, Elsie J.; wife; female; white; age 48; married; did not attend school since 1 March 1940; completed 4 years of college; born in Illinois; lived in the same house on 1 April 1935; not at work during week of 24-30 March; not assigned to public emergency work during week of 24-30 March; not seeking work; engaged in housework. 36) Starkebaum, Doris; daughter; female; white; age 19; single; attended school since 1 March 1940; completed 1 year of college; born in Nebraska; lived in the same house on 1 April 1935; not at work during week of 24-30 March; not assigned to public emergency work during week of 24-30 March; not seeking work; engaged in school work.


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