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Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann

Male 1859 - 1884  (24 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann 
    Born 16 Dec 1859  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    • His parents wrote the following about their son:

                1859
           unser Sohn Heinrich Hermann ist geboren den 16 December
           Morgan um 4 uhr und getauft den 22 Januar, 1860

      In translation:

                1859
           our son Heinrich Hermann was born on the 16th of December
           at 4 o'clock in the morning and baptized on the 22nd of January, 1860
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 22 Jan 1860  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    • Heinrich's baptism is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was Heinrich Aufderhar [sic].
    Census Aug 1860  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Census Jun 1870  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • According to the 1870 U.S. enumeration, Henry Fiegenbaum, a 10 year old male, at school, lived on a farm served by the Hopewell post office with Herm [sic] Fiegenbaum, a 46 year old male farmer; Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum, a 35 year old female keeping house; and six other children: Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum (female, age 15); Louise Fiegenbaum (female, age 13); Henry Fiegenbaum (male, age 10); Fred[erei?] Fiegenbaum (male, age 8); Anna Fiegenbaum (female, age 5); Mary Fiegenbaum (female, age 3); and Frederic Fiegenbaum (male [sic], age 1) On the basis of other information, it seems likely that this youngest child was actually Friedericke Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum, a daughter born in August 1869.
    Confirmation 3 Apr 1874  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Heinrich's confirmation is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).
    Census Jun 1880  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, Henry Fiegenbaum, a 20 year old laborer, lived on a farm with his parents, Herman Fiegenbaum (age 57), a farmer, and Florentine Fiegenbaum (age 46) keeping house, and his six siblings: William Fiegenbaum (age 18); Mary Fiegenbaum (age 13), in school; Frederike Fiegenbaum (age 10), in school; Frederich Fiegenbaum (age 8), in school; August Fiegenbaum (age 4); and Martha Fiegenbaum (age 2).
    Died 23 Aug 1884  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Buried Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • Heinrich is buried in the cemetery of the present-day Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville (Lafayette County), Missouri.
    Person ID I240  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2012 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich,   b. 15 Apr 1823, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1898, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Wehrmann, Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotte,   b. 7 Oct 1834, Almena, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1903, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1853  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22] 
    • Hermann and Florentine's marriage is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Wilhelm Steineker and Ernst Büscher were witnesses (Ernst was also a witness at the marriage of Florentine's sister, Friedricke, about one month earlier).
    Residence (family) 1863  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 
    • In 1863, Herman, identified as a 40 year old married farmer, was enumerated in a Civil War draft registration conducted in the Ninth Congressional District of Missouri ("7th sub-district in Warren County").
    Census (family) Jun 1870  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • According to the 1870 U.S. enumeration, the household served by the Hopewell post office consisted of Herm [sic] Fiegenbaum, a 46 year old male farmer, born in Prussia and a citizen of the U.S.A; Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum, female, age 35, keeping house; and seven children: Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum (female, age 15); Louise Fiegenbaum (female, age 13); Henry Fiegenbaum (male, age 10); Fred[erei?] Fiegenbaum (male, age 8); Anna Fiegenbaum (female, age 5); Mary Fiegenbaum (female, age 3); and Frederic Fiegenbaum (male [sic], age 1) On the basis of other information, it seems likely that this youngest child was actually Friedericke Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum, a daughter born in August 1869.
    Census (family) Jun 1880  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of Herman Fiegenbaum, a 57 year old farmer and his wife, Florentine Fiegenbaum, age 46, keeping house, and their seven children: Henry Fiegenbaum (age 20); William Fiegenbaum (age 18); Mary Fiegenbaum (age 13), in school; Frederike Fiegenbaum (age 10), in school; Frederich Fiegenbaum (age 8), in school; August Fiegenbaum (age 4); and Martha Fiegenbaum (age 2).
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 22 Jan 1860 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsConfirmation - 3 Apr 1874 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Aug 1884 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.

    2. [S70] German language manuscript from the Hermann Heinrich and Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotta (Wehrmann) Fiegenbaum family detailing births, baptisms, deaths and burials of their children. Original in the possession of Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Paget.
      "     1859 / unser Sohn Heinrich Hermann ist geboren den 16 December / Morgan um 4 uhr und getauft den 22 Januar, 1860." My translation: "     1859 / our son Heinrich Hermann was born on the 16th of December / at 4 o'clock in the morning and baptized on the 22nd of January, 1860."

    3. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Baptism record; page 104.
      "Heinrich Hermann," child of "Hermann Fiegenbaum" and "Florentina nee Wehrmann," was born on 16 December 1859 and baptized on 22 January 1860 The sponsor was "Hein. Aufderhar"[sic].

    4. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Confirmation record; page 206.
      "Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum" was confirmed on 3 April 1874. The date of birth in the confirmation record was 16 December 1859.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M653, roll 659, page 309. Access through HeritageQuest Online July 2004.
      Herman Fiegenbaum household, 1860 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Charrette Township, page 181, enumerated 4 August 1860, dwelling 1279, family 1273, lines 13-19. Henry Fiegenbaum; age 7 months; male; born Missouri. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1860 by calculation.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm 593, roll 824, image 653/page 696. Missouri, Warren County, Charrette Township, Hopewell post office, census page 38, enumerated on 18 June 1870; Herm. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 320, family 284, lines 32-40. Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2009.
           In the household was: 36) Fiegenbaum, Henry; age 10; male; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.
           By calculation from the information provided, Henry would have been born about 1859-1860. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1870 U.S. census for this person.

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, pages 667B and 668C. Missouri, Warren County, Western Charrette Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 152, census pages 2B and 3C, enumerated on 2-3 June 1880; Her. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 17, family 18, lines 48-50 and 1-6. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004, 2009, and 2012.
           In the household was: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 20; son; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.
           By calculation from the information provided, Henry would have been born about 1859-1860. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 16.
      Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum, child of Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Florentina Wilhelmine Charlotte Wehrmann, was born on 16 December 1859 at Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri.

    9. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Baptism record; page 104.
      "Heinrich Hermann," child of "Hermann Fiegenbaum" and "Florentina nee Wehrmann," was born on 16 December 1859 and baptized on 22 January 1860 The sponsor was "Hein. Aufderhar" [sic].

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M653, roll 659, page 309. Access through HeritageQuest Online July 2004.
      Herman Fiegenbaum household, 1860 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, Charrette Township, page 181, enumerated 4 August 1860, dwelling 1279, family 1273, lines 13-19.

    11. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm 593, roll 824, image 653/page 696. Missouri, Warren County, Charrette Township, Hopewell post office, census page 38, enumerated on 18 June 1870; Herm. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 320, family 284, lines 32-40. Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2009.
           The household consisted of: 32) Fiegenbaum, Herm [sic]; age 46; male; white; farmer; real estate value=$5,000; personal estate value =$1,5000; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; a male citizen of the U.S.A. over the age of 21. 33) Fiegenbaum, Florent [sic]; age 35; female; white; keeping house; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth. 34) Fiegenbaum, Florent [sic]; age 15; female; white; at home; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 35) Fiegenbaum, Louise; age 13; female; white; at home; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 36) Fiegenbaum, Henry; age 10; male; white; at school; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 37) Fiegenbaum, Fred[erei?]; age 8; male; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 38) Fiegenbaum, Anna; age 5; female; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth. 39) Fiegenbaum, Mary; age 3; female; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth. 40) Fiegenbaum, Frederic; age 1; male [sic]; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.

    12. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, pages 667B and 668C. Missouri, Warren County, Western Charrette Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 152, census pages 2B and 3C, enumerated on 2-3 June 1880; Her. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 17, family 18, lines 48-50 and 1-6. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004, 2009, and 2012.
           The household consisted of: 48) Fiegenbaum, Her; white; male; age 57; married; farmer; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 49) Fiegenbaum, Florentine; white; female; age 46; wife; married; keeping house; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 20; son; single; laborer; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 1) Fiegenbaum, William; white; male; age 18; son; single; laborer; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 2) Fiegenbaum, Mary; white; female; age 13; daughter; single; attended school in the census year; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 3) Fiegenbaum, Frederike; white; female; age 10; daughter; single; attended school in the census year; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 4) Fiegenbaum, Frederich; white; male; age 8; son; single; attended school in the census year; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 5) Fiegenbaum, August; white; male; age 4; son; single; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 6) Fiegenbaum, Martha; white; female; age 2; daughter; single; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.

    13. [S2] J. W. Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Died in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    14. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 16.
      Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum died on 23 August 1884 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    15. [S2] J. W. Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.

    16. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Florentina Wilhelmine Charlotte Wehrmann; married 4 May 1853 in Holstein, Warren County, Missouri. The bride was the daughter of Adolph Wehrman and Wilhelmine Kater.

    17. [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Hermanda reports that Hermann married "Florentine Charl. Wehrmann geb. 07.10.1834 in Lippe Detmold, gest. 01.02.1903." She does not give a date.

    18. [S25] Marriage license.
      Photocopy of record of marriage license in Book A-B, Page 216 [in Warren County records?]. "State of Missouri, County of Warren: I certify that I have joined in matrimony on the 18th day of February, 1853, Mr Herman Fiegenbaum and Miss Florintine Wehrmann, both of this County and state. Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of May A.D. 1853. Recorded June 10th 1853. Jos. Riegur {seal}. Thoman J. Marshall, Recorder."
           Joseph Riegur certified two other marriages just above this entry and in both of those cases he was identified as a "German Evangel. Minister." Joseph Rieger was the Pastor of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri from 1847 to 1860 (the church has been known as Immanuels United Church of Christ since 1957).

    19. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989).
      Marriage record for "Hermann Fiegenbaum Jun" [sic] and "Florentina Wehrmann;" p. 245. Married 18 February 1853. Hermann is identified as coming from "Teklenburg" and Florentina as coming from Lippe Detmold. Witnesses: Wilhelm Stieneker and Ernst Büscher.

    20. [S77] Manuscript.
      Hand-written note in German among documents of the Herman and Florentine (Wehrmann) Fiegenbaum family, giving the date as "18 Februar 1853".

    21. [S87] Anna Lucille Luehrman Price and Richard Luehrman, Genealogical research, Names. Full date. County, state.

    22. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, pages 667B and 668C. Missouri, Warren County, Western Charrette Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 152, census pages 2B and 3C, enumerated on 2-3 June 1880; Her. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 17, family 18, lines 48-50 and 1-6. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004, 2009, and 2012.
           In the household was: 48) Fiegenbaum, Her; white; male; age 57; married; and, Fiegenbaum, Florentine; white; female; age 46; wife; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for these individuals.

    23. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. "Homan Figgenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed on 18 April 2011. Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. ARC Identifies: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 1. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
           9th Congressional District, Missouri; 7th sub-district in Warren County - all persons subject to military duty; [enumerated in June 1863?]; W. F. Switzler, Provost Marshal. Line 32 [number 316]: Herman Figgenbaum [sic] [not "Homan" as reported in the Ancestry.com index]; resident of Holstein; age 40 (on 1 July 1863); white; farmer; [marital status not recorded]; born in German.


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