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- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research, Letter of Sepetmber 1981 to Jane (Fiegenbaum) Paget.
"Of interest to you is Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, born 6th July 1787 (not 12th May 1788) at Ladbergen. Your ancestor - his profession was carpenter - helped his father and built houses."
Later in her letter, Liselotte returns to this subject: "Regarding the two different dates of birth of Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum it may be a mistake in the records or another possibility: Chatherina Elisabein Fiegenbaum neé Hagen married twice. From old records it is quite obvious that a person born 12th May 1788 actually lived.
"Another point that has to be looked at is that the average people could neither write not [sic] read. So by filling in he documents for emigration a mistake very well could happen.
"Nevertheless according to the records of the church at Ladbergen your ancestor was born 6th July 1787. All the other details i.e. wedding, children, are correct."
In the last sentence, it is possible that Liselotte is referring to information which Jane Paget had sent.
In a hand-written postcript to this letter, Liselotte wrote: "The woman from J. H. F. geb. 1788 was A. Catr. Lagemann - born in Ladbergen." Here she is referring to Johann Heinrich's wife.
- [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
In a letter from Hermanda on 15 September 1996 to J. W. Fiegenbaum, she wrote: "The second child [born to Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Christien [sic] Katharina Horstmeier] was Johann Heinrich born May, 12. 1788 in Ladbergen - your forefather, married to Hagen, went to USA."
Lieselotte Fiegenbaum, of Ladbergen, insists that the correct date of birth for this child, Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, was July 6, 1787. She acknowledges the existence of someone born on May 12, 1788 in the Ladbergen church records, but does not identify this person or explain his relationship.
- [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), Death records; page 283.
"Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum" died on 12 March 1861 at the age of 72 years, 10 months.
This data yields a calculated date of birth of 12 May 1788, which is the date engraved on the tombstone of "Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum" in this church's cemetery.
- [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
Inscription on gravestone in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). Johann's gravestone in the cemetery in Holstein, Missouri is inscribed in German as follows: " Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum / geb[orn] / Mäi 12 1788. / in Ladbergen, / Kreis Teklenburg [sic] / Regierungsbezirk / Münster / Königsreich / Preussen, gest[erben] / Mär. 12, 1861."
Photograph of the tombstone in the possession of the J. W. Fiegenbaum family and published on the family web site at (http://fiegenbaum.org/genealogy/).
- [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 105; entry 852. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Ladbergen, "Zimmermann" [=carpenter]; born 12.5.1788 [=12 May 1788].
For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M432, roll 421, page 52. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
Henry Figenbum household, 1850 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, District 99, page [#?], enumerated 6 September 1850, dwelling 388, family 388, lines 26-28. Henry Figenbaum; age 62; farmer; born in Germany. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1787-1788 by calculation.
- [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. Herman Fiegenbaum; age 72; male; carpenter; Prusia [sic]. The reported age would yield a birth date of 1787-1788 by calculation.
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 5, 6.
Johann Heinrich Sr. Fiegenbaum, child of Hermann Hendrick Fiegenbaum and Anna Christine Katharina Horstmeier, was born 12 May 1788 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.
- [S135] Bill Roege, Ladbergen Genealogy Database (2nd draft edition; November 1999) (http://members.aol.com/WRoege/ladbergen.htm - last confirmed in March 2005).
Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum was a child of Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Christina Katharine Horstmeier. Bill Roege provided two birth events.
1) Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum was born on 6 July 1787. Bill Roege did not provide a source for this date, but it is probably derived from Mr. Roege's note for Herman Heinrich's marriage event: "husb (*6.7.1787), parents Herm Heinr Fiegenbaum & Anna Cath Horstmeier;..." Bill Roege's note for this birth event was: "Auswanderer book has birth 12.5.1788" (i.e. 12 May 1788). This is presumably a reference to his source for Herman Heinrich's emigration to the USA about 1841: "Hans Berlemann. Auswander der Geminde Ladbergen 1830-1930. 1995.
2) Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum was born on 12 May 17 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany. Bill Roege's source for this second birth event was: "John Block. Notes from John Block's family tree, extracted from records and passed from other researchers." He did not mention the information he included in his note for the first birth event (see the previous paragraph).
- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research, Letter of 23 November 1981 to Jane (Fiegenbaum) Paget.
"The carpenter and farmer J. H. Fiegenb. born 1788 isn't your ancestor - you know. He married Anna Lagemann. Both people are not buried at Ladb. Only the death of their daughter which is registered in the parish-register mislead us to this family. The farm-yard Lagemann is still existing in the Bauerschaft Hölter 5...."
- [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Ladbergen (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1708-1938. Family History Library Film 582662: "Geburten, Heiraten, Tote 1810-1812." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum (born 6 July 1787, child of Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Catharina Horstmeier) and Catharina Elisabeth Hagen (born 26 September 1786, child of Johann Heinrich Hagen and Anna Elisabeth Holtkamp) were married on 13 July 1810 at "Evangelisch, Ladbergen, Westfalen, Prussia."
- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
J. H. Fiegenbaum of Wester 21. Emigrated to Missouri in 1841.
- [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
In a note to the family group sheet for Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Cather. Elisabeth Hagen, Hermanda Fiegenbaum wrote: "Die ganze Familie, Eltern mit den verheirateten und ledigen Kindern und den Enkelkindern, wanderte 1841 nach USA aus. The whole family, parents and all children and grandchildren went in 1841 to the USA."
- [S26] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, edited by P. William Filby and Mary K. Meyer (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Publishing Co., 1981- ), 1983 Supplement (1984); page 255.
Cites data published in Müller, Friedrich. "Westfälische Auswanderer in 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850." Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung. 22-24 (1964-1966); page 105. "Joh Heinr Fiegenbaum;" wife: "Cath Elis Hagen;" child: "Christ Elis;" child: "Herm Heinr;" to America; 1841.
- [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
Citing "Westfalische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert-Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Munster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," in Beitrage zur Westfalichen [sic] Familienforschung 22-24 (1964-66), pages 7-484. "Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, from Ladbergen, Carpenter, born 12 May 1788, Wife: Catherine Elisabeth Hagen born 26 September 1786. Children: Christine Elsabeth born 18 June 1819, Herman Heinrich born 15 April 1823. Leaving for America in 1841." Gretchen reports that Johann owned 153.81 acres in Township 45N, Range 2W, Section 8.
- [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 105; entry 852. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Ladbergen, "Zimmermann" [=carpenter]; born 12.5.1788 [=12 May 1788]. Accompanied by his wife, Catharine Elisabeth Hagen, born 26.9.1786 [=26 September 1786]. And accompanied by children: Christine Elisabeth, born 18.6.1819 [=18 June 1819]; Hermann Heinrich, born 15.4.1823 [=15 April 1823]. Emigrated in 1841; to North America.
- [S146] Ancestry.com (library edition), Baltimore Passenger and Immigration Lists, 1820-1872 (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7480 in December 2017), NARA series M255, roll 3, list 37. Accessed 16 January and 19 July 2006.
Transcription by J. Mark Fiegenbaum from digital images of the original passenger list for the bark Leontine, sailing from Bremen, arriving at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. Passenger 80: Herman Feigenbaum [sic]; age 50; carpenter; from Ladbergen; bound for St. Louis. Herman was traveling with Elisabeth Feigenbaum [sic], age 50, his wife; Christine Feigenbaum [sic], age 21, his daugther; and Herrman [sic] Heinrich Feigenbaum [sic], age 18, his son. The family's baggage consisted of 4 boxes and 2 bags.
- [S8] Friedrich Saatkamp, Ladbergen: Out of the History and the Present of the 1000-year Westphalian Village, edited and translated by Dean R. Hoge (New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1985), page xxiii.
Quote of the description of the life and conditions of the Heuerleute in Ladbergen.
- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
In a letter of September 1981 to Jane (Fiegenbaum) Padget, of Missouri, Liselotte, of Ladbergen, explained that this man earned his living from carpentry and farming.
- [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 105; entry 852.
Authorized emigration. Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum; emigrating from Ladbergen; carpenter ("Zimmermann"); born 12 May 1788.
- [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M432, roll 421, page 52. Access through Ancestry.com June 2005.
Henry Figenbum household, 1850 U.S. census, Warren County, Missouri, population schedule, District 99, page [#?], enumerated 6 September 1850, dwelling 388, family 388, lines 26-28.
- [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.
- [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), Death record; page 283.
"Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum" died on 12 March 1861. Age at death given as 72 years, 10 months.
Calculating from this data yields a date of birth of 12 May 1788, which is what was engraved on his gravstone.
- [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
Died 12 March 1861 in Holstein, Missouri.
- [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
Inscription on gravestone in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). Johann's gravestone in the cemetery in Holstein, Missouri is inscribed in German as follows: " Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum / geb[orn] / Mäi 12 1788. / in Ladbergen, / Kreis Teklenburg [sic] / Regierungsbezirk / Münster / Königsreich / Preussen, gest[erben] / Mär. 12, 1861."
Photograph of the gravestone is in the possession of the J. W. Fiegenbaum family.
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 5, 6.
Johann Heinrich Sr. Fiegenbaum died 12 March 1861 at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri.
- [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
Inscription on gravestone in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). Johann's gravestone in the cemetery in Holstein, Missouri is inscribed in German as follows: " Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum / geb[orn] / Mäi 12 1788. / in Ladbergen, / Kreis Teklenburg [sic] / Regierungsbezirk / Münster / Königsreich / Preussen, gest[erben] / Mär. 12, 1861." Photo in the possession of J. W. Fiegenbaum.
- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research, Letter of September 1981 to Jane (Fiegenbaum) Paget; page 3.
"About the parents of Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum I could find out the following particulars: [here Lieselotte Fiegenbaum included birth information for Hermann Hendrick Fiegenbaum and Anna Catherina Fiegenbaum née Horstmeier].
"They [Hermann Hendrick Fiegenbaum and Anna Catherina Fiegenbaum née Horstmeier] were married on 20th November 1785.
"They lived in Lienen-Holperdorp in the 'Heuerhaus' Horstmeier. (Heuerhaus: A smaller house standing on the ground of the farm and belonging to it. The tenant-farmer livining therein had to pay the rent partially in work.)"
On page 1 of the letter, Lieselotte had included additional information about this couple:
"Hendrik Fiegenbaum and his wife, née Horstmeier - the parents of J.H. Fiegenbaum - most probably bought some ground were [sic] upon they built their house which received the number 21, which means it was the 21st house built in Wester. In the year 1840 the house was sold. In 1865 a Fiegenbaum took over the number 21 for his newly built house. This property of Hendrich (which is equal to Hendrik) is already mentioned as Wester 21 during the year 1800.
"About this fact I have to ask for some further information at the Münster Record Office. As soon as possible I shall give you the correct information about that."
- [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
Hermann Henrich [sic] Fiegenbaum and Anna Christine Katharina Horstmeier were married on 20 November 1785 in Lienen.
In a letter dated 15 September 1996 to J. W. Fiegenbaum, Hermand wrote: "That couple Fiegenbaum-Horstmeier had seven children, one son died as infant, one son and two sisters stayed in Ladbergen. They built or bought a house near village Ladbergen called 'In der Laake'. That house isn't but I saw the plot of land, last year it was a big cornfield. He was a carpenter like the sons. He died in this house on March 11. 1829. He had water dropsy and need a doctor. So is it written in the church record."
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 4.
Hermann Hendrick Fiegenbaum and Anna Christine Katharina Horstmeier were married 20 november 1785 at Lienen, Westphalia, Germany.
- [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Lienen (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1711-1908. Family History Library Film 526268: "Heiraten, Tote 1733-1798 - Taufen 1779-1802." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95402-3. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
Everd Jacob Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, son of Herman Hinderich Fiegenbaum and Anna Catharina Horstmeyer; born 2 June 1786; baptized 11 June 1786 at "Evangelisch, Lienen, Westfalen, Prussia."
- [S104] Personal communication, Letter from Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum on 15 September 1996 to J. W. Fiegenbaum.
"This Fiegenbaum, father from Adolph, was Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, born Sept. 2. 1764 in Ladbergen. His wife was Anna Christien [sic] Katharina Horstmeier from Lienen. That is a little village near by."
- [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
In a letter to J. W. Fiegenbaum dated 15 September 1996, Hermanda wrote: "He was a carpenter like the sons."
- [S8] Friedrich Saatkamp, Ladbergen: Out of the History and the Present of the 1000-year Westphalian Village, edited and translated by Dean R. Hoge (New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1985), pages xxii-xxvi.
"Land Ownership" (section 4) in the Preface. The quote on tenant farmers (Heuerlinge) was taken from page xxiii.
- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research, Letter of September 1981 to Jane (Fiegenbaum) Paget.
Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, born 6 July 1787 at Ladbergen, and Chatherina [sic] Elisabein [sic] Hagen, born 26 September 1786 at Ladbergen-Overbeck 16, were married in 1810 at Ladbergen.
Lieselotte wrote: "At the beginning he and his wife, neé Hagen, lived in the "Heuerhaus" on the ground of the farm Hagen and belonging to it at Ladbergen, Overbeck 16. "Heuerhaus" means: a smaller house which belongs to the main farm. To the Heuerhaus always belong a few acres. Normally people living at a "Heuerhaus" are tenant-farmers who pay rent partly in work.
"During the time the couple lived at Ladbergen-Overbeck their two daughters were born. Their only son was born at Ladbergen, Wester 21."
Later in her letter, Liselotte indicates that this couple had 5 children.
- [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Cathar. Elisabeth Hagen; married 13 July 1810 in Ladbergen.
- [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 105; entry 852. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Ladbergen, "Zimmermann" [=carpenter]; born 12.5.1788 [=12 May 1788]. Accompanied by his wife, Catharine Elisabeth Hagen, born 26.9.1786 [=26 September 1786].
For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration.
- [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 6.
Johann Heinrich Sr. Fiegenbaum and Anna Catherine Elizabeth Hagen were married 13 July 1810 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.
- [S135] Bill Roege, Ladbergen Genealogy Database (2nd draft edition; November 1999) (http://members.aol.com/WRoege/ladbergen.htm - last confirmed in March 2005).
Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Catharina Elisabeth Hagen were married on 13 July 1810 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany. Bill Roege included a note for this event: "husb (*6.7.1787), parents Herm Heinr Fiegenbaum & Anna Cath Horstmeier; wife (*26.9.1786), unmarried dau hlg Joh Heinr Hagan & Anna Elis Holtkamp."
I believe the note may be based on the marriage entry in the records of the church at Ladbergen. It should be noted that the date format starts with the day, followed by the month. This should be obvious with the birth date of the "wife" - 26.9.1786 is 26 September 1786. I am guessing that the letters "hlg" in the note stand for the German word Heuerling.
- [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Ladbergen (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1708-1938. Family History Library Film 582662: "Geburten, Heiraten, Tote 1810-1812." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95084-1. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
Anna Elisabeth Fiegenbaum, daughter of Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Elisabeth Hagen; born 22 October 1811; baptized 24 October 1811 at "Evangelisch, Ladbergen, Westfalen, Prussia."
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