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Fiegenbaum, Martha Charlotte

Female 1878 - 1948  (70 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Martha Charlotte 
    Born 21 Mar 1878  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Herman and Florentine recorded their daughter's birth this way:

           Unser Tochter ist Geboren D 21 März
           Im Jahr 1878 Am Donnertag abens um 6 uhr
           Es heist Martha Scharlotte

      In translation:
           Our daughter was born on the 21st of March
           in the year 1878 on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock
           Her name is Martha Scharlotte
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 22 Apr 1878  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Martha Charlotte'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). Her parents were the sponsors.
    Census Jun 1880  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, Martha Fiegenbaum, age 2, lived on a farm with her parents, Herman Fiegenbaum (age 57), a farmer, and Florentine Fiegenbaum (age 46), keeping house, and her six siblings: 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; and August Fiegenbaum (age 4).
    Died 16 Apr 1948  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 10, 11] 
    Buried Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10] 
    • Martha was buried in the Zion Church Cemetery.
    Person ID I325  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2016 

    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  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    • 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  [19] 
    • 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  [20] 
    • 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  [8] 
    • 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

    Family Vahrenberg, Julius Simon,   b. 29 May 1878, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1953, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 8 Aug 1906  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22, 23, 24] 

    •      According to marriage records in Lafayette County, Missouri, Julius Vahrenberg and Martha Charlotte Fiegenbaum, both of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, received a marriage license at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 4 August 1906 and they were married at Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 8 August 1906 by Wm. Buehler, evangelical pastor and minister of the Gospel.
    Children 
     1. Vahrenberg, Albert H.,   b. 10 Jul 1907, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jul 1907, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     2. Vahrenberg, Irving Henry,   b. 31 Jul 1908, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1957, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     3. Vahrenberg, Frieda H.,   b. 13 Jun 1911, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1981, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     4. Vahrenberg, Clarence H.,   b. 10 Jun 1914, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1985, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     5. Vahrenberg, Laura W.,   b. 7 Nov 1917, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Aug 1994, Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F114  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 22 Apr 1878 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 8 Aug 1906 - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 16 Apr 1948 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Martha Charlotte Fiegenbaum; born 21 March 1878 in Warren County, Missouri.

    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.
      Herman and Florentine recorded their daughter's birth this way: "Unser Tochter ist Geboren D 21 März/ Im Jahr 1878 Am Donnertag abens um 6 uhr/ Es heist Martha Scharlotte." My translation: "Our daughter was born on the 21st of March/ in the year 1878 on Thursday evening at 6 o'clock/ Her name is Martha Scharlotte/" I have taken the liberty of using a more conventional spelling for Charlotte.

    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 130.
      "Martha Charlotte," a child of "Hermann Fiegenbaum" and "Florentine, nee Wehrmann," was born on 21 March 1878 and baptized on 22 April 1878. The sponsors were "the parents."

    4. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
      A single gravestone in the Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery in Mayview, Missouri for "Julius S. Vahrenberg" and Martha C. Vahrenberg." Martha born 1878. Died 1948. Transcribed by J. Mark Fiegenbaum in April 2000.

    5. [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: 6) Fiegenbaum, Martha; white; female; age 2; daughter; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.
           By calculation from the information provided, Martha would have been born about 1877-1878. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), page 158.
      Transcriptions and burial records from "Mayview Zion Cemetery." Martha C. Vahrenberg. Born 1878; died 1948. Shared stone with Julius S. Vahrenberg. From sources other than the inscription, Brunetti notes that Martha's middle name was Charlotte, that she was born on 21 March 1878, the daughter of "Herm. Fiegenbaum & Florentine Wehremann."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 16, 50.
      Martha Charlotte Fiegenbaum, child of Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Florentina Wilhelmine Charlotte Wehrmann, was born on 21 March 1878 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    8. [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.

    9. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Martha died on 16 April 1948 in Lafayette County, Missouri.

    10. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), page 158.
      Transcriptions and burial records from "Mayview Zion Cemetery." Martha C. Vahrenberg. Born 1878; died 1948. Shared stone with Julius S. Vahrenberg. From sources other than the inscription, Brunetti notes that Martha died on 16 April 1948.

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 16, 50.
      Martha Charlotte died on 16 April 1948 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    12. [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.

    13. [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.

    14. [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).

    15. [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.

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

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

    18. [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.

    19. [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.

    20. [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.

    21. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Married in 1906 in Lafayette County, Missouri.

    22. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), page 158.
      Transcriptions and burial records from "Mayview Zion Cemetery." Shared stone for Julius S. Vahrenberg and Martha C. Vahrenberg.

    23. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 50.
      Julius Irving Vahrenberg and Martha Charlotte Fiegenbaum were married. No date or place given.

    24. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), Julius Vahrenberg-Martha Charlotte Fiegenbaum; 1906; Lafayette County.
      Accessed in April 2016. A marriage license issued at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 4 August 1906 to Julius Vahrenberg, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years and Martha Charlotte Fiegenbaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified that Wm. Buehler, evangelical pastor and minister of the Gospel, did marry the above name persons at Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 8 August 1906 and the Certificate of Marriage was filed for record at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 14 August 1906.


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