Fiegenbaum, Otto August

Male 1881 - 1965  (83 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Otto August 
    Born 22 Sep 1881  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Census Apr 1910  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9

    • According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, Otto Fiegenbaum, age 28 and single, working as a burner in a brickyard, lived at 817 Kingshighway, in Ward 1, in the home of his father, Fred Fiegenbaum, a 58 year old widower working as a carpenter. Also in the home was Otto's sister, Carrie Fiegenbaum, age 16 and single, at home.
    Residence Sep 1918  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10

    •      According to information on his World War I draft registration card, filed on 12 September 1918, Otto August Fiegenbaum, age 36, and his nearest relative, Fred Fiegenbaum, his father, lived at 817 Kingshighway, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. Otto reported that he was a farm laborer employed in Edwardsville. The Registrar of the local draft board, W. L. Estabrook, described Otto as a man of medium height (5 foot, 10 inches tall) and medium build; with grey eyes and dark hair. There were no physical characteristics that would disqualify him for military service.
    Residence Apr 1942  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11

    •      According to information on his World War II draft registration card, filed on 27 April 1942, Otto August Fiegenbaum lived at 925 Troy Road, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. He gave as his permanent contact person Miss. Augusta Schomberg, of the same address. Otto reported that he was unemployed. The Registrar of the local draft board, Alice Cheek, described Otto as 5 feet, 10 inches tall; 160 pounds; with gray eyes, gray hair, and a ruddy complexion. He also had a "crooked middle finger, right hand."
    Died Sep 1965  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12
    Buried Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Otto was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
    Person ID I3955  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 15 May 2016 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Frederick Adolph,   b. 15 Aug 1851, Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1931, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Kriege, Amelia Maria,   b. 7 Oct 1855, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1895, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1874  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    Family ID F1294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Otto Fiegenbaum; born 1881 in Edwardsville, Illinois. Son of Frederick Adolph Fiegenbaum and Maria Emilia Kriege.

    2. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
      "Otto A. Fiegenbaum, 1881 - 1965." Photo taken by Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 23 October 2004 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville, Illinois.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 56-57.
      Otto Fiegenbaum was a child of Frederick A. Fiegenbaum and Amelia Kriege. No date or place of birth.

    4. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), "World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942." Otto August Fiegenbaum. Draft registration on 27 April 1942.
      Serial no.: U108;. Madison County, Illinois. Online database accessed in August 2009 and October 2011. (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002). Data compiled from: NARA. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. State Headquarters: Illinois; Microfilm Series: M2097; Microfilm Roll: 84.
           Otto August Fiegenbaum reported that he was 60 years of age, born on 22 September 1881, in Madison County, Illinois.

    5. [S211] Article or notice, "Former Alderman Fiegenbaum Dies At Edwardsville".
      Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois). Friday, 13 February 1931; Page 22, column 6-7. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through NewspaperArchive.com at (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=115836205) in October 2011.
           "He [Fred A. Fiegenbaum] is survived by...two sons, Otto A. and Charles H. Fiegenbaum."

    6. [S22] Obituary, "Death of Mrs. Amelia M. Fiegenbaum".
      Published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois); Friday, 5 April 1895.
           A transcription of the obituary was shared by Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 1 November 2003 via email.
           Also avialable online at the USGenWeb Project. Madison County Illinois Archives. Obituaries. Various April 1895. (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/madison/obits/v/various46nob.txt). Submitted by Missi Darnell; 31 March 2006. Accessed on 14 April 2006.
           "She leaves surviving...seven children, four boys and three girls, viz: William, George, Otto, Charles, Minnie, Bertha and Caroline."

    7. [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), Otto August Fiegenbaum. Draft registration on 12 September 1918.
      Serial number 3029; order number A1617. Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. Online database accessed in March 2012.
           Otto August Fiegenbaum reported that he was 36 years of age, born on 22 September 1881. The place was not given, but Otto reported that he was an native born U.S. citizen.

    8. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T624, roll 310, page 6B, image 367. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, Edwardsville, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 13, Enumeration District 38, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 19 April 1910; Fred Fiegenbaum household, 817 Kingshighway, dwelling 132, family 145, lines 87-89. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2012.
           In the household was: 88) Fiegenbaum, Otto; son; male; white; age 28; single; born in Illinois; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Germany.
           By calculation from the information provided, Otto would have been born about 1881-882. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for this person.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T624, roll 310, page 6B, image 367. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, Edwardsville, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 13, Enumeration District 38, census sheet 6B, enumerated on 19 April 1910; Fred Fiegenbaum household, 817 Kingshighway, dwelling 132, family 145, lines 87-89. Access through Ancestry.com in March 2012.
           The household consisted of: 87) Fiegenbaum, Fred; head of household; male; white; age 58; widower; born in Minnesota; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=carpenter, in the building industry; working on own account; was not at work on 12 April 1910; 14 weeks out of work during 1909; can read; can write; owns home, free of mortgage; home is a house, not a farm. 88) Fiegenbaum, Otto; son; male; white; age 28; single; born in Illinois; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=burner, in a brickyard; working on own account; was not at work on 12 April 1910; 10 weeks out of work during 1909; can read; can write. 89) Fiegenbaum, Carrie; daughter; female; white; age 16; single; born in Illinois; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write; did not attend school at any time since 1 September 1909.

    10. [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), Otto August Fiegenbaum. Draft registration on 12 September 1918.
      Serial number 3029; order number A1617. Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. Online database accessed in March 2012.

    11. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), "World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942." Otto August Fiegenbaum. Draft registration on 27 April 1942.
      Serial no.: U108;. Madison County, Illinois. Online database accessed in August 2009 and October 2011. (http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1002). Data compiled from: NARA. Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Fourth Registration. State Headquarters: Illinois; Microfilm Series: M2097; Microfilm Roll: 84.

    12. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Otto died September in 1965 in Edwardsville, Illinois.

    13. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Frederick A Fiegenbaum and Amelia Kriege were married in 1874.

    14. [S22] Obituary, for Fred A. Fiegenbaum.
      Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer; Thursday, 12 February 1931; page 1, column 2. "Mr. Fiegenbaum was the father of eight children, his first wife and three of the children preceeding him in death. His first wife was Miss Amelia Kriege who died in 1895. His second wife, Mrs. Fredericka Fiegenbaum, and five children survive."

    15. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Fiegenbaum-Kriege marriage.
      Accessed in August 2003. According to the text-only index, "Frederick A. Fiegenbaum" and "Emilia Kriege" were granted marriage license number 0403 (volume 7, page 21) on 27 March 1874 in Madison County, Illinois. The marriage may or may not have taken place on the same date.

    16. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research, Fiegenbaum-Kreige marriage.
      Citing the record in Marriage Register 7, page 21, Madison County, Illinois, Frederick A. Fiegenbaum and Maria Emilia Kriege were married on 27 March 1874 by Phil Hehner, Minister of the Gospel.

    17. [S22] Obituary, "Death of Mrs. Amelia M. Fiegenbaum".
      Published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois); Friday, 5 April 1895. A transcription of the obituary was shared by Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 1 November 2003 via email. The obituary was also available online at the USGenWeb Project. Madison County Illinois Archives. Obituaries. Various April 1895. ( http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/madison/obits/v/various46nob.txt ). Submitted by Missi Darnell; 31 March 2006. Accessed on 14 April 2006.
           Fred A. Fiegenbaum and Amelia Mary Kriege were married on 27 March 1874. She was survived by seven children: four boys and three girls. The children named in the death notice were: William, George, Otto, Charles, Minnie, Bertha and Caroline.

    18. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Sooy-Fiegenbaum 1909.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Volume: 436 (Emmet-Muscatine). The following is a transcription of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Lee, at Keokuk for the year ending June 30, 1910. License Number: 8470. Date of License: 12 August 1909. Bride's name: Bertha Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if widow: [no entry]. Bride's birth place: Madison County, Illinois. Bride's father's name: F. A. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Amelia Kriege.
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Sooy-Fiegenbaum marriage.