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Shumway, Luella May

Female 1862 - 1940  (77 years)


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  • Name Shumway, Luella May 
    Born 15 Feb 1862  Auburn, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • According to the 1920 enumeration of 3658 Congress Street in Chicago's 13th ward, Lue M. Fiegenbaum, age 57 (born in Illinois), lived with her son-in-law Arthur E. Ewing (age 30) and his wife, Inise [sic] Ewing (age 30), and their son, Louis Ewing, (age 4 years, 10 months).
    Census 1930  River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • According to the 1930 enumeration of 543 Park Avenue, Lue M. Fiegenbaum, age 68 (born in Illinois), lived in the household of Arthur E. Ewing (age 40) and Inez M. Ewing (age 40) and their children, Lewis S. Ewing (age 15) and Doris Ann Ewing (age 9).
           The enumeration identified Lue as the mother of the head of the household, Arthur Ewing. In fact, she was the mother of Arthur's wife, Inez Maude (Fiegenbaum) Ewing.
    Died 9 Jan 1940  River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I64  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2009 

    Father Shumway, Charles,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother White, Harriet,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [1] 
    • Details of the marriage are not known at this time.
    Family ID F2097  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Louis Theodore Stephan,   b. 22 Oct 1859, Salem, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1919, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Married Abt 1885  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Residence (family) 1892  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • Louis, a resident of Geneva, Nebraska, was listed as one of the eight children attending a family reunion in November 1892 at his parents home at Oregon, Missouri.
    Residence (family) Apr 1902  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fiegenbaum and daughter Inez" of Geneva, Nebraska attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Louis' parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902. Louis was identified as a druggist and the father of one child.
    Census (family) 1910  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • According to the 1910 enumeration of Ward 1, the household consisted of Louis S. Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 50, born in Minnesota, married, for 27 years, living on his own income; Lue M. Fiegenbaum, wife, age 48, born in Illinois, married, for 27 years, the mother of 1 child (who was still living); and Inez M. Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 21, born in Nebraska, single and had been attending school sometime since September 1909.
    Children 
    +1. Fiegenbaum, Inez Maude,   b. 11 Apr 1889, Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Dec 1961, Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      Luella May Shumway, daughter of Charles Shumway and Harriet White, was born on 15 February 1862 at Auburn, Sangamon County, Illinois.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 845, page 2B (image 1,177).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Fillmore County, Geneva Township, Geneva, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 28, census sheet 2B, enumerated 18 April 1910; Louis S. Fiegenbaum household, Lincoln Street, dwelling 44, family 44, lines 56-58. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 57) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; wife; female; white; age 48; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, Lue M. would have been born about 1861-1862. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 508, page 10B (image 116).
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Village of River Forest, River Forest Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 16-2338, census sheet 10 B, enumerated 4 April 1930; Arthur E. Ewing household, 543 Park Avenue, dwelling 91, family 98, lines 76-80. Access through Ancestry.com in July 2004 and June 2009.
           In the household was: 80) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; mother [sic]; female; white; age 68; born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, Lue M. Fiegenbaum would have been born about 1861-1862. She was the head of household's mother-in-law, not his mother. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person's daughter.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. NARA microfilm T625, roll 322, page 3B/230B (image 463).
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ward 13, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 767, census sheet 3 B, enumerated 8 January 1920; Arthur E. Ewing household, 3658 Congress Street, dwelling 35, family 81, lines 75-78. Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 75) Ewing, Arthur E.; head; renter; male; white; age 30; married; can read; can write; born in Nebraska; father born in Illinois; mother born in New York; speaks English; occupation=Division Manager; industry=mail order; . 76) Ewing, Inise; wife; female; white; age 30; married; can read; can write; born in Nebraska; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none. 77) Ewing, Louis; son; male; white; age 4 years, 10 months; single; born in Illinois; father born in Nebraska; mother in Nebraska; speaks English=no mark; occupation=none. 78) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; mother-in-law; female; white; age [5?]7; widow; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 508, page 10B (image 116).
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Village of River Forest, River Forest Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 16-2338, census sheet 10 B, enumerated 4 April 1930; Arthur E. Ewing household, 543 Park Avenue, dwelling 91, family 98, lines 76-80. Access through Ancestry.com in July 2004 and June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 76) Ewing, Arthur E.; head; owns home; home value=$20,000; household owns a radio; family does not live on a farm; male; white; age 40; married; age 24 at first marriage; did not attend school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Nebraska; father born in Pennsylvania; mother born in New York; can read and write; occupation=Director; industry=Sears, Roebuck; class of worker=w; worked on last regular work day; not a U.S. veteran. 77) Ewing, Inez M.; wife; female; white; age 40; married; age 24 at first marriage; did not attend school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Nebraska; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Illinois; can read and write. 78) Ewing, Lewis S.; son; male; white; age 15; single; attended school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Illinois; father born in Nebraska; mother born in Nebraska; can read and write. 79) Ewing, Doris Ann; daughter; female; white; age 9; single; attended school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Nebraska; mother born in Nebraska; can read and write. 80) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; mother; female; white; age 68; widow; did not attend school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Illinois; can read and write.
           Lue M. Fiegenbaum was the mother of Inez, not Arthur.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      Luella May died on 9 January 1940 at River Forest, Cook County, Illinois.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      Louis Stephan Fiegenbaum and Luella May Shumway were married in 1885 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 79-80.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Louis S. Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 16 January 1919 in the Nebraska Signal, of Geneva, Nebraska.
           "He was married to Lue M. Shumway of Geneva in 1884. To them one daughter, Inez, now Mrs. Arthur Ewing of Chicago, was born."

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 845, page 2B (image 1,177).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Fillmore County, Geneva Township, Geneva, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 28, census sheet 2B, enumerated 18 April 1910; Louis S. Fiegenbaum household, Lincoln Street, dwelling 44, family 44, lines 56-58. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 56) Fiegenbaum, Louis S.; head; male; white; age 50; married (first); married 27 years. 57) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; wife; female; white; age 48; married (first); married 27 years; mother of 1 child (1 child still living).
           By calculation from the information provided, Louis and Lue would have been married about 1882-1883. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this couple.

    10. [S211] Article or notice, "Family Reunion." Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 11 November 1892; page 1, column 8.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1892-11-11/ed-1/seq-1/) in November 2011.
           "Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum, pastor of the German M. E. church of this city, and his wife are enjoying the pleasure of having all their children at home this week for the first time in eight years. It is indeed a dear thing to the hearts of the parents who have passed their three score mile post to be permitted to have all their sons and daughters gathered around them at one time and we trust that nothing shall mar their happiness on this occasion. The following is the names of their children who have been here this week: Mrs. Minnie Sexauer, Des Moines, Ia.; Lydia Howard and daughter, Genevieve, Des Moines, Ia.; Adolph Fiegenbaum, Washington, D. C.; Louis Fiegenbaum, Geneva, Neb.; Theodore Feigenbaum [sic], Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Emma Miller, Wathena, Kas.; Benj. and Henry Feigenbaum [sic], Lawrence, Kas., and Ed Fiegenbaum, lately of Chicago, who will spend the winter with his parents."

    11. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the children of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fiegenbaum and daughter Inez, Geneva, Nebraska...." At another point in the account, it was mentioned that "...Louis, a druggist at Geneva, Nebraska, married with one child...."

    12. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 845, page 2B (image 1,177).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Fillmore County, Geneva Township, Geneva, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 28, census sheet 2B, enumerated 18 April 1910; Louis S. Fiegenbaum household, Lincoln Street, dwelling 44, family 44, lines 56-58. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 56) Fiegenbaum, Louis S.; head; male; white; age 50; married (first); married 27 years; born in Minnesota; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=own income; can read; can write; owns home, free of mortgage; home is a house. 57) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; wife; female; white; age 48; married (first); married 27 years; mother of 1 child (1 child still living); born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write. 58) Fiegenbaum, Inez M.; daughter; female; white; age 21; single; born in Nebraska; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write; attended school sometime since 1 September 1909.


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