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Riechers, Johanne Henrietta Luise

Female 1850 - 1893  (42 years)


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  • Name Riechers, Johanne Henrietta Luise 
    Born 12 Jun 1850  Alverdissen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • Carolyn Fieker states that Johanne was born at #15 in Alverdissen, Germany.
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 23 Jun 1850  Alverdissen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Carolyn Fieker reports that Johanne's sponsors were Louise Klocke and Henrietta Fritzemeier of Lise.
    Immigration 1869  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Carolyn Fieker states that Johanne applied for emigration to America in the Spring of 1869. It is not stated in what year she actually left her home in Germany.
    Moved To 1879  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Heinrich and Henrietta Starkebaum are listed as one of two new families joining Salem Evangelical Church in Higginsville, Missouri in the minutes of the church meeting for 14 February 1879.
    Died 8 Jan 1893  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8, 9] 
    • According to her obituary, Henriette died of a heart attack on Sunday, January 8, 1893, two days after giving birth to twin sons. It states that she was 42 1/2 years old and was survived by her husband and 9 children, 4 boys and 5 girls.
    Buried 11 Jan 1893  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    • According to her obituary, Henriette was buried at mid-day, Wednesday [January 11, 1893] in the cemetery of Salem church [now Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville, Missouri].
    Person ID I870  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2012 

    Father Riechers, Johann Heinrich Friederich C.,   b. 11 Jul 1814, Reine, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Höllander, Hanne Wilhelmine Amalie,   b. 7 May 1829, Ohrsen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 15 Jul 1849  Alverdissen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11] 
    Family ID F409  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Starkebaum, Heinrich Friederich L.,   b. 1 Jul 1838, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1923, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1870  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    • The place of marriage has been reported as either the Lippstadt Church, just south of Warrenton, Missouri, or in Lafayette County, Missouri. Henry and Henrietta (Riechers) Starkebaum had 10 children.
    Children 
     1. Starkebaum, Charlotte Wilhelmine Louise,   b. 25 Dec 1870, Lippstadt Gemeinde, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 1948, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    +2. Starkebaum, Henriette Caroline Amelia,   b. 5 Feb 1873, Lippstadt Gemeinde, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1960, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Starkebaum, Augusta Johanne Luise,   b. 15 Mar 1875, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1938, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     4. Starkebaum, Heinrich Friederich,   b. 9 Aug 1877, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1879, Lippstadt Gemeinde, Elkhorn Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    +5. Starkebaum, Emma Wilhelmina,   b. 10 Mar 1880, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1973, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +6. Starkebaum, Wilhelm Friederich,   b. 15 Mar 1883, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1969, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +7. Starkebaum, Emilie Friederika Elise,   b. 22 Feb 1886, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1914, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    +8. Starkebaum, Edwin August Albert,   b. 15 Nov 1888, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jan 1972, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     9. Starkebaum, Samuel Heinrich Albert,   b. 6 Jan 1893, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1969, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     10. Starkebaum, Benjamin L.,   b. 6 Jan 1893, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Aug 1893, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMoved To - 1879 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Jan 1893 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 Jan 1893 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.

    2. [S22] Obituary.
      From a German language obituary in an undated and unidentified publication. Translated transcription provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker. The obituary notes that Mrs. Henry Starkebaum was born Henrietta Riechert (also spelled Reichers in the same obituary) and that she reached an age of about 42 1/2 years. If correct, this would place her birth in 1850.

    3. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 8.
      Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers, child of Johann Heinrich Riechers and Hanne Wilhelmine Amalie Hollander, born 12 June 1850 in Alverdissen, Lippe.

    4. [S86] Martin Henning Meier, Genealogical research.
      Full name. Full date. Town, principality (country).

    5. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers was born 12 June 1850 at Alverdissen, Lippe Detmold.

    6. [S66] Salem United Church of Christ, Historical Highlights of Salem United Church of Christ, 1870-1995 (Higginsville, Missouri: Salem United Church of Christ, 1995), Church minutes for 14 February 1879 [no published page number].
      "Two new members were added: Heinrich and Henrietta Starkebaum and Heinrich and Caroline Fahrmeyer."

    7. [S22] Obituary.
      From a German language obituary in an undated and unidentified publication. Translated transcription provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker.

    8. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 8.
      Johanne died 8 January 1893 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    9. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Johanne Henrietta Luise (Riechers) Starkebaum died 8 January 1893 at Higginsville of complications from child-birth.

    10. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), Names.

    11. [S86] Martin Henning Meier, Genealogical research, Names. Full date. Town, principality (country).

    12. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Names of husband and wife. Full date. County and state.

    13. [S22] Obituary.
      The date of the marriage to "Miss Henrietta Riechers" is noted in a newspaper obituary for 'Henry Fred Fiegenbaum' in the Higginsville Advance, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri on Friday Febraury 9, 1923. The place of marriage is not mentioned. Photocopy provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker.

    14. [S22] Obituary.
      From a German language obituary in an undated and unidentified publication. Translated transcription provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker. The obituary notes that "Henrietta Riechers Starkebaum" is the wife of Henry Starkebaum, but does not mention a date or place for the marriage.

    15. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 8.
      Heinrich Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers married 19 January 1870 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    16. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Heinrich Friederich/Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Reichers were married 19 January 1869 at Lippstadt Church in Warren County, Missouri.

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 49.
      Henrietta Carolina Amelia Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Starkebaum and Henrietta Riechers, was born on 5 February 1873 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    18. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Henry Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1923; Certificate of Death #1669a.
      Accessed on 6 July 2006 and 29 January 2013.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #1669a. For Henry Starkebaum. A white, male born on 1 July 1838 in Germany. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of his spouse was not recorded. Personal information was provided by Wm. Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.


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