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Begemann, August William

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  • Name Begemann, August William 
    Born 23 Feb 1928  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Aug 2006  Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 


    • The following obituary appeared in an unidentified and undated newspaper (perhaps the Higginsville Advance, of Higginsville, Missouri).

      August W. Begemann

           August W. Begemann, 78, Higginsville, a native and longtime resident of the Mayview community, died August 13, 2006, at Lafayette Regional Health Center, Lexington.
           He was born February 23, 1928, the son of August Henry and Emma Florentine Fiegenbaum Begemann, in Mayview.
           He was married on February 20, 1949, to Mary Lou Powell, at the Zion United Church of Christ, Mayview.
           Begemann was an Army veteran, receiving a discharge on March 5, 1960. He served with the rank of corporal during the Korean Conflict, in the Marshall Islands.
           He and his wife lived on their Mayview farm from 1969 until moving to Meyer Care Center. He was a livestock and crop farmer and was employed as a postal carrier. He served on the Zion UCC Council and was a member of its choir. He served on the Mayview Board of Education, Mayview Special Road District and was a 4-H leader.
           He was preceded in death by a sister, Lydia Jaecke.
           Survivors include his wife of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law, August William Jr., and Judy Begemann, Kansas City, Brett Douglas and Kathy Begemann, St. Louis: two daughters, Julie Laverne Bales, Green Ridge, Jennifer Lou Johnson, Lexington; six sisters, Irene Knehans, Ruby Fleischman, Clara Marie Werning, Grace Werning, Higginsville, Emmaline Janke, Abilene, Kan., Edna Ann Struchtemeyer, Lexington; two brothers, Edward and Martin Begemann, Higginsville; 11 grandchildren and their spouses, August W. III, and Michelle Begemann, Douglas E. Begemann, Brandie L. and Bobby Reilly, Dustin W. Bales, Kylie B. Bales, Patricia M. Begemann, Clint A. Johnson, Andrea L. Johnson, Maria S. Johnson; and a great-grandchild, Dylan A. Begemann.
           Services were held Tuesday at the church with the Rev. Debra Valentine officiating; burial in the Higginsville City Cemetery with military honors presented by the American Legion Post 223, Higginsville.
           Pallbearers were August W. III, Douglas E., Matthew B., James A. Begemann, Dustin W. Bales and Clint A. Johnson. Honorary pallbearers were Brandie L. Reilly, Kylie B. Bales, Patricia M. Begemann, Andrea L. Johnson, Maria S. Johnson, William Nuelle, David Wright, Martin Tempel, Jeff Sanders, Dr. L. E. Hanson, Maurice Hoefer and Melvin Cahill.
           Memorial contributions are suggested to the VFW National Home for Children and Research Medical Center Foundation, Pulmonary Associates Group, 2316, E. Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, Mo. 64132.
    Buried 15 Aug 2006  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Person ID I881  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2009 

    Father Begemann, August Henry,   b. 7 Jan 1893, Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1981, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Emma Florentine,   b. 14 Sep 1897, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1970, Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 6 Mar 1918  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21] 

    •      According to marriage records in Lafayette County, Missouri, "August H. Begemann," of Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, and "Emma Fiegenbaum," of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, received a marriage license at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri on 6 March 1918 and they were married on the same day at Mayview by "Rev. Th. Berlekamp." Rev. Berlekamp was pastor of Zion Evangelical Church from 1918 to 1920
    Census (family) Jan 1920  Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    • According to the 1920 U.S. enumeration, the household on Odessa and Mayview Road consisted of August H. Beggemann, a 27 year old farmer; his wife, Emma Beggemann, age 21; and their daughter, Irene Beggemann, 11 months old.
    Family ID F136  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Powell, Mary Lou,   b. 19 Feb 1928,   d. 11 Sep 2007  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 20 Feb 1949  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24, 25, 26] 
    • They were married at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church.
    Children 
    +1. Begemann, August William Jr.
    +2. Begemann, Julie Laverne
    +3. Begemann, Brett Douglas
    +4. Begemann, Jennifer Lou
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Feb 1928 - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Feb 1949 - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 15 Aug 2006 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      August William Begemann; born 23 February 1928.

    2. [S67] Emmaline (Begemann) Janke, Genealogical research.
      August William Begemann; born 23 February 1928.

    3. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 305.
      Selection: "August H. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. August H. and Emma (Fiegenbaum) Begemann "were the parents of ten children: ...Aug. Wm. ...."

    4. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      August William Begemann, child of August H. Begemann and Emma Fiegenbaum.

    5. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 105.
      August William Begemann was a child of August Henry Begemann and Emma Florentine Fiegenbaum. No date or place of birth.

    6. [S13] Funeral service remembrance card, August W. Begemann, 1928-2006.
      August W. Begemann was born on 23 February 1928 at Mayview, Missouri.

    7. [S258] The Family of August & Emma Begemann, Married March 6, 1918, compiled by the Begemann family ([No place given]: the Begemann family, July 7, 2013), [page 10] August W. Begemann-Mary Lou Powell family.
      August William Begemann, child of August Henry and Emman Florentine (Fiegenbaum) Begemann, was born on 23 February 1928. No place given.

    8. [S13] Funeral service remembrance card, August W. Begemann, 1928-2006.
      August W. Begemann died on 13 August 2006 at Lexington, Missouri.

    9. [S22] Obituary, August W. Begemann, 1928-2006.
      Obituary from an unidentified and undated newspaper (perhaps the Higginsville Advance, of Mayview, Missouri).

    10. [S22] Obituary, Emmaline A. Janke; 1924-2007.
      Kansas Obituary and Death Notice Collection - 246. Wednesday, 24 August 2011. Digital copy of a transcription of the obituary accessed through GenealogyBuff.com at (http://www.genealogybuff.com/ks/state/webbbs_config.pl/read/246) in October 2012. The original source of the obituary was not cited.
           Emmaline Augusta Janke was preceded in death by a brother, August William Begemann.

    11. [S258] The Family of August & Emma Begemann, Married March 6, 1918, compiled by the Begemann family ([No place given]: the Begemann family, July 7, 2013), [page 10] August W. Begemann-Mary Lou Powell family.
      August William Begemann died on 13 August 2006. No place given.

    12. [S13] Funeral service remembrance card, August W. Begemann, 1928-2006.
      The funeral service, conducted by Rev. Debra Valentine, was held at Zion United Church of Christ at Mayview, Missouri on 15 August 2006 at 10:30 a.m. Internment was in City Cemetery at Higginsville Missouri. Casket bearers were Dustin W. Bales, August W. Begemann, III, Douglas E. Begemann, James A Begemann, Matthew B. Begemann, Clint A. Johnson. Honorary casket bearers were Kyle B. Bales, Patricia M. Begemann, Melvin Cahill, Dr. L. E. Hanson, Maurice Hoefer, Andrea L. Johnson, Maria S. Johnson, William Nuelle, Brandie L. Reily, Jeff Sanders, Martin Tempel, David Wright.

    13. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      August Henry Begemann and Emma Florentine Fiegenbaum; married 6 March 1918.

    14. [S67] Emmaline (Begemann) Janke, Genealogical research.
      August Henry Begemann and Emma Florentine Fiegenbaum; married 6 March 1918.

    15. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, images 1,207-1,208. SMissouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, census sheets 8A & 8B, enumerated on 23-28 January 1920; August H. Beggemann household, farm on Odessa and Mayview Road, dwelling 189, family 195, lines 50-52. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           In the household was: 50) Beggemann, August H; head; male; white; age 27; married; and, 51) Beggemann, Emma; wife; female; white; age 21; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for these individuals.

    16. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), Volume 1, page 305.
      Account: "August H. Begemann Family" submitted by Clara Werning. August H. Begemann "married Emma Fiegenbaum...on March 6, 1918." No place is given.

    17. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 150.
      Begemann: August H (Henry); 7 Jan 1893; 9 Dec 1981; (son Carl. Aug. Begemann & Wilh. Wehking). Emma F; 14 Sep 1897; 22 Feb 1970; (m. 6 Mar 1918; dau. Wm Fiegenbaum & Henrietta).
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscription. These additional sources are not identified.

    18. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      August H. Begemann and Emma Fiegenbaum married. No date or place given.

    19. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 105.
      August Henry Begemann and Emma Florentine Fiegenbaum were married on 6 March 1918 at Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    20. [S258] The Family of August & Emma Begemann, Married March 6, 1918, compiled by the Begemann family ([No place given]: the Begemann family, July 7, 2013), front page.
      August Henry Begemann and Emma Florentine Fiegenbaum. Married 6 March 1918.

    21. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), August H. Begemann-Emma Fiegenbaum; 1918; Lafayette County.
      Accessed in April 2016. A marriage license issued at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri on 6 March 1918 to August H. Begemann, of Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years and Emma Fiegenbaum, of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified that Rev. Th. Berlekamp did marry the above name persons at Mayview, Lafayette County, on 6 March 1918 and filed the Certificate of Marriage with the County Recorder on 3 May 1918.

    22. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T625, roll 931, images 1,207-1,208. SMissouri, Lafayette County, Washington Township, Supervisor’s District 7, Enumeration District 124, census sheets 8A & 8B, enumerated on 23-28 January 1920; August H. Beggemann household, farm on Odessa and Mayview Road, dwelling 189, family 195, lines 50-52. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           The household consisted of: 50) Beggemann, August H; head; rents home; male; white; age 27; married; can read; can write; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Missouri; speaks English; occupation=farmer, gen. farm; employment status=Em; #178 on farm schedule. 51) Beggemann, Emma; wife; female; white; age 21; married; can read; can write; born in Missouri; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; speaks English; occupation=none. 52) Beggemann, Irene; daughter; female; white; age 11 months; single; born in Missouri; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; occupation=none.

    23. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      August W. Begemann and Mary Lou Powell were married on 20 February 1949.

    24. [S67] Emmaline (Begemann) Janke, Genealogical research.
      August W. Begemann and Mary Lou Powell were married on 20 February 1949.

    25. [S22] Obituary, August W. Begemann, 1928-2006.
      "He was married on February 20, 1949, to Mary Lou Powell, at the Zion United Church of Christ, Mayview."

    26. [S258] The Family of August & Emma Begemann, Married March 6, 1918, compiled by the Begemann family ([No place given]: the Begemann family, July 7, 2013), [page 10] August W. Begemann-Mary Lou Powell family.
      August William Begemann and Mary Lou Powell were married on 20 February 1949. No place given.


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