Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann

Other Events:

• Baptism: 22 Jan 1860, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Aug 1860, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Jun 1870, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Confirmation: 3 Apr 1874, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Jun 1880, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
His parents wrote the following about their son:

          1859
     unser Sohn Heinrich Hermann ist geboren den 16 December
     Morgan um 4 uhr und getauft den 22 Januar, 1860

In translation:

          1859
     our son Heinrich Hermann was born on the 16th of December
     at 4 o'clock in the morning and baptized on the 22nd of January, 1860



Baptism:
Heinrich'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). The sponsor was Heinrich Aufderhar [sic].

Census:
According to the 1870 U.S. enumeration, Henry Fiegenbaum, a 10 year old male, at school, lived on a farm served by the Hopewell post office with Herm [sic] Fiegenbaum, a 46 year old male farmer; Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum, a 35 year old female keeping house; and six other 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.

Confirmation:
Heinrich's confirmation is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).

Census:
According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, Henry Fiegenbaum, a 20 year old laborer, lived on a farm with his parents, Herman Fiegenbaum (age 57), a farmer, and Florentine Fiegenbaum (age 46) keeping house, and his six siblings: 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).

Buried:
Heinrich is buried in the cemetery of the present-day Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville (Lafayette County), Missouri.