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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Adelaide Katherine 
    Born 14 May 1880  La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 

    •      Some resources consulted have reported that Adelaide was born in Illinois or Iowa, but I believe Wisconsin is the correct location. This is the place I will use until further research can resolve this issue.
    Gender Female 
    Census Jun 1880  La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 

    •      According to the 1880 enumeration of Ferry Street, "Adelina," born in May in Wisconsin, lived with Henry (age 43) and "Hellwig" (age 28) Fiegenbaum, and 2 brothers and 2 sisters. Also in the home were a boarder, "Edward Hellberg" (age 20) and a servant, Henriette Hellwig, (age 24); they may have been related to "Hellwig" Fiegenbaum.
    Died 27 Feb 1936  Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 11] 
    Buried Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • She was buried in Wendell Cemetery.
    Person ID I301  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 30 May 2016 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Rudolph,   b. 2 Jan 1837, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1908, Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Hellweg, Maria Elisabeth,   b. 21 Oct 1851, Franklin County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1924, Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1878  Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    • A biographical sketch of Henry, published in 1913, states the he and his second wife, Elisabeth Hellweg had four children. At that time of the biography, the eldest daughter had died at the age of 16. The surviving children were: Mrs. Fr. Vetsch of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Aaron Eaton of Mesa, Washington; and Rudolf [sic] Fiegenbaum of Wendell, Idaho.
    Census (family) 1880  La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • According to the 1880 enumeration of Ferry Street, the household consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 43, born in Missouri, married, a Methodist pastor; "Hellwig" Fiegenbaum, wife, age 28, born in Missouri, married, keeping house; Emma Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 16, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; Charles Fiegenbaum, son, age 10, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; Arthur Fiegenbaum, son, age 7, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; "Lulea" Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 1, born in Wisconsin, single; "Adelina" Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 1 month, born in May 1880 in Wisconsin; "Edward Hellberg," male, age 20, born in Illinois, a boarder; single; and Henriette Hellwig, female, age 24, born in Missouri, a servant, single.
    Residence (family) Sep 1899  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    • An account of the 50th wedding anniversary of "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum," celebrated on 27 September 1899 at Edwardsville, Illinois, noted that one of William's three brothers was "...Rudolph of Garner, Iowa...."
    Census (family) 1900  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    • According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry R. Fiegenbaum, head of the household, born January 1840 in Missouri, age 60, married, for 22 years, a minister in the German Methodist Episcopal Church; Mary E. Fiegenbaum, wife, born October 1862 in Missouri, age 47; married for 22 years, the mother of 4 children (3 still living); Elsie A. Fiegenbaum, daughter, born July 1882 in Iowa, age 17, attending school; and Rudolph E. D. Fiegenbaum, son, born February 1885 in Kansas, age 15, attending school. Also in the household was Catherine Schneider, a boarder, born February 1873 in Iowa, age 27, single, a dry goods saleswoman.
           According to other sources, Henry and Mary appear younger in this enumeration than they really were.
    Residence (family) 1901  Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22] 
    Residence (family) Nov 1906  Connell, Franklin County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24] 
    • According to an obituary for his brother, "Rev. William Fiegenbaum," published on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the deceased was survived by his brother, "...Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington...."
           Rudolph had been living near Connell since at least 1902. Hein and Anna Cathrina (Nuehs) Klindworth relocated from Nokomis, Illinois to Connell, Washington in September 1902 after having purchased a "relinquishment on a homestead situated nearly two miles south of the town of Connell" from "a bearded gentleman by the name of Rudolph Fiegenbaum, a retired German Methodist minister who was farming southeast of Connell and who at the same time was the part time real estate agent through whom Father had purchased the relinquishment."
    Family ID F103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Vetsch, Fred J.,   b. Jul 1875, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1925  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 14 Mar 1900  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 25, 26, 27, 28] 

    •      According to marriage records in Hancock County, Iowa, Fred J. Vetsch, of Pipestone, Minnesota and Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum, of Garner, Iowa, received a marriage license on 13 March 1900 (license number not provided). Fred J. Vetsch, a salesman who would be age 25 at his next birthday, was the son of Jacob Vetsch and Matilda Kuhn and had been born at Rock Island, Illinois. Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum, who would be age 20 at her next birthday, was the daughter of H. R. Fiegenbaum and Elizabeth M. Fiegenbaum [sic] and had been born at La Crosse, Wisconsin. They were married on 14 March 1900 in the German Methodist Episcopal Church, at Garner, Iowa by H. R. Fiegenbaum, "minister." This was the first marriage for both bride and groom.
    Census (family) Jun 1900  Pipestone, Pipestone County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [29] 

    •      According to the 1900 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of 38 persons. A family of five ran the home and two other persons were identified as servants. All the rest were boarders. Two of these were Fred J. Vetsch, a 25 year old traveling salesman, and his wife, Adaline [sic] K. Vetsch, age 20. They were recently married.
    Census (family) Apr 1910  Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [30] 

    •      According to the 1910 U.S. enumeration, the household at 1914 Fourth Avenue, in Ward 7, consisted of Fred T. Vetsch, a traveling salesman, and his wife of 10 years, Adalaid Vetsch, age 29 and the mother of two children. Those children were still living and were residents of the household: Faith Vetsch, age 9 and in school; and Winifred Vetsch, age 5. It appears that Fred's age was recorded as 54, but this should very probably have been written as 34 instead. Also in the home was a roomer, Henry H. Hudson, age 21 and without an occupation.
    Children 
     1. Vetsch, Faith,   b. Abt 1900–1901, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Vetsch, Winifred Adelaide,   b. 1 Mar 1905, Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1930, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F2527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Adelaide Katherine Fiegenbaum; daughter of Heinrich Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Mary Elizabeth Helwig; born 14 May 1880 in La Crosse (La Crosse County), Wisonsin. Nickname was Addie.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
           In the household was: 06) Fiegenbaum, Adelina; white; female; age 1 month; born May [1880]; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person's parents.

    3. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Idaho, Death Index, 1890-1962.
      (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6856&enc=1). Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Accessed in April 2014.
           Adelaide Fiegenbaum Vetsch, child of R. Fiegenbaum (born in Missouri) and Mary E. Helwig (born in Iowa), was born in Iowa; no date of birth given. She died on 27 February 1936 at Wendell, Gooding, Idaho, USA. Certificate Number: 097222 (year: 1936).

    4. [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), Vetsch-Fiegenbaum 1900.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 401 (Hamilton-Osceola). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Hancock for the year ending 1 December 1900. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by S. D. [Wormeldorf?], Clerk District Court, on 28 May 1901.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: 13 March 1900. Who made Affidavit: [no entry]. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Bride's name: Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Garner, Iowa. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 20. Bride's color: white. Bride's race: German. Number of Bride's marriage: first. Bride's birth place: La Crosse, Wisconsin. Bride's father's name: H. R. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Elizabeth M. Fiegenbaum [sic].
           By calculation from this data, Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum, age 19 at the time of the marriage in 1900, would have been born about 1880-1881. For full details of this record, see the sources for the Vetsch-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T623, roll 780, page 22A. Minnesota, Pipestone County, Pipestone, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 230, census sheet 22A, enumerated on 23 June 1900; William Smith household, dwelling 436, family 436, lines 10-11. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2016.
           In the household was: 11) Vetsch, Adaline [sic] K.; white; female; born in May 1880; age 20; born in Illinois; father in Missouri; mother born in Wisconsin.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [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 430, page 2A. Iowa, Woodbury County, Sioux City, Ward 7, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 210, census sheet 2A, enumerated on 16 April 1910; Fred T. Vetsch household, 1914 Fourth Avenue, dwelling 33, family 35, lines 38-42. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2015.
           In the household was: 39) Vetsch, Adalaid; wife; female; white; age 29; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri.
           By calculation from the information provided, Adalaid would have been born about 1880-1881. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person.

    7. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Adelaide F. Vetsch. Memorial #38439398.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38439398 ). Accessed in April 2016. Record created and digital image of grave marker added by "Robert Bailey.". This is not a shared grave marker.
           According to her grave marker, Adelaide F. Vetsch was born in 1880 and died 1936. According to the Find A Grave memorial, burial was in Wendell Cemetery (Block 08, Lot 03, Plot 02) at Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA.

    8. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa State Census, 1905.
      ( http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60725 ). Accessed in April 2016. The text-only index provided the following data from the Iowa State Census 1905 (The State Historical Society, Des Moines, Iowa): Name: Adelaide Vetsch. Birth Year: 1905. Birth Place: Iowa. Gender: Female. Age: 0. Marital Status: Single. Residence Year: 1905. Residence Place: Woodbury, Iowa, United States. Father Birth Place: Illinois. Mother Birth Place: Wisconsin. Family History Library Film Number: 001430697.

    9. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Idaho, Death Records, 1890-1930.
      ( http://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60566 ). Mrs. Winifred A. Sanderson, 1905-1930. Accessed in April 2016. The following was taken from a digital image of State of Idaho, Certificate of Death 68972. Registration District 2; Primary Registration District 1004; Local Registrar 5.
           Mrs. Winifred A. Sanderson, a white female resident of Boise, Idaho for 2 years, 6 months, was born on 1 March 1905 at Sioux City Iowa, the daughter of Fred J. Vetsch (born in Wisconsin) and Adelaide Fiegenbaum (born in Wisconsin). At the time of death she was married to Stanley Sanderson. Personal information was provided by Mrs. A. Vetsch, of Wendall [sic], Idaho.
           For additional details from this source, consult the citations for this person's death.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
           The household consisted of: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 43; married; Methodist pastor; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 01) Fiegenbaum, Hellwig; white; female; age 28; wife; married; keeping house; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 02) Fiegenbaum, Emma; white; female; age 16; daughter; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 03) Fiegenbaum, Charles; white; male; age 10; son; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 04) Fiegenbaum, Arthur; white; male; age 7; son; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 05) Fiegenbaum, Lulea; white; female; age 1; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 06) Fiegenbaum, Adelina; white; female; age 1 month; born May [1880]; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 07) Hellberg, Edward; white; male; age 20; boarder; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 08) Hellwig, Henriette; white; female; age 24; servant; single; servant; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany.

    11. [S113] Web site, Idaho State Death Index 1911-1956.
      http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/fhc/Death/searchForm.cfm). ID 120392. Accessed in April 2014.
           Adelaide Fiegenbaum Vetsch died on 27 February 1936 at Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho. Her date of birth was not known. Certificate Number 097222.

    12. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Heinrich Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Mary Elizabeth Helwig; married 27 January 1878 in Charles City (Floyd County), Iowa.

    13. [S133] E. W. Henke, et al, Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert (Charles City, Iowa: The Conference, 1913), page 97.
      Henry Rudolf [sic] Fiegenbaum and Elisabeth Hellweg; married 1878. Elisabeth was a daughter of Rev. Peter Hellweg of the German Episcopal Methodist Church. Four children were born to Henry and Elisabeth. The eldest daughter died at the age of sixteen. Still living at the time the biographical sketch in this book was written (published in 1913) were: Mrs. Fr. Vetsch of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Aaron Eaton of Mesa, Washington; and Rudolf Fiegenbaum of Wendell, Idaho.

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
           In the household was: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 43; married. 01) Fiegenbaum, Hellwig; white; female; age 28; wife; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this couple.

    15. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Cemetery Records. "Henry R. Fiegenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Accessed in July 2009. Original data is from Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.
           Name: Henry R. Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 1837. Death date: 11 September 1908. Cemetery: Concord. Town: Garner. Comment: wif: Elizabeth Helvig [sic]; chi: Mrs. Fred Betsch; chi: Mrs. Aron Eaton; chi: Rudolph. WPA index page no.: 13. "Level info: Gravestone Records of Cemeteries in Hancock County, Iowa."

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 434, page 299A (census sheet 12A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Hancock County, Concord Township, Garner, Supervisor’s District 10, Enumeration District 120, census census sheet 12A, enumerated on 18 June 1900; Henry R. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 235, family 237, lines 26-30. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           In the household was: 26) Fiegenbaum, Henry R.; head; white; male; married, for 22 years. 27) Fiegenbaum, Mary E.; wife; white; female; married, for 22 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for these people.

    17. [S22] Obituary, "Mrs. Adam Schneider." Garner Signal (Garner, Iowa), Wednesday, 13 June 1923; page 3, column 3.
      "She ["Mrs. Henrietta Hellwig Schneider"] is survived beside by...two sisters Mrs. Dr. Schneider of Conway, Mo., and Mrs. Rev. H. R. Fienenbaum [sic] of Wendell, Idaho,...."

    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), Vetsch-Fiegenbaum 1900.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 401 (Hamilton-Osceola). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Hancock for the year ending 1 December 1900. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by S. D. [Wormeldorf?], Clerk District Court, on 28 May 1901.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: 13 March 1900. Bride's name: Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Garner, Iowa. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 20. Bride's color: white. Bride's race: German. Number of Bride's marriage: first. Bride's birth place: La Crosse, Wisconsin. Bride's father's name: H. R. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Elizabeth M. Fiegenbaum [sic].
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Vetsch-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
           The household consisted of: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 43; married; Methodist pastor; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 01) Fiegenbaum, Hellwig; white; female; age 28; wife; married; keeping house; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 02) Fiegenbaum, Emma; white; female; age 16; daughter; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 03) Fiegenbaum, Charles; white; male; age 10; son; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 04) Fiegenbaum, Arthur; white; male; age 7; son; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 05) Fiegenbaum, Lulea; white; female; age 1; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 06) Fiegenbaum, Adelina; white; female; age 1 month; born May [1880]; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 07) Hellberg, Edward; white; male; age 20; boarder; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 08) Hellwig, Henriette; white; female; age 24; servant; single; servant; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany.

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 21-22.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration for "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum." Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 29 September 1899 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "The family is noted for the fact of its connection with the ministry. The three brothers, Henry of St. Joseph, Missouri; Fred of Oregon, Missouri; and Rudolph of Garner, Iowa, were all ministers, the former two now superannuated. The two sisters, Mrs. Minna Winter of Omaha, Nebraska and Mrs. Katherine Wellemeyer of Garner, Iowa, each married a minister."

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 434, page 299A (census sheet 12A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Hancock County, Concord Township, Garner, Supervisor’s District 10, Enumeration District 120, census census sheet 12A, enumerated on 18 June 1900; Henry R. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 235, family 237, lines 26-30. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           The household consisted of: 26) Fiegenbaum, Henry R.; head; white; male; born January 1840; age 60; married, for 22 years; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; Minister Germ M. E.; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; speaks English; rents home; home is a house. 27) Fiegenbaum, Mary E.; wife; white; female; born October 1862; age 47; married, for 22 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; speaks English. 28) Fiegenbaum, Elsie A.; daughter; white; female; born July 1882; age 17; single; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; at school; attended school for 9 months; can read; can write; speaks English. 29) Fiegenbaum, Rudolph E. D.; son; white; male; born February 1885; age 15; single; born in Kansas; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; at school; attended school for 9 months; can read; can write; speaks English. 30) Schneider, Catherine; boarder; white; female; born February 1873; age 27; single; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; Saleswoman Dry good; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; speaks English.

    22. [S268] Herbert Hunt and Floyd C. Kaylor, Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern (Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917), volume 2, pages 399-400; "Charles H. Fiegenbaum".
      "In 1901 he [Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum] arrived in eastern Washington, where he afterward lived a retired life, passing away in 1910 at the age of seventy-three years."

    23. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "Of the original family, two brothers and two sisters are living: Rev. Fred W. Fiegenbaum of Wathena, Kansas; Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington; Mrs. Wellemeyer of Warrenton, Missouri and Mrs. Winters of Oskaloosa, Iowa."

    24. [S217] Book, Edward Claus Klindworth, The Life of Hein and Katie Klindworth (S.l.: s.n., 1956); pages 12-13.
      Relocation from Nokomis, Illinois to Connell, Washington in September 1902 after having purchased a "relinquishment on a homestead" from "a bearded gentleman by the name of Rudolph Fiegenbaum."

    25. [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), Vetsch-Fiegenbaum 1900.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 401 (Hamilton-Osceola). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Hancock for the year ending 1 December 1900. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by S. D. [Wormeldorf?], Clerk District Court, on 28 May 1901.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: 13 March 1900. Who made Affidavit: [no entry]. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: Fred J. Vetsch. Groom's place of residence: Pipestone, Minnesota. Groom's occupation: salesman. Groom's age at NEXT birthday: 25. Groom's color: white. Groom's race: German. Number of Groom's marriage: first. Groom's birth place: Rock Island, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Jacob Vetsch. Groom's mother's maiden name: Matilda Kuhn. Bride's name: Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Garner, Iowa. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 20. Bride's color: white. Bride's race: German. Number of Bride's marriage: first. Bride's birth place: La Crosse, Wisconsin. Bride's father's name: H. R. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Elizabeth M. Fiegenbaum [sic]. Where and when married: German M. E. Church, Garner, Iowa; 14 March 1900. Witnesses: [no entry]. By whom married: H. R. Fiegenbaum, Min[ister]. Date of return: 23 March 1900. When registered: [no entry].

    26. [S280] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60284 in December 2017), Vetsch-Fiegenbaum 1900.
      Text-only database accessed in April 2014 and May 2016. Original data from Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. The following is a consilidation of the data for the groom and the bride.
           Groom's name: Fred J. Vetsch. Groom's birth date: [no entry]. Bride's name: Adelaide C. Fiegenbaum. Bride's birth date: 1880. Marriage Date: 14 Mar 1900. Marriage Place: Hancock [County?], Iowa. Family History Library Film Number: 1468398. Reference ID: 2:3J6QVCL.

    27. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T623, roll 780, page 22A. Minnesota, Pipestone County, Pipestone, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 230, census sheet 22A, enumerated on 23 June 1900; William Smith household, dwelling 436, family 436, lines 10-11. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2016.
           In the household was: 10) Vetsch, Fred J.; white; male; born in July 1875; age 25; married, for [1/4?; i.e., 1 quarter of a year, or 3 months?]; and, 11) Vetsch, Adaline [sic] K.; white; female; born in May 1880; age 20; married, for [1/4?; i.e., 1 quarter of a year, or 3 months?]; mother of 0 children, 0 still living.
           If the entry for length of marriage has been interpreted correctly, the marriage would have taken place in 1900. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for these individuals.

    28. [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 430, page 2A. Iowa, Woodbury County, Sioux City, Ward 7, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 210, census sheet 2A, enumerated on 16 April 1910; Fred T. Vetsch household, 1914 Fourth Avenue, dwelling 33, family 35, lines 38-42. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2015.
           In the household was: 38) Vetsch, Fred T.; head; male; white; age 54 [sic]; married (first marriage), for 10 years; and, 39) Vetsch, Adalaid; wife; female; white; age 29; married (first marriage), for 10 years; mother of 2 children, 2 children still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, the marriage would have taken place about 1889-1900. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for these individuals.

    29. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T623, roll 780, page 22A. Minnesota, Pipestone County, Pipestone, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 230, census sheet 22A, enumerated on 23 June 1900; William Smith household, dwelling 436, family 436, lines 10-11. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2016.
           The household consisted of: 10) Vetsch, Fred J.; boarder; white; male; born in July 1875; age 25; married, for [1/4?; i.e., 1 quarter of a year, or 3 months?]; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Switzerland; mother born in Germany; occupation=traveling salesman; can read; can write; can speak English. 11) Vetsch, Adaline [sic] K.; boarder; white; female; born in May 1880; age 20; married, for [1/4?; i.e., 1 quarter of a year, or 3 months?]; mother of 0 children, 0 still living; born in Illinois; father in Missouri; mother born in Wisconsin; occupation=wife; can read; can write; can speak English.

    30. [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 430, page 2A. Iowa, Woodbury County, Sioux City, Ward 7, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 210, census sheet 2A, enumerated on 16 April 1910; Fred T. Vetsch household, 1914 Fourth Avenue, dwelling 33, family 35, lines 38-42. Access through Ancestry.com in April 2015.
           The household consisted of: 38) Vetsch, Fred T.; head; male; white; age 54 [sic]; married (first marriage), for 10 years; born in Wisconsin; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=salesman, traveling; employment status=w [works on own account]; not out of work on 15 April 1909; 0 weeks out of work in 1909; can read; can write; owns home, with a mortgage; home is house, not a farm. 39) Vetsch, Adalaid; wife; female; white; age 29; married (first marriage), for 10 years; mother of 2 children, 2 children still living; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write. 40) Vetsch, Faith; daughter; female; white; age 9; single; born in Iowa; father born in Wisconsin; mother born in Wisconsin; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write; attended school since 1 September 1909. 41) Vetsch, Winifred; daughter; female; white; age 5; single; born in Iowa; father born in Wisconsin; mother born in Wisconsin; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write. 42) Hudson, Henry H.; roomer; male; whtie; age 21; single; born in Iowa; father born in New York; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write.


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