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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Bertha A. 
    Born 7 Feb 1884  Pin Oak Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Gender Female 
    Census Apr 1940  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 

    •      According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, the household at 631 Kansas, in Ward 4, was headed by Bertha Sooy, a 56 year old widow, working in the home. Also in the household was her son, Edward Sooy, age 29 and single; her sister, Carrie Fiegenbaum, age 46 and single; and a lodger, Bertha Schroeder, age 34 and single. All four had lived together in the same home in April 1935.
           Edward was working as an operator in an oil refinery. He had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,700. Carrie was employed as a supervisor for the phone company. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,040. Bertha Schroeder was an operator for the phone company. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $875.
    Died 4 Oct 1968  Highland, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10, 11] 

    •      According to an obituary published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois), Bertha had been a resident of Anna-Henry Nursing Home at Edwardsville since January 1966. She died at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's Hospital, at Highland, where she had been a patient for ten days.
    Buried 7 Oct 1968  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12] 
    • Bertha was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, next to her husband.
    Person ID I3961  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 22 May 2016 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Frederick Adolph,   b. 15 Aug 1851, Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1931, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Kriege, Amelia Maria,   b. 7 Oct 1855, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1895, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1874  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Family ID F1294  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sooy, Oscar Leroy,   b. 19 Aug 1882, Morgan County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1914  (Age 32 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1909  Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24] 

    •      According to marriage records at Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa, O. L. Sooy, of Jacksonville, Illinois and Bertha Fiegenbaum, of Jacksonville, Illinois, received marriage license 8470 on 12 August 1909. O. L. Sooy, age 27 at his next birthday and a nurse, was the son of S. A. Sooy and Sarah Smith and born in Morgan County, Illinois. Bertha Fiegenbaum, age 26 at her next birthday, was the daughter of F. A. Fiegenbaum and Amelia Kriege and born in Madison County, Illinois. They were married on 12 August 1909 at Keokuk, Iowa by J. W. Potter, minister. Mrs. J. W. Potter and Mrs. Grace Raibes were witnesses. The marriage license was returned on 12 August 1909.
    Children 
     1. Sooy, Edward Leroy,   b. 1910,   d. 1 Sep 2001  (Age 91 years)
     2. Sooy, Ruth Lorene,   b. 1913,   d. 1995  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Bertha Fiegenbaum; born 1884. Daughter of Frederick Adolph Fiegenbaum and Maria Emilia Kriege.

    2. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
      "Oscar L Sooy, 1882 - 1914; Bertha F. Sooy, 1884 - 1968." Photo taken by Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 23 October 2004 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville, Illinois.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 56-57, 109.
      Bertha Fiegenbaum, a child of Frederick A. Fiegenbaum and Amelia Kriege, was born in 1884. No place given.

    4. [S211] Article or notice, "Former Alderman Fiegenbaum Dies At Edwardsville".
      Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois). Friday, 13 February 1931; Page 22, column 6-7. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through NewspaperArchive.com at (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=115836205) in October 2011.
           "He [Fred A. Fiegenbaum] is survived by...three daughters, Mrs. Theodore O. Prott, Miss Carrie Fiegenbaum, and Mrs. Bertha Sooy...."

    5. [S22] Obituary, "Death of Mrs. Amelia M. Fiegenbaum".
      Published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois); Friday, 5 April 1895.
           A transcription of the obituary was shared by Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 1 November 2003 via email.
           Also avialable online at the USGenWeb Project. Madison County Illinois Archives. Obituaries. Various April 1895. (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/madison/obits/v/various46nob.txt). Submitted by Missi Darnell; 31 March 2006. Accessed on 14 April 2006.
           "She leaves surviving...seven children, four boys and three girls, viz: William, George, Otto, Charles, Minnie, Bertha and Caroline."

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 849, page 8B. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 4, Supervisor’s District 22, Enumeration District 60-43, census sheet 8B, enumerated on 25 April 1940; Bertha Sooy household, 631 Kansas, dwelling 181, lines 52-55. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2012.
           In the household was: 52) Sooy, Bertha; head of household; female; white; age 56; born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, Bertha would have been born about 1883-1884. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for this person.

    7. [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), Sooy-Fiegenbaum 1909.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Volume: 436 (Emmet-Muscatine). The following is a transcription of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Lee, at Keokuk for the year ending June 30, 1910. License Number: 8470. Date of License: 12 August 1909. Bride's name: Bertha Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if widow: [no entry]. Bride's birth place: Madison County, Illinois. Bride's father's name: F. A. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Amelia Kriege. When and where married: Keokuk, Iowa; 12 August 1909.
           By calculation from this data, Bertha Fiegenbaum, age 25 at the time of the marriage in 1909, would have been born about 1883-1884. For full details of this record, see the sources for the Sooy-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    8. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy. Memorial #128048490.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128048490 ). Accessed in May 2016. Record created by "TammyGღ" on 16 April 2014. Digital image of grave marker added by "TammyGღ" on 2 May 2014. This is a shared stone with Oscar L. Sooy (1882-1914).
           The Find A Grave memorial included an image of the grave marker, a transcription of an obituary which was identified as having been published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois) on Saturday, 5 October 1968, page 3, and at least one additional unidentified source of information. The transcribed obituary used the name "Mrs. Bertha Sooy." The name engraved on the grave marker is "Bertha F. Sooy." The Find A Grave memorial used the name Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy.
           According to transcribed obituary, Mrs. Bertha Sooy was born "Feb. 7, 1884, in Pin Oak Township, Madison County, she was a daughter of the late Fred and Amelia Kriege Fiegenbaum." "Two sisters and four brothers also preceded her in death." The Find A Grave memorial reported that Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy was born on 7 February 1884 in Madison County, Illinois. Only the year of birth was engraved on the grave marker.

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 849, page 8B. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 4, Supervisor’s District 22, Enumeration District 60-43, census sheet 8B, enumerated on 25 April 1940; Bertha Sooy household, 631 Kansas, dwelling 181, lines 52-55. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2012.
           The household consisted of: 52) Sooy, Bertha; head of household; owns home, value=$4,000; household is not a farm; female; white; age 56; widow; did not attend school since 1 March 1940; highest grade of school completed=8; born in Illinois; lived in same house in April 1935; was not engaged in private or nonemergency government work during week of 24-30 March; was not assigned to public emergency work during week of 24-30 March; was not seeking work; did not have a job; engaged in home housework; worked 0 weeks in 1939, earned $0; did receive income from sources other than wages or salary. 53) Sooy, Edward; son; male; white; age 29; single; did not attend school since 1 March 1940; highest grade of school completed=H-4 (four years of high school); born in Illinois; lived in same house in April 1935; was engaged in private or nonemergency government work during week of 24-30 March; worked 40 hours during the week of March 24-30, 1940; occupation=operator, in oil refinery; class of worker=PW (wage or salary worker in private work); worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $1,700; did not receive income from sources other than wages or salary. 54) Fiegenbaum, Carrie; sister; female; white; age 46; single; did not attend school since 1 March 1940; highest grade of school completed=H-2 (two years of high school); born in Illinois; lived in same house in April 1935; was engaged in private or nonemergency government work during week of 24-30 March; worked 40 hours during the week of March 24-30, 1940; occupation=supervisor, in telephone company; class of worker=PW (wage or salary worker in private work); worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $1,040; did not receive income from sources other than wages or salary. 55) Schroeder, Bertha; lodger; female; white; age 34; single; did not attend school since 1 March 1940; highest grade of school completed=8; born in Missouri; lived in same house in April 1935; was engaged in private or nonemergency government work during week of 24-30 March; worked 40 hours during the week of March 24-30, 1940; occupation=operator, in telephone company; class of worker=PW (wage or salary worker in private work); worked 52 weeks in 1939, earned $875; did not receive income from sources other than wages or salary.

    10. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Bertha died in 1968.

    11. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy. Memorial #128048490.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128048490 ). Accessed in May 2016. Record created by "TammyGღ" on 16 April 2014. Digital image of grave marker added by "TammyGღ" on 2 May 2014. This is a shared stone with Oscar L. Sooy (1882-1914).
           The Find A Grave memorial included an image of the grave marker, a transcription of an obituary which was identified as having been published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois) on Saturday, 5 October 1968, page 3, and at least one additional unidentified source of information. The transcribed obituary used the name "Mrs. Bertha Sooy." The name engraved on the grave marker is "Bertha F. Sooy." The Find A Grave memorial used the name Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy.
           According to the Find A Grave memorial, Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy died at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. The transcribed obituary, published on Saturday, 5 October 1968, reported that "Mrs. Bertha Sooy, 84, a resident of Anna-Henry Nursing Home since January, 1966, died at 10:30 a.m. Friday in St. Joseph's Hospital, Highland, where she had been a patient ten days." Highland, in Madison County, is a town about 20 miles west of Edwardsville.

    12. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy. Memorial #128048490.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128048490 ). Accessed in May 2016. Record created by "TammyGღ" on 16 April 2014. Digital image of grave marker added by "TammyGღ" on 2 May 2014. This is a shared stone with Oscar L. Sooy (1882-1914).
           The Find A Grave memorial included an image of the grave marker, a transcription of an obituary which was identified as having been published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois) on Saturday, 5 October 1968, page 3, and at least one additional unidentified source of information. The transcribed obituary used the name "Mrs. Bertha Sooy." The name engraved on the grave marker is "Bertha F. Sooy." The Find A Grave memorial used the name Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy.
           The transcribed obituary, published on Saturday, 5 October 1968, reported that Mrs. Bertha Sooy "was a member of Immanuel Methodist Church and a charter member of the W.S.C.S. of the church." "Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Weber Funeral Home, with the Rev. Philip Gardner officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery." The Find A Grave memorial reported that the burial plot, shared with her husband, is in Section 4, Lot 7.

    13. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Frederick A Fiegenbaum and Amelia Kriege were married in 1874.

    14. [S22] Obituary, for Fred A. Fiegenbaum.
      Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer; Thursday, 12 February 1931; page 1, column 2. "Mr. Fiegenbaum was the father of eight children, his first wife and three of the children preceeding him in death. His first wife was Miss Amelia Kriege who died in 1895. His second wife, Mrs. Fredericka Fiegenbaum, and five children survive."

    15. [S110] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/marriage.html - last confirmed in March 2012), Fiegenbaum-Kriege marriage.
      Accessed in August 2003. According to the text-only index, "Frederick A. Fiegenbaum" and "Emilia Kriege" were granted marriage license number 0403 (volume 7, page 21) on 27 March 1874 in Madison County, Illinois. The marriage may or may not have taken place on the same date.

    16. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research, Fiegenbaum-Kreige marriage.
      Citing the record in Marriage Register 7, page 21, Madison County, Illinois, Frederick A. Fiegenbaum and Maria Emilia Kriege were married on 27 March 1874 by Phil Hehner, Minister of the Gospel.

    17. [S22] Obituary, "Death of Mrs. Amelia M. Fiegenbaum".
      Published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois); Friday, 5 April 1895. A transcription of the obituary was shared by Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 1 November 2003 via email. The obituary was also available online at the USGenWeb Project. Madison County Illinois Archives. Obituaries. Various April 1895. ( http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/madison/obits/v/various46nob.txt ). Submitted by Missi Darnell; 31 March 2006. Accessed on 14 April 2006.
           Fred A. Fiegenbaum and Amelia Mary Kriege were married on 27 March 1874. She was survived by seven children: four boys and three girls. The children named in the death notice were: William, George, Otto, Charles, Minnie, Bertha and Caroline.

    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), Sooy-Fiegenbaum 1909.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Volume: 436 (Emmet-Muscatine). The following is a transcription of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Lee, at Keokuk for the year ending June 30, 1910. License Number: 8470. Date of License: 12 August 1909. Bride's name: Bertha Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if widow: [no entry]. Bride's birth place: Madison County, Illinois. Bride's father's name: F. A. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Amelia Kriege.
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Sooy-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    19. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Oscar L Sooy [sic] and Bertha Fiegenbaum were married in 1909. No place of marriage given.

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 109.
      Oscar L. Scoy [sic] and Bertha Fiegenbaum were married in 1909. No place given.

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1940 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T627, roll 849, page 8B. Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville, Ward 4, Supervisor’s District 22, Enumeration District 60-43, census sheet 8B, enumerated on 25 April 1940; Bertha Sooy household, 631 Kansas, dwelling 181, lines 52-55. Access through Ancestry.com in October 2012.
           In the household was: 52) Sooy, Bertha; head of household; female; white; age 56; widow.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for these individuals..

    22. [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), Sooy-Fiegenbaum 1909.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Volume: 436 (Emmet-Muscatine). The following is a transcription of relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the county of Lee, at Keokuk for the year ending June 30, 1910. License Number: 8470. Date of License: 12 August 1909. Who made Affidavit: C. A. Wright. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: O. L. Sooy. Groom's place of residence: Jacksonville, Illinois. Groom's occupation: Nurse. Groom's age at next birthday: 27. Groom's color: white. Groom's race: Caucasian. Number of Groom's marriage: first. Groom's birth place: Morgan County, Illinois. Groom's father's name: S. A. Sooy. Groom's mother's name: Sarah Smith. Bride's name: Bertha Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Jacksonville, Illinois. Bride's age at next birthday: 26. Bride's color: white. Bride's race: Caucasian. Number of Bride's marriage: first. Bride's birth place: Madison County, Illinois. Bride's father's name: F. A. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Amelia Kriege. When and where married: Keokuk, Iowa; 12 August 1909. Witnesses: Mrs. J. W. Potter; Mrs. Grace Raibes. By whom married: J. W. Potter, minister. Date of return: 12 August 1909. When registered: [no entry].

    23. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Oscar Leroy 'Roy' Sooy. Memorial #128049422.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128049422 ). Accessed in May 2016. Record created by "TammyGღ" on 16 April 2014. Digital image of grave marker added by "TammyGღ" on 2 May 2014. This is a shared marker with Bertha F. Sooy (1884-1968).
           This Find A Grave memorial included an image of the grave marker and at least one additional unidentified source of information. The name engraved on the shared grave marker is "Oscar L. Sooy." The name used for the Find A Grave memorial was "Oscar Leroy 'Roy' Sooy."
           According to the Find A Grave memorial, Oscar Leroy 'Roy' Sooy was married to "Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy (1884-1968)." The wife's name as engraved on the shared grave marker is "Berth F. Sooy."

    24. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy. Memorial #128048490.
      ( http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=128048490 ). Accessed in May 2016. Record created by "TammyGღ" on 16 April 2014. Digital image of grave marker added by "TammyGღ" on 2 May 2014. This is a shared stone with Oscar L. Sooy (1882-1914).
           The Find A Grave memorial included an image of the grave marker, a transcription of an obituary which was identified as having been published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois) on Saturday, 5 October 1968, page 3, and at least one additional unidentified source of information. The transcribed obituary used the name "Mrs. Bertha Sooy." The name engraved on the grave marker is "Bertha F. Sooy." The Find A Grave memorial used the name Bertha A. (Fiegenbaum) Sooy.
           According to transcribed obituary, Mrs. Bertha Sooy "was married to Oscar (Roy) Sooy on Aug. 12, 1909, in Keokuk, Iowa. He preceded her in death on Dec. 28, 1914." The Find A Grave memorial identified the husband as "Oscar Leroy Sooy." The name engraved on the shared burial marker is "Oscar L. Sooy."


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