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Sooy, Edward Leroy

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  • Name Sooy, Edward Leroy 
    Born 1910  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census Apr 1940  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 

    •      According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, Edward Sooy, age 29 and single, lived at 631 Kansas, in Ward 4. The household was headed by Edward's mother, Bertha Sooy, a 56 year old widow who worked in the home. Also in the household was his mother's 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 1 Sep 2001  [4, 7] 
    Person ID I4061  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 22 May 2016 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Fiegenbaum, Bertha A.,   b. 7 Feb 1884, Pin Oak Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1968, Highland, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 12 Aug 1909  Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 

    •      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.
    Family ID F1336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eickmann, Dorothy M.,   b. 15 Jul 1924, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 2011, Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1974  [7, 14] 
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1378  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Edward Sooy, the son of Oscar L. Sooy and Bertha Fiegenbaum, was born in 1910. No place given.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 109.
      Edward Scoy [sic], a child of Oscar L. Scoy [sic] and Bertha Fiegenbaum, was born in 1910. No place given.

    3. [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: 53) Sooy, Edward; son; male; white; age 29; born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, Edward would have been born about 1910-1911. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1940 U.S. census for this person.

    4. [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."
           FindAGrave.com reported on the basis of its own calculations that Oscar Leroy 'Roy' Sooy was the father of "Edward Leroy Sooy (1910-2001)." This information was not explicitedly submitted to this memorial.

    5. [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 transcribed obituary, Mrs. Bertha Sooy was survived by "one son, Edward L. Sooy of Edwardsville;...." FindAGrave.com reported on the basis of its own calculations that the son's identity was "Edward Leroy Sooy (1910-2001)." This information was not explicitedly submitted to this memorial.

    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.
           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.

    7. [S211] Article or notice, obituary for Dorothy M. Sooy.
      Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois). (http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/goedwardsville/obituary.aspx?n=dorothy-m-sooy&pid=153739980). 21 September 2011. Accessed on 9 October 2011.
           "[Dorothy M. Sooy] later married Edward L. Sooy on Oct. 11, 1974. He preceded her in death on Sept. 1, 2001."

    8. [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.

    9. [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.

    10. [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..

    11. [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].

    12. [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."

    13. [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."

    14. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Edward Sooy and Dorothy Eickmann; married. No date or place of marriage given.


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