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Fiegenbaum, Henry Allen Ernest

Male 1882 - Bef 1895  (< 12 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Henry Allen Ernest 
    Born 19 Jan 1882  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 1895  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Obituaries for Henry's father in 1896 note that Dr. George Adolph Fiegenbaum was survived by a wife and two children.
    Person ID I6324  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2014 

    Father Fiegenbaum, George Adolph,   b. 1 Jan 1855, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1896, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Bradrick, Anna Birdsall,   b. 18 Aug 1856, Lima, Allen County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1941, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1880  Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 

    •      According to marriage records in Henry County, Iowa, George A. Fiegenbaum, of Oregon, Missouri, a physician and surgeon who would be age 26 at his next birthday, and Anna B. Bradrick, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, who would be age 25 at her next birthday, were married on 20 October 1880 at the home the bride's parents by her father, I. A. Bradrick, a minister of the Gospel. This was the first marriage for both bride and groom. Rev. Bradrick and Mary B. Bradrick, Anna's sister, were witnesses at the ceremony.

           The following notice of the marriage was published in the Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati, Ohio):

      FIEGENBAUM-BRADRICK - On Wednesday, October 20, 1880, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, by the bride's father, Rev. I. A. Bradrick, of the Iowa Conference, Dr. George A. Fiegenbaum, son of Rev. --- Fiegenbaum, presiding elder of St. Joseph District (German), Methodist Ep'scopal Church, to Miss Anna B. Bradrick.
    Residence (family) Abt 1890  Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15, 16] 

    •      On 31 July 1890, the World-Herald, of Omaha, Nebraska, reported that the first anniversary of the birth of Helen Fiegenbaum, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Fiegenbaum, had been celebrated the day before at the family home at 1438 North Sixteenth street.
           On 1 May 1896, the World-Herald published a brief notice of the death of Dr. George Fiegenbaum and noted that he had "lived in Omaha between Chicago and Davenport.... He was of a retiring disposition and, while a man of ability, did not do well here, and left Omaha for Oklahoma, where he resided until illness overtook him...."
           Exactly how long the family resided in Omaha is not fully known at this time.
    Residence (family) Abt 1895  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 17, 18] 

    •      In December 1895, George's illness was serious enough to cause his sister, Mrs. Minna Curry, to travel from Oregon, Missouri to his home to help with his care.
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S189] Alumnal Association of Iowa Wesleyan College, Historical Sketch and Alumni Record of Iowa Wesleyan College (Mount Pleasant, Iowa: Alumnal Association of Iowa Wesleyan College, 1917), pages 200, 205.
      "Henry Allen Ernest," child of "George Adolph Fiegenbaum" and "Anna Birdsall Bradrick," was born on 19 January 1882.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 52.
      Henry Allen Ernest Fiegenbaum, child of George Adolph Fiegenbaum and Anna Birdsall Bradrick, was born on 19 January 1882.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 278 page 212B, census sheet 7B.
      Access through HeritageQuest March 2004; Ancestry.com July 2008.
           Anna B. Fiegenbaum household, 1910 U.S. census, Cook County, Illinois, population schedule, Chicago, Ward 32, A. F. 9 Tract, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 1563, census sheet 7B, enumerated on 27 April 1910, 372 N. Normal P K way [i.e., Parkway], dwelling 113, family 183, lines 92-96.
           Anna B. Fiegenbaum; head; female; white; age 53; widowed; mother of 3 children, 2 children still alive.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for Anna Birdsall (Bradrick) Fiegenbaum.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 284, page 7B.
      Access through Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Anna Feigenbaum household, 1900 U.S. census, Cook County, Illinois, population schedule, Chicago, Lake Township, Ward 31, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 957, census sheet 7B, enumerated on 7 June 1900, 468 North Normal Parkway, dwelling 98, family 136, lines 56-60.
           Anna Feigenbaum [sic]; head; white; female; born August 1857; age 42; widowed; [married 16 years is crossed out]; mother of 3 children, 3 children still alive.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for Anna Birdsall (Bradrick) Fiegenbaum.

    5. [S211] Article or notice, The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 20 September 1895; page 1, column 7.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1895-09-20/ed-1/seq-1/) in December 2011.
           "Mrs. Bird Fiegenbaum, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, accompanied by her children, Helen and Clara, are here, visiting relatives and numerous friends. She is on her way home from Chicago, where she had been visiting with her parents and husband, Dr. G. A. Fiegenbaum, who has been there for the past seven weeks, taking treatment for a throat trouble. We are glad to inform his many friends in this county, that he has so far recovered as to be out of danger, and has been discharged by his doctor as cured. He left St. Joseph last Monday for his Oklahoma home."

    6. [S211] Article or notice, "Death of Dr. Geo. A. Fiegenbaum." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 1 May 1896; Page 4, Columns 4-5.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1896-05-01/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           "He was married in October 1880, to Miss Anna B. Bradrick, a daughter of Rev. I. A. Bradrick, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and by this union three children were born, two now living, aged seven and three years respectively, who with their mother survive."

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), Obituary for Dr. George Fiegenbaum; pages 51-52.
      Transcription by Frances G. Leenerts; reported to have been published in the St. Joseph Daily News (St. Joseph, Missouri), Tuesday, 28 April 1896.
           "A wife and two children are left by Dr. Fiegenbaum.  His wife was a Miss Bradrick of Mount Pleasant, Iowa and they became acquainted while he was attending college there."

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 51.
      George Adolph Fiegenbaum and Anna Birdsall Bradrick were married on 20 October 1850 in Henry County, Iowa.

    9. [S189] Alumnal Association of Iowa Wesleyan College, Historical Sketch and Alumni Record of Iowa Wesleyan College (Mount Pleasant, Iowa: Alumnal Association of Iowa Wesleyan College, 1917), pages 200, 205.
      "George Adolph Fiegenbaum" and "Anna Birdsall Bradrick" were married on October 20, 1880 at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. There children were: Henry Allen Ernest, born January 19, 1882; Helen Mary, born July 30, 1889; Clara Marguerite, born June 1, 1893.

    10. [S104] Personal communication, 23 July 2008. Digital image from Mary Margaret McCaslin-Blanchard.
      My transcription from a digital image of an unidentified and undated newspaper clipping commemorating the 75th birthday of Mrs. Mary R. Bradrick in 1904.
           "Mrs Bradrick is the mother of five children, four of whom are living....
           "Anna Birdsall married Dr. George A. Fiegenbaum, a very eminent physician of St. Joseph, Mo., in 1880."

    11. [S191] History of Holt and Atchison Counties, Missouri, containing a History of These Counties, Their Cities, Towns, etc., etc., Biographical Sketches of Their Citizens, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of Missouri, Map of Holt and Atchison Counties, etc., (St. Joseph, Missouri: National Historical Company, 1882), page 370.
      Biographical sketch of "Dr. Geo. A. Fiegenbaum, A. M."
           "He [George Adolph Fiegenbaum] was married in October, 1880, to Miss Anna B. Brodick [sic], daughter of the Rev. I. A. Brodick [sic], of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa."

    12. [S211] Article or notice, Western Christian Advocate, Wednesday, 22 December 1880.
      Volume 47, issue 51; page 408, column 4. Accessed in December 2009 through ProQuest: American Periodical Series. Document ID 808801912. ( http://proquest.com/ ).
           Notice of the marriage on 20 October 1880 of Dr. George A. Fiegenbaum and Miss Anna B. Bradrick at Mt Pleasant, Iowa. George A. Fiegenbaum was the son of "Rev. --- Fiegenbaum, presiding elder of St. Joseph District (German), Methodist Episcopal Church..." Anna B. Bradrick was the daughter of "Rev. I. A. Bradrick, of the Iowa Conference;" the father officiated at the wedding.

    13. [S211] Article or notice, "Death of Dr. Geo. A. Fiegenbaum." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 1 May 1896; Page 4, Columns 4-5.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1896-05-01/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           "He was married in October 1880, to Miss Anna B. Bradrick, a daughter of Rev. I. A. Bradrick, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and by this union three children were born, two now living, aged seven and three years respectively, who with their mother survive. In our half century journey on this earth, never have we seen a husband and wife live so devotedly for each other as the deceased and his now broken hearted wife. Love was supreme with them, hence their home was what 'two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one,' could possibly make it here on this earth."

    14. [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), Fiegenbaum-McKee 1880.
      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: 302 (Dubuque-Henry). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Henry for the year ending 1 October 11. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by W. L. Andrews, Clerk District and Circuit Courts (W. E. Wells, Deputy), on 1 November 1881.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: [no entry]. Who made Affidavit: [no entry]. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: George A. Fiegenbaum. Groom's place of residence: Oregon, Missouri. Groom's occupation: Physician & Surgeon. Groom's age at NEXT birthday: 26. Groom's race or color: German. Groom's birth place: Galena, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Henry Fiegenbaum. Groom's mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbutt [sic]. Number of Groom's marriage: first. Bride's name: Anna B. Bradrick. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 25. Bride's race or color: American. Bride's birth place: Lima, Ohio. Bride's father's name: I. A. Bradrick. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Mary Rankin. Number of Bride's marriage: first. When and where married: I. A. Bradrick; 20 October 1880. Witnesses: I. A. Bradrick, Mary B. [sic] Bradrick. By whom married: I. A. Bradrick, M.G. [minister of the Gospel]. Date of return: 22 January 1881. When registered: [no entry].

    15. [S211] Article or notice, "A Baby Party." 1890.
      World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska). Thursday, 31 July 1890; Page 2, Column 4. Digital copy accessed in August 2014.
           "Helen Fiegenbaum is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Fiegenbaum of 1438 North Sixteenth street. Yesterday was her first birthday, and the anniversary was duly observed with all fitting pomp and circumstances...."

    16. [S211] Article or notice, "Dr. Fiegenbaum Dies"; 1896.
      World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska). Friday, 1 May 1896; Page 8, Column 2. Digital copy accessed in August 2014.
           "Dr. George Fiegenbaum...lived in Omaha between Chicago and Davenport.... He was of a retiring disposition and, while a man of ability, did not do well here, and left Omaha for Oklahoma, where he resided until illness overtook him and he went to Chicago for the operation, then to St. Joseph."

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), Obituary for Dr. George Fiegenbaum; pages 51-52.
      Transcription by Frances G. Leenerts; reported to have been published in the St. Joseph Daily News (St. Joseph, Missouri), Tuesday, 28 April 1896.
           "He has been practicing during the last fifteen years, lately at Oklahoma City, where he located several years ago."

    18. [S211] Article or notice, "Personals." Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 6 December 1895; page 4, column 7.
      Digital copy (PDF) accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1895-12-06/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           "Mrs. Min [sic] Curry left Thursday for Oklahoma City, called there by the serious illness of her brother, Dr. George Fiegenbaum. We trust he may be found better on her arrival at his bedside."


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