Fiegenbaum, Inez Maude

Female 1889 - 1961  (72 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Inez Maude 
    Born 11 Apr 1889  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Census 1910  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • According to the 1910 enumeration of Ward 1, Inez, age 21 (born in Nebraska), was living with her parents, Louis S. (age 50) and Lue M. (age 48). She had been attending school sometime since September 1909.
    Died 8 Dec 1961  Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Buried Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I425  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2010 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Louis Theodore Stephan,   b. 22 Oct 1859, Salem, Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1919, Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Mother Shumway, Luella May,   b. 15 Feb 1862, Auburn, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1940, River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Abt 1885  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10
    Residence (family) 1892  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Louis, a resident of Geneva, Nebraska, was listed as one of the eight children attending a family reunion in November 1892 at his parents home at Oregon, Missouri.
    Residence (family) Apr 1902  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    • "Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fiegenbaum and daughter Inez" of Geneva, Nebraska attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Louis' parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902. Louis was identified as a druggist and the father of one child.
    Census (family) 1910  Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • According to the 1910 enumeration of Ward 1, the household consisted of Louis S. Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 50, born in Minnesota, married, for 27 years, living on his own income; Lue M. Fiegenbaum, wife, age 48, born in Illinois, married, for 27 years, the mother of 1 child (who was still living); and Inez M. Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 21, born in Nebraska, single and had been attending school sometime since September 1909.
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ewing, Arthur Ernest,   b. 21 Feb 1890, Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1969, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married Dec 1913  Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 13, 14, 15
    • Some family research reports that Arthur and Inez were married on 30 December at Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska, while another source indicates the marriage took place at the bride's home in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, on 3 December. This matter requires further research.
    Residence (family) Jan 1919  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Census (family) 1920  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • According to the 1920 enumeration of ward 13, the household at 3658 Congress Street consisted of Arthur E. Ewing, head of household, age 30, born in Nebraska, married, a Division Manager in the mail order industry; Inise [sic] Ewing, wife, age 30, born in Nebraska, married; Louis Ewing, son, age 4 years, 10 months, born in Illinois, single; Lue M. Fiegenbaum, mother-in-law, age [5?]7, born in Illinois.
    Census (family) 1930  River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    • According to the 1930 enumeration of 543 Park Avenue, the household consisted of Arthur E. Ewing, head of household, age 40, born in Nebraska, married (age 24 at first marriage, a Director of Sears, Roebuck; Inez M. Ewing, wife, age 40, born in Nebraska, married (age 24 at first marriage); Lewis S. Ewing, son, age 15, born in Illinois, attending school; Doris Ann Ewing, daughter, age 9, born in Pennsylvania, attending school; Lue M. Fiegenbaum, mother [sic], age 68, born in Illinois, widow.
           Lue M. Fiegenbaum was the mother of Inez, not Arthur.
    Children 
     1. Ewing, Lewis,   b. Abt 1915, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1980, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years)
    +2. Ewing, Doris Ann,   b. 4 Feb 1921, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1990, Sonora, Tuolumne County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F148  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 80, 124.
      Inez Maude Fiegenbaum, child of Louis Stephan Fiegenbaum and Luella May Shumway, was born on 11 April 1889 at Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 845, page 2B (image 1,177).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Fillmore County, Geneva Township, Geneva, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 28, census sheet 2B, enumerated 18 April 1910; Louis S. Fiegenbaum household, Lincoln Street, dwelling 44, family 44, lines 56-58. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 58) Fiegenbaum, Inez M.; daughter; female; white; age 21; single; born in Nebraska.
           By calculation from the information provided, Inez M. would have been born about 1888-1889. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person's parents.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. NARA microfilm T625, roll 322, page 3B/230B (image 463).
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ward 13, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 767, census sheet 3 B, enumerated 8 January 1920; Arthur E. Ewing household, 3658 Congress Street, dwelling 35, family 81, lines 75-78. Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 76) Ewing, Inise; wife; female; white; age 30; born in Nebraska.
           By calculation from the information provided, "Inise" would have been born about 1889-1890. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for this person.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 508, page 10B (image 116).
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Village of River Forest, River Forest Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 16-2338, census sheet 10 B, enumerated 4 April 1930; Arthur E. Ewing household, 543 Park Avenue, dwelling 91, family 98, lines 76-80. Access through Ancestry.com in July 2004 and June 2009.
           In the household was: 77) Ewing, Inez M.; wife; female; white; age 40; born in Nebraska.
           By calculation from the information provided, Inez M. would have been born about 1889-1890. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 845, page 2B (image 1,177).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Fillmore County, Geneva Township, Geneva, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 28, census sheet 2B, enumerated 18 April 1910; Louis S. Fiegenbaum household, Lincoln Street, dwelling 44, family 44, lines 56-58. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 56) Fiegenbaum, Louis S.; head; male; white; age 50; married (first); married 27 years; born in Minnesota; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=own income; can read; can write; owns home, free of mortgage; home is a house. 57) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; wife; female; white; age 48; married (first); married 27 years; mother of 1 child (1 child still living); born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write. 58) Fiegenbaum, Inez M.; daughter; female; white; age 21; single; born in Nebraska; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none; can read; can write; attended school sometime since 1 September 1909.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 80, 124.
      Inez Maude died on 8 December 1961 at Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 124.
      Inez Maude (Fiegenbaum) Ewing was buried at Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 79.
      Louis Stephan Fiegenbaum and Luella May Shumway were married in 1885 in Geneva, Fillmore County, Nebraska.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 79-80.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Louis S. Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 16 January 1919 in the Nebraska Signal, of Geneva, Nebraska.
           "He was married to Lue M. Shumway of Geneva in 1884. To them one daughter, Inez, now Mrs. Arthur Ewing of Chicago, was born."

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 845, page 2B (image 1,177).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Fillmore County, Geneva Township, Geneva, Ward 1, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 28, census sheet 2B, enumerated 18 April 1910; Louis S. Fiegenbaum household, Lincoln Street, dwelling 44, family 44, lines 56-58. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 56) Fiegenbaum, Louis S.; head; male; white; age 50; married (first); married 27 years. 57) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; wife; female; white; age 48; married (first); married 27 years; mother of 1 child (1 child still living).
           By calculation from the information provided, Louis and Lue would have been married about 1882-1883. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this couple.

    11. [S211] Article or notice, "Family Reunion." Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 11 November 1892; page 1, column 8.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1892-11-11/ed-1/seq-1/) in November 2011.
           "Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum, pastor of the German M. E. church of this city, and his wife are enjoying the pleasure of having all their children at home this week for the first time in eight years. It is indeed a dear thing to the hearts of the parents who have passed their three score mile post to be permitted to have all their sons and daughters gathered around them at one time and we trust that nothing shall mar their happiness on this occasion. The following is the names of their children who have been here this week: Mrs. Minnie Sexauer, Des Moines, Ia.; Lydia Howard and daughter, Genevieve, Des Moines, Ia.; Adolph Fiegenbaum, Washington, D. C.; Louis Fiegenbaum, Geneva, Neb.; Theodore Feigenbaum [sic], Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Emma Miller, Wathena, Kas.; Benj. and Henry Feigenbaum [sic], Lawrence, Kas., and Ed Fiegenbaum, lately of Chicago, who will spend the winter with his parents."

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the children of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fiegenbaum and daughter Inez, Geneva, Nebraska...." At another point in the account, it was mentioned that "...Louis, a druggist at Geneva, Nebraska, married with one child...."

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 124.
      Arthur Ernest Ewing and Inez Maude Fiegenbaum were married on 30 December 1913 at Central City, Merrick County, Nebraska.

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 508, page 10B (image 116).
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Village of River Forest, River Forest Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 16-2338, census sheet 10 B, enumerated 4 April 1930; Arthur E. Ewing household, 543 Park Avenue, dwelling 91, family 98, lines 76-80. Access through Ancestry.com in July 2004 and June 2009.
           In the household was: 76) Ewing, Arthur E.; head; male; white; age 40; married; age 24 at first marriage. 77) Ewing, Inez M.; wife; female; white; age 40; married; age 24 at first marriage.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this couple.

    15. [S104] Personal communication, Jane Michel to J. Mark Fiegenbaum on 17 July 2010 via email.
      An item in the Nebraska Signal, of Geneva, Nebraska, on 3 December 2003. Recalling the history of Fillmore County, the newspaper recounted an event it had reported on from 90 years before, in 1913: "Inez Fiegenbaum, formerly of Geneva, was married at her home in Lincoln to Arthur E. Ewing of Chicago."

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. NARA microfilm T625, roll 322, page 3B/230B (image 463).
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Ward 13, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 767, census sheet 3 B, enumerated 8 January 1920; Arthur E. Ewing household, 3658 Congress Street, dwelling 35, family 81, lines 75-78. Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 75) Ewing, Arthur E.; head; renter; male; white; age 30; married; can read; can write; born in Nebraska; father born in Illinois; mother born in New York; speaks English; occupation=Division Manager; industry=mail order; . 76) Ewing, Inise; wife; female; white; age 30; married; can read; can write; born in Nebraska; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none. 77) Ewing, Louis; son; male; white; age 4 years, 10 months; single; born in Illinois; father born in Nebraska; mother in Nebraska; speaks English=no mark; occupation=none. 78) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; mother-in-law; female; white; age [5?]7; widow; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother in Illinois; speaks English; occupation=none.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 508, page 10B (image 116).
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Cook County, Village of River Forest, River Forest Township, Supervisor’s District 6, Enumeration District 16-2338, census sheet 10 B, enumerated 4 April 1930; Arthur E. Ewing household, 543 Park Avenue, dwelling 91, family 98, lines 76-80. Access through Ancestry.com in July 2004 and June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 76) Ewing, Arthur E.; head; owns home; home value=$20,000; household owns a radio; family does not live on a farm; male; white; age 40; married; age 24 at first marriage; did not attend school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Nebraska; father born in Pennsylvania; mother born in New York; can read and write; occupation=Director; industry=Sears, Roebuck; class of worker=w; worked on last regular work day; not a U.S. veteran. 77) Ewing, Inez M.; wife; female; white; age 40; married; age 24 at first marriage; did not attend school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Nebraska; father born in Minnesota; mother born in Illinois; can read and write. 78) Ewing, Lewis S.; son; male; white; age 15; single; attended school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Illinois; father born in Nebraska; mother born in Nebraska; can read and write. 79) Ewing, Doris Ann; daughter; female; white; age 9; single; attended school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Pennsylvania; father born in Nebraska; mother born in Nebraska; can read and write. 80) Fiegenbaum, Lue M.; mother; female; white; age 68; widow; did not attend school any time since 1 September 1929; born in Illinois; father born in New York; mother born in Illinois; can read and write.
           Lue M. Fiegenbaum was the mother of Inez, not Arthur.