Springer, Mary Emma

Female 1862 - 1950  (88 years)


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  • Name Springer, Mary Emma 
    Born 2 May 1862  Fort Russell Township, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • The year of birth has been reported as either 1862, 1863, or 1865.
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 May 1950  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    • According to an obituary published on Saturday, 27 May 1950 in the Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois), "Mrs. Mary Springer Fiegenbaum, 87, widow of the late Dr. Edward Fiegenbaum, a practicing physician here for many years, died at 5:30 a.m. today at her residence, 423 Center [Edwardsville, Illinois]."
    Buried 30 May 1950  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 9, 10
    Address:
    Woodlawn Cemetery 

    •      Funeral services, lead by Rev. John E. Attey, were held at St. John's Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Mary Emma was buried beside her husband. His first wife's burial site lies on his other side.
    Person ID I3962  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2017 

    Father Springer, William McKendree Thompson,   b. 31 Aug 1828, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1881, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Barber, Margaret Jane,   b. 7 Jul 1833, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1918, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 7 Jan 1857  Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12
    Family ID F1309  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Dr. Edward William,   b. 4 Dec 1854, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1927, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 11 Jun 1890  Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
    Residence (family) Sep 1899  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20

    •      According to an account of his parents' 50th wedding anniversary celebration at Edwardsville Illinois on 29 September 1899, their son, "Dr. E. W. Fiegenbaum...of this city" was in attendance.
    Census (family) 1900  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21

    •      According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Edward Fiegenbaum, head of household, white, age 45 a physician; Mary S. Fiegenbaum, wife, white, age 35; David W. Fiegenbaum, son, white, age 17, attending school; Edna Fiegenbaum, daughter, white, age 8, attending school; Margaret Fiegenbaum, daughter, white, age 7, attending school; George Fiegenbaum, nephew, white, age 24, single, employed as a "Drug clerk;" Mary Helbrung, servant, white, age 22; and Fred Gregwere, servant, black, age 21, employed as a "Carriage driver."
    Residence (family) Nov 1906  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [22

    •      According to his father's obituary published on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the son "Dr. Edward W." was then living at Edwardsville, Illinois.
    Children 
    +1. Fiegenbaum, Edna,   b. 27 Aug 1891, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Fiegenbaum, Margaret,   b. 16 Feb 1893, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jun 1908, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1296  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 116.
      Mary Emma Springer; born 2 May 1862 in Fort Russell Township, Illinois.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 57.
      Mary E. Springer was born in 1863. No place given.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, page 304A (census sheet 15A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 4, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 133, census sheet 15 A, enumerated on 13 June 190; Edward Fiegenbaum household, [no street number] Main Street, dwelling 303, family 322, lines 16-23. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004-2006 and 2009.
           In the household was: 17) Fiegenbaum, Mary S.; wife; white; female; born May 1865; age 35; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois.

    4. [S286] Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL; An Inventory of the Five Original Sections Recorded by Members of the Madison County Genealogical Society, 1995-1998. Compiled and indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle. (Edwardsville, Illinois: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999), page 83. Cemetery Section II; lot 99.
      Mary S. Fiegenbaum; born 1863; died 1950.

    5. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 116.
      Died 27 May 1950 in Edwardsville, Illinois.

    6. [S109] Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916–1950 [online database] (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/idphdeathindex.html - last confirmed in March 2012), August 2003. (http://www.sos.state.il.us/departments/archives/idphdeathindex.html).
      "Mary Emma Fiegenbaum"; female; white; age 87 years; died 27 May 1950 in Madison County, Illinois; death certificate number 021336; filed on 27 May 1950.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 57.
      Mary E. (Springer) Fiegenbaum died in 1950 at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois.

    8. [S211] Article or notice, obituary for Mrs. Mary Springer Fiegenbaum; 1863-1950.
      Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois). Saturday, 27 May 1950; Page 2, Column 3. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through Newspaperarchive.com at (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=115886689) in October 2011.
           "Edwardsville - Mrs. Mary Springer Fiegenbaum, 87, widow of the late Dr. Edward Fiegenbaum, a practicing physician here for many years, died at 5:30 a.m. today at her residence, 423 Center."

    9. [S104] Personal communication, Post-em to WorldConnect database from Geli Buchta on 15 November 2003.
      "Julia is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery her headstone dates 1856-1886. Her husband, Dr. E.W. Fiegenbaum lies between his two wives."

    10. [S211] Article or notice, obituary for Mrs. Mary Springer Fiegenbaum; 1863-1950.
      Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois). Saturday, 27 May 1950; Page 2, Column 3. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through Newspaperarchive.com at (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=115886689) in October 2011.
           "The body is at Marks-Weber funeral home, where friends may call after 2 a.m. Sunday [28 May 1950]. Funeral services are to be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday [30 May 1950] at St. John's Methodist Church by the Rev. John E. Attey. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery."

    11. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, pages 106, 127.
      William McKendreeThompson Springer and Margaret Jane Barber; married 7 January 1857 in Decatur, Illinois, where Margaret's step-father, Rev. Joel Knight was preaching. Margaret was the daughter of John Barber, Jr. and Eliza Robinson Barber. William M. T. and Margaret (Barber) Springer "lived on the old home place" [in Fort Russell Township (Madison County), Illinois] and had six children.

    12. [S217] Book, Centennial, McKendree College, with St. Clair County History.
      Edited by Joseph Guandolo. Lebanon, Illinois: McKendree College, 1928. pages 307-308. Biographical sketch of William McKendree Springer.
           "He was married to Miss Margaret Barber in 1857, who with four of their six children survived him."

    13. [S108] Jesse Evelyn Springer, Charles Springer of Cranehook-on-the-Delaware: His Descendants and Allied Families (Edwardsville, Illinois: Jessie Evelyn Springer, 1959, page 116.
      Edward William Fiegenbaum and Mary Emma Springer; married. Mary was Edward's second wife. Dr. Edward W. Fiegenbaum was the son of Reverend William and Sophia Gusewelle Fiegenbaum.

    14. [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, page 709.
      Biographical sketch of "Edward William Fiegenbaum, MD." "Dr. Fiegenbaum married May 15, 1881 Miss Julia Gillespie, who died in 1886. On June 11, 1890, he married Miss Mary E. Springer."

    15. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Edward W. Fiegenbaum and Mary Springer; married.

    16. [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-Springer marriage. Accessed in August 2003.
      "E. W. Fiegenbaum" and "Mary Emma Springer" were married on 11 June 1890 in Madison County, Illinois; Volume 9, Page 96; License number 1245.

    17. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 57.
      Edward William Fiegenbaum and Mary E. Springer were married on 11 June 1890 at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, page 304A (census sheet 15A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 4, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 133, census sheet 15 A, enumerated on 13 June 190; Edward Fiegenbaum household, [no street number] Main Street, dwelling 303, family 322, lines 16-23. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004-2006 and 2009.
           In the household was: 16) Fiegenbaum, Edward; head; white; male; married, for 9 (18 crossed out) years. 17) Fiegenbaum, Mary S; wife; white; female; married, for 9 years; mother of 2 children, 2 still living.

    19. [S226] FamilySearch.org, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947. Entry for Edward William Fiegenbaum.
      Internet index. (https://www.familysearch.org/). Accessed in March 2012. Family History Film 1614257. Image Number: 943; Certificate Number: 16569. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library. Compiled from: Illinois Department of Health. "Certificates of Death." Springfield, Illinois.
           Edward William Fiegenbaum died on 28 July 1927 at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois; age 72. He was born on 4 December 1854 at Boonville, Missouri, son of Wm. Fiegenbaum (born at Hamburg, Germany) and Sophia Gu...Ville [sic] (born at Osnabrueck, Germany). Edward was a physician; he was married to Mary S. Fiegenbaum. Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery on 30 July 1927.

    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.
           "All the children of Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum were present with their families, 19 of their 21 grandchildren being there. The children are: Mrs. Charles F. Blume of Winona, Minnesota; Mrs. Jacoby, wife of Rev. H. C. Jacoby, pastor of the Taylor Avenue German Methodist Church, St. Louis; Dr. J. H. Fiegenbaum of Alton, and Dr. E. W. Fiegenbaum, Fred Fiegenbaum and Mrs. C. H. Lynch of this city."

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, page 304A (census sheet 15A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 4, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 133, census sheet 15 A, enumerated on 13 June 190; Edward Fiegenbaum household, [no street number] Main Street, dwelling 303, family 322, lines 16-23. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004-2006 and 2009.
           The household consisted of: 16) Fiegenbaum, Edward; head; white; male; born December 1854; age 45; married, for 9 (18 crossed out) years; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; a physician; can read; can write; speaks English; owns his home; home is free of mortgage; home is a house. 17) Fiegenbaum, Mary S.; wife; white; female; born May 1865; age 35; married, for 9 years; mother of 2 children, 2 still living; born in Illinois; father born in Illinois; mother born in Illinois; can read; can write; speaks English. 18) Fiegenbaum, David W.; son; white; male; born March 1883; age 17; single; born in Illinois; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; at school; attended 9 months of school; can read; can write; speaks English. 19) Fiegenbaum, Edna; daughter; white; female; born August 1891; age 8; single; born in Illinois; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; [at school column not reported]; attended 9 months of school; can read; can write; speaks English. 20) Fiegenbaum, Margaret; daughter; white; female; born February 1893; age 7; single; born in Illinois; father born in Missouri; mother born in Illinois; [at school column not reported]; attended 9 months of school; can read; can write; speaks English. 21) Helbrung, Mary; servant; white; female; born September 1877; age 22; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Switzerland; servant; 0 months not employed; can read; can write; speaks English. 22) Fiegenbaum, George; nephew; white; male; born November 1876; age 24; single; born in Illinois; father born in Wisconsin; mother born in Illinois; "Drug clerk;" 0 months not employed; can read; can write; speaks English. 23) Gregwere, Fred; servant; black; male; born July 1878; age 21; single; born in Illinois; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; "Carriage driver;" 0 months not employed; can read; can write; speaks English.

    22. [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.
           "There are six children: Fred A., Dr. Edward W., and Martha wife of C. H. Lynch all of Edwardsville; Dr. Julius H. of Alton; Bertha, wife of Rev. Charles F. Blume, of Winona, Minnesota; and Lydia, wife of Rev. H. C. Jacoby of Quincy."