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Sooy, Oscar Leroy

Male 1882 - 1914  (32 years)


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  • Name Sooy, Oscar Leroy 
    Nickname Roy 
    Born 19 Aug 1882  Morgan County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    • The place of birth has also been reported as Nebraska.
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Dec 1914  [2, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Buried Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    • Oscar was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, next to his wife.
    Person ID I4060  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 22 May 2016 

    Father Sooy, S. A.,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Smith, Sarah,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [11] 
    • Details of the marriage are not known at this time.
    Family ID F2587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 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  [9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 

    •      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.
      Oscar L. Sooy was born in 1882.

    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), page 109.
      Oscar L. Scoy [sic] was born in 1882. No place given.

    4. [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. Groom's name: O. L. Sooy. Groom's age at next birthday: 27. Groom's birth place: Morgan County, Illinois. Groom's father's name: S. A. Sooy. Groom's mother's name: Sarah Smith. When and where married: Keokuk, Iowa; 12 August 1909.
           By calculation from this data, O. L. Sooy, age 26 at the time of the marriage in 1909, would have been born about 1882-1883. For full details of this record, see the sources for the Sooy-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    5. [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 born on 19 August 1882 in Nebraska, USA. The source of this information was not identified.

    6. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Oscar died in 1914.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 109.
      Oscar L. Scoy [sic] died in 1914. No place given.

    8. [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 died on 28 December 1914. The place of death was not given. The source of this information was not identified.

    9. [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."

    10. [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 buried in Woodlawn Cemetery at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. The burial plot, shared with his wife, is in Section 4, Lot 7.

    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. Groom's name: O. L. Sooy. Groom's age at next birthday: 27. Groom's birth place: Morgan County, Illinois. Groom's father's name: S. A. Sooy. Groom's mother's name: Sarah Smith.
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Sooy-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    12. [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.

    13. [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.

    14. [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..

    15. [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].

    16. [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."


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