Fiegenbaum, Rudolph Edward Dwight

Male 1885 - 1958  (73 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Rudolph Edward Dwight 
    Nickname R.D. 
    Born 9 Feb 1885  Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • According to the 1900 enumeration, Rudolph E. D. Fiegenbaum (age 15) lived with his parents, Henry R. Fiegenbaum, a minister in the German Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mary E. Fiegenbaum, and his sister, Elsie A. Fiegenbaum (age 17). Also in the household was a boarder, Catherine Schneider (age 27), a dry goods saleswoman.
    Died 9 Apr 1958  [3, 6, 7, 8
    Cause: Wendell (Gooding County), Idaho, USA 
    • The date of his death may also be 6 April 1958.
    Buried Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Rudolph was buried in Wendell Cemetery.
    Person ID I303  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2009 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Rudolph,   b. 2 Jan 1837, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1908, Gooding, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Hellweg, Maria Elisabeth,   b. 21 Oct 1851, Franklin County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1924, Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 27 Jan 1878  Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
    • A biographical sketch of Henry, published in 1913, states the he and his second wife, Elisabeth Hellweg had four children. At that time of the biography, the eldest daughter had died at the age of 16. The surviving children were: Mrs. Fr. Vetsch of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Aaron Eaton of Mesa, Washington; and Rudolf [sic] Fiegenbaum of Wendell, Idaho.
    Census (family) 1880  La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • According to the 1880 enumeration of Ferry Street, the household consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 43, born in Missouri, married, a Methodist pastor; "Hellwig" Fiegenbaum, wife, age 28, born in Missouri, married, keeping house; Emma Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 16, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; Charles Fiegenbaum, son, age 10, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; Arthur Fiegenbaum, son, age 7, born in Iowa, single, who had attended school in the census year; "Lulea" Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 1, born in Wisconsin, single; "Adelina" Fiegenbaum, daughter, age 1 month, born in May 1880 in Wisconsin; "Edward Hellberg," male, age 20, born in Illinois, a boarder; single; and Henriette Hellwig, female, age 24, born in Missouri, a servant, single.
    Residence (family) Sep 1899  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    • An account of the 50th wedding anniversary of "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum," celebrated on 27 September 1899 at Edwardsville, Illinois, noted that one of William's three brothers was "...Rudolph of Garner, Iowa...."
    Census (family) 1900  Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry R. Fiegenbaum, head of the household, born January 1840 in Missouri, age 60, married, for 22 years, a minister in the German Methodist Episcopal Church; Mary E. Fiegenbaum, wife, born October 1862 in Missouri, age 47; married for 22 years, the mother of 4 children (3 still living); Elsie A. Fiegenbaum, daughter, born July 1882 in Iowa, age 17, attending school; and Rudolph E. D. Fiegenbaum, son, born February 1885 in Kansas, age 15, attending school. Also in the household was Catherine Schneider, a boarder, born February 1873 in Iowa, age 27, single, a dry goods saleswoman.
           According to other sources, Henry and Mary appear younger in this enumeration than they really were.
    Residence (family) 1901  Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Residence (family) Nov 1906  Connell, Franklin County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20
    • According to an obituary for his brother, "Rev. William Fiegenbaum," published on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the deceased was survived by his brother, "...Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington...."
           Rudolph had been living near Connell since at least 1902. Hein and Anna Cathrina (Nuehs) Klindworth relocated from Nokomis, Illinois to Connell, Washington in September 1902 after having purchased a "relinquishment on a homestead situated nearly two miles south of the town of Connell" from "a bearded gentleman by the name of Rudolph Fiegenbaum, a retired German Methodist minister who was farming southeast of Connell and who at the same time was the part time real estate agent through whom Father had purchased the relinquishment."
    Family ID F103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Preas, Bertha Amanda,   b. 14 Apr 1891, Cottington County, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1998, Kimberly, Twin Falls County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 107 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1914  Fruitvale, Lincoln County, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22
    Children 
     1. Fiegenbaum, Margaret Preas,   b. 21 Aug 1916, Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jul 2004, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. Fiegenbaum, Edward Dwight,   b. 27 Jul 1919, Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 2011, Bothell, King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    +3. Fiegenbaum, Lois Evelyn
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S82] Lois E. (Fiegenbaum) Biser, Genealogical research.
      Rudolph Edward Dwight Fiegenbaum; born 9 February 1885. He was commonly known by the initials, R. D.

    2. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Rudolph D. Fiegenbaum, son of Heinrich Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Mary Elizabeth Helwig; born 9 February 1885 in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas.

    3. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), Rudolph D. Fiegenbaum.
      Memorial #38646713. (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38646713). Accessed on 26 July 2009. Record created by Robert Bailey on 22 June 2009. Gravestone photo posted by Robert Bailey.
           Birth: 1885. Death: 1958. Burial: Wendell Cemetery; Block 12, Lot 07, Plot 06; Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho, USA.
           Photo of gravestone shows: Fiegenbaum: Rudolph [D?]; 1885-1958. This is a shared stone with Bertha P.; 1891-19-- [last 2 digits not inscribed].
           Record included information not shown on the gravestone: Bertha's full year of death - 1998.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 434, page 299A (census sheet 12A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Hancock County, Concord Township, Garner, Supervisor’s District 10, Enumeration District 120, census census sheet 12A, enumerated on 18 June 1900; Henry R. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 235, family 237, lines 26-30. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           In the household was: 29) Fiegenbaum, Rudolph E. D.; son; white; male; born February 1885; age 15; born in Kansas; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 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), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 434, page 299A (census sheet 12A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Hancock County, Concord Township, Garner, Supervisor’s District 10, Enumeration District 120, census census sheet 12A, enumerated on 18 June 1900; Henry R. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 235, family 237, lines 26-30. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           The household consisted of: 26) Fiegenbaum, Henry R.; head; white; male; born January 1840; age 60; married, for 22 years; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; Minister Germ M. E.; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; speaks English; rents home; home is a house. 27) Fiegenbaum, Mary E.; wife; white; female; born October 1862; age 47; married, for 22 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; speaks English. 28) Fiegenbaum, Elsie A.; daughter; white; female; born July 1882; age 17; single; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; at school; attended school for 9 months; can read; can write; speaks English. 29) Fiegenbaum, Rudolph E. D.; son; white; male; born February 1885; age 15; single; born in Kansas; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri; at school; attended school for 9 months; can read; can write; speaks English. 30) Schneider, Catherine; boarder; white; female; born February 1873; age 27; single; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; Saleswoman Dry good; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; speaks English.

    6. [S82] Lois E. (Fiegenbaum) Biser, Genealogical research.
      Rudolph died 9 April 1958.

    7. [S22] Obituary.
      For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum. From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm). Her husband, Rudolph, died in 1958.

    8. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Rudolph died 6 April 1958 in Wendell, Gooding County, Idaho.

    9. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Heinrich Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Mary Elizabeth Helwig; married 27 January 1878 in Charles City (Floyd County), Iowa.

    10. [S133] E. W. Henke, et al, Die Nordwest Deutsche Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche: Geschichtlich, Sachlich und Biographisch Geschildert (Charles City, Iowa: The Conference, 1913), page 97.
      Henry Rudolf [sic] Fiegenbaum and Elisabeth Hellweg; married 1878. Elisabeth was a daughter of Rev. Peter Hellweg of the German Episcopal Methodist Church. Four children were born to Henry and Elisabeth. The eldest daughter died at the age of sixteen. Still living at the time the biographical sketch in this book was written (published in 1913) were: Mrs. Fr. Vetsch of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Aaron Eaton of Mesa, Washington; and Rudolf Fiegenbaum of Wendell, Idaho.

    11. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
           In the household was: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 43; married. 01) Fiegenbaum, Hellwig; white; female; age 28; wife; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this couple.

    12. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Cemetery Records. "Henry R. Fiegenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Accessed in July 2009. Original data is from Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.
           Name: Henry R. Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 1837. Death date: 11 September 1908. Cemetery: Concord. Town: Garner. Comment: wif: Elizabeth Helvig [sic]; chi: Mrs. Fred Betsch; chi: Mrs. Aron Eaton; chi: Rudolph. WPA index page no.: 13. "Level info: Gravestone Records of Cemeteries in Hancock County, Iowa."

    13. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 434, page 299A (census sheet 12A).
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Hancock County, Concord Township, Garner, Supervisor’s District 10, Enumeration District 120, census census sheet 12A, enumerated on 18 June 1900; Henry R. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 235, family 237, lines 26-30. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           In the household was: 26) Fiegenbaum, Henry R.; head; white; male; married, for 22 years. 27) Fiegenbaum, Mary E.; wife; white; female; married, for 22 years; mother of 4 children, 3 still living.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for these people.

    14. [S22] Obituary, "Mrs. Adam Schneider." Garner Signal (Garner, Iowa), Wednesday, 13 June 1923; page 3, column 3.
      "She ["Mrs. Henrietta Hellwig Schneider"] is survived beside by...two sisters Mrs. Dr. Schneider of Conway, Mo., and Mrs. Rev. H. R. Fienenbaum [sic] of Wendell, Idaho,...."

    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), Vetsch-Fiegenbaum 1900.
      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: 401 (Hamilton-Osceola). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Hancock for the year ending 1 December 1900. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by S. D. [Wormeldorf?], Clerk District Court, on 28 May 1901.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: 13 March 1900. Bride's name: Adelaid Katharine Fiegenbaum. Bride's maiden name if a widow: [no entry]. Bride's residence: Garner, Iowa. Bride's age at NEXT birthday: 20. Bride's color: white. Bride's race: German. Number of Bride's marriage: first. Bride's birth place: La Crosse, Wisconsin. Bride's father's name: H. R. Fiegenbaum. Bride's mother's full maiden name: Elizabeth M. Fiegenbaum [sic].
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Vetsch-Fiegenbaum marriage.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 1,432, pages 543-544.
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Wisconsin, La Crosse County, La Crosse, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 57, census pages 32D and 33A, enumerated on 10 June 1880; Henry Fiegenbaum household, Ferry [Street], dwelling 290, family 313, line 50 & lines 1-8. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1432, pages 543-544.
           The household consisted of: 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 43; married; Methodist pastor; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 01) Fiegenbaum, Hellwig; white; female; age 28; wife; married; keeping house; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 02) Fiegenbaum, Emma; white; female; age 16; daughter; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 03) Fiegenbaum, Charles; white; male; age 10; son; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 04) Fiegenbaum, Arthur; white; male; age 7; son; single; at school; attended school in the census year; born in Iowa; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 05) Fiegenbaum, Lulea; white; female; age 1; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 06) Fiegenbaum, Adelina; white; female; age 1 month; born May [1880]; daughter; single; born in Wisconsin; father born in Missouri; mother born in Missouri. 07) Hellberg, Edward; white; male; age 20; boarder; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany. 08) Hellwig, Henriette; white; female; age 24; servant; single; servant; born in Missouri; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany.

    17. [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.
           "The family is noted for the fact of its connection with the ministry. The three brothers, Henry of St. Joseph, Missouri; Fred of Oregon, Missouri; and Rudolph of Garner, Iowa, were all ministers, the former two now superannuated. The two sisters, Mrs. Minna Winter of Omaha, Nebraska and Mrs. Katherine Wellemeyer of Garner, Iowa, each married a minister."

    18. [S268] Herbert Hunt and Floyd C. Kaylor, Washington, West of the Cascades: Historical and Descriptive; the Explorers, the Indians, the Pioneers, the Modern (Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917), volume 2, pages 399-400; "Charles H. Fiegenbaum".
      "In 1901 he [Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum] arrived in eastern Washington, where he afterward lived a retired life, passing away in 1910 at the age of seventy-three years."

    19. [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.
           "Of the original family, two brothers and two sisters are living: Rev. Fred W. Fiegenbaum of Wathena, Kansas; Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington; Mrs. Wellemeyer of Warrenton, Missouri and Mrs. Winters of Oskaloosa, Iowa."

    20. [S217] Book, Edward Claus Klindworth, The Life of Hein and Katie Klindworth (S.l.: s.n., 1956); pages 12-13.
      Relocation from Nokomis, Illinois to Connell, Washington in September 1902 after having purchased a "relinquishment on a homestead" from "a bearded gentleman by the name of Rudolph Fiegenbaum."

    21. [S22] Obituary, For Bertha Amanda Preas Fiegenbaum.
      From undated and unidentified newspaper. Available on the internet on 20 November 2001 at (http://home1.gte.net/jrpreas/obits.htm). Rudolph Fiegenbaum and Bertha Amanda Preas; married 17 January 1914.
           The obituary states that they were married at the "family farm" but whether it was the bride's or groom's family is not clear. The implication is that is was the Preas family farm near Freewater, Oregon.

    22. [S82] Lois E. (Fiegenbaum) Biser, Genealogical research.
      Rudolph Edward Dwight Fiegenbaum and Bertha Amanda Preas; married 17 January 1914 in Fruitvale, Oregon.