30 July 2011
Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
1873 — 1960
Lafayette County, Missouri. From Fiegenbaum-Gerber family; all rights reserved.
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Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Lafayette County, Missouri; date? Permission of John August Lefman; all rights reserved.
Lafayette County, Missouri; 23 March 1943. From Fiegenbaum-Gerber family; all rights reserved.
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Henriette C. A. Fiegenbaum, Lizzie Messenkamp, and Amanda W. Charlotta (Hasenjaeger) Riekhof
Friends
From left to right: Henriette C. A. Fiegenbaum, Lizzie Messenkamp, and Amanda W. Charlotta (Hasenjaeger) Riekhof
The notation on the back of the photo identifies these women as confirmation classmates in 1885 or 1886. From other resources, we know that Henriette was confirmed in 1887 in the Evangelische Salems Kirche (known since 1957 as Salem United Church of Christ ) at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.
Lafayette County, Missouri. From Fiegenbaum-Gerber family; all rights reserved.
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Mary Henrietta Fiegenbaum & her grandmother, Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Mary Henrietta Fiegenbaum & her grandmother,
Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Mary Etta recalls that many people called her grandmother by her nickname, "Yetta."
Higginsville, Missouri; 1955. From Fiegenbaum-Gerber family; all rights reserved.
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Great-Grandmother & Great-Grandson
J. Mark Fiegenbaum & Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
At the time this photo was taken in 1955, Mark's great-grandmother Fiegenbaum would have been about 82 years old. Mark was less than 2 years old and was visiting from Elmhurst, Illinois. The photo was taken in the home of Martin and Clara (Drewel) Fiegenbaum, at Higginsville, Missouri.
Higginsville, Missouri; August 1955. From Fiegenbaum-Gerber family; all rights reserved.
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Clara L. (Drewel) Fiegenbaum & Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Clara L. (Drewel) Fiegenbaum & Henriette C. A. (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
In November 1954, Henriette moved from her farm south of Mayview to live with her son, Martin, and his wife, Clara, at their home on Fairground Avenue in the nearby town of Higginsville, Missouri.
Higginsville, Missouri; August 1955. From Fiegenbaum-Gerber family; all rights reserved.
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Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Brief Genealogy
Henriette Caroline Amelia Starkebaum's family
Wilhelm Friedrich Fiegenbaum's family
Fiegenbaum - Starkebaum family
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