Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum

photo of Henriette C. A. (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Lafayette County, Missouri
from J. W. Fiegenbaum family
Henriette Caroline Amelia (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
 
 
photo of Henriette Fiegenbaum, Lizzie Messenkamp, and Amanda Riekhof
Lafayette County, Missouri; 23 March 1943.
from J. W. Fiegenbaum family
Friends

From left to right: Henriette C. A. Fiegenbaum, Mrs. 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. Henriette was confirmed in 1887 in the Evangelische Salems Kirche at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

 
 
photo of Henriette C. A. and Mary Henrietta Fiegenbaum
Lafayette County, Missouri.
from J. W. Fiegenbaum family
Mary Henrietta Fiegenbaum & Henriette C. A. Fiegenbaum.

Mary Etta recalls that many people called her grandmother "Yetta."

 
 
photo of Henriette C. A. and J. Mark Fiegenbaum
Higginsville, Missouri; 1955
from J. W. Fiegenbaum family
J. Mark Fiegenbaum & Henriette Caroline Amelia Fiegenbaum.

At the time this photo was taken, great-grandmother Fiegenbaum would have been about 82 years old (see below).

 
 
photo of Henriette C. A. (Starkebaum) Fiegenbaum
Higginsville, Missouri; 1955.
from J. W. Fiegenbaum family
Clara L. (Drewel) Fiegenbaum & Henriette C. A. Fiegenbaum.

In November 1954, Henriette moved from her farm south of Mayview to the town of Higginsville, Missouri to live with her son, Martin, and his wife, Clara on Fairground Avenue.

 

Brief Genealogy

Henriette Caroline Amelia Starkebaum's family

Wilhelm Friedrich Fiegenbaum's family

Fiegenbaum - Starkebaum family

 

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