Fiegenbaum, Maria Elisabeth

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Birth:
His given name may also have been Johann.

Hermann married Fiegenbaum, Anna Elisabeth 28 Feb 1734. Anna (daughter of Fiegenbaum, Gerdt and Bremer, Gertrude) was born 4 Feb 1711, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 29 Apr 1770, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. [Group Sheet]

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Married:

     Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum states that Anna Elisabeth was her father's heir (in German, Erbtochter). It was often the case, but not always so, that the spouse of an heiress would changed his surname at marriage so he would have the farm's name. Such was the case in this instance, and the eleven children assumed the surname Fiegenbaum. This practice, not completely unknown even in the 20th century in Ladbergen, is mentioned in Friedrich Saatkamp, Ladbergen: Out of the History and the Present of the 1000-year Westphalian Village, edited and translated by Dean R. Hoge (New Knoxville, Ohio: New Knoxville Historical Society, 1985).

Gerdt married Bremer, Gertrude 1707. Gertrude died 1715, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann report that Gertrude died in childbirth. They do not say if the child survived.

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Married:
Dorothy and Edna Hilgemann state that Gertrude was Gerdt's first wife and that the couple had 3 children, but provide further information for only one daughter.

In 1707, Grafschaft Tecklenburg was sold to Friedrich I, King of Prussia. The citizens of Ladbergen no longer owed their allegiance to the Counts of Tecklenburg. The village became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia, within Kreis (District) Tecklenburg.

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Birth:
The details of this man's existence lacks documentary evidence, but is based on assumptions. Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum of Münster, Germany writes that records of the evangelical church in Ladbergen prior to 1707 no longer exist. The first reference to the Fiegenbaums occurs in 1715 with the brief mention of the death of "old Fiegenbaum's wife." The absence of any given names for this woman is thought to be an indication that there was at that time only one family with that surname residing in Ladbergen; further identity was not necessary. That the husband himself is not mentioned in the written record leads to the conclusion that he was born and died prior to 1707. It is not known whether further research will add more details to this story. The Fiegenbaums appear to have belonged to a social class that did not leave many literary records.

[--?--] married [---?---], [--?--]. [--?--] was born Bef 1707; died 1715, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
At her death in 1715, this woman was known simply as "old Fiegenbaum's wife." The names of her parents, her date of birth, and even her own identity before her marriage, are lost.

Died:
Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum of Münster, Germany writes that records of the evangelical church in Ladbergen prior to 1707 no longer exist. The first reference to the Fiegenbaums occurs in 1715 with the brief mention of the death of "old Fiegenbaum's wife." The absence of any given names for this woman is thought to be an indication that there was at that time only one family with that surname residing in Ladbergen; further identity was not necessary. The wife's age at her death was not recorded. We are left to assume that the birth occurred before the extant records, before 1707. Her given names, baptismal names and maiden name are lost.
     The conclusion is that the woman who died in 1715 is the mother of the four Fiegenbaum men who appear later in the Ladbergen church records: Henrich (born about 1667/68; died 1741), Gerdt (born about 1678; died 1731), Johann (born at a date unknown; died 1716) and Emanuel (no dates of birth or death).

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Married:
The fact of a marriage is implied by the phrasing of the entry in the church book: "The old Fiegenbaum's wife died in 1715." Ladbergen church records prior to 1707 are no longer extant; the date of the marriage is not known.