Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Sep 1850, District 99, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Aug 1860, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Hermann's family was living at Wester 21 at the time of his birth. Wester is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen.
     A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created. The number 21 would indicate that this was the 21st farm established in this Bauerschaft. In the published records of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ), Hermann is from time to time referred to a "Hermann Fiegenbaum Jun."


Immigration:

     Hermann left Ladbergen at the age of 18. He traveled with his father, mother and unmarried sister, Christine Elisabeth (b. 1891). His family was accompanied by two other, related families. His married sister, Anna Elisabeth (Fiegenbaum) Aufderhaar, her husband, Johann Aufderhaar and their three oldest children also made the voyage. The third family consisted of his other married sister, Anna Christine Bierbaum, her husband, Johann Bierbaum, their child, and Johann's sister, Sophia Bierbaum (age 18). By 1843, when Hermann's older brother, Heinrich, emigrated, the entire family had left Germany.
     In all, at least 13 members of this extended family left Ladbergen together in 1841. They departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.

Census:
In the 1860 U.S. Census, the household consists of Hermann, his wife Florentine, and their three children, aged 7 months to 5 years of age. In addition, there is Hermann's father, and a young woman enumerated as Frederaker Rehmsen, age 24, born Lippe Detmold.

Buried:
Hermann was buried in the Zion Church Cemetery in Mayview, Missouri.

Hermann married Wehrmann, Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotte 18 Feb 1853, Warren County, Missouri, USA. Wilhelmine (daughter of Wehrmann, Johann Henrich Adolph and Kater, Wilhelmine Sophia Katherina) was born 7 Oct 1834, Almena, Principality of Lippe; died 1 Feb 1903, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Hermann and Florentine's marriage is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). Wilhelm Steineker and Ernst Büscher were witnesses (Ernst was also a witness at the marriage of Florentine's sister, Friedricke, about one month earlier).

Residence (family):
In 1863, Herman, identified as a 40 year old married farmer, was enumerated in a Civil War draft registration conducted in the Ninth Congressional District of Missouri ("7th sub-district in Warren County").

Census (family):
According to the 1870 U.S. enumeration, the household served by the Hopewell post office consisted of Herm [sic] Fiegenbaum, a 46 year old male farmer, born in Prussia and a citizen of the U.S.A; Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum, female, age 35, keeping house; and seven children: Florent [sic] Fiegenbaum (female, age 15); Louise Fiegenbaum (female, age 13); Henry Fiegenbaum (male, age 10); Fred[erei?] Fiegenbaum (male, age 8); Anna Fiegenbaum (female, age 5); Mary Fiegenbaum (female, age 3); and Frederic Fiegenbaum (male [sic], age 1) On the basis of other information, it seems likely that this youngest child was actually Friedericke Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum, a daughter born in August 1869.

Census (family):
According to the 1880 U.S. enumeration, the household consisted of Herman Fiegenbaum, a 57 year old farmer and his wife, Florentine Fiegenbaum, age 46, keeping house, and their seven children: Henry Fiegenbaum (age 20); William Fiegenbaum (age 18); Mary Fiegenbaum (age 13), in school; Frederike Fiegenbaum (age 10), in school; Frederich Fiegenbaum (age 8), in school; August Fiegenbaum (age 4); and Martha Fiegenbaum (age 2).

1. Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmine Florentine was born 20 Aug 1854, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 24 Aug 1919, Camp Branch Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried 27 Aug 1919, Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA.
2. Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmine Louise was born 10 Jul 1856, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 27 Dec 1937, Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Truxton, Lincoln County, Missouri, USA.
3. Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich was born 27 Sep 1858, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 4 Oct 1858, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried 5 Oct 1858, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
4. Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann was born 16 Dec 1859, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 23 Aug 1884, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
5. Fiegenbaum, Wilhelm Friedrich was born 15 Mar 1862, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 12 Nov 1929, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 14 Nov 1929, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
6. Fiegenbaum, Anna Elisabeth was born 13 Aug 1864, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 16 Jun 1871, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
7. Fiegenbaum, Maria Charlotte was born 22 Mar 1867, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 18 Feb 1926, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
8. Fiegenbaum, Friedericke Wilhelmine was born 8 Aug 1869, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 5 Dec 1920, Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Lincoln County, Missouri, USA.
9. Fiegenbaum, Juliana Wilhelmine Florentine was born 17 Jan 1872, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 30 Jun 1872, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried 2 Jul 1872, Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
10. Fiegenbaum, Friedrich Hermann Adolph was born 7 May 1873, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 8 Aug 1951, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 10 Aug 1951, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
11. Fiegenbaum, August Hermann Karl was born 7 Nov 1875, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 28 Sep 1947, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 30 Sep 1947, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
12. Fiegenbaum, Martha Charlotte was born 21 Mar 1878, Warren County, Missouri, USA; died 16 Apr 1948, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Sep 1850, District 99, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Aug 1860, Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
In various civil and church records through the course of his life, this person is identified as either Johann Heinrich or Hermann Heinrich. There is also some confusion concerning the date of birth as reported by various researchers: either 12 May 1788 or 6 July 1787. Some say that the Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum born in 1788 married Anna Catherine Lagemann and that the Johann Heinrich born in 1787 married Catherine Elsabein Hagen.
     A satisfactory resolution of this matter may require a rigorous inspection of records in Germany. In the meantime, I have chosen to follow the lead provided by the published emigration record and the records of the church in Holstein, Missouri.


Immigration:

     The Fiegenbaums were from a class known as Heuerleute or tenant farmers. "They owned no land, and they lived in rented houses on larger farms. Every large or middle-sized farm in Ladbergen had one or more tenant houses (in German: Heuerhäuser) scattered over the farm. The highest number on any farm in Ladbergen was seven; two or three was common. Each tenant farm house had its own plot of 7 to 12 acres. The tenants rented the houses and plots for life. The tenant farmers were not the same as sharecroppers or rental farmers in the American sense. They had only a small plot to themselves, and they did not need to give any of the yield to the landowner. They were essentially renters of houses who paid for their dwellings with a small amount of cash and a specified number of days of labor. In the 19th century the tenants were typically relatives of the landowners, but this was decreasingly the case after the turn of the century."
     In addition to farming, Johann Heinrich also worked as a carpenter, a trade which his father also followed.
     Hermanda Fiegenbaum, of Münster, reports: "Die ganze Familie, Eltern mit den verheirateten und ledigen Kindern und den Enkelkindern, wanderte 1841 nach USA. aus." ["The whole family, parents with married and single children and the grandchildren, emigrated in 1841 to the USA."].
     A total of at least 13 people from this extended family emigrated from Ladbergen. Johann Heinrich (at age 53), his wife Catharina Elisabeth (born Hagen; at age 54), and their two youngest children, Christina Elisabeth (she turned 22 near the end of the voyage) and Hermann Heinrich (at age 18) comprised one family unit. The two eldest daughters were already married by the day of departure. Anna Elisabeth Aufderhaar (b. 1811) and Anna Christine Bierbaum (b. 1815) both emigrated with their husbands and those of their children who had been born before 1841. Sophia Bierbaum, Anna Christine's sister-in-law (age 18) also left Ladbergen at this time.
     This group departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.
     It would appear that the eldest Fiegenbaum son, Heinrich Adolf (b. 1814), emigrated alone in 1843.


Census:
Johann Heinrich, listed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Herman, was living in the home of his youngest child, Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum, and his family.

Buried:
Johann Heinrich was buried in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). The German inscription on his gravestone reads:

     Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum
     geb.
     Mäi 12. 1788.
     in Ladbergen,
     Kreis Teklenburg [sic]
     Regierungsbezirk
     Münster
     Könichreich [sic]
     Preussen,
     gest.
     Mär. 12, 1861.

     Joh. Hein. Fiegenbaum
     born
     May 12th 1788
     in Ladbergen,
     County of Teklenburg [sic]
     Administrative District of
     Münster
     Kingdom of
     Prussia,
     died
     Mar. 12th, 1861.



Died:
Johann's death is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). In the published record of those archives, his name is given as "Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum" and his age at death is listed at 72 years and 10 months (which yields a calculated date of birth as 12 May 1788).

Johann married Hagen, Catherina Elsabein 13 Jul 1810, Ladbergen, Grand Duchy of Berg. Catherina (daughter of Hagen, Johann Heinrich and Holtkamp, Anna Elisabeth) was born 26 Sep 1786, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 16 Sep 1853, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1841, Warren County, Missouri, USA
• Census: Sep 1850, District 99, Warren County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Birth:
In existing records, this woman's name appears as either Catharine Elisabeth or Catherine Elsabein. Occasionally, Anna is placed before either of these combinations.
     Catherine Elsabein's family was living in Ladbergen at Overbeck 16 at the time of her birth. Overbeck is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen. A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created. The number 16 would indicate that this was the 16th farm established in this Bauerschaft.


Immigration:

     Catherine (Hagen) Fiegenbaum emigrated from Ladbergen with her extended family, a total of at least 13 people. She (at age 54), her husband (at age 53) and her two youngest children (at ages 21 and 18) are identified as one group. Her two older daughters were already married by 1841. Anna Elisabeth (Fiegenbaum) Aufderhaar (b. 1811) and Anna Christine (Fiegenbaum) Bierbaum (b. 1815), along with their husbands and the children born prior to the departure from Germany, are identified as traveling under their husbands' names. Also included in the group was Sophia Bierbaum (age 18), sister of Anna Christine's husband. Catherine Fiegenbaum's other son, Heinrich Adolf (b. 1814), immigrated to the USA in 1843.
     The entire extended family departed Germany from the port of Bremen on the bark Leontine. Of the 102 persons on board, 56 were identified on the passenger list as former residents of Ladbergen. Four other persons were from the nearby towns of Brochterbeck and Lengerich. The Leontine arrived at Baltimore, Maryland on 28 June 1841. The Fiegenbaums, Aufderhaars and Bierbaums traveled further west and settled in Warren County, Missouri.

Buried:
Catherina was buried in the cemetery across the street from the brick church dedicated in 1884 as the German Evangelical Immanuels Church of Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The cemetery is next to and south of the parsonage and on the site of the first church built in Holstein, known as the German Lutheran Church on Charrette (1839-1848). The German inscription (and a translation) on her grave stone reads:

     Cath. Elsabein
     Fiegenbaum
     geb: Hagen von Ladbergen
     geb: den 26 ten Sept. 1786
     gest: den 16 ten Sept 1853

     Cath. Elsabein
     Fiegenbaum
     nee Hagen from Ladbergen
     born the 26th of Sept. 1786
     died the 16th of Sept. 1853


Died:
Catherina's death is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ).

Notes:

Married:

     The couple began their married life living in the Heuerhaus of the Hagen farm at Ladbergen-Overbeck 16. Sometime between 1815 and 1819, the family moved to Ladbergen-Wester 21.
     From 1808 to 1810, the village of Ladbergen found itself located in the département Ems of the Grand Duchy of Berg (French: Grand-duché de Berg; German: Großherzogtum Berg), a client state of the First French Empire.
     In 1811 borders were redrawn again and Ladbergen was incorporated into the First French Empire as part of the Département Ems-Supérieur (German: Departement der Oberen Ems, or, Ober-Ems).

Notes:

Birth:
This man's second given name is reported variously as Hendrik, Hedrich, Henrich and Heinrich. Alternative dates of birth are sometimes given as 9 February or 17 March 1764.

Died:
According to the church records in Ladbergen, Hermann died of water dropsy and was in need of a doctor.

Hermann married Horstmeier, Anna Christine Katharina 20 Nov 1785, Lienen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Anna was born 21 Oct 1759, Lienen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 9 Jan 1830, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Anna was born in Lienen (in the township of Holperdorp), a neighboring village to the east to Ladbergen.

Died:
Anna was 70 years, 2 months and 19 days old when she died.

Notes:

Married:

     The newly married couple lived in the Horstmeier Heuerhaus located in Bauerschaft Holperdorp, a section of the town of Lienen. Their first child was born there. It would appear that within a few years the family had moved. The couple's second child was born in the nearby village of Ladbergen. By 1800, the family had built a house at Ladbergen-Wester 21, located in the section of the village know as "In der Laake." Hermann died in this home in 1829 and Anna passed a year later. In 1840, the house was sold. It may be that some of the proceeds from this sale helped finance Johann Heinrich Fiegenbaum's family emigration to the USA in 1841.
     In addition to being a carpenter or house builder, Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum was a Heuerling or tenant farmer. Tenant farmers were low on the social scale in Ladbergen at the time. "They owned no land, and they lived in rented houses on larger farms. Every large or middle-sized farm in Ladbergen had one or more tenant houses (in German: Heuerhäuser) scattered over the farm. The highest number on any farm in Ladbergen was seven; two or three was common. Each tenant farm house had its own plot of 7 to 12 acres. The tenants rented the houses and plots for life. The tenant farmers were not the same as sharecroppers or rental farmers in the American sense. They had only a small plot to themselves, and they did not need to give any of the yield to the landowner. They were essentially renters of houses who paid for their dwellings with a small amount of cash and a specified number of days of labor. In the 19th century the tenants were typically relatives of the landowners, but this was decreasingly the case after the turn of the century."

Notes:

Birth:
Johann's family was living in Overbeck at the time of his birth. Overbeck is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen. A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created.

Johann married Holtkamp, Anna Elisabeth 17 Mar 1784, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Anna was born 2 Nov 1755, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Birth:
Anna's family was living at Hölter 11 at the time of her birth. Hölter is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen. A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created. The number 11 would indicate that this was the 11th farm established in this Bauerschaft. In 1980, Hölter 11 was renamed Ostbeverner Damm 40 and is the home of Lieselotte Fiegenbaum.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; farmer

Notes:

Occupation:
Johann and his family lived at Hölter 11. Hölter is one of the three 'Bauernshaften' in the village of Ladbergen. A 'Bauerschaft' is an ancient grouping of farms that emerged from the earliest agricultural settlements, and comprised the earliest administrative units of a community. Until the early 1960s, Ladbergen had three Bauernshaften: Hölter, Overbeck and Wester. These settlement areas are still recognized in present day Ladbergen. Recently, the residential sections of the village center have become known by street names and a fourth section of Ladbergen, called 'Dorf' [village] has been created. The number 11 would indicate that this was the 11th farm established in this Bauerschaft. In 1980, Hölter 11 was renamed Ostbeverner Damm 40 and is the home of Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum.

Johann married Grotholtmann, Catharina Elisabeth 14 Aug 1763, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Catharina (daughter of Grotholtmann, Johann Heinrich and Norendorff, Anna Margaretha) was born 11 Nov 1731, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 19 Apr 1816, Ladbergen, Kingdom of Prussia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
From 1813 to 1816, in the closing days of the Napoleonic era, the village of Ladbergen was liberated from French occupation and was governed provisionally by the Kingdom of Prussia, until the formation of the Province of Westphalia.

Notes:

Married:

     At the time of their marriage, Johann was 24 years, 4 months and 11 days old; Catharina was 31 years 9 months and 3 days old.
     At the time of the births of each of their children, the father and mother were the following ages, respectively: Hermann Heinrich, 25 years, 4 days and 29 days & 32 years, 9 months and 21 days; Johann Henrich, 27 years and 8 months & 35 years and 22 days; Cord, 30 years, 10 months and 15 days & 38 years, 3 months and 7 days; Anna Elisabeth, 34 years, 2 months and 7 days & 41 years, 7 months and 9 days; Anna Elsabein, 38 years, 4 months and 13 days & 45 years, 9 months and 5 days.
     Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, of Ladbergen, surmises that Catherina Elisabeth Grotholtmann was a sister to Anna Elsabein Grotholtmann (1746-1818), who married Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum (1745-1813) on 5 August 1770.