Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich

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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]

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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."

1. Fiegenbaum, Everd Jacob Wilhelm was born 2 Jun 1786, Lienen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia; died 8 May 1870, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.
2. Fiegenbaum, Johann Heinrich was born 12 May 1788, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 12 Mar 1861, Warren County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA.
3. Fiegenbaum, Johann Heinrich was born 24 Mar 1791, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 3 Jul 1847, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.
4. Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich was born 19 Dec 1793, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 11 Jan 1877, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA; was buried , Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA.
5. Fiegenbaum, Johann Hermann Adolph was born 6 Feb 1797, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 4 Jan 1798, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg.
6. Fiegenbaum, Anna Katharina Elisabeth was born 1 Feb 1799, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died Yes, date unknown.
7. Fiegenbaum, Anna Christine was born 22 Dec 1802, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 14 Jan 1871, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia.

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• Occupation: Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; farmer

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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]

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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.

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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.

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Birth:
Johann was born about 1 year and 1 month after his brother, Hermann, his next eldest sibling. In the year of his birth, 1707, Grafschaft Tecklenburg was sold to Friedrich I, King of Prussia.


Died:
Johann Jacob was 50 years, 11 months and 10 days old when he died. He died 2 months before his brother Hermann (52 years old); and 2 days after the death of his son, Johann Henrich (23 years, 10 months and 13 days old); and 2 months and 18 days before his sister Anna Katharina (aged 69 years, 10 months and 2 days).

Johann married Schowe, Christine 26 Sep 1732. Christine was born 1704, Lienen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 1 Feb 1782, Westerkappeln, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
Christine was about 77 or 78 years old at the time of her death in Westerkappeln, a community about 14 miles northeast of Ladbergen. In 1786, it had a population of 3,249. The church in the village was the oldest in the district of Tecklenburg. Its location to the west of Osnabrück gave the village its name - 'western chapel'. A similar church east of Osnabrück provided the foundation for the name of the village of Osterkappeln.

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Married:
This marriage, Johann's second, occurred 11 months and 3 days after the death of his first wife, Anna. Johann was about 25 years old; Christine was about 28 years old.
     The parents of seven children, Johann and Christine were approximately the following ages, respectively, at the birth of each child: at Johann Henrich's birth, 27 and 30; at Johann Wilhelm's, 28 and 31; at Anna Liesabeth's, 30 and 33; at Johann Hermann's, 32 and 35; at Christina Lisabeth's, 34 and 37; at Cord Wilm's, 36 and 39; at Anna Elsabein's, 40 and 43.
     Of the seven children, four died before their father, who passed away nearly 24 years before his wife.

Johann married Norendorff, Anna Margaretha Feb 1727. Anna died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Church records in Ladbergen prior to 1707 are no longer extant.

Heinrich married Suhrheinrichs, Enneke Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Enneke was born Abt 1672, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 24 Jul 1736, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. [Group Sheet]

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Died:
Enneke died 21 years and 10 days after the birth of her last child, and 4 years and 5 months before her husband. Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum reports that Enneke was 64 years old at the time of her death.

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Married:
Details of the marriage are not known at this time.
     The parents of eight children, Henrich and Enneke were approximately the following ages, respectively, at the birth of each child: at Wilm's birth, 32 and 27; at Hermann's, 39 and 34; at Johann's, 40 and 35; at Christina's, 42 and 37; at Gerdt's, 44 and 39; at Anna Elisabeth's, 47 and 42; at Anna Katharina's, 48 and 43; and, at Tonies', 50 and 45.

Heinrich married Schulte, Anna Elsabein Abt Sep 1694, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg. Anna was born Abt 1668, Lengerich, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Baptism: 1668, Lengerich, Grafschaft Tecklenburg