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Starkebaum, Emma Wilhelmina

Female 1880 - 1973  (93 years)


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  • Name Starkebaum, Emma Wilhelmina 
    Born 10 Mar 1880  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Emma was born near Higginsville, Missouri.
    Gender Female 
    Died 19 Aug 1973  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Buried Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • Emma was buried in the Salem Church Cemetery, just east of Higginsville.
    Person ID I1241  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2010 

    Father Starkebaum, Heinrich Friederich L.,   b. 1 Jul 1838, Sonneborn, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jan 1923, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Riechers, Johanne Henrietta Luise,   b. 12 Jun 1850, Alverdissen, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1893, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1870  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19] 
    • The place of marriage has been reported as either the Lippstadt Church, just south of Warrenton, Missouri, or in Lafayette County, Missouri. Henry and Henrietta (Riechers) Starkebaum had 10 children.
    Family ID F291  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Tempel, Theodore,   b. 17 Feb 1879,   d. 18 Aug 1959  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1902  Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] 
    • According to marriage records in Lafayette County, Missouri, "Theo. Temple [sic]," of Mayview, Missouri, and "Emma Starkebaum," of Higginsville, Missouri, received a marriage license at Lexington on 31 March 1902. Theodore and Emma were married in her parent's home at Higginsville by Rev. Theodore Hoefer, pastor of Salem Evangelical and Reformed Church, of Higginsville. The couple lived on two different farms in the Higginsville area, where they raised their own seven children and also a niece, Frieda Tempel.
    Children 
    +1. Tempel, Albert Ernst,   b. 28 Jan 1903,   d. 17 Aug 1988  (Age 85 years)
    +2. Tempel, Henry Herman,   b. 20 May 1905, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1992  (Age 87 years)
    +3. Tempel, Edna Friedericke,   b. 2 Oct 1907,   d. 10 Apr 1999  (Age 91 years)
    +4. Tempel, Ernest William,   b. 31 Jan 1910,   d. 25 Dec 1968  (Age 58 years)
    +5. Tempel, Ella Emma Wilhelmina,   b. 21 Sep 1912, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 2013, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years)
    +6. Tempel, John William,   b. 6 Sep 1915, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 2008, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    +7. Tempel, Emma Henrietta Augusta,   b. 14 Apr 1919,   d. 1979  (Age 59 years)
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F410  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 10 Mar 1880 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Apr 1902 - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Aug 1973 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.

    2. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Emma Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Friederich/Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers/Reichers, was born 10 March 1880. No place given.

    3. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Emma Starkebaum, daughter of Heinrich and Henriette (Riechers) Starkebaum, born 10 May 1880.

    4. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), (7 September 2006).
      Family history written by Martin Tempel (www.theodoretempel.org/history.txt). "Emma Starkebaum was the fifth of ten children born to Heinrich and Henriettta Riechers Starkebaum. She was born May 10, 1880 in rural Higginsville, Missouri. the first of Heinrich and Henrietta’s children to be born in the United States. Her four older siblings had been born in Lippstad, Germany."

    5. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Emma Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers, born 10 March 1880 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    6. [S104] Personal communication, from Landis David Duffett via email on 6 January 2010.
      Citing genealogical information from Clarice Ellen Lefman. Emma Starkebaum's middle name was Wilhelmina.

    7. [S22] Obituary, for Edwin August Starkebaum; 1888-1972.
      Transcription of a clipping from an unidentified and undated newspaper; probably the Higginsville Advance (Higginsville, Missouri).
           "He [Edwin August Starkebaum] leaves his wife of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Lester Lieser, Higginsville; a sister, Mrs. Theodore Tempel, Higginsville; and two grandchildren."

    8. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Emma died 18 August 1973 in Lafayette County, Missouri.

    9. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Emma died 19 August 1973. No place given.

    10. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Emma died 19 August 1973.

    11. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), (7 September 2006).
      Family history written by Martin Tempel (www.theodoretempel.org/history.txt). "...Emma was 93 years of age when she died in 1973. [She is] buried in the Salem Church Cemetery, Higginsville, Missouri."

    12. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Emma died 18 August 1973 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    13. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Names of husband and wife. Full date. County and state.

    14. [S22] Obituary.
      The date of the marriage to "Miss Henrietta Riechers" is noted in a newspaper obituary for 'Henry Fred Fiegenbaum' in the Higginsville Advance, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri on Friday Febraury 9, 1923. The place of marriage is not mentioned. Photocopy provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker.

    15. [S22] Obituary.
      From a German language obituary in an undated and unidentified publication. Translated transcription provided by Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker. The obituary notes that "Henrietta Riechers Starkebaum" is the wife of Henry Starkebaum, but does not mention a date or place for the marriage.

    16. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 8.
      Heinrich Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Riechers married 19 January 1870 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    17. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Heinrich Friederich/Friedrich L. Starkebaum and Johanne Henrietta Luise Reichers were married 19 January 1869 at Lippstadt Church in Warren County, Missouri.

    18. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 49.
      Henrietta Carolina Amelia Starkebaum, child of Heinrich Starkebaum and Henrietta Riechers, was born on 5 February 1873 at Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.

    19. [S237] Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates Database (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/Archives/ArchivesMvc/ - last confirmed in August 2017), Henry Starkebaum; Lafayette County; 1923; Certificate of Death #1669a.
      Accessed on 6 July 2006 and 29 January 2013.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #1669a. For Henry Starkebaum. A white, male born on 1 July 1838 in Germany. He was widowed at the time of death; the name of his spouse was not recorded. Personal information was provided by Wm. Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Missouri.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    20. [S33] Carolyn (Fiegenbaum) Fieker, Genealogical reseach.
      Theodore Tempel and Emma Starkebaum married 3 April 1902 at Higginsville, Missouri.

    21. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989).
      Theodore Tempel and Emma Starkebaum married on 3 April 1902. No place given.

    22. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), Home page (7 September 2006).
      Theodor Tempel and Emma Starkebaum married 3 April 1902.

    23. [S162] John A. Lefman, Theodor Tempel Family ( www.theodortempel.org/ ), (7 September 2006).
      Family history written by Martin Tempel (www.theodoretempel.org/history.txt).
           "Theodor and Emma were married April 3, 1902 at the home of the bride’s parents, by the Rev.Theodore Hoefer of the Salem Evangelical and Reform Church, Higginsville, Missouri."
           "They were the parents of Albert, Henry, Edna, Ernest, Ella, John, and Emma (Amy). They also took into their home a niece, Frieda Tempel, and reared her as one of their own."
           "In 1925, they moved to a farm several miles southwest of Higginsville...."
           " When Theodor and Emma celebrated their Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on April 3, 1952 they were honored with the presence of approximately 200 guest, including the Rev. Theodore Hoefer who had officiated at their marriage, as well as Mrs. Emma Seba who had served as the bride’s maid of honor, and William Starkebaum who was the groom’s best man in 1902."

    24. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 10.
      Theodore Temple [sic] and Emma Starkebaum married 3 April 1902 in Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

    25. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002. Accessed in October 2010.
      Lafayette County marriage records for 1902; page. 409. Original data from microfilm records at the Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri.
           A marriage license issued at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri on 31 March 1902 to Theo. Temple [sic], of Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 21 years and Emma Starkebaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, who was over the age of 18 years.
           The return certified that "Theo. H. Hoefer," "ordained minister of the Gospel," did marry the above name persons at Higginsville, Lafayette County, on 3 April 1902 and filed the Certificate of Marriage with the County Recorder on 4 April 1902.


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