Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich

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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich 
    Born 27 Sep 1858  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • In their own hands, his parents recorded the following information:

           Hm. Hr. Fiegenbaum
           ist geboren D 27 September
           Abens um halb 11 uhr = = = = =
           Und ist gebstorben D 4 Oktober
           Morgens um halb 11 uhr = = = =
           Und begraben D 5 Nachmittag
           um 4 uhr, Im Jahr 1858
           Der Herr hatt gegaben
           Der Herr hatt genommen, Der
           Name des herrn sei gelobet

      A reasonable translation is:

           Hm. Hr. Fiegenbaum
           was born on the 27th of September
           At 10:30 in the evening = = = = =
           And died on the 4th of October
           At 10:30 in the morning = = = =
           And buried on the 5th in the afternoon
           at 4 o'clock in the year 1858
           The Lord has given
           The Lord has taken, The
           Name of the lord [sic] be praised.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 4 Oct 1858  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Hermann Heinrich's baptism is recorded in the archives of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri (known since 1957 as Immanuels United Church of Christ). The sponsor was Hermann Tiegent.
    Died 4 Oct 1858  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8
    Buried 5 Oct 1858  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 9
    • Herman was buried at 4 o'clock in the afternoon in oldest cemetery at Immanuels United Church of Christ in Holstein, Missouri. This cemetery is 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, known as German Lutheran Church on Charrette, chartered on 27 February 1839.
    Person ID I239  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2009 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Hermann Heinrich,   b. 15 Apr 1823, Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1898, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Wehrmann, Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotte,   b. 7 Oct 1834, Almena, Principality of Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Feb 1903, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1853  Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    • 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) 1863  Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    • 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) Jun 1870  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    • 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) Jun 1880  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    • 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).
    Family ID F76  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 4 Oct 1858 - Holstein, Warren County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S70] German language manuscript from the Hermann Heinrich and Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotta (Wehrmann) Fiegenbaum family detailing births, baptisms, deaths and burials of their children. Original in the possession of Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Paget.
      "Hm. Hr. Fiegenbaum / ist geboren D 27 September / Abens um halb 11 uhr = = = = = / Und ist gebstorben D 4 Oktober / Morgens um halb 11 uhr = = = = / Und begraben D 5 Nachmittag / um 4 uhr, Im Jahr 1858 / Der Herr hatt gegaben / Der Herr hatt genommen, Der / Name des herrn sei gelobet." My translation: "Hm. Hr. Fiegenbaum / was born on the 27th of September / At 10:30 in the evening = = = = = / And died on the 4th of October / At 10:30 in the morning = = = = / And buried on the 5th in the afternoon / at 4 o'clock in the year 1858 / The Lord has given / The Lord has taken, The / Name of the lord [sic] be praised."

    2. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Baptism record; page 102.
      "Hermann Heinrich," child of "Hermann Fiegenbaum" and "Florentina nee Whemann" [sic], was born on 27 September 1858 and baptized on 4 October 1858. The sponsor was "Herm. Tiegent."

    3. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
      Inscription on gravestone in the oldest cemetery at Immanuels United Church of Christ at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri: "Herman Hein / Fiegenbaum / Geb / Sep. 27, 1858 / Gest. / Oct. 4, 1858." This cemetery is 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)

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 15.
      Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum, child of Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Florentina Wilhelmine Charlotte Wehrmann, was born on 27 September 1858 at Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri.

    5. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989), Death record; page 282.
      "Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum," identified as the "son of Hermann Fiegenbaum, Jr. & Florentina nee Wehrmann," died on 4 October 1858 at the age of 8 days.
           Calculating from this information, the date of birth would have been 26 September 1858.

    6. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
      Inscription on gravestone in oldest cemetery at Immanuels United Church of Christ at Holstein, Warren County, Missouri: "Herman Hein / Fiegenbaum / Geb / Sep. 27, 1858 / Gest. / Oct. 4, 1858." This cemetery is 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)

    7. [S70] German language manuscript from the Hermann Heinrich and Wilhelmine Florentine Charlotta (Wehrmann) Fiegenbaum family detailing births, baptisms, deaths and burials of their children. Original in the possession of Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Paget.
      "Hm. Hr. Fiegenbaum ist geboren D 27 September Abens um halb 11 uhr. Und ist gebstorben D 4 Oktober Morgens um halb 11 uhr. Und begraben D 5 Nachmittag um 4 uhr, Im Jahr 1858." [Hm. Hr. Fiegenbaum was born on the 27th of September at 10:30 in the evening. And died on the 4th of October at 10:30 in the morning. And buried on the 5th in the afternoon at 4 o'clock in the year 1858.]

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 15.
      Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum died on 4 October 1858 at Hopewell, Warren County, Missouri.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), p. 15.
      Herman Heinrich Fiegenbaum was buried in Immanuel Cemetery at Holstein, Missouri.

    10. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      Hermann Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Florentina Wilhelmine Charlotte Wehrmann; married 4 May 1853 in Holstein, Warren County, Missouri. The bride was the daughter of Adolph Wehrman and Wilhelmine Kater.

    11. [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Hermanda reports that Hermann married "Florentine Charl. Wehrmann geb. 07.10.1834 in Lippe Detmold, gest. 01.02.1903." She does not give a date.

    12. [S25] Marriage license.
      Photocopy of record of marriage license in Book A-B, Page 216 [in Warren County records?]. "State of Missouri, County of Warren: I certify that I have joined in matrimony on the 18th day of February, 1853, Mr Herman Fiegenbaum and Miss Florintine Wehrmann, both of this County and state. Given under my hand and seal this 4th day of May A.D. 1853. Recorded June 10th 1853. Jos. Riegur {seal}. Thoman J. Marshall, Recorder."
           Joseph Riegur certified two other marriages just above this entry and in both of those cases he was identified as a "German Evangel. Minister." Joseph Rieger was the Pastor of the German Evangelical Church on Charrette in Holstein, Missouri from 1847 to 1860 (the church has been known as Immanuels United Church of Christ since 1957).

    13. [S35] Immanuels United Church of Christ, The History of Our Church, 1839-1989: One Hundred Fifty Years (Holstein, Missouri: Immanuels United Church of Christ, 1989).
      Marriage record for "Hermann Fiegenbaum Jun" [sic] and "Florentina Wehrmann;" p. 245. Married 18 February 1853. Hermann is identified as coming from "Teklenburg" and Florentina as coming from Lippe Detmold. Witnesses: Wilhelm Stieneker and Ernst Büscher.

    14. [S77] Manuscript.
      Hand-written note in German among documents of the Herman and Florentine (Wehrmann) Fiegenbaum family, giving the date as "18 Februar 1853".

    15. [S87] Anna Lucille Luehrman Price and Richard Luehrman, Genealogical research, Names. Full date. County, state.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, pages 667B and 668C. Missouri, Warren County, Western Charrette Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 152, census pages 2B and 3C, enumerated on 2-3 June 1880; Her. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 17, family 18, lines 48-50 and 1-6. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004, 2009, and 2012.
           In the household was: 48) Fiegenbaum, Her; white; male; age 57; married; and, Fiegenbaum, Florentine; white; female; age 46; wife; married.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for these individuals.

    17. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. "Homan Figgenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed on 18 April 2011. Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. ARC Identifies: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 1 of 1. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
           9th Congressional District, Missouri; 7th sub-district in Warren County - all persons subject to military duty; [enumerated in June 1863?]; W. F. Switzler, Provost Marshal. Line 32 [number 316]: Herman Figgenbaum [sic] [not "Homan" as reported in the Ancestry.com index]; resident of Holstein; age 40 (on 1 July 1863); white; farmer; [marital status not recorded]; born in German.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm 593, roll 824, image 653/page 696. Missouri, Warren County, Charrette Township, Hopewell post office, census page 38, enumerated on 18 June 1870; Herm. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 320, family 284, lines 32-40. Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2009.
           The household consisted of: 32) Fiegenbaum, Herm [sic]; age 46; male; white; farmer; real estate value=$5,000; personal estate value =$1,5000; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; a male citizen of the U.S.A. over the age of 21. 33) Fiegenbaum, Florent [sic]; age 35; female; white; keeping house; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth. 34) Fiegenbaum, Florent [sic]; age 15; female; white; at home; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 35) Fiegenbaum, Louise; age 13; female; white; at home; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 36) Fiegenbaum, Henry; age 10; male; white; at school; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 37) Fiegenbaum, Fred[erei?]; age 8; male; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; attended school within the year. 38) Fiegenbaum, Anna; age 5; female; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth. 39) Fiegenbaum, Mary; age 3; female; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth. 40) Fiegenbaum, Frederic; age 1; male [sic]; white; born in Missouri; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.

    19. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm T9, roll 740, pages 667B and 668C. Missouri, Warren County, Western Charrette Township, Supervisor’s District 3, Enumeration District 152, census pages 2B and 3C, enumerated on 2-3 June 1880; Her. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 17, family 18, lines 48-50 and 1-6. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004, 2009, and 2012.
           The household consisted of: 48) Fiegenbaum, Her; white; male; age 57; married; farmer; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 49) Fiegenbaum, Florentine; white; female; age 46; wife; married; keeping house; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 50) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 20; son; single; laborer; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 1) Fiegenbaum, William; white; male; age 18; son; single; laborer; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 2) Fiegenbaum, Mary; white; female; age 13; daughter; single; attended school in the census year; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 3) Fiegenbaum, Frederike; white; female; age 10; daughter; single; attended school in the census year; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 4) Fiegenbaum, Frederich; white; male; age 8; son; single; attended school in the census year; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 5) Fiegenbaum, August; white; male; age 4; son; single; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 6) Fiegenbaum, Martha; white; female; age 2; daughter; single; born in Missouri; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.