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Fiegenbaum, Hermann Wilhelm

Male 1824 - 1906  (82 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Hermann Wilhelm 
    Born 17 Sep 1824  Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16] 
    • He was born in Bauerschaft Hohne, a "township" of Lengerich.
           Some family genealogists report the name of this man as "Wilhelm Hermann." According to researchers who have consulted the baptism register from the evangelical church in Lengerich, the given names were recorded as "Hermann Wilhelm." Also, some immigration records refer to him as "Herm. W." Fiegenbaum. For the time being, I have chosen to record his given names as Hermann Wilhelm.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 26 Sep 1824  Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 15, 17] 
    • Hermann Wilhelm was baptized in the evangelical church at Lengerich.
    Immigration 1834  Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] 

    •      Hermann was about 10 years old when he emigrated from the Hohne section of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia with his father, Adolph (age about 40), his mother, Christine (age about 37), and four brothers and sisters (ages 13 to less than 1 year). The family is reported to have disembarked at New Orleans, Louisiana in late June 1834 and to have traveled up the Mississippi, arriving at St. Louis, Missouri about 3 or 4 July. They appear to have settled initially in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri. A few years later they moved to nearby Hopewell, in Warren County, Missouri. Around 1850, Hermann's parents and two brothers still living at home settled near Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa. By then, he was already married and embarked on a career as a minister in the German Methodist Episcopal Church.
    Census 1840  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    • The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "Rudolph Feigenbaum" household in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri.
    Census 1840  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    • The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri.
    Occupation From 1847 to 1906  [28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35] 
    a minister of the German Methodist Church. 

    •      His sixty some years of service included stations in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin. William was licensed as an exhorter in 1847 and ordained in the ministry the following year. His first charge was the church in Highland, Illinois. What follows is a portion of the historical sketch of the "German Methodist Episcopal Church," written by Rev. Wm. Schwind, as it appeared in the History of Madison County: Illustrated: with Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent Men and Pioneers, published in 1882 by W. R. Brink & Company of Edwardsville, Illinois. This section on the church in Highland, Illinois, gives a glimpse of the life of a Reiseprediger (German for "traveling" or circuit preacher), of which William and his brothers, also ministers in the German Methodist Church, were all prime examples:

           "Rev. Wm. Fiegenbaum [came to Highland] in 1848. In the fall of the same year the building of a church was commenced and carried on until it was under roof. Its completion was delayed till the following spring. It was dedicated on the 26th of June, 1849, by Rev. Henry Koeneke, presiding elder. The church is 40 by 30 feet, two stories high, with steeple and bell. The lower story was built of rough stone; the upper story was built in partnership with the American Methodist, which relation is still sustained. Its value is about $2,000. ....The mission at that time already embraced a large territory and many appointments. It included Edwardsville, Fosterburg, Staunton, Looking Glass Prairie, Beaver Creek, Blackjack, Smooth Prairie, Silver Creek, Ridge Prairie, The Bluff, Moro and Upper Alton. The membership in the whole field of labor numbered 67 at the time the church was dedicated. Rev. Wm. Fiegenbaum was in charge of the mission with two assistant preachers. They were Rev. J. Keck and Rev. Herman Kock, who is now President of Central Wesleyan College, Warrenton, Mo....
           "Great and exhausting were the labors of those early pioneer preachers, but they felt themselves equal to almost any emergency. With heroic devotion to their work and self-denying determination, they shared the hardships and difficulties of the early German settlers. They were on horseback almost every day, seeking the lost sheep of the house of Israel, preaching in log cabins, school houses, and where ever they could get any hearers, many or few, to teach them the way of righteousness, expecting very little compensation but what the great Shepherd might please to give them at the great day. And their labors were not in vain. Many persons became converted and rejoiced in the experience of a new life.
           "When in the year 1849 the Cholera broke out, eight to ten persons died almost every day at Highland. Rev. Wm. Fiegenbaum was stopped on his rounds for fear he would spread the disease. But then he went to nurse the sick and dying, often day and night, for two months, administering faithfully to their bodily and spiritual wants. After that he resumed his labors and was eminently successful in building up the societies in Madison county. Several years later a new church was built at Beaver Creek, where a society still exists. Most of the above mentioned appointments are still places for public worship; they are either formed into separate organizations or connected with other charges."
    Died 30 Nov 1906  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 16, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41] 

    • The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.

           Reverend William Fiegenbaum of this city, an aged servant of the Lord, was called away today to the promised reward. He died at 1:15 this morning, peacefully as he had lived. Several times of late, he had observed that he was glad to state that he suffered not at all. Rev. Fiegenbaum's death was not due to any particular ailment. Right up to dissolution his pulse and respiration were normal. Up to this week he ate three hearty meals a day and exercised by walks. It seemed merely as if the alloted span of his life had been reached, and without sickness or pain he received a message to lay down the load and enter into the kingdom whose joys he had spent his lifetime in preaching. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the German Methodist Church and will be in charge of Rev. J. G. Hildenstein. Rev. Dr. F. Brinkmeier of Belleville, Presiding Elder of this district, will speak in German, and Dr. G. B. Addicks, President of the Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri will speak in English. William Fiegenbaum was born 17 September 1824 in Laengrich, Westphalia, Germany and had therefore attained, at the time of his death, the age of 82 years, 2 months and 12 days. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fiegenbaum, who came to this country with their family in 1834. They landed at New Orleans and came up the Mississippi to St. Louis, removing thence to what is known as the Femme Osage District near St. Charles. They took up farming, but William did not feel drawn to that line of work and went to St. Louis and commenced clerking in a store. There he recognized the need for live, energetic preachers and dedicated his life to the work. Without special preparation other than his home studies he was received into the ministry, and began 4 March 1847 at Highland, this county. His labors extended over a large field, as he had a circuit which required fourteen days' traveling on horseback to cover. On 27 September 1849 he was married in St. Louis to Sophia Gusewelle. She died 7 September 1904. It will be observed that the family anniversaries came on sevens in September: Mr. Fiegenbaum's birthday being 17 September, their wedding anniversary 27 September and Mrs. Fiegenbaum's death on 7 September. There are six children: Fred A., Dr. Edward W., and Martha wife of C. H. Lynch all of Edwardsville; Dr. Julius H. of Alton; Bertha, wife of Rev. Charles F. Blume, of Winona, Minnesota; and Lydia, wife of Rev. H. C. Jacoby of Quincy. Of the original family, two brothers and two sisters are living: Rev. Fred W. Fiegenbaum of Wathena, Kansas; Rev. H. R. Fiegenbaum of Connell, Washington; Mrs. Wellemeyer of Warrenton, Missouri and Mrs. Winters of Oskaloosa, Iowa. Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, another brother, died two years ago, and this was the first break in the original family in seventy years. The family was noted for its connection with the church. The father, Adolph Fiegenbaum, was a carpenter, but every one of his sons became a minister and the daughters all married ministers. Rev. William Fiegenbaum's territory was extended all along the Mississippi Valley, to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Northern Illinois. From 1870 to 1875 he was pastor of the German Methodist Church in Edwardsville. In 1893 after continuous service of almost half a century he retired, and since then lived quietly in a little cottage on Union Street, preferring to maintain his own household, look after his chickens and the other routine of a home. He preached frequently here, however, and on 16 September of this year, on the occasion of the conference in Edwardsville, he delivered an address at the church which will always be remembered by its hearers for its force and the deep piety expressed. The excitement of that day and the eloquent effort he made seemed to tell upon him and he was never quite so energetic afterwards, though he got about as usual. Rev. Fiegenbaum was of the old stock, sturdy and strong as to physique and mentality, one who lived well, continued active and thought deeply. He rounded out the biblical span of years, ministered to with the tenderest care by his children and possessing the veneration and affectionate respect of all who knew him.

           This obituary was published in The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri) on 7 December 1906.

                Pioneer German Minister Dead.

           The death of Rev. William Fiegenbaum, one of the pioneer preachers of Southern Illinois, occurred at his home in Edwardsville, Illinois, Friday morning, November 30, 1906, at 1:15 o'clock, in his 83rd year. He had been able to be about until a short time prior to his demise.
           He was a native of Germany and came to this country when a lad of 10 years, his parents locating in Missouri. He early concluded to enter the German Methodist ministry, and was ordained at the age of 21. He continued in the ministry until a few years ago, when he was put on the superannuated list. With his aged wife, who died a year ago, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary several years since, surrounded by his children and grandchildren.
           During his ministerial career he was stationed in Misseuri [sic], Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois, the greater portion of the time in the southern portion of Illinois. The children surviving are Dr. J. H. Fiegenbaum, of Alton, Illinois; Dr. E. W. Fiegenbaum and Mrs. C. H. Lynch, of Edwardsville, Illinois; Adolph Fiegenbaum, of Washington, D. C; Mrs. Rev. C. F. Blume, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mrs. Rev. Jacoby, of Quincy, Illinois.
           Rev. Fiegenbaum was in Holt county at an early day, about 1851. At that time he was located at Jefferson City, and from there traveled on horseback over the entire portion of Northwest Missouri, his territory reaching as far as Rock Port, Atchison county. He was engaged in Missionary or rather frontier work, his duties being to hunt up the German families in this section of the country, and he would then hold services at the various homes he would visit, at that time there being no German churches in the small towns. When here in those early days, about 1851, we are informed, he helped to cut and haul the logs to build the first German M. E. church and parsonage combined, ever built in Holt county, which was located in this city near the present location. He was, many years after this, in 1877, stationed here, for one year, as pastor in charge of the German M. E. church, of this city. At this time his wife was living, and beside his wife, four of their children, Julius, Bertha. Martha and Lydia were with them. They will be remembered by many of our older citizens, and all were held in high esteem by our citizens.
           He was the second of four brothers, all of whom were German M. E. ministers, and the three eldest of the brothers and a sister, lived to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The eldest of these was Rev. Henry H., who died in St. Joseph, Mo.. Friday, January 13, 1905, and who was pastor here for three years in 1874-5-6. Rev. F. W , who had charge of the church here for several years, and afterwards made this his home for a few years, when about three years ago he removed to Wathena. Kansas, where he is now residing. Rev. Rudolph, stationed at Connell, Washington. Rev. William Fiegenbaum was an uncle of Mrs. Mina Curry, of this city.
    Buried 2 Dec 1906  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 16, 42, 43] 

    •      According to an obituary, the funeral was held at the German Methodist Church at 2:00 p.m. Rev. J. G. Hildenstein had charge of the service. Rev. Dr. F. Brinkmeier of Belleville, Presiding Elder of the district was to speak in German, and Dr. G. B. Addicks, President of the Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri would speak in English. Rev. William Fiegenbaum was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
    Person ID I250  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2017 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich,   b. 19 Dec 1793, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jan 1877, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Peterjohann, Christine Elisabeth,   b. Abt 1796, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1871, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1820  Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location  [44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57] 

    •      The record of Adolph and Christine's marriage in the archives of the evangelical church at Ladbergen identified Adolph as a Zimmermann (carpenter) living in the Wester Bauerschaft (district) of Ladbergen. After the marriage, Adolph and Christine lived in Lengerich, Christine's home town, where Adolph supplemented his skills as a carpenter by farming. Lieselotte Fiegenbaum, from her research on the family, has identified Adolph as 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."
    Census (family) 1840  Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    • The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri. The household consisted of: 5 males (2 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 years to less than 10 years; 1 at 15 years to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 years to less than 50 years old) and 3 females (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 10 years to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years old).
    Census (family) 1840  Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    • The 1840 U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "Rudolph Feigenbaum" household in Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri. The household consisted of: 5 males (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 years to less than 10 years; 2 at 15 years to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 years to less than 50 years) and 3 females (1 at 5 years to less than 10 years of age; 1 at 10 years to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 years to less than 50 years).
    Census (family) 1860  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [58] 
    • According to the 1860 enumeration, the household consisted of "Adolph Feigenbaum," age 67, born in Germany, a farmer; "Christina Feigenbaum," age 63, born in Germany; "Rudolph Feigenbaum," age 23, born in Missouri, who was married within the year; and "Elisabeth Feigenbaum," age 23 or 26, born in Germany, who was married within the year. This last person was no doubt the former Elizabeth Ann Krümpel; she and Rudolph, youngest child of Adolph and Christine, had been married in January 1860.
    Census (family) 1870  Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [59] 
    • According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Adolph Fiegenbaum, age 76, born in Prussia, unemployed, a U.S. citizen; and Christena [sic] Fiegenbaum, age 73, keeping house.
    Family ID F89  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gusewelle, Sophia,   b. 2 Feb 1826, Pollhagen, Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1904, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1 Oct 1849  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69] 

    •      Although obituaries for Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum and Sophia (Gusewelle) Fiegenbaum and also a newspaper account of their golden wedding anniversary all report that they were married at St. Louis on 27 September 1849, a record of the marriage, filed and recorded on 23 October 1849 at St. Louis, certified that Rev Henry Könecke, a Minister of the Gospel, "joined in wedlock" Reverend William Figenbaum [sic], of Highland, Madison County, Illinois, and Miss Sophia Gisewelle [sic], of St. Louis, Missouri on 1 October 1849.
           The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the golden wedding anniversary celebration for "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum." Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 29 September 1899 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.

           Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum celebrated their golden wedding Wednesday. As the anniversary, so was the day, bright and fair, and with sunshine as clear and golden as the purest ingot of the precious metal that ever ran from a crucible. Every circumstance smiled upon the anniversary and combined to make it a joyous one. The venerable couple were in the best of health and spirits, friends old and new were there to greet them and wish them well, and it is safe to say that no one of all the throng derived as much pleasure by half from the affair as did the guests of honor. The celebration occurred at the residence on Main Street of their son, Dr. E. W. Fiegenbaum. The house and grounds had been lavishly decorated in honor of the event. Taking advantage of the season, every corner and nook of the residence blossomed with golden rod, and its appropriateness was remarked upon all sides. At night the handsome lawn was lighted with many electric lights, forming a very pretty picture. According to the invitations the festivities began at 2:30, but in reality they commenced at noon, when the family gathered at dinner. Forty relatives sat down to the meal. Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum occupied the places of honor. Rev. H. C. Jacoby made an address, the family united in singing a verse and then after grace came the discussion of the meal. In the afternoon the guests began to arrive, and they came until the house was packed. Some to spend the afternoon, others who could tarry but a little while dropped in to pay their compliments, listen to the music and then return to business or other pursuits. Rev. Jacoby delivered an address in German and was followed with short addresses in English by Past Presiding Elder W. E. Ravenscroft and Dr. J. L. Cunningham. In the evening there was an address by Dr. J. A. Autrim, of St. Andrew's. One feature which was especially pleasing to the assemblage was the music. Schwarz orchestra played throughout the celebration, concluding with the "Golden Wedding March." During intervals the Fiegenbaum Mandolin Club rendered choice selections, and there was vocal music by the members of the German Methodist Choir. It was thought that perhaps all the members of the German Methodist Church could not be reached by mailing invitations, so a general invitation was extended from the pulpit, and the members were present almost without exception. Among the many handsome presents was a $10 gold piece, accompanied by a congratulatory poem from the Church Society. Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum have not had uneventful lives as are usually supposed to tend to long life. Both are natives of Prussia. Rev. Fiegenbaum came to this country at an early age. He was licensed as an exhorter in 1847 and the following year was ordained to the ministry. His first charge was at Highland, and after the completion of his first year there he went to St. Louis to claim his bride, Miss Sophia Gusewelle, who had been in America at that time about a year. They were married on September 27 in the afternoon at the German Methodist Church on Washington Street then one of the most pretentious structures in St. Louis. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Henry Koeneke. Rev. Koeneke and Mrs. Timpkin, of Peoria, who were the witnesses to the wedding, are still living, as is also Mrs. Dora Lahrman, of St. Joseph, Missouri, the lady who tendered them a wedding supper. At that time ministers were allowed but two years as a charge, so at the completion of the year following their wedding, Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum were assigned to a new town. They went to Watertown, Wisconsin, driving overland all the way. Then they were transferred to Booneville, Missouri, and during the forty or more years following, traversed nearly the whole of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Rev. Fiegenbaum's service for the Master covered a period of over 50 years, and he still preaches when occasion demands. The family is noted for the fact of its connection with the ministry. The three brothers, Henry of St. Joseph, Missouri; Fred of Oregon, Missouri; and Rudolph of Garner, Iowa, were all ministers, the former two now superannuated. The two sisters, Mrs. Minna Winter of Omaha, Nebraska and Mrs. Katherine Wellemeyer of Garner, Iowa, each married a minister. Henry Fiegenbaum and Mrs. Wellemeyer celebrated golden weddings a year ago, and Fred's occurs next year. All the children of Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum were present with their families, 19 of their 21 grandchildren being there. The children are: Mrs. Charles F. Blume of Winona, Minnesota; Mrs. Jacoby, wife of Rev. H. C. Jacoby, pastor of the Taylor Avenue German Methodist Church, St. Louis; Dr. J. H. Fiegenbaum of Alton, and Dr. E. W. Fiegenbaum, Fred Fiegenbaum and Mrs. C. H. Lynch of this city. Other out of town guests were: Mrs. Christian Kaeser of Pittsfield, a sister of Mrs. Fiegenbaum, who was present at the wedding 50 years ago; Mrs. Henry Krome, of near Wanda, who was seatmate with Mrs. Fiegenbaum at school in Germany 62 years ago; Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman, Mrs. Brinkman and Mrs. Goesch of Bunker Hill and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pitts of Alton.
    Census (family) 1860  Linton Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [70] 

    •      According to the 1860 enumeration, the household consisted of Wm. Fiegenbaum, age 38, born in Prussia, a "M. E. Minister;" Sophia Fiegenbaum, age 36, born in Prussia; F. A. Fiegenbaum, age 8, born in Wisconsin; Edward W. Fiegenbaum, age 6, born in Missouri; Henry I. or J. Fiegenbaum, age 1, born in Illinois; and Amelia B. Fiegenbaum, age 1, born in Illinois.
    Census (family) 1870  Summerfield, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [71] 

    •      According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of "Wm. Feigenbaum," age 45, born in Prussia, a U.S. citizen, a minister; "Sophia Feigenbaum," age 44, born in Prussia, keeping house; "F. Adolph Feigenbaum," age 18, born in Wisconsin; "Edward Feigenbaum," age 15, born in Missouri; "Bertha N. Feigenbaum," age 11, born in Illinois, attended school within the year; "Julius H. Feigenbaum," age 11, born in Illinois, attended school within the year; "Martha S. Feigenbaum," age 8, born in Minnesota, attended school within the year; "Livia Feigenbaum," age 6, born in Minnesota; and, "Mina Feigenbaum," age 3, born in Minnesota.
    Census (family) 1880  Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [72] 

    •      According to the 1880 enumeration of 12th Street, between Jefferson and Washington, the household consisted of "William Tigenbaum," age 56, born in Prussia, married, a German Methodist Pastor, his wife, "Sophia Tigenbaum," age 55, born in Prussia, married, keeping house, and four children: "Bertha E. Tigenbaum," daughter, age 21, born in Illinois, a salesmann [sic]; "Julius H. Tigenbaum," son, age 21, born in Illinois; "Martha Tigenbaum," daughter, age 18, born in Minnesota; and "Lydia M. Tigenbaum," daughter, age 16, born in Minnesota.
    Census (family) 1900  Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [73] 

    •      According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of William Fiegenbaum, head of household, born September 1824 in Germany, age 75, married for 50 years, immigrated to USA in 1834, a "Minister of the Gospel;" and Sophia Fiegenbaum, wife, born February 1826 in Germany, age 74; married for 50 years, a mother of 8 children (6 of them still living), immigrated to USA in 1846.
    Children 
    +1. Fiegenbaum, Frederick Adolph,   b. 15 Aug 1851, Watertown, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1931, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +2. Fiegenbaum, Dr. Edward William,   b. 4 Dec 1854, Boonville, Cooper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1927, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     3. Fiegenbaum, George,   b. 1857,   d. 1857  (Age 0 years)
    +4. Fiegenbaum, Amelia Bertha,   b. 27 Apr 1859, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Fiegenbaum, Dr. Julius Henry,   b. 27 Apr 1859, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1938, Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Fiegenbaum, Martha Lizette,   b. 3 Sep 1861, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1923, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +7. Fiegenbaum, Lydia Mary,   b. 24 Sep 1863, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1953, Los Angeles County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     8. Fiegenbaum, Wilhelmine,   b. Between 1866 and 1867, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F98  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum; born 17 September 1824 in Lengerich-Hohne. Son of Adolf Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann.

    2. [S62] Douglas Scott, Genealogical research posted to the WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~netdscott). Accessed January 2001.
      Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum; born 17 September 1824 in Lengerich-Hohne.

    3. [S26] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, edited by P. William Filby and Mary K. Meyer (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Publishing Co., 1981- ), 1983 Supplement (1984); page 255.
      Cites data published in Müller, Friedrich. "Westfälische Auswanderer in 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850." Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung. 22-24 (1964-1966); page 63. Given names as "Herm. W." No date. No place.

    4. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum; born 17 September 1824 in Lengerich-Hohne, Germany. Son of Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elizabeth Peterjohann.

    5. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 63; entry 117.
      Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration]. Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Hohne "Kirchspiel" [=parish], Lengerich; Heuerling [=tenant farmer]. No date of birth provided in record. Accompanied by his wife, Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann. And accompanied by children:...Herman Wilhelm, born 17.9.1824 [=17 September 1824];....
           For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration.

    6. [S48] Cemetery or burial marker.
      "Rev. Wm. Fiegenbaum, 1824 - 1906." Photo taken by Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller on 27 October 2004 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville, Illinois.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 12, 21-24.
      Wilhelm (William) Hermann Fiegenbaum, child of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, was born on 17 September 1824 at Lengerich, Westphalia, Germany.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "William Fiegenbaum was born 17 September 1824 in Laengrich, Westphalia, Germany and had therefore attained, at the time of his death, the age of 82 years, 2 months and 12 days. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fiegenbaum...."

    9. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 175, page 536D (image 234).
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Adams County, Quincy, Supervisor’s District 52, Enumeration District 29, census page 52D, enumerated on 12 June 1880; William Tigenbaum household, "12th str between Jefferson and Washington," dwelling 457, family 579, lines 16-21. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 16) Tigenbaum, William; white; male; age 56; married; Pastor Germ. Methodist Cong.; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.
           By calculation from the information provided, William would have been born about 1823-1824. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1880 U.S. census for this person.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 279, page 177 (image 358).
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, St. Clair County County, Summerfield, census page 8, enumerated on 18 June 1870; Wm. Feigenbaum household, dwelling 61, family 62, lines 32-40. Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 32) Feigenbaum, Wm.; age 45; male; white; minister; personal value=300; born in Prussia; father foreign born; mother foreign born; American citizen. 33) Feigenbaum, Sophia; age 44; female; white; "keepg. house; born in Prussia; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 34) Feigenbaum, F. Adolph; age 18; male; white; at home; born in Wisconsin; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 35) Feigenbaum, Edward; age 15; male; white; at home; born in Missouri; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 36) Feigenbaum, Bertha N.; age 11; female; white; at home; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year. 37) Feigenbaum, Julius H.; age 11; male; white; at home; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year. 38) Feigenbaum, Martha S.; age 8; female; white; at home; born in "Minasota"; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year. 39) Feigenbaum, Livia; age 6; female; white; at home; born in "Minasota"; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 40) Feigenbaum, Mina; age 3; female; white; at home; born in "Minasota"; father foreign born; mother foreign born.
           By calculation from the information provided, William would have been born about 1824-1825. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1870 U.S. census for this person.

    11. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860. NARA microfilm M653, roll 310, census page 266, page 340 (image 339).
      1860 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Allamakee County, Linton Township, census page 266, enumerated on 21 August 1860; Wm. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 2009, family 1969, lines 24-29. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004-2006.
           In the household was: 24) Wm. Fiegenbaum; age 38; male; M. E. Minister; personal estate value=200; born in Prussia. 25) Sophia Fiegenbaum; age 36; female; Housekeeper; born in Prussia. 26) F. A. Fiegenbaum; age 8; male; born in Wisconsin. 27) Edward W. Fiegenbaum; age 6; male; born in Missouri. 28) Henry [I or J]. Fiegenbaum; age 1; male; born in Illinois. 29) Amelia B. Fiegenbaum; age 1; female; born in Illinois.
           By calculation from the information provided, William would have been born about 1821-1822. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1860 U.S. census for this person.

    12. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, census page 2A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 1, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 48, census sheet 2 A, enumerated on 2 June 1900; William Fiegenbaum household, [no house number] Grand Avenue, dwelling 25, family 25, lines 9-10. Access through Ancestry.com in 2005, 2006, and 2009.
           In the household was: 09) Fiegenbaum, William; born September 1824; age 75; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany.

    13. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index".
      FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at ( http://pilot.familysearch.org/ ). Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Lengerich (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1644-1907. Family History Library Film 526387: "Taufen 1804-1810, 1815-1831." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95277-9. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, son of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, born 17 September 1824; baptized 26 September 1824 at "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia."

    14. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index".
      FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at ( http://pilot.familysearch.org/ ). Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Ladbergen (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1708-1938. Family History Library Film 582662: "Geburten, Heiraten, Tote 1810-1812." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum (born 6 July 1787, child of Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Catharina Horstmeier) and Catharina Elisabeth Hagen (born 26 September 1786, child of Johann Heinrich Hagen and Anna Elisabeth Holtkamp) were married on 13 July 1810 at "Evangelisch, Ladbergen, Westfalen, Prussia."

    15. [S19] Correspondence, on 6 June 1867, to Revd. William Fiegenbaum, Highland, Illinois.
      Letter from the pastor of the evangelical church at Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia. Original letter in the possession of Thomas Gilpin Allen. Digital copy shared with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in February 2012.
           Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, son of the married couple Adolph Heinrich Fredr. Fiegenbaum and Christina Elisabeth Peterjohann, was born on 17 September and baptized on 26 September 1824..

    16. [S286] Woodlawn Cemetery, St. Louis St., Edwardsville, IL; An Inventory of the Five Original Sections Recorded by Members of the Madison County Genealogical Society, 1995-1998. Compiled and indexed by Marie Thompson Eberle. (Edwardsville, Illinois: Madison County Genealogical Society, 1999), page 83. Cemetery Section II; lot 99.
      Rev. Wm. Fiegenbaum; born 1824; died 1906.

    17. [S226] FamilySearch.org, "Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898." Entry for Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum.
      Internet index. (https://beta.familysearch.org/). Accessed in March 2012. Family History Film 526387 [Taufen 1804-1810, 1815-1831]. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Compiled from: "Kirchenbuch, 1644-1907" (parish registers of baptisms, marriages, deaths, confirmations, etc.) for the Evangelische Kirche Lengerich (Kreis Tecklenburg), Westfalen, Germany "im Evangelischen Landes-kirchenamt," Bielefeld.
           Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, son of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, was baptised on 26 September 1824 in the evangelical church at "Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia." Date and place of birth not provided.

    18. [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Adolf Heinrich and Christine Elisabeth (Peterjohann) Fiegenbaum and 5 children (Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum; Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum; Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum; Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum; Maria Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum) emigrated from Lengerich-Hohne to the USA in 1834.

    19. [S26] Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, edited by P. William Filby and Mary K. Meyer (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Publishing Co., 1981- ), 1983 Supplement (1984); page 255. (Reliability: 2).
      Cites data published in Müller, Friedrich. "Westfälische Auswanderer in 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850." Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung. 22-24 (1964-1966); page 63. "Adolph Heinr Fiegenbaum;" wife: "Christ E Peterjohann;" child: "Herm Heinr;" child: "Herm W;" child: "Christ Elis;" child: "Fr W;" child: "M Wilhelmine;" to America; 1834.

    20. [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, page 709.
      From the biographical sketch of "Edward William Fiegenbaum, M. D." "Dr. Fiegenbaum represents the third generation of a German-American family. His grandfather, Adolph Fiegenbaum, immigrated to this country and settled in Missouri. William Fiegenbaum, the father, was ten years old when the family came to this country...."

    21. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 63; entry 117. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Hohne "Kirchspiel" [=parish], Lengerich; Heuerling [=tenant farmer]. No date of birth provided in record. Accompanied by his wife, Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann. And accompanied by children: Herman Heinrich, born 15.10.1821 [=15 October 1821]; Herman Wilhelm, born 17.9.1824 [=17 September 1824]; Christine Elisabeth, born 25.10.1827 [=27 October 1827]; Friedrich Wilhelm, born 10.4.1830 [=10 April 1830]; Maria Wilhelmine, born 27.7.1833 [=27 July 1833]. Emigrated in 1834; to North America.

    22. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "William Fiegenbaum was born 17 September 1824 in Laengrich, Westphalia, Germany.... He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fiegenbaum, who came to this country with their family in 1834. They landed at New Orleans and came up the Mississippi to St. Louis, removing thence to what is known as the Femme Osage District near St. Charles. They took up farming...."

    23. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, census page 2A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 1, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 48, census sheet 2 A, enumerated on 2 June 1900; William Fiegenbaum household, [no house number] Grand Avenue, dwelling 25, family 25, lines 9-10. Access through Ancestry.com in 2005, 2006, and 2009.
           In the household was: 09) Fiegenbaum, William; head; immigrated to USA in 1834; 66 years in USA.

    24. [S104] Personal communication, from Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts on 4 December 2003 via email to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      A ZIP archive containing a digital image of a Declaration of Intention by Adolphus Fiegenbaum on 2 April 1838 in St. Charles County Circuit Court.
           "I Adolphus Fiegenbaum do declare that I am a native of Ladbergen, Kingdom of Prussia, that I am about fourty [sic] four years old; that I emigrated from Ladbergen...that I landed in New Orleans in June 1834 and that I intend to settle in the State of Missouri."

    25. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 29.
      A Statement of Life and Work of Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, a Minister of the Gospel.
           "When I was four years old, we left the old country, set sail for New Orleans, North America. Nine weeks we were on the sea where we saw nothing but the blue sky and water and ship in which we lived at that time. The last part of June 1834 we landed in New Orleans. Then we went up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri which was then but a small town where we landed about third or fourth of July 1834. From there we traveled west by wagon and about sixty miles crossed the Missouri River at St. Charles, then west on the north side till we struck the line of Warren County, or near it, where we lived about seventeen years."

    26. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1840 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M704, roll 233, page 156. Missouri, Warren County, Charrette Township, census page 4; Rudolph Feigenbaum household [line 27]. Access through HeritageQuest in October 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           The household consisted of: 5 males (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 to less than 10 years; 2 at 15 to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years) and 3 females (1 at 5 to less than 10 years of age; 1 at 10 to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years).

    27. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1840 U.S. census, population schedule.
      NARA microfilm M704, roll 230, pages 24A & B. Missouri, St. Charles County, Femme Osage Township, census page 4; A. Frigenbottom household [line 17]. Access through HeritageQuest in October 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006.
           The household consisted of: 5 males (2 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 5 to less than 10 years; 1 at 15 to less than 20 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years old) and 3 females (1 at less than 5 years of age; 1 at 10 to less than 15 years; 1 at 40 to less than 50 years old).

    28. [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, page 709.
      From the biographical sketch of "Edward William Fiegenbaum, M. D." "Dr. Fiegenbaum represents the third generation of a German-American family....William Fiegenbaum, the father, was ten years old when the family came to this country and for sixty-one years of his life he was a prominent minister of the German Methodist church, his field of service including stations in Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota."

    29. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "Without special preparation other than his home studies he was received into the ministry, and began 4 March 1847 at Highland, this county. His labors extended over a large field, as he had a circuit which required fourteen days' traveling on horseback to cover. .... The family was noted for its connection with the church. The father, Adolph Fiegenbaum, was a carpenter, but every one of his sons became a minister and the daughters all married ministers. Rev. William Fiegenbaum's territory was extended all along the Mississippi Valley, to Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Northern Illinois. From 1870 to 1875 he was pastor of the German Methodist Church in Edwardsville. In 1893 after continuous service of almost half a century he retired, and since then lived quietly in a little cottage on Union Street...."

    30. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 21-22.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration for "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum." Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 29 September 1899 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "He was licensed as an exhorter in 1847 and the following year was ordained to the ministry. His first charge was at Highland, and after the completion of his first year there he went to St. Louis to claim his bride, Miss Sophia Gusewelle, who had been in America at that time about a year. They were married on September 27 in the afternoon at the German Methodist Church on Washington Street then one of the most pretentious structures in St. Louis. .... At that time ministers were allowed but two years as a charge, so at the completion of the year following their wedding, Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum were assigned to a new town. They went to Watertown, Wisconsin, driving overland all the way. Then they were transferred to Booneville, Missouri, and during the forty or more years following, traversed nearly the whole of Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Rev. Fiegenbaum's service for the Master covered a period of over 50 years, and he still preaches when occasion demands."

    31. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 279, page 177 (image 358).
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, St. Clair County County, Summerfield, census page 8, enumerated on 18 June 1870; Wm. Feigenbaum household, dwelling 61, family 62, lines 32-40. Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 32) Feigenbaum, Wm.; age 45; male; white; minister.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1870 U.S. census for this person.

    32. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, census page 2A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 1, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 48, census sheet 2 A, enumerated on 2 June 1900; William Fiegenbaum household, [no house number] Grand Avenue, dwelling 25, family 25, lines 9-10. Access through Ancestry.com in 2005, 2006, and 2009.
           In the household was: 09) Fiegenbaum, William; head; Minister of the Gospel; months not employed=12.

    33. [S203] History of Madison County, Illinois; Illustrated; With Biographical Sketches Of Many Prominent Men And Pioneers (Edwardsville, Illinois: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), pages 291-293.
      "The German Methodist Episcopal Church," by Rev. Wm. Schwind. The quoted selection comes from page 291, a part of the section on the congregation at Highland, Illinois.

    34. [S211] Article or notice, "Former Alderman Fiegenbaum Dies At Edwardsville".
      Alton Evening Telegraph (Alton, Illinois). Friday, 13 February 1931; Page 22, column 6-7. Digital copy (PDF) accessed through NewspaperArchive.com at (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=115836205) in October 2011.
           "[Fred A. Fiegenbaum] was born in Watertown. Wis., on August 15, 1851. His parents were the Rev. and Mrs. William A. Fiegenbaum, who were residents of this city a number of years during which time the Rev. Fiegenbaum served as pastor of the Immanuel M. E. Church."
           The newspaper appears to badly misinformed about the name of Fred Fiegenbaum's father.

    35. [S211] Article or notice, The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri); Friday, 9 September 1892 (volume 28; number 15); page 3, column 1.
      Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum's appointment to Oregon, Missouri from Lawrence, Kansas. Digital copies accessed through The Library of Congress: Chronicling America at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1892-09-09/ed-1/seq-3/) in November 2011.
           "The West German conference of the M. E. church was in session at Higginsville, Mo., from Sept. 1st untill [sic] 5th. Bishop Foster presided. A great many ministers were appointed to new fields of labor. Rev. J. L. Sternberg will go to Kansas City, Mo., and Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum, of Lawrence Kans., will come to Oregon. Rev. Fred Fiegenbaum is a brother o[f] Revs. Henry and William Fiegenbaum, former pastors of the German church in this city."
           The references are to Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann Fiegenbaum and Hermann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum.

    36. [S62] Douglas Scott, Genealogical research posted to the WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~netdscott). Accessed January 2001.
      Died 30 November 1906 in Edwardsville, Illiniois.

    37. [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, page 709.
      From the biographical sketch of "Edward William Fiegenbaum, M. D." "[William Fiegenbaum's] death occurred in 1906."

    38. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      He died 30 November 1906 in Edwardsville, Illinois.

    39. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 12, 21-24.
      Wilhelm (William) Hermann Fiegenbaum died on 30 November 1906 at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois. His death was reported on Illinois Certificate of Death #31224. The cause of death was septic infection, senility.

    40. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.

    41. [S211] Article or notice, "Pioneer German Minister Dead." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 7 December 1906; page 8, column 3.
      Digital copies accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1906-12-07/ed-1/seq-8/) in November 2011.

    42. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 23.
      Wilhelm (William) Fiegenbaum was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery at Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois.

    43. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the German Methodist Church and will be in charge of Rev. J. G. Hildenstein. Rev. Dr. F. Brinkmeier of Belleville, Presiding Elder of this district, will speak in German, and Dr. G. B. Addicks, President of the Central Wesleyan College at Warrenton, Missouri will speak in English."
           The Sunday following the appearance of this obituary would have been 2 December 1906.

    44. [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Adolf Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann; married. No date or place of marriage given.

    45. [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann; married 25 October 1820.

    46. [S91] Church records.
      Ladbergen, Germany church archives. Marriage record for "Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, Zimmermann zu Wester, 27 Jahre, mundlich, Junggesselle Christina Elisabeth Peterjohann, Tochter von Johann Hermann Peterjohann, Colon, 25 Jahre, mindlich, Jungfrau, 25 October 1820 -- Banning -- the Reverend." Citation provided by Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts in a modified descendant register emailed to J. Mark Fiegenbaum in May 2002.

    47. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elizabeth Peterjohann; married 15 October 1820 in Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    48. [S11] Friedrich Müller, "Westfälische Auswanderer im 19. Jahrhundert - Auswanderung aus dem Regierungsbezirk Münster, 1. Teil, 1803-1850," Beiträge zur westfälischen Familienforschung, 22-24 (1964-1966), page 63; entry 117. Erlaubte Auswangerung [=authorized emigration].
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum, of Hohne "Kirchspiel" [=parish], Lengerich; Heuerling [=tenant farmer]. No date of birth provided in record. Accompanied by his wife, Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann.
           For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration.

    49. [S165] Frederick William Winter, "Fiegenbaum Family History," in The Second Book of Chronicles of the House of Winter, edited by Philip Ernst Winter (1906).
      Adolph Fiegenbaum and Christine Wilhelmine Peterjohann were married 15 October 1820.

    50. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 7-8.
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann were married on 25 October 1820 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    51. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa Cemetery Records. "Adolph Fiegenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Accessed in July 2009. Original data is from Works Project Administration. Graves Registration Project. Washington, D.C.: n.p., n.d.
           Name: Adolph Fiegenbaum. Birth date: 1792. Death date: 11 January 1877. Cemetery: Concord. Town: Garner. Comment: wif: Christine. WPA index page no.: 13. "Level info: Gravestone Records of Cemeteries in Hancock County, Iowa."

    52. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
      Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Ladbergen (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1708-1938. Family History Library Film 582662: "Geburten, Heiraten, Tote 1810-1812." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum (born 6 July 1787, child of Herm Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Anna Catharina Horstmeier) and Catharina Elisabeth Hagen (born 26 September 1786, child of Johann Heinrich Hagen and Anna Elisabeth Holtkamp) were married on 13 July 1810 at "Evangelisch, Ladbergen, Westfalen, Prussia."

    53. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
      Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Lengerich (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1644-1907. Family History Library Film 526388: "Taufen 1832-1853." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95279-1. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Marie Wilhelmine Fiegenbaum, daughter of Heinrich Adolph Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, born 27 July 1833; baptized 9 August 1833 at "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia."

    54. [S230] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Germany Vital Records Index" in FamilySearch Record Search—Pilot Site at (http://pilot.familysearch.org/).
      Accessed on 10 October 2010. Index entries compiled from "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898," a FamilySearch database; data derived from: Evangelische Kirche Lengerich (Kreis Tecklenburg). Kirchenbuch, 1644-1907. Family History Library Film 526387: "Taufen 1804-1810, 1815-1831." Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967. Indexing Project (Batch) Number C95277-9. Original records in Evangelisches Landeskirchenamt, Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany.
           Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, son of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, born 10 April 1830; baptized 18 April 1830 at "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia."

    55. [S104] Personal communication, from Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts on 4 December 2003 via email to J. Mark Fiegenbaum.
      A ZIP archive containing a digital image of a Declaration of Intention by Adolphus Fiegenbaum on 2 April 1838 in St. Charles County Circuit Court.
           "I Adolphus Fiegenbaum do declare that I am a native of Ladbergen, Kingdom of Prussia...and that I am married to Cristina Peterjohan, and that I have six children...."

    56. [S135] Bill Roege, Ladbergen Genealogy Database (2nd draft edition; November 1999) (http://members.aol.com/WRoege/ladbergen.htm - last confirmed in March 2005).
      Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christina Elisabeth Peterjohan were married on 25 October 1820 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany. Bill Roege included a note for this event: "Husb (27), unmarried zimmerman in Wester; wife (25), unmarried dau of Joh Herm Peterjohan, Colonus in Holter."
           I believe the note is a translation of the entry in the records of the church at Ladbergen.

    57. [S8] 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), pages xxii-xxvi.
      "Land Ownership" (section 4) in the Preface. The quote on tenant farmers (Heuerlinge) was taken from page xxiii.

    58. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860. NARA microfilm M653, roll 331, pages 920-921 (images 143-144).
      Access through HeritageQuest.com October 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2005.
           Adolph Feigenbaum household, 1860 U.S. census, Louisa County, Iowa, population schedule, Wapello Township, pages 142 and 143, enumerated 25 July 1860, dwelling 1011, family 1011, lines 39-40 and 1-2.
           The household consisted of: 39) Adolph Feigenbaum; age 67; male; farmer; value of real estate=2220; value of personal estate=905; born in Germany. 40) Christina Feigenbaum; age 63; female; born in Germany. 01) Rudolph Feigenbaum; age 23; male; value of real estate=600; born in Mo.; was married within the year. 02) Elisabeth Feigenbaum; age 2[6?]; female; born in Germany; was married within the year.

    59. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 406, page 445.
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Louisa County, Wapello Township, Wapello Post Office, census page 8, enumerated on 29 July 1870; Adolph Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 61, family 60, lines 27-28. Access through June 2005 and June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 27) Fiegenbaum, Adolph; age 76; male; white; unemployed; real estate value=500; personal estate value=557; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth; male citizen of USA over 21 years old. 28) Fiegenbaum, Christena [sic]; age 73; female; white; keeping house; born in Prussia; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.

    60. [S62] Douglas Scott, Genealogical research posted to the WorldConnect Project at RootsWeb.com (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~netdscott). Accessed January 2001.
      Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum and Sophia Gusewellle; married 27 September 1849.

    61. [S111] William T. Norton, Norman Gershom Flagg, and J. S. Hoerner, Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and its People, 1812 to 1912; 2 volumes (Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), volume 2, page 709.
      From the biographical sketch of "Edward William Fiegenbaum, M. D." "[William Fiegenbaum, the father] married, at St. Louis, Sophia Gusewelle, who was also a native of Germany. Their children were: Adolph F., Dr. Edward W., Dr. Julius H., Bertha A., Martha, and Lydia Mary."

    62. [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
      Wilhelm Hermann Fiegenbaum and Sophia Gusewelle; married 1847 in St. Louis, Missouri.

    63. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 21.
      Wilhelm (William) Hermann Fiegenbaum and Sophie Guiesewell were married 27 September 1849 in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Illinois.

    64. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 21-22.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration for "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum." Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 29 September 1899 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.

    65. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 22-23.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. William Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "On 27 September 1849 he was married in St. Louis to Sophia Gusewelle. .... There are six children: Fred A., Dr. Edward W., and Martha wife of C. H. Lynch all of Edwardsville; Dr. Julius H. of Alton; Bertha, wife of Rev. Charles F. Blume, of Winona, Minnesota; and Lydia, wife of Rev. H. C. Jacoby of Quincy."

    66. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 23-24.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of a funeral annoucement for "Mrs. William Fiegenbaum." Gretchen Leenerts reported that this account had appeared on 9 September 1904 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois.
           "She was married to Rev. William Fiegenbaum 27 September 1849 in St. Louis. Their union was blessed with eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The six living children, all of whom were with her when death came, are: Fred A., Dr. E. W., and Mrs. Martha Lynch of Edwardsville; Dr. J. H. of Alton; Mrs. H. C. Jacoby of Granite City and Mrs. C. F. Blume of Winona, Minnesota. Her venerable husband also survives and there are 23 grandchildren."

    67. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, census page 2A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 1, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 48, census sheet 2 A, enumerated on 2 June 1900; William Fiegenbaum household, [no house number] Grand Avenue, dwelling 25, family 25, lines 9-10. Access through Ancestry.com in 2005, 2006, and 2009.
           In the household was: 09) Fiegenbaum, William; head; married, for 50 years. 10) Fiegenbaum, Sophia; wife; married, for 50 years; mother of 8 children, 6 of them still living.

    68. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), St. Louis marriages, 1849; volume 4, page 373.
      Digital image 6 (Index for Marriages, 1806-1854) and image 109 of 189 total images. Accessed in January 2011.
           The fourth entry on page 373 in volume 4 is a record for the marriage on 1 October 1849 of Reverend William Figenbaum [sic], of Highland, Madison County, Illinois, and Miss Sophia Gisewelle [sic], of St. Louis, Missouri. The wedding was performed by Henry Könecke, Minister of the Gospel. The marriage record was filed and recorded at St. Louis on 23 October 1849.
           In the index for this record (see image 6, page: Fid, entry #24) and the record itself (see image 109), the surnames of the marrying couple are misspelled. All of the marriage records on page 372 and 373 appear to have been written by the same hand, presumably that of the Recorder.

    69. [S273] Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System, Marriage record for E. W. Fiegenbaum and Julia B. Gillespie, 1882.
      Southern Illinois University, Morris Library, Carbondale, Illinois. Marriage records for Madison County, Illinois, 1882. Two photocopied images from microfilm. Marriage license 188 was issued on 12 May 1882. The groom was E. W. Fiegenbaum, a physician and surgeon residing at Edwardsville, Illinois, age 28, white, born at Booneville, Missouri, child of Wm. Fiegenbaum and Sophia Gusewelle.

    70. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1860. NARA microfilm M653, roll 310, census page 266, page 340 (image 339).
      1860 U.S. census, population schedule; Iowa, Allamakee County, Linton Township, census page 266, enumerated on 21 August 1860; Wm. Fiegenbaum household, dwelling 2009, family 1969, lines 24-29. Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in 2004-2006.
           The household consisted of: 24) Wm. Fiegenbaum; age 38; male; M. E. Minister; personal estate value=200; born in Prussia. 25) Sophia Fiegenbaum; age 36; female; Housekeeper; born in Prussia. 26) F. A. Fiegenbaum; age 8; male; born in Wisconsin. 27) Edward W. Fiegenbaum; age 6; male; born in Missouri. 28) Henry [I or J]. Fiegenbaum; age 1; male; born in Illinois. 29) Amelia B. Fiegenbaum; age 1; female; born in Illinois.

    71. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 279, page 177 (image 358).
      1870 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, St. Clair County County, Summerfield, census page 8, enumerated on 18 June 1870; Wm. Feigenbaum household, dwelling 61, family 62, lines 32-40. Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 32) Feigenbaum, Wm.; age 45; male; white; minister; personal value=300; born in Prussia; father foreign born; mother foreign born; American citizen. 33) Feigenbaum, Sophia; age 44; female; white; "keepg. house; born in Prussia; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 34) Feigenbaum, F. Adolph; age 18; male; white; at home; born in Wisconsin; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 35) Feigenbaum, Edward; age 15; male; white; at home; born in Missouri; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 36) Feigenbaum, Bertha N.; age 11; female; white; at home; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year. 37) Feigenbaum, Julius H.; age 11; male; white; at home; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year. 38) Feigenbaum, Martha S.; age 8; female; white; at home; born in "Minasota"; father foreign born; mother foreign born; attended school within the year. 39) Feigenbaum, Livia; age 6; female; white; at home; born in "Minasota"; father foreign born; mother foreign born. 40) Feigenbaum, Mina; age 3; female; white; at home; born in "Minasota"; father foreign born; mother foreign born.

    72. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 175, page 536D (image 234).
      1880 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Adams County, Quincy, Supervisor’s District 52, Enumeration District 29, census page 52D, enumerated on 12 June 1880; William Tigenbaum household, "12th str between Jefferson and Washington," dwelling 457, family 579, lines 16-21. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 16) Tigenbaum, William; white; male; age 56; married; Pastor Germ. Methodist Cong.; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 17) Tigenbaum, Sophia; white; female; age 55; wife; married; keeps house; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 18) Tigenbaum, Bertha E.; white; female; age 21; daughter; salesmann [sic]; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 19) Tigenbaum, Julius H.; white; male; age 21; son; occupation=[none reported]; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 20) Tigenbaum, Martha; white; female; age 18; daughter; occupation=[none reported]; born in Minn.; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 21) Tigenbaum, Lydia M.; white; female; age 16; relationship to head of household not reported; occupation=[none reported]; born in Minn.; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia.

    73. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 326, census page 2A.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Illinois, Madison County, Edwardsville Township, City of Edwardsville, ward 1, Supervisor’s District 12, Enumeration District 48, census sheet 2 A, enumerated on 2 June 1900; William Fiegenbaum household, [no house number] Grand Avenue, dwelling 25, family 25, lines 9-10. Access through Ancestry.com in 2005, 2006, and 2009.
           The household consisted of: 09) Fiegenbaum, William; head; white; male; born September 1824; age 75; married, for 50 years; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1834; 66 years in USA; Minister of the Gospel; months not employed=12; can read; can write; speaks English; owns home; home free of mortgage; home is a house. 10) Fiegenbaum, Sophia; wife; white; female; born February 1826; age 74; married, for 50 years; mother of 8 children, 6 of them still living; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1846; 53 (corrected to 54) years in USA; can read; can write; speaks English.


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