Fiegenbaum, Christine Elisabeth
1827 - 1918 (90 years)-
Name Fiegenbaum, Christine Elisabeth Born 25 Oct 1827 Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] - She was born in Bauerschaft Hohne, a "township" of Lengerich.
Family researchers in Germany have reported the given names as Christine Elisabeth and state that she was born on 25 October 1827. Various sources from the USA identify her as Catherine Elisabeth, born on 6 October 1827. Until this discrepancy can be resolved, I have chosen to use the information from Germany.
Gender Female Baptism 4 Nov 1827 Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia [7, 9, 10] - Christine Elisabeth was baptized in the evangelical church at Lengerich.
Immigration 1834 Missouri, USA [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
Christine was about 7 years old when she emigrated from the Hohne section of Lengerich, in the Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia with her father, Adolph (age about 40), her 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 and a few years later moved to nearby Hopewell, in Warren County, Missouri. Around 1850, Christine's parents and two brothers still living at home moved to Iowa and settled near Wapello in Louisa County, Iowa. By then, she was already married and also relocated with her husband to Louisa County, Iowa.
Census 1840 Charrette Township, Warren County, Missouri, USA [16] - The 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 [17] - The U.S. census enumerated eight people living in the "A. Frigenbottom" household in Femme Osage Township, St. Charles County, Missouri.
Residence Sep 1899 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA [18] - An account of the 50th wedding anniversary of "Rev. and Mrs. William Fiegenbaum," celebrated on 27 September 1899 at Edwardsville, Illinois, noted that one of William's two sisters was "...Mrs. Katherine Wellemeyer of Garner, Iowa...."
Residence Nov 1906 Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA [19]
According to an obituary for her brother, "Rev. William Fiegenbaum," published on 30 November 1906 in the Edwardsville Intelligencer, of Edwardsville, Illinois, the deceased was survived by his sister, "...Mrs. Wellemeyer of Warrenton, Missouri...."
Died 1 Feb 1918 Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA [5, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27]
The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary which she reports appeared on Wednesday, 6 February 1918 in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa.
Catherine Elizabeth Wellemeyer, nee Fiegenbaum, was born 6 October 1827 in Kirchspiel, Lengerich, Province Westfalen, Prussia. In her sixth year, the family emigrated to America, and after some changes, settled near Warrentown [sic], Missouri. In August 1847 she married to Henry F. Wellemeyer and they began life on a farm near her old home. They soon moved to Wapello, Iowa, and there lived the life of pioneer farmers for twenty-five years. In 1875 the family moved again to Garner, Iowa, and lived here until the death of her husband in 1899. Shortly after this the old home was broken up and after visiting with several of her children, Mother Wellemeyer decided to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. George B. Addicks, at Warrentown [sic], Missouri. Here she lived and worked and waited for the call to rest. The welcome call came on last Friday, 1 February, at the home of her son, Charles L., with whom she spent the last few years of her life. Her death was due to no particular disease and when it came, it was rather like the falling asleep of a tired child, than the usual mode of the grim reaper. Of her ten children, three preceded her to the home beyond. One at birth, Frank H. and H. Fred after long lives of usefulness. Seven still live to mourn her loss: Lizette Minden of Meridan, Idaho, herself a grandmother of seventy years; Mrs. J. Neumann and W. H. Wellemeyer of Wymore, Nebraska; Mrs. George B. Addicks and Charles L. Wellemeyer of Warrentown [sic], Missouri; George L. of Harris, Iowa; and E. M. Wellemeyer at Garner. The funeral was held from the German M. E. Church, Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Gauger, and the interment took place in the city cemetery, where lie husband, father, mother, children, grandchildren and other relatives. May she rest in peace. Out of town relatives present were: W. H. Wellemeyer and Mrs. J. Neumann of Wymore, Nebraska; Charles Wellemeyer of Warrentown [sic], Missouri; George L. Wellemeyer of Harris, Iowa; Art Wellemeyer and two children of Klemme and Mrs. Ruch Melcher of Waverly.
The following obituary was published in the Warrenton Banner (Warrenton, Missouri) on 8 February 1918. The college where funeral services were held was Central Wesleyan College, located in Warrenton. Grandmother Wellemeyer's son, Charles Louis Wellemeyer, was a professor of Greek and Latin at the college. While a resident of Warrenton, she had also lived with her daughter, Mary Wilhelmine Wellemeyer, wife of Rev. George B. Addicks, who had taught at the same college and been its president from 1895 until his death in 1910.
Grandmother Wellemeyer Dead
After a long illness Grandmother Catherine Wellemeyer died at the home of her son, Prof. Charles Wellemeyer, of College Heights, Friday, February l, at the advanced age of 89 years, 2 months and 25 days. The end came very peacefully Friday morning when she fell asleep, as it were, to awake on the beautiful shore beyond.
Catherine Elizabeth Wellemeyer, nee Fiegenbaum, was born in Westfalen, Prussia, October 6, 1827, and came to America with her parents in 1834. With them she lived in the typical pioneer home in the wilds of the new world; first near Femme Osage, in St. Charles county, and later in the Hopewell vicinity, Warren county. At the latter place she spent her childhood and young girlhood days. While in St. Louis she came under the influence of the German Methodists; was converted, and joined the church when she was eighteen years old. In August, 1847, she was married to Henry F. Wellemeyer, and they established their home in the Steinhagen vicinity in this county. After several years they moved to Wapello, Iowa, where they resided for a quarter century. In the fall of 1875 they moved to Garner, Iowa, where they made their home until the death of her husband in 1899, two years after the celebration of their golden wedding. The death of her companion broke up the peaceful home of a half century, and after visiting with her sons and daughters for several years, Mother Wellemeyer established her home with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. B. Addicks, in Warrenton. After several years she made her home with her son, Prof. Charles L. Wellemeyer, and even though she had attained to an advanced age, looked after many of the duties of the household. During the past year she was almost helpless. It was then that Prof. Wellemeyer showed her the most kindly and careful attention and devotion, and there was no want that she ever had that was not supplied by him if it was possible. He cared for her, and entertained her in the sunset years of life in a manner that won the admiration of all who knew the conditions in their pleasant home.
Mother Wellemeyer became the mother of ten children, one of whom died in infancy. Two sons, Rev. Frank H. Wellemeyer, and Henry F. Wellemeyer, also preceded the mother to eternity, each dying at about the age of 60, after long years of usefulness. The following children survive: Mrs. Geo. B. Addicks, and Prof. Charles L. Wellemeyer, Warrenton; Mrs. Lizette Minden, Meridian, Idaho; Mrs. Julius Neuman, Wymore, Neb.; William H. Wellemeyer, Wymore, Neb.; Edward M. Wellemeyer, Garner, Iowa, and George L. Wellemeyer, Harris, Iowa. Thus she saw all of her children, except one, grow to manhood and womanhood, and to years of usefulness. She survived all of her brothers and sisters, and most of the friends of her youth; full of years and honor, and beloved by all who knew her. After many years of usefulness, her spent body yielded to the continuous assaults of man's inveterate enemy, and her restless spirit returned to its rightful estate on the date mentioned.
Funeral services were held at the College church Sunday afternoon, when the pastor, Rev. Lemkau, and President Kriege of the College, paid her fitting eulogies. The body was then sent to her old home at Garner, Iowa, for burial. Professor Wellemeyer accompanied the remains of his devoted mother to their final resting place.
Franz Arthur Wellemeyer lived with his grandparents near Garner, Iowa for a few years, beginning in 1890 when he was 10 years old. In 1955, he penned this remembrance of his grandmother.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH FIEGENBAUM WELLEMEYER wife of Henry F. Wellemeyer.
She was born Oct. 6th 1827, in Prussia Germany, the third and smallest of six children born to Adolph and Christine Fiegenbaum.
In her sixth year, 1834, the family migrated to America, and settled in Warren County Missouri, where her father was a 'truck gardener', and later the Fiegenbaums moved to a farm near Wapello Iowa.
Catherine was 64 years old when I first came to live with them, her hair was medium brown, straight and thin on top, with a braid rolled up in the back, her eyes were blue and well apart.
She was 'Little but Active', had a tremendous capacity for getting work done, was eager, optomistic [sic] and enjoyed it all. She was strong mentally, a clear thinker, a leader, always knew exactly what she was doing and why. And folks just naturally follow a person who 'knows'. She inherited a talent from the Fiegenbaums, she could always remember what she knew at just the time she needed to know it.
To say that she was religiously inclined is putting it mild, she was SPIRITUALY [sic] GIFTED - a sort of sixth sense - A spiritual power - She daily communed with her God in prayer. Maybe you could call it 'Using the Sub-conscious mind', some might call it a women's intuition. Whatever it was she had it in ABUNDANCE.
Let me give you two illustrations:
1st - In the fall of 1891, while I was living with them, Grandmother, one day, came into my bedroom at four o'clock in the morning, woke me up and said "I did not sleep well last night, thinking about my daughter Lisetta in Kansas, I feel they are in deep trouble, won't you hurry down to the depot and see if there is a telegram for me?"
The depot opened early because of an early morning train, and there it was a telegram for Grandmother, and the message disclosed that Geo. E. Minden, Lisetta's husband, had been killed by lightning the previous afternoon.
The above happening is true, and I still cannot believe that it was merely a coincident [sic]. Could it be that the sub-conscious minds of the mother and her daughter, somehow operated on the same wave length, so that when the daughter was deeply troubled it disturbed the mother? No doubt, someday, science will untangle the phenomenon of mental telepathy.
2nd - Grandmother at Prayer Meeting:
During the 20 weeks of the herding season, I did not get to church on Sunday, however, I was commanded to attend the Wednesday night prayer meeting at church, with the family. The Minister would lead the congregation in a song or two read scripture, then everybody knelt, while one after another of the 'laymen', led in prayer, mostly steriotyped [sic] stuff given in a monotone.
But, when Grandmother 'let loose' in prayer that was different, she began low and slowly developed her 'word picture' then as her voice grew stronger, she would 'lay it on the line' for the sinner and plead with all of us to turn to the Lord, right now, while he could still be found. - She was never at a loss for the right word, and would cast an almost hypnotic spell over the audience. She was eloquent and passionate in her appeal, and beat any Evangelist or any pulpit man, that I ever heard in the 75 years of my life.
I mention this as an illustration of her spiritual gifts. She would just sort of dip down into her sub-conscious mind and there it was.
A PIONEER DOCTOR -
It was in 1870, that the Milwaukee Railroad extended its tracks from Clear Lake westward thru the state of Iowa. And as soon as the rails were laid as far west as Algona, they started running trains. The first Passenger Train to stop at Garner was in the fall of 1870.
And then beginning in the spring of 1871, the little freight trains started bringing in emigrant cars, moving families, who were seeking new homes on the fertile lands of Hancock County Iowa.
The Norwegion [sic] People settled at Forest City. The Bohemian People selected farms near Duncan. And the German People, wanting to live near other German speaking people, chose farms in Liberty Township, where they later built a German Methodist Church.
Thus, in a brief time, maybe ten years, fifty new families moved onto farms in Liberty Township, and the Garner community was being settled at the same time.
These new families were mostly young people, Some were Newly-weds, they built humble homes, some with dirt floors, They were in debt to the Money-Lenders.
And then the most natural thing began to happen, into the homes of these happy and courageous young people, Babies were born - Many Babies - Gifts from the Gods.
Thus, there was an immediate need for Doctors, but no licensed Physician opened up an office in Garner until many years later. And the entire first generation of these pioneer children were born without an M.D. in attendance.
How did they manage?
There were two women living in our community, who had the job of doctor forced onto them by popular demand. They were Mrs Joachim Schuldt, near Klemme, and Mrs Henry F. Wellemeyer, living in Garner Iowa.
MRS JOACHIM SCHULDT, moved to Liberty Township, near Klemme in 1878, age 36, was the mother of several children. She had completed six years of nurse's training in Germany, this training together with natural ability, fitted her to serve as Doctor to the families of the Klemme Community, for a decade or more before a regular M.D. located here, she confined her practice strictly to 'Baby Cases' and the customary fee was five dollars.
MRS HENRY F. WELLEMEYER, came to Garner Iowa in 1875,age 48. She was the mother of nine children, a clear thinker with natural ability. During her pioneer years at Wapello she gained experience, by doctoring her own children and those of her neighbors, thus, she was the logical choice of the pioneer families in the Garner area.
As a true deciple [sic] of the 'Great Physician' she went about from home to home, doing good and healing the sick, both young and old, and took as her recompense, whatever the pioneer could pay. She was indeed a MOTHER to her people, and was affectionately called 'Mother Wellemeyer'.
Her supplies came from a firm of Doctors in St. Louis Mo. with whom she was personaly [sic] acquainted, and thru them she obtained some medical books. She had an open mind and was willing to learn from anyone. She even visited the Winnebago Indians near Forest City, from whom she acquired various roots, herbs and barks, with which she experimented, using [sic] them on herself in small doses.
Among the many items used by the Indians, I seem to remember just a few - Slipery [sic] Elm Bark - Oak bark - Sassafras leaves - Golden rod roots - Catnip leaves - Peneroyal [sic] leaves - Hops - Flax seed - Senna [sic] leaves - Bay leaves - Dill - Sun flower [sic] seeds - Bees wax and Honey- Tobacco- Sulphur etc. Mutton tallow was used as a base for salves( no vasoline [sic]).
The DOG DAYS, July 20, to August 31, gave the pioneer families a ruff [sic] time. Often the housewife would assist with the field work such as haying and harvest, it was almost impossible to hire extra help, and besides they had no money.
Thus, while everybody worked from sun to sun, there was little time left to do up the housework. Maybe it was time to wean the baby, and the older children would slip the young fellow a bottle of sour milk now and then. The next thing we knew, Mother Wellemeyer was called, the baby had summer complaint - many died.
Now then said Mother Wellemeyer, bring up a healthy gentle cow, and stake her near the house. In the Road cart Mother Wellemeyer carried a sack full of new tin cups. She gave each child a tin cup, so that they could help themselves by milking a cup full of milk from the cow whenever they wished, its better for them than sour milk, and even better for them than water from our shallow wells. I'll wait right here while you fetch the cow.
Reader please notice: She didn't say 'Better attend to this when you have time'. Heck no - the Little Doctor Lady said 'Go fetch that Cow', and everybody knew that she would stay right there until [sic] the cow appeared and was staked out in the yard, even if it took till domsday [sic].
Then during 'DOG DAYS', the hams, shoulders, and side pork, Which had been prepared maybe in Feb. or March by pickeling [sic] and smoking, would begin to taste stale, and sometimes start to spoil a bit around the bone. If they kept on eating this partly spoiled meat, someone in the family would get very sick, usually [sic] the head of the house. Mother Wellemeyer then, had a case of 'Ptomain [sic] poison' to deal with. - These are wicked germs, and sometimes its either kill or cure in a matter of hours.
Then she would order the spoiled meat thrown out, and sent someone to town to buy two or three lambs. You must eat mutton during all of the month of August. Kill and dress a lamb in the evening, next morning put the entire lamb in the oven and roast it, this will give you good eating for two or three days, and then the inter larding of the tallow in the mutton is cooling and healing to the bowels.
She had advised the Live Stock Dealers in Garner to always have Lambs on hand in August, they were glad to cooperate.
She was forever telling her patients about 'Hygenic [sic] Cooking' what to eat, what to raise in the garden etc. And told everybody to raise a few sheep every year, so that they could eat mutton in August. August she said, was the month for bowel trouble. Let the field work suffer if need be, the well being of your family should always come first.
Our Grandfather, Henry F. Wellemeyer, was moderate in all things, but he worried about our Grandmother, she was working too hard, and he did everything he could to make things easier for her, at his insistance [sic] grandmother hired a girl to attend to the routine household duties, and he also hired a local wagon maker to build a two wheeled cart for her to use, all the iron work done by himself.
Notice the high back of the seat, so that grandmother could sleep on the way home, good springs, wheels slightly taller than buggy wheels, quite a large box under the seat to hold her grip and equipment, blankets and slicker robe these were folded and placed on the seat. - a lantern to hang under the seat was provided. A young black hambletonian [sic] mare was trained to pull the cart.
The drawing herewith, shows a cross section of the rig, it is not too good (My hand shakes) is not drawn to scale, but will give the readed [sic] some idea of the outfit.
Grandfather sent a driver with Mother Wellemeyer on all night calls, her son Charles had been doing this, but in 1892 the job was turned over to me. I was 12, Charles was 22, and Mother Wellemeyer was 65, and had been serving the community as Doctor for 17 years - Her Job was heavy.
She did so wish that an M.D. would locate in Garner. A Doctor Smith tried it, but he was a drunk and never got started. A Dr Schneider came, just out of college, no experience, Mother Wellemeyer had to train him to do the job, while he was a bright man. It took years to get him going.
One evening as I brought in the herd from the grassland, Grandfather explained, that Mother Wellemeyer had been out on a 'Baby case' most of the day and was now taking a nap, with instructions to call her at exactly 7:30 PM. when I was to drive her 11 miles south west to a farm home where a man had broken a leg. - Grandfather had instructed the man who brought the call, to hang a lantern on the gate post to guide us, and that we would arrive at about 9:30 PM.
For the first four miles we had a graded dirt road, then we turned off on a diagonal trail, which ran from one farm place to another for miles, making detours around the sloughs and keeping mostly to the higher ground, the farther we went, the fainter the trail, finaly [sic] we saw a gleam of light maybe two miles away. We were there at nine o'clock.
The patient, a man of 40, lay on a couch too short for him, and in some pain, considerable swelling (not a good sign). The neighbors were anxious to help, brought a bed down from up stairs, set it up, boards were placed over the ropes which usually [sic] served as springs. Neighbor ladies tufted the 'husk tick', thus making a more solid mattress.
My job was to bathe the patient with castile soap and warm soft water from the reservoir of the kitchen stove.
Mother Wellemeyer was trying to determine the extent of the injury. The swelling made her job difficult. She would feel of the good leg and then of the bad. The break was between the knee and the ankle. The larger bone was broken off, and the smaller bone partly broken.
The bones were worked into place, splints were put on to hold them there, his chect [sic] was bandaged where he had a cracked rib, and after considerable more fussing, the patient was comfortable and Mother Wellemeyer was done for the time being.
We ate lunch shortly after mid-night and then started for home. Mother Wellemeyer wore a heavy coat and a shawl over her head, she leaned against me and went to sleep. The sky was overcast and it felt like rain, no moon, no stars, only the light of our lantern which hung under the cart.
After driving for an hour, we came to a newly made haystack which I did not remember seeing on our way out. When I stopped the horse, Grandmother woke up. Where are we? she asked. We picked up the worng [sic] trial about a quarter of a mile back, and everything will be alright, go on back to sleep, I will tend to the driving. Nope, said Grandma, when a person is lost its best to stay put till morning, we can't even tell direction without the stars or the moon.
Grandmother looked at the big watch, which she carried in her hand bag, it was two o'clock, she wound up her watch with a key (it was not a stem winder), rolled up in a nice wool blanket, lay down on the hay and went to sleep, she could always sleep any place and any where.
While she slept, I put side curtains on the cart, got out the slicker robe, in case it should rain, rolled up in a horse blanket, lay down on the hay and rested. I did not sleep much because, after all this whole mixup [sic] was my mistake.
I was up at four, it was clearing and day was beginning to break, and one could tell which was east. I got the horse and cart ready to go, Grandmother woke up, and we continued on our way, and Grandmother continued to sleep all the way home.
I helped with the chores, and then it was 6:30 AM. time to take out the herd to the grassland.
I have told this story with considerable detail, to show the responsibilty [sic] which fell on the shoulders of that 'Little Person' Mother Wellemeyer. There was no hospital to go to, and no other doctor to call. If the leg of this patient had been damaged beyond repair, Mother Wellemeyer was prepared to amputate right then and there.
It was just two years later after their Golden Wedding that her husband, Henry F Wellemeyer, died August 1899 - age 77 years.
Henry F. as head of the house was calm and kindly, he ordered Catherine his wife to take a short nap after each call, and to save argument, and 'please pa' she did just that, altho maybe she was not too tired.
Henry and Catherine were a great pair, seemed to understand each other and make allowance for their difference in viewpoint.
After the passing of her husband, Catherine, gradualy [sic] disposed of her property, broke up housekeeping and spent some time visiting with the families of her several children.
She made more extended visits in the homes of two of her daughters, Amelia Neumann and Marie Addicks, however the last few years of her life were spent in the home of her youngest son, Charles L Wellemeyer, at Warrenton Missouri where she died Feb. 1st 1918, her age 91 years.
She had been a widow for 19 years. Her two sons Frank H. and H. Fred. after long lives of usefulness had preceeded [sic] her, her grandchildren had become grown men and women.
When a person reaches age 91, all of the friends of their Youth are dead and gone. And so it was with the pioneer families, whom Mother Wellemeyer had served as Family Physician, some were dead, others had moved away, and the few who were still living in the Garner area were old men and old women. And the hundreds of Babies which she helped welcome into the world, were grown and scattered widely.
Thus, the remains of Mother Wellemeyer, were brought back to the church which she had helped build, to be buried by the grandchildren of her former friends, to lie beside her husband, in the shade of the evergreen trees, which he had planted in the Concord Cemetery near Garner Iowa.
The modest gray casket, containing the light and frail body of 'Our Little Lady' was completely covered with a blanket of red roses, and was easily carried by six old men, pioneers of Liberty Township. (Two younger men carried the casket up the church aisle and placed in on the pedestals).
Music by the church choir, all nice young people, but none of them had ever known Mother Wellemeyer.
Rev. A. W. Gauger, the young pastor at Garner, conducted the service, a short very proper routine talk, but no eulogy. The two front seats held the relatives:
The Ed. Wellemeyer family of Garner Iowa
Wm. H. Wellemeyer and Mrs Julius Neumann of Wymore Nebr.
Charles L. Wellemeyer of Warrenton Missouri
George L. Wellemeyer of Harris Iowa
Mrs Ruth Wellemeyer Melcher of Waverly Iowa.
The Arthur Wellemeyer family of Klemme Iowa.
A monument of Vermont Granite was erected in Concord Cemetery by Mother Wellemeyer shortly after the death of her husband. After her death, Mr and Mrs Julius Neumann, ordered her name added to the face of the stone.
And as I write this in January 1955, the nine children of this couple have also passed on. And the grandchildren are old men and women, I a grandson am age 75.
And, dear reader, this monument and its inscription, is all that you would ever know of Henry F. Wellemeyer and his wife Catherine Elizabeth Fiegenbaum, except for the foregoing pages of what I remember of them.
It was a pleasure to write this story - Arthur Wellemeyer.
Buried 5 Feb 1918 Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA [5, 28, 29, 30, 31] Address:
Concord CemeteryPerson ID I251 Fiegenbaum Last Modified 2 Jan 2017
Father Fiegenbaum, Adolph Heinrich, b. 19 Dec 1793, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg , d. 11 Jan 1877, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA (Age 83 years) Mother Peterjohann, Christine Elisabeth, b. Abt 1796, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia , d. 17 Sep 1871, Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa, USA (Age ~ 75 years) Married 25 Oct 1820 Ladbergen, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia [32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45]
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 [17] - 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 [16] - 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 [46] - 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 [47] - 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 Wellemeyer, Henry Frank, b. 15 Dec 1822, Kingdom of Hannover , d. 12 Aug 1899, Garner, Hancock County, Iowa, USA (Age 76 years) Residence (family) Between 1847 and 1850 Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri, USA [48] Married 22 Aug 1847 St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA [48, 49, 50, 51, 52]
Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts provided the following transcription of an article which she reports appeared on 26 August 1897 in the Hancock County (Iowa) Democrat.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wellemeyer of this place celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage last Saturday, 21 August. A large number of relatives and friends graced the happy occasion showing their congratulations and good wishes together with more substantial tokens of their regard upon the worthy old couple. At about half-past four o'clock the guests were called in to partake of an old fashioned wedding dinner with their host and hostess. About ninety persons partook of the bounteous repast prepared. After dinner while the friends were gathered on the lawn around father and mother Wellemeyer, a short address was made by Rev. F. H. Wellemeyer, another by Mr. August Beinke of St. Louis, Missouri, which was followed by the reading of a short poem by C. L. Wellemeyer. After the short impromptu program the whole company led by the children again filed past the old people with hearty and heart felt congratulations. It was a very affective scene and one never to be forgotten. Tears flowed on every side, but they were tears of joy. When the invited guests had taken their departure, the children and grandchildren gathered in the pleasant sitting room and closed the day with songs and speeches and happy converse. All in all a most enjoyable occasion. Gifts were as follows: $50 in gold, Mr. and Mrs. Beinke; $50 in gold from the children; $2 in gold each from Rev. and Mrs. C. Schuler, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Schneider and Mr. and Mrs. John Ulrich; $1 in gold each from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Able, Mr. and Mrs. A. Schneider, Rev. and Mrs. H. R. Fiegenbaum and Rev. and Mrs. Fiegenbaum. One dozen gold coffee spoons in a handsome case from Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Lauf; two gold tablespoons from Mr. and Mrs. H. Woestman; gold crescent pin from Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gove; chased silver cup and saucer from Mr. and Mrs. William Schneider, two gilded china cups each from Mr. and Mrs. August Grunze and Rev. and Mrs. A. Haefner; one gold salad fork from Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schroeder; bread plate from Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wells and a dinner set in china and glass from the grandchildren.
Residence (family) Between 1850 and 1875 Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA [53] Residence (family) From 1875 to 1899 Concord Township, Hancock County, Iowa, USA [54]
According to a passage from an obituary for Heinrich Frederick Wellemeyer:
The rich and cheap lands of northern Iowa induced Mr. Wellemeyer to sell his Louisa County farm and buy several hundred acres of Hancock County prairie. On 4 December 1875 he moved with his family to this county and built their permanent home in Seymour's addition to Concord where they have since resided.
Children + 1. Wellemeyer, Lisette Matilda, b. 12 Aug 1848, Warren County, Missouri, USA , d. 10 Sep 1925, Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, USA (Age 77 years)+ 2. Wellemeyer, Rev. Frank Henry, b. 11 Dec 1849, Warren County, Missouri, USA , d. 2 Jul 1909, Rudd, Floyd County, Iowa, USA (Age 59 years)+ 3. Wellemeyer, William Henry, b. 26 Feb 1852, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 29 Mar 1930, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska, USA (Age 78 years)+ 4. Wellemeyer, Amelia Catherine, b. 1 Sep 1854, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 29 Mar 1930, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA (Age 75 years)+ 5. Wellemeyer, Henry Frederick, b. 26 Feb 1857, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 2 Mar 1917, Early, Sac County, Iowa, USA (Age 60 years)+ 6. Wellemeyer, Edward Mathew, b. 16 Nov 1860, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 23 Feb 1931, Washington, Washington County, Iowa, USA (Age 70 years)+ 7. Wellemeyer, Mary Wilhelmine, b. 17 Oct 1862, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 31 May 1936, Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA (Age 73 years)+ 8. Wellemeyer, George Leonard, b. 8 Oct 1865, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 8 Apr 1932, Afton, Union County, Iowa, USA (Age 66 years)+ 9. Wellemeyer, Charles Louis, b. 6 Nov 1870, Wapello Township, Louisa County, Iowa, USA , d. 19 Nov 1946, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA (Age 76 years)Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 Family ID F99 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 22 Aug 1847 - St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA 
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Sources - [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum; born 25 October 1827. - [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
(Catherine) Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum; born 25 October 1827. Daughter of Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elizabeth Peterjohann. - [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: ...Christine Elisabeth, born 25.10.1827 [=27 October 1827];....
For the full entry from this source, see the notes for this person's immigration. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 12, 24-29.
Catherine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum, daughter of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, was born 6 October 1827 at Lengerich, Westfalen, Pruessen. - [S113] Web site, IAGenWeb Project. Burial Index for all Hancock County Cemeteries. Submitted by the Hancock County Genealogical Society, 1986.
Accessed March 2010. (http://iagenweb.org/hancock/Cemeteries/burialindex.html). Burial Index - W (http://iagenweb.org/hancock/Cemeteries/bi_w.html).
Wellemeyer, Catherine Elizabeth Fiegenbaum; born: 1827; died: 1918; cemetery: Concord. - [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed on 24 April 2008.
Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7613. For Catherine Elizabeth Wellemeyer. A white female born on 6 October 1827 in Germany. Father's name: Adolph Fiegenbaum; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Christine Peterjohann; born in Germany. Personal information was provided by Chas. L. Wellemeyer, of Warrenton, Missouri.
See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate. - [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.
Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum, daughter of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, born 25 October 1827; baptized 4 November 1827 at "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia." - [S113] Web site, "Julius Neumann-Amelia Catherine Wellemeyer Family Group Descendant Tree.".
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drpatek/gp401.htm). D. R. Patek Family Ancestors - Rushton, Todd, Black, Neumann. 12 August 2010. Accessed 12 October 2012.
Katherine Elizabeth Fiegenbaum was born in 1827 in Germany. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 26.
Catherine Elisabeth was christened on 4 Novenber 1827: "Evangelisch, Lengerich, Westphalen, Pruessen." - [S226] FamilySearch.org, "Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898." Entry for Christine Elisabeth 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.
Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum, daughter of Adolph Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann, was baptised on 4 November 1827 in the evangelical church at "Lengerich, Westfalen, Prussia." Date and place of birth not provided. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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." - [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." - [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). - [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). - [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.
"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." - [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.
"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." - [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
Died 1 February 1918 in Warrenton, Missouri. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 12, 24.
Catherine Elisabeth (Fiegenbaum) Wellemeyer died on 1 February 1918 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 24-25.
Transcription of an obituary reported to have appeared in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa, on Wednesday 6 February 1918.
Following the death of her husband in 1899 "Mother Wellemeyer decided to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. George B. Addicks, at Warrentown, Missouri. Here she lived and worked and waited for the call to rest. The welcome call came on last Friday, 1 February, at the home of her son, Charles L., with whom she spent the last few years of her life." - [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed on 24 April 2008.
Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7613. For Catherine Elizabeth Wellemeyer. A white female born on 6 October 1827 in Germany. Father's name: Adolph Fiegenbaum; born in Germany. Mother's maiden name: Christine Peterjohann; born in Germany. Died at 9:00 a.m. on 1 February 1918 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 90 years, 3 months, 25 days. She was widowed at the time of death. Her usual occupation was "At home." Cause of death was "General Debility following apoplectic strokes" (duration not recorded). Contributory cause of death was "Apoplexy" (3 years duration). Burial or removal was to be on [?] 5th, 1918 in or to Garner, Iowa. The funeral director was F. W. Nieling, of Warrenton, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Chas. L. Wellemeyer, of Warrenton, Missouri. A. W. Ebeling, M.D., of Warrenton, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 31 January 1918 to 1 February 1918 and signed the death certificate on 2 February 1918. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 2 February 1918. - [S113] Web site, "Julius Neumann-Amelia Catherine Wellemeyer Family Group Descendant Tree.".
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drpatek/gp401.htm). D. R. Patek Family Ancestors - Rushton, Todd, Black, Neumann. 12 August 2010. Accessed 12 October 2012.
Katherine Elizabeth Fiegenbaum died in 1918 in Missouri. - [S22] Obituary, "Grandmother Wellemeyer Dead".
Published in the Warrenton Banner (Warrenton, Missouri) on 8 February 1918;, page 1, column 3. Accessed online from the State Historical Society of Missouri at (http://statehistoricalsocietyofmissouri.org/cdm/ref/collection/warrentonb/id/17423) in May 2014. - [S263] Arthur Wellemeyer, Fiegenbaum, Wellemeyer (Klemme, Iowa: Arthur Wellemeyer, 1955), pages 28-35.
Remembrances of Catherine Elizabeth Fiegenbaum Wellemeyer. Some minor editorial changes have been made in this transcription of the original text. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 25-26.
Transcription by Mrs. Leenerts: "The following was written by Arthur Wellemeyer in 1955, he was Catherine's grandson." This remembrance was also published in Arthur Wellemeyer, Fiegenbaum, Wellemeyer (Klemme, Iowa: Arthur Wellemeyer, 1955), pages 28-35. - [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
Buried in Garner, Hancock County, Iowa. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 24-25.
Transcription of an obituary reported to have appeared in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa, on Wednesday 6 February 1918.
"The funeral was held from the German M. E. Church, Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Gauger, and the interment took place in the city cemetery, where lie husband, father, mother, children, grandchildren and other relatives." - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 26.
Catherine Elisabeth was buried on 5 February 1918 in Concord Cemetery at Garner, Hancock County, Iowa. - [S155] Missouri State Archives. Online Resources and Datatbases, Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed on 24 April 2008.
Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #7613. For Catherine Elizabeth Wellemeyer. Died at 9:00 a.m. on 1 February 1918 at Warrenton, Warren County, Missouri at the age of 90 years, 3 months, 25 days. Burial or removal was to be on [?] 5th, 1918 in or to Garner, Iowa. The funeral director was F. W. Nieling, of Warrenton, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Chas. L. Wellemeyer, of Warrenton, Missouri.
See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate. - [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
Adolf Heinrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann; married. No date or place of marriage given. - [S1] Hermanda (Lagemann) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
Adolph Henrich Fiegenbaum and Christine Elisabeth Peterjohann; married 25 October 1820. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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." - [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." - [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." - [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." - [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...." - [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. - [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. - [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. - [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. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 26-27.
Transcription of an obituary reported to have appeared in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa, on Wednesday 16 August 1899.
Henry Frank Wellemeyer "emigrated to the United States in 1845 and settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Here he married Miss Catherine Fiegenbaum, 22 August 1847 and moved to Warrentown, Missouri where they resided for nearly three years." - [S119] Harriet L. Fiegenbaum and Judith L. (Fiegenbaum) Miller, Genealogical research.
Rev. Wellmeier and (Catherine) Christine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum; married 1905 [sic]. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 24.
Henry Frank Wellemeyer and Catherine Elisabeth Fiegenbaum were married 22 August 1847 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri. - [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data from: Missouri Marriage Records. Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives. Microfilm.
Henry "Wellemeir" and Catherine Fiegenbaum were married in St. Louis, Missouri on 22 August 1847. - [S113] Web site, "Julius Neumann-Amelia Catherine Wellemeyer Family Group Descendant Tree.".
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~drpatek/gp401.htm). D. R. Patek Family Ancestors - Rushton, Todd, Black, Neumann. 12 August 2010. Accessed 12 October 2012.
Henry F. Wellemeyer and Katherine Elizabeth Fiegenbaum were married in 1847. No place given. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 26-27.
Transcription of an obituary reported to have appeared in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa, on Wednesday 16 August 1899.
"Mr. and Mrs. Wellemeyer could not reconcile the institution of slavery, which then prevailed in Missouri. With their love of personal liberty, they moved to Louisa County near Wapello, Iowa, where they resided until 1875." - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 26-27.
Transcription of an obituary for "Henry Frank Wellemeyer" reported to have appeared in the Garner Signal, of Garner, Iowa, on Wednesday, 16 August 1899.
- [S4] Lieselotte (Freese) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
