Fiegenbaum, Anna Maria

Female 1850 - 1937  (86 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Anna Maria 
    Nickname Mary 
    Born 3 Sep 1850  Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

    •      The following item was published in the The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri) on Friday, 3 September 1875:

           The following poetry is from the pen of Miss Mary Fiegenbaum, daughter of Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum, who lost her sight by spasms and small-pox when but ten years of age. She is now twenty-five and is totally blind. She has acquired the art of writing in both the English and German languages, and keeps up a correspondence with a number persons. Her mind is quite active, and she has composed a number of poems for the press, the last of which we hereby publish:

                The Blind Girl's Reverie.

      In darkness I wander my way,
        No beauties of Nature I see;
      Though lonely and long seems the night
        There's something that comforteth me.

      For numerous blessings doth spend
        That Heavenly Father so kind,
      Though they are consealed from my sight
        Their way to my soul they can find.

      The breezes, so calm and so mild,
        The sunbeam, so pleasant and warm,
      Kiss lovingly often my check,
        And gently throw round me their charm.

      The beautiful flowers I smell,
        The pretty birds' song I can hear;
      So flowers and birds, though unseen,
        Make me happy when they are near.

      Far happier though I am made
        By the friends who love me so well;
      Kind words, kind deeds steal deep in my heart,
        Their sweetness I'd fail should I tell.

      But sweeter, yes sweetest of all,
        Is this, that in heaven's bright light
      I shall see more than here I've missed;
        Adieu, then, forever to Night!!

                                    A. M. F.
      Oregon, Mo., Aug. 30, 1875.
    Gender Female 
    Census May 1870  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12
    • According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry, age 50, a minister; Clara, age 47, at home; Mary, age 19, at home; Carri, age 17, at home; George, age 16, a clerk; Anna, age 13, at home; Minnie, age 11, at home; Legette, age 9, at home; Louis Deitch, age 26, a dry goods merchant; and Mike Connelly, age 22, a clerk.
           According to her death certificate issued in 1937, Anna Marie had been a resident of St. Joseph for 67 years, indicating that she moved to town about 1870. She, like the rest of her family, was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.
    Census Jul 1870  Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • According to the 1870 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry, age 50, clergyman of the Methodist church, and a citizen of the USA; Clara, age 46, keeping house; Mary, age 20, blind; Carrie, age 17; George, age 15, in school; Anna, age 13, in school; Minnie, age 11, in school; and Lizzetta, age 8, in school.
    Census Jun 1880  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    • According to the 1880 enumeration, the household, living on 4th Street, in St. Joseph, consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, age 60, married, minister; Clara, age 56, wife, married, keeping house; Mary, age 29, daughter, single,at home; George, age 25, son, single, doctor; Annie, age 23, daughter, single, at home; Minnie, age 20, daughter, single, at home; and Lizzette, age 18, daughter, single, at home.
    Census Jun 1900  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    • According to the 1900 enumeration, the household consisted of Henry Fiegenbaum, age 78, head of household, widower, a minister; Anna Fiegenbaum, age 49, daughter, single; Julia Fiegenbaum, age 43, daughter, single, a clerk; and Henry Fiegenbaum, age 32, nephew, single, a salesman; and Mary Fiegenbaum, age 48, daughter, single.
           This enumeration appears to have listed Anna Maria Fiegenbaum, born 3 September 1850, as two separate people: Anna, age 49, and Mary, age 48.
           The Henry Fiegenbaum identified in the census as a nephew is probably Heinrich Fiegenbaum (1868-1954), son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum.
    Census Apr 1910  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    • According to the 1910 enumeration, the household consisted of Mary Fiegenbaum, age 59, head of household, single; Anna Fiegenbaum, age 52, sister, single, sales lady in a clothing store; Lydia M. Gutknecht, age 38, servant, single; and Sarah M. [H?]eyer, age 33, boarder, single, seamstress in a shirt factory.
    Census Jan 1920  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [17
    • According to the 1920 enumeration, the household consisted of Anna Fiegenbaum, age 63, head of household, single, sales lady in a retail store; Maria Fiegenbaum, age 69, sister, single; and Lydia Gutknecht, age 47, boarder, single, servant.
    Census Apr 1930  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    • According to the enumeration, the household consisted of Anna J. Fiegenbaum, age 72, head of household, single, sales lady in a clothing store; and Mary Fiegenbaum, age 79, sister, single.
    Died 26 Jun 1937  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20
    • Anna died at her home, 2906 Penn Street, about 6:30 a.m. of a cerebral hemorrhage.
    Buried 28 Jun 1937  St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21
    • Anna's grave is in Ashland Cemetery.
    Person ID I326  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2011 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Heinrich Hermann,   b. 15 Oct 1821, Lengerich, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1905, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Kastenbudt, Clara Catherine,   b. 9 Dec 1823, Osnabrück, Kingdom of Hannover Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1897, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 11 Apr 1847  St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

    •      The following is a transcription of an article published in The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri) on Friday, 16 April 1897.

                Half A Century.
                Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum and
                Wife Celebrate Their Golden
                Wedding in St. Joseph,
                Monday, April
                12, 1897.

                Were United in Marriage, April 11,
                1847 - Recipients of Many Hand-
                some Presents - Telegrams and
                Letters of Congratulations
                Received by the Score.

           This mile stone was reached by Rev. Henry and Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum of St. Joseph, Mo., on last Sunday April 11th, 1897.
           Cards had been sent out, announcing the coming event with a reception on Monday, April 12, 1897, at their home, 1123 North 5th Street, St. Joseph, Mo.
           Sunday, April 11, 1847, found the bridal party in the house of God in St. Louis, Mo., and at the close of the sermon the minister, Rev. Casper Yost, called forward the young couple who wished to be joined in holy matrimony and then and there pronounced them husband and wife.

           [anniversary photo here]

           Last Sunday, April, 11, 1897, they had reached the Golden stepping stone, and true to their early faith, wended their way to the house of God. It being Palm Sunday, they found the church a bower of palms. At the close of the sermon, Rev. Charles Harmes, pastor in charge, called forward the bridal party, and seating them before the altar delivered a fitting address to them, and in connection read a poem written for the occasion [sic] by Rev. J. A. Reitz, of Junction City, Kansas, Mrs. Dorethia [sic] Lahrman, of St. Joseph, Mo., the only living guest and witness of the marriage in 1847, acting as one bride's maid and Mrs. Dorathea Balcke as the other bride's maid.
           After the wedding ceremony, the bridal party went to their home where a 5 o'clock dinner was served.
           Those present were Rev. F. Fiegenbaum and wife, of Oregon, Mo.; Dr. J. F. Heinz and wife, Dr. H. R. Riemer and wife, Rev. J. A. Mueller and wife, Rev. Chas. Harmes, Mrs. Rev. J. G. K[o?]st, Mrs. Rev. Geo. Schatz, Mrs. Rev. H. Lahrman and Mrs. Rev. F. Balcke, and Miss Eda Heinz, all of St. Joseph, Mo.; Tom Curry, wife, children, of Oregon, Mo.; J. C. Steinmetz and wife, Adolph, Clara, Nettie, Emma, Addie and George Steinmetz, Julia and May Neudorff, Misses Mary and Anna Fiegenbaum and Miss Lydia Gutknecht, of St. Joseph, Mo.
           As early as Thursday the letters of congratulations came rolling in, and by Wednesday, 100 letters and fifteen telegrams had been received. Donations from friends were numerous and expensive, and true to the Golden Standard of our country, the bridal couple received one dollar each for every year of connubial bliss. Rare coins, such as a $2½ gold piece, coined in 1847, and $1.00 gold pieces were found among the presents.
           It would be well to give a short sketch of the lives of this worthy couple.
           Henry Fiegenbaum was born in Ladbergen, Prussia, Oct. 16, 1820; came to America with his parents in 1832, by the way of New Orleans; thence up the Mississippi river to St. Charles county, Mo., and in 1845 to St. Louis, Mo.
           Mrs. Clara Fiegenbaum (nee) Kastenbudt, was born in Osnabruck, Hanover, Dec. 9, 1823, and came to America in 1844, first going to Cincinnatti [sic] and thence to St. Louis, where in 1846 she united with the German M. E. church, and it was then and there that these two hearts met and in the same church where each were converted and joined that the marriage ceremoney [sic] was performed, Sunday, April 11, 1847, that made them one for life - for better or for worse, and in looking back over the years, they cannot but say: Truly, the Lord has been good unto us.
           In 1847 Mr. Fiegenbaum received exhorter's license, and in 1848 was sent out to fill a charge at Okoe, Ill., until conference. He joined the Illinois conference and was sent on the Belleville circuit.
           1848 to 1850 they were stationed at Mascoutah, Ill.; 1850 to 1852, Muscatine, Iowa; 1852 to 1860 in Galena, Ill.; 1860 to 1864 in Wapello, Iowa, Presiding Elder; 1864-1867 in Pekin, Ill.; 1867 to 1870 in Quincy, Ill.; 1870 to 1872 in St. Joseph, Mo., Presiding Elder; 1872 to 1875 in Oregon, Mo.; 1875 to 1883 in St. Joseph, Mo., Presiding Elder; 1883 to 1886 in St. Joseph, Mo., as station minister; 1886 to 1889 in Sedalia, Mo., and finding his health failing him retired from active charge in the ministry and found a home in St. Joseph, Mo., from whence they celebrated their Golden wedding on last Sunday.
           "But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint," - has been verified in the lives of these servants of God, and that they may spend the remainder of their lives in sweet communion with that Master and friend in whom they have trusted all these years, and that they may have a glorious golden sunset with a golden sunrise in the better world, is the wish of their many friends, both far and near.
    Residence (family) Abt 1854–1864  Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [32, 33
    • From 1850-1852 (in Muscatine) and again from 1854-1864, Heinrich served Methodist congregations in Iowa.
    Family ID F97  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Anna Marie Fiegenbaum; 26 June 1937.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Photocopy received from the Archives in June 2006. Digital copy (PDF file) from the Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed in October 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #23244. For Anna Marie Fiegenbaum. Born on 3 September 1850 at Muscoota [sic], Illinois. Father's name: Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum; born at Ladburg [sic], Germany. Mother's maiden name: Catherine Kastenbudt; born at Nabuck [sic], Germany.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    2. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      Anna Marie (Mary) Fiegenbaum, child of Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum and Clara Katherine Kastenbudt, was born on 3 September 1850 at Mascoutah, St. Clair County, Illinois.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      Anna Marie (Mary) Fiegenbaum was blind.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 187, page 451 [B] (image 148).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in March 2004 and in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Adams County, Illinois, population schedule, Quincy, Ward 2, census page 10, enumerated 28 July 1870, dwelling 58, family 69, lines 10-17.
           Fiegenbaum, Mary; age 20; female; white; born in Illinois; father foreign born; mother foreign born; blind.
           See also this family enumerated for the 1870 U.S. census at St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 762, pages 509 [A] & [B].
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2006 & 2008.
           Henry Feegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, ward 3, census pages 15 & 16, enumerated 12 May 1870, dwelling 150, family 150, lines 34-40 & 1-3. Access through HeritageQuest August 2004.
           Feegenbaum [sic], Mary; age 19; female; white; at home; born in Illinois; father of foreign birth; mother of foreign birth.
           See also an 1870 U.S. Census enumeration for this household living in Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.

    6. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 674, page 24D (image 0633).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1880 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Supervisor’s District 70, Enumeration District 50, census page 4, enumerated 1 June 1880, 4th Street, dwelling 35, family 36, lines 39-45.
           Mary; white; female; 29; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic].
           The reported age would yield a birth date of 1850-1851 by calculation.

    7. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 841, page 128A census sheet 14A.
      Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1900 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 3, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 51, census sheet 14 A, enumerated 7 June 1900, 1123 North 5th, dwelling 248, family 289, lines 14-18.
           The household consisted of, among others: 1) Fiegenbaum, Anna; daughter; white; female; born September 1850; age 49; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; can speak English. 2 Fiegenbaum, Mary; daughter; white; female; born September 1851; age 48; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can speak English.
           The presence in this household of the daughters Anna (born September 1850, age 49) and Mary (born September 1851, age 48) causes some confusion. Other historical resources do not support the existence of two separate individuals matching the reported criteria. It would appear that somehow Heinrich's eldest child, Anna Maria (born September 1850) was mistakenly enumerated twice.

    8. [S211] Article or notice, "The Blind Girl's Reverie." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 3 September 1875; Page 3, Column 5.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America (Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85034039/1875-09-03/ed-1/seq-3/) in November 2011.
           The author of the poem is identified in the introduction as Mary Fiegenbaum, the daughter of Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum; her initials, "A. M. Fiegenbaum," appear at the bottom of the poem.

    9. [S211] Article or notice, "A Well Rounded Life." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 10 September 1897; Page 4, Column 4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-09-10/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Clara Kastenbudt Fiegenbaum was survived by four daughters: Mrs. Carrie Steinmetz, Misses Mary and Anna, of St. Joseph, Missouri, and Mrs. Mina Curry, of Oregon, Missouri.

    10. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm M593, roll 762, page 509 [A] & [B]. Access through HeritageQuest Online August 2004.
      Henry Feegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, ward 3, pages 15 & 16, enumerated 12 May 1870, dwelling 150, family 150, lines 34-40 & 1-3.

    11. [S15] Certificate of Death, State Board of Health of Missouri certificate #23244.
      For Anna Marie Fiegenbaum. Born 3 September 1850 at Muscoota [sic], Illinois. Died 26 June 1937 at 6:30 am at 2906 Penn Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri at the age of 86 years, 9 months, 23 days. At the time of her death, Anna had been a resident of St. Joseph, Missouri for 67 years. By calculation from these facts, Anna Marie moved to St. Joseph about 1870. For more details about the death certificate, see the notes for Anna's death.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      Anna Marie (Mary) Fiegenbaum was a member of Trinity Methodist Church.

    13. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1870. NARA microfilm M593, roll 187, page 451 [B] (image 148).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in March 2004 and in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1870 U.S. census, Adams County, Illinois, population schedule, Quincy, Ward 2, census page 10, enumerated 28 July 1870, dwelling 58, family 69, lines 10-17.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Henry; age 50; male; Clergyman of Methodist ch.; value of real estate = $3500; born in Prussia; male citzen of USA over 21 years. 2) Fiegenbaum, Clara; age 46; female; keeping house; born in Prussia. 3) Fiegenbaum, Mary; age 20; female; born in Illinois; blind. 4) Fiegenbaum, Carrie; age 17; female; white; born in Illinois. 5) Fiegenbaum, George; age 15; male; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 6) Fiegenbaum, Anna; age 13; female; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 7) Fiegenbaum, Minnie; age 11; female; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year. 8) Fiegenbaum, Lizzetta; age 8; female; white; born in Illinois; attended school within the year.
           See also this family enumerated for the 1870 U.S. census at St. Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri.

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1880. NARA microfilm T9, roll 674, page 24D (image 0633).
      Access through HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1880 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Supervisor’s District 70, Enumeration District 50, census page 4, enumerated 1 June 1880, 4th Street, dwelling 35, family 36, lines 39-45.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Henry; white; male; age 60; married; minister; born in Prussia; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 2) Fiegenbaum, Clara; white; female; age 56; wife; married; keeping house; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia. 3) Fiegenbaum, Mary; white; female; 29; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 4) Fiegenbaum, George; white; male; age 25; son; single; doctor; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 5) Fiegenbaum, Annie; white; female; age 23; daughter; single; at home; born in Illinois; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 6) Fiegenbaum, Minnie; white; female; age 20; daughter; single; at home; born in Iowa; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic]. 7) Fiegenbaum, Lizzette; white; female; age 18; daughter; single; at home; born in Iowa; father born in Prussia; mother born in Prussia [sic].

    15. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 841, page 128A census sheet 14A.
      Access through HeritageQuest in July 2004 and Ancestry.com in July 2008.
           Henry Fiegenbaum household, 1900 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 3, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 51, census sheet 14 A, enumerated 7 June 1900, 1123 North 5th, dwelling 248, family 289, lines 14-18.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Henry; head; white; male; born October 1821; age 78; widowed; married for 50 years; born in Germany; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; immigrated to USA in 1832; in USA 68 years; is naturalized citizen; minister; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English; owner of home, without mortgage. 2) Fiegenbaum, Anna; daughter; white; female; born September 1850; age 49; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can read; can write; can speak English. 3) Fiegenbaum, Julia; daughter; white; female; born May 1857; age 43; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; clerk; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English. 4) Fiegenbaum, Henry; nephew; white; male; born January 1868; age 32; single; in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; salesman; 0 months unemployed; can read; can write; can speak English. 5) Fiegenbaum, Mary; daughter; white; female; born September 1851; age 48; single; born in Illinois; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; can speak English.
           The presence in this household of the daughters Anna (born September 1850, age 49) and Mary (born September 1851, age 48) causes some confusion. Other historical resources do not support the existence of two separate individuals matching the reported criteria. It would appear that somehow Heinrich's eldest child, Anna Maria (born September 1850) was mistakenly enumerated twice.
           The Henry Fiegenbaum identified as a nehphew is probably Heinrich Fiegenbaum (1868-1954), son of Heinrich Wilhelm and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 771, page 214A (census sheet 2A).
      Access through HeritageQuest in May 2003; Ancestry.com in July 2008 and July 2008.
           Mary A. Fiegenbaum household, 1910 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 3, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 61, census sheet 2A, enumerated 16 April 1910, 1123 North 5th Street, dwelling 28, family 30, lines 42-45.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Mary A.; head; female; white; age 59; single; born in Illinois; father born in Europe, German; mother born in Europe, German; speaks English; no occupation; can read; can write; owns house, without mortgage. 2) Fiegenbaum, Anna; sister; female; white; age 52; single; born in Illinois; father born in Europe, German; mother born in Europe, German; speaks English; sales lady; clothing store; employment status = w; can read; can write.. 3) Gutknecht, Lydia M.; servant; female; white; age 38; single; born in Missouri; father born in Germany, German; mother born in Europe, German; speaks English; house work; [illegible]; employment status = w; can read; can write.. 4) [H?]eyer, Sarah M.; boarder; female; white; age 33; single; born in Missouri; father born in [Canada?], German; mother born in Europe, German; speaks English; seamstress, in a shirt factory; employment status = w; can read; can write.

    17. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. NARA microfilm T625, roll T625, page 201A (census page 7A).
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004; Ancestry.com in June 2005 and July 2006.
           Anna Fiegenbaum household, 1920 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 6, Precinct G, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 107, census sheet 7A, enumerated 8 January 1920, 2906 Penn St., dwelling 137, family 149, lines 5-7.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Anna; head; owns home, in full without mortgage; female; white; age 63; single; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Germany, mother tongue German; mother born in Germany, mother tongue German; speaks English; saleslady; retail g**t's [gent's?] store; works for wages. 2) Fiegenbaum, Maria; sister; female; white; age 69; single; can read; can write; born in Illinois; father born in Germany, mother tongue German; mother born in Germany, mother tongue German; speaks English; no occupation. 3) Gutknecht, Lydia; boarder; female; white; age 47; single; can read; can write; born in Missouri; father born in Germany, mother tongue German; mother born in Switzerland, mother tongue German; speaks English; servant; private family; works for wages.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll T626, page 2B (image 614.0).
      Access through HeritageQuest in August 2004; Ancestry.com in August 2004 and July 2006.
           Anna J. Fiegenbaum household, 1930 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Ward 6, Supervisor’s District 1, Enumeration District 11-39, census sheet 2B, enumerated 2 April 1930, 2906 Penn Street, dwelling 48, family 51, lines 99-100.
           The household consisted of: 1) Fiegenbaum, Anna J.; head; owner of home; value of house = $2500; radio set in home; does not live on farm; female; white; age 72; single; did not attend school; can read and write; born in Illinois; father born in Northern Germany; mother born in Northern Germany; speaks English; sales lady; clothing store; works for wages; did not work yesterday or last regular work day. 2) Fiegenbaum, Mary; sister; female; white; age 79; single; did not attend school; can read and write; born in Illinois; father born in Northern Germany; mother born in Northern Germany; speaks English; no occupation.

    19. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Anna Marie Fiegenbaum; 26 June 1937.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Photocopy received from the Archives in June 2006. Digital copy (PDF file) from the Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed in October 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #23244. For Anna Marie Fiegenbaum. Born on 3 September 1850 at Muscoota [sic], Illinois. Father's name: Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum; born at Ladburg [sic], Germany. Mother's maiden name: Catherine Kastenbudt; born at Nabuck [sic], Germany. Died at 6:30 a.m. on 26 June 1937 at 2906 Penn Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri at the age of 86 years, 9 months, 23 days. Her usual residence was 2906 Penn Street. She was single at the time of death. Her usual occupation was "At Home." Cause of death was "cerebral Hemmorage." There was no autopsy. Diagnosis was confirmed [illegible]. The death was not described as an accident, suicide, or homicide; nor was it related to the deceased's occupation. Burial, cremation, or removal was to be on 28 June 1937 in Ashland Cemetery. The funeral director was Walter Meierhoffer, of 1302 Faraon Street, St. Joseph, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Miss Anna Fiegenbaum, of 2906 Penn Street. Ernest Kaltenbach, M.D., of Hillcrest Apts., St. Joseph, Missouri, had attended the deceased from 15 May 1937 to 18 June 1937 and signed the death certificate. The certificate was received by the local registrar on 28 June 1937.

    20. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 20.
      Anna Marie (Mary) Fiegenbaum died on 26 June 1927 at St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.

    21. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Anna Marie Fiegenbaum; 26 June 1937.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Photocopy received from the Archives in June 2006. Digital copy (PDF file) from the Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed in October 2007.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Certificate of Death #23244. For Anna Marie Fiegenbaum. Died at 6:30 a.m. on 26 June 1937 at 2906 Penn Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri at the age of 86 years, 9 months, 23 days. Burial, cremation, or removal was to be on 28 June 1937 in Ashland Cemetery. The funeral director was Walter Meierhoffer, of 1302 Faraon Street, St. Joseph, Missouri. Personal information was provided by Miss Anna Fiegenbaum, of 2906 Penn Street.
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    22. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), NARA microfilm T9, roll 674, page 24D. Access through HeritageQuest Online July 2004.
      Henry Fugenbaum household, 1880 U.S. census, Buchanan County, Missouri, population schedule, St. Joseph, Supervisor’s District 70, Enumeration District 50, page 4, enumerated 1 June 1880, 4th Street, dwelling 35, family 36, lines 39-45. Henry and Clara Fugenbaum; married.

    23. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 16.
      Heinrich (Henry) Herman Fiegenbaum and Clara Katherine Kastenbudt were married on 11 April 1847 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri.

    24. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 17.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an article covering the celebrations of the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum. Mrs. Leenerts reported that the article appeared in a St. Joseph, Missouri newspaper. The exact name and the date of publication were not provided; it appears to have been printed shortly after 12 April 1897.

    25. [S55] Jane M. (Fiegenbaum) Padget, Genealogical research.
      A photocopy of what appears to be a reprint of an obituary for Rev. Heinrich Fiegenbaum that had been published on 20 January 1905 in the Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           "On April 11th, 1847, Rev. Fiegenbaum and Miss Clara Kastenbudt were united in marriage in the city of St. Louis, and on Sunday, April 11th, 1897, in their home in St. Joseph, they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary."

    26. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 17-18.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Rev. Henry Fiegenbaum which she reported had appeared on 14 January 1905 in the St. Joseph Gazette, of St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "He was married to Miss Clara Kastenbudt 11 April 1847. She died 2 September 1897."

    27. [S15] Certificate of Death, for Anna Julia Fiegenbaum; 26 September 1942.
      State of Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State. Missouri State Archives. Photocopy received from the Archives in June 2006. Digital copy (PDF file) from the Missouri Death Certificates Database. (http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/). Accessed on 10 March 2008.
           Missouri State Board of Health, Standard Certificate of Death #33214. For Anna Julia Fiegenbaum. Born on 28 May 1857 at Galena, Illinois. Father's name: Henry Fiegenbaum; born at Ladberger [sic], Prussia. Mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbudt; born at "UNKNOWN," Germany. Personal information was provided by "Bible Records."
           See the notes for this person's death for more details of the death certificate.

    28. [S211] Article or notice, "A Well Rounded Life." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 10 September 1897; Page 4, Column 4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-09-10/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Henry Fiegenbaum and Clara Kastenbudt were married on Sunday, 11 April 1847 at St. Louis.

    29. [S211] Article or notice, "Half A Century." The Holt County Sentinel (Oregon, Missouri). Friday, 16 April 1897; Page 4, Columns 3-4.
      Digital copy accessed through Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (The Library of Congress) at (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90061417/1897-04-16/ed-1/seq-4/) in November 2011.
           Article on the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Henry and Clara (Kastenbudt) Fiegenbaum celebrated at St. Joseph, Missouri.
           "Sunday, April 11, 1847, found the bridal party in the house of God in St. Louis, Mo., and at the close of the sermon the minister, Rev. Casper Yost, called forward the young couple [Henry Fiegenbaum and Clara Kastenbudt] who wished to be joined in holy matrimony and then and there pronounced them husband and wife."
           "...where in 1846 she [Clara Kastenbudt] united with the German M. E. church, and it was then and there that these two hearts met and in the same church where each were converted and joined that the marriage ceremoney [sic] was performed, Sunday, April 11, 1847, that made them one for life...."

    30. [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, 1847; volume 3, page 387.
      Digital image 6 (Index for Marriages, 1806-1854) and image 49 of 141 total images. Accessed in January 2011.
           At the bottom of page 387 of volume 3 is a list of four marriages returned by "C. Jose [sic] Pastor of the St. Louis German Station, Meth. E. Church" on 25 May 1847 and filed on 31 May 1847: 1. On the 4th day of March 1847 -- Charles Fiele with Marie Kleinstadt. 2. On the 4th day of April 1847 -- John Alt with Catherine Wag--- [end of name is obscured]. 3. On the 11th day of April 1847 -- Henry Fiegenbaum with Clara Kastenbutz [sic]. 4. On the 18th day of May 1847 -- Jacob Siesval[d?] with [G?]egina E[?]selink--- [end of name is obscured]. All parties were residents of St. Louis.
           The index for this record (see image 6, page: Fid, entry #4) shows Clara's surname as "Kustenbutz," but this is a mis-reading of the record (see image 49).
           According to later accounts, Henry and Clara were married at the end of a regular Sunday church service. Judging from the dates of these four marriages, it would appear that Rev. Kasper Jost was in the habit of performing weddings in this manner.

    31. [S279] Ancestry.com (library edition), Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 (formerly titled Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1937) (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8823 in December 2017), Fiegenbaum-McKee 1880.
      Accessed in May 2016. Original data from the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa Marriage Records, 1880–1922 (textual records); Iowa State Archives; Des Moines, Iowa; Volume: 302 (Dubuque-Henry). The following data has been taken from relevant portions of a digital image of the source.
           Return of marriages in the County of Henry for the year ending 1 October 11. The transcription of the marriage records compiled in this volume was certified by W. L. Andrews, Clerk District and Circuit Courts (W. E. Wells, Deputy), on 1 November 1881.
           Number of license: [no entry]. Date of License: [no entry]. Who made Affidavit: [no entry]. Who gave consent to marriage: [no entry]. Groom's name: George A. Fiegenbaum. Groom's place of residence: Oregon, Missouri. Groom's age at NEXT birthday: 26. Groom's birth place: Galena, Illinois. Groom's father's name: Henry Fiegenbaum. Groom's mother's maiden name: Clara Kastenbutt [sic].
           For full details of this record, see the sources for the Fiegenbaum-McKee marriage.

    32. [S187] Otto E. Kriege, Gustav Becker, Matthäus Herrmann and C. L. Körner, Souvenir der West Deutschen Konferenz der Bischöflichen Methodistenkirche ([place of publication not identified]: the Conference, 1906), pages 236-237.
      Biographical sketch of Heinrich Fiegenbaum. "Er stand 41 Jahre ununterbrochen in den aktiven Reihen und bediente folgende Gemeinden: Mascoutah, Ill., 1848 to 1850; Muscatine, Iowa, 1850-52; Galena, Ill., 1852-54; Iowa District 1854-1860; Burlingtion-Distrikt 1860-64; ...." [He stood for 41 uninterrupted years in the active ranks and served the following congregations: Mascoutah, Ill., 1848 to 1850; Muscatine, Iowa, 1850-52; Galena, Ill.,1852-54; Iowa District 1854-1860; Burlington District 1860-64; ....].

    33. [S177] Ancestry.com (library edition), Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865. "Henry Feigenbaum".
      Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Accessed on 18 April 2011. Original data: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. ARC Identifies: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 3 of 3. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
           1st Congressional District, Iowa; Schedule 2 - persons of Class 2 - No. [74?]; enumerated in June 1863; Robert B. Rutledge, Provost Marshal. Line 9: Henry "Figenbaum" [not "Feigenbaum" as reported in the Ancestry.com index]; resident of Louisa County; age 43 (on 1 July 1863); white; minister; born in Germany.
           Marital status was not mentioned for any of the enumerated names. From other data, Henry would have been 41 years old on 1 July 1863; not 43 as reported in the enumeration.