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Fiegenbaum, Johann Wilhelm

Male 1773 - 1845  (72 years)


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  • Name Fiegenbaum, Johann Wilhelm 
    Born 3 May 1773  Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Between 1790 and 1795  The Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    • In Dutch, the surname became Vijgeboom.
           In 1822 he published a short book, Korte beschrijving van de voornaamste lotgevallen van en door Johan Willem Vijgeboom (Short description of the most important live-events of Johan Willem Vijgeboom). He mentions the variety of jobs he held: employee in a tobacco-factory; gardener with his brother; farming and agriculture; businessman. About 1820, he was bankrupt.
    Occupation Between 1820 and 1845  The Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    lay preacher in the separatist church movement 
    • From about 1820, Johannes Willem Vijgeboom became involved in the movement to separate from the state church in the Netherlands, the Dutch Reformed Church. He was a lay preacher at Delfshaven and Schiedam, then small fishing communities on the North Sea, and also at Axel, in the province of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, near the border with Belgium. His work was also known in the provinces of Zeeland, Friesland, and Groningen.
           He was repeatedly arrested and fined for his participation in religious gatherings under the Code Pénal, laws surviving from the Napoleonic occupation which forbade the unsanctioned assembly of more than 20 people.
           In 1823, he and his followers, known as the 'Vijgeboomianen,' separated from the Dutch Reformed Church and called themselves 'Herstelde kerk van Christus'."
           Johannes petition the King in 1824 for freedom of religion, but his appeal was not accepted.
           In 1835, this group joined with the larger national separation movement, the Afscheiding. The movement was suppressed by law enforcement agencies and many dissenting groups immigrated to the USA.
           The Afscheiding did not recognize Johannes Willem Vijgeboom as a minister in full standing, but only as an 'oefenaar,' or volunteer preacher. He rejected this verdict and in defiance adopted the clothing and symbols of an official minister of the movement.
    Died 23 Jul 1845  Middelburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Person ID I3484  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2010 

    Father Fiegenbaum, Johann Diederich,   b. 12 Oct 1738, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Priggen, Catharina,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Y  [8, 9] 
    Family ID F1122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family [---?---], [--?--],   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1814  The Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    • There is currently no further information about descendants.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F1725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 4.
      Johann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, child of Johann Diderich Fiegenbaum and Catharina Priggen, was born 3 June 1773 at Ladbergen, Westphalia, Germany.

    2. [S104] Personal communication, from H. Wilhelm Weitkamp, the Netherlands, on 13 November 2007 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      Johann Wilm Fiegenbaum was born 31 May 1773 at Ladbergen.

    3. [S104] Personal communication, from H. Wilhelm Weitkamp, the Netherlands, on 13 November 2007 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      Johann Wilm Fiegenbaum, also known as Johannes Willem Vijgeboom, immigrated to the Netherlands in 1790 or 1795.
           "He had lots of diverse jobs: worker in a tobacco-factory, gardener, entrepreneur, agriculture, farming. In 1822 he published a short book: 'Korte beschrijving van de voornaamste lotgevallen van en door Johan Willem Vijgeboom' (Short description of the most important live-events of Johan Willem Vijgeboom). He talks about all the different jobs he has had (he also mentions a brother with whom he worked together as a gardener).... The troublesome times (or his malfortune) made him bankrupt in about 1820."

    4. [S104] Personal communication, from H. Wilhelm Weitkamp, the Netherlands, on 13 November 2007 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      "J. W. Fiegenbaum / Vijgenboom (b.t.w this dutch name means 'Fig-tree' and not 'Fiegenbaum' in your interpretation: the folks in the Netherlands took the sound of the name and tried to translate it into something familiar)...."

    5. [S104] Personal communication, from H. Wilhelm Weitkamp, the Netherlands, on 13 November 2007 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      From about 1820, Johannes Willem Vijgeboom became involved in the movement to separate from the state church in the Netherlands, the Dutch Reformed Church. He was a lay preacher at Delfshaven and Schiedam, then small fishing communities on the North Sea, and also at Axel, in the province of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, near the border with Belgium. His work was also known in the provinces of Zeeland, Friesland, and Groningen.
           He was repeatedly arrested and fined for his participation in religious gatherings under the Code Pénal, laws surviving from the Napoleonic occupation which forbade the assembly of more than 20 people.
           "In 1823 he and his followers (called the 'Vijgeboomianen') separated themselves from the official Dutch Reformed Church and called themselves 'Herstelde kerk van Christus'."
           "J. W. Fiegenbaum / Vijgenboom...was one of the first dissenters from the Official church, whom he accused of Remonstrantism. He asked the King in 1824 for freedom of religion, but this request was not accepted."
           In 1835, this group joined with the larger national separation movement, the Afscheiding. The movement was suppressed by law enforcement agencies and many dissenting groups immigrated to the USA, for example, to Holland, Michigan.
           The Afscheiding did not recognize Johannes Willem Vijgeboom as a minister in full standing, but only as an 'oefenaar,' or volunteer preacher. He rejected this verdict and in defiance adopted the clothing and symbols of an official minister of the movement.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 4.
      Johann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum died 22 July 1845 at Middelburg, Holland.

    7. [S104] Personal communication, from H. Wilhelm Weitkamp, the Netherlands, on 13 November 2007 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      Johann Wilm Fiegenbaum died 23 July 1845 at Middelburg, capital city of Zeeland, a province of the Netherlands.

    8. [S135] Bill Roege, Ladbergen Genealogy Database (2nd draft edition; November 1999) (http://members.aol.com/WRoege/ladbergen.htm - last confirmed in March 2005).
      Johan Diederich Fiegenbaum and Catharina Priggen were married. No further details given.

    9. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 4.
      Johann Diderich Fiegenbaum and Catharina Priggen were married. No further details provided.

    10. [S104] Personal communication, from H. Wilhelm Weitkamp, the Netherlands, on 13 November 2007 to J. Mark Fiegenbaum via email.
      "I do not know the name of the woman with whom he [Johann Wilm Fiegenbaum or Johannes Willem Vijgeboom] was married, although I have read that at least in 1935 two grandsons were still alive in Middelburg [Zeeland, the Netherlands], but he married in 1814 a farmers-woman with 17 cows."


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