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  • Name Fiegenbaum, J. W. 
    Born 25 Dec 1924  Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    • Due to a error in an early photocopy of his birth certificate, J W's birth date is often recorded on official documents during the early part of his life as February 3, 1925. This date is not correct.
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 29 Nov 1925  Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • J. W. was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Oklahoma. Harry W. Curtis was the minister. No witnesses signed the certificate.
    Moved To Abt Jun 1927  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Confirmation 2 Apr 1939  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    • J. W. was confirmed in Zions Evangelical Church (the Evangelical and Reformed denomination).
    Graduation 19 May 1943  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12] 
    • J. graduated from Mayview High School.
    Military Service From 1944 to 1946  [13, 14, 15] 
    Address:
    Asiatic Pacific Theater 

    •      J. was inducted into the U.S. Army on 10 November 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He received his infantry basic training and military law enforcement training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Serving as a Tec 5 in the 275th Military Police Service Company, he embarked on the USS General H. B. Freeman on 1 June 1945 from Riverside, California and arrived on 10 July 1945 at Calcutta, India. His assignments also took him to Karachi, India; Kandy, Ceylon; and Shanghai, China. He arrived back in San Francisco, California aboard the U.S.A.T. David Shanks on 27 August 1946. J. was honorably discharged at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 25 October 1946.
    Graduation 1950  Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Address:
    Drury College 
    • J. earned an A.B degree (magna cum laude) in Bible, Religion and, Philosophy and History. Drury College is now known as Drury University.
    Graduation 1953  Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Eden Theological Seminary 
    • J. earned a B. D. degree.
    Ordaination 27 Sep 1953  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • J. was ordained into the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The ceremony took place at Zion E & R Church in Mayview, Missouri, the congregation in which he had grown up.
    Residence From 1962 to 1968  Montréal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      In the summer of 1962, the family moved from Elmhurst, Illinois to 6211 Monkland Avenue, in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district of Montreal. J. W. began work on a master's degree in comparative religion at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.
           The following academic year, in order for the family to survive on a severely reduced income, J. remained alone in Montreal while his wife and children lived for a year with his parents on their farm in Lafayette County, Missouri.
           From late summer 1964 to the summer of 1968, the reunited family lived at 3719 Hutchison Street, just north of Prince Arthur Street. J. worked on his studies for the Ph.D. program at the Institute of Islamic Studies, while his children also pursued their education in the local schools. Dorothy worked at the McGill University library and was the chief bread-winner.
    Moved To 1969  South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      While working in Chicago for Encyclopedia Britannica, J. sought a collegiate teaching position and won a place in the Department of Religion at Mount Holyoke College. In the summer of 1969, the family moved itself to New England. J returned to being a professor. Dorothy, his wife, took a position in the college library. And the members of the family came to terms with the notion of stability in their futures.
    Degree 6 Nov 1973  Montréal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    Address:
    McGill University 
    • J. earned a Ph.D. for his work in comparative religion with emphasis in Islamic Studies from the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University.
    Died 13 Jan 2010  Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 18] 

    •      J. W. died very early in the morning in his sleep at his home at 111 Mill Lane. The following obituary was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, of Northampton, Massachusetts, on Friday, 15 January 2010.

           J.W. Fiegenbaum, minister, Mount Holyoke College professor

           AMHERST - J.W. Fiegenbaum died on Jan. 13, 2010, at his home in Amherst, after a period of failing health.
           J. was born on Dec. 25, 1924, in Tulsa, Okla., the eldest child of John Henry and Katherine Margaret (Maun) Fiegenbaum. He was raised on his family's farm in Lafayette County, Mo., and received his early education in the rural schools, graduating from Mayview High School, Mayview, Mo., in 1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1944, received infantry basic training and instruction in military law enforcement at Camp Robinson, Ark., and served in the South East Asia Command at Kandi, Ceylon; Karachi and Calcutta, India; and Shanghai, China. Following World War II, J. attended Mission House College, Wis., and earned a B.A. from Drury College, Mo., in 1950. In 1953, he was awarded a B.D. from Eden Theological Seminary, Mo., and was ordained for the Christian ministry by the Evangelical and Reformed denomination at Zion Church, Mayview, Mo. He continued his studies at Northwestern University in Illinois, the American University in Cairo, Egypt and earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in comparative religion with special emphasis on Islam at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Quebec. In 1967, he was the recipient of a Fulbright grant. As a minister of the Evangelical and Reformed and United Church of Christ denominations, J. served churches at Washington, Mo.; Biloxi, Miss.; as the first chaplain of Elmhurst College in Illinois; and at Genoa and Glenview, Ill. He retired in 1984 as pastor emeritus of the United Church of Pelham.
           In addition to his work as a pastoral minister, J. was a committed educator. He was an associate editor of religion for Encyclopedia Britannica III in Chicago, Ill., and regularly contributed book reviews to Choice (ALA) magazine. He was a tenured member of the faculty at Elmhurst College; taught at Concordia University, Quebec; retired in 1990 from Mount Holyoke College as professor emeritus of religion; and was a Scholar in Residence at Eden Theological Seminary.
           He was preceded in death by his brother, Henry M. Fiegenbaum; his sister, Dorothy L. (Fiegenbaum) Riekhof; and his first wife, Dorothy M. (Gerber) Fiegenbaum. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Keyes, of Amherst; his son, J. Mark Fiegenbaum, of South Hadley; his son, Eric N. Fiegenbaum and his wife, Linda S. Heath, of Madbury, N.H.; his daughter, Karen J. McLean Fiegenbaum and her husband, Peter W. Fiegenbaum McLean, of Northampton; and his stepson, Daniel F. Correia, of Belchertown. He is also survived by granddaughters, Katherine Heath Fiegenbaum, Hannah A. McLean Fiegenbaum and Charlotte J. McLean Fiegenbaum.
           Burial will be a private affair for immediate family at Valley Cemetery in Pelham. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church, South Hadley, on Jan. 30, at 1 p.m.
           In lieu of flowers, gifts of remembrance may be made to Friends of Sabeel-North America (PO Box 9186, Portland, Oregon 97207; http://www.fosna.org/) or the First Congregational Church, 1 Church St., South Hadley 01075. Obituary and register are available at www.douglassfuneral.com.
    Buried 15 Jan 2010  Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Valley Cemetery 
    Person ID I37  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2018 

    Father Fiegenbaum, John Henry,   b. 7 May 1901, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1981, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Maun, Katherine Margarete,   b. 25 May 1898, Wellington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1985, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 14 May 1924  Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26] 

    •      According to marriage records in Lafayette County, Missouri, John Fiegenbaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, and Katherine Maun, of Wellington, Lafayette County, Missouri, received a marriage license at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 14 May 1924. They were married on the same day by Rev. Martin L. Seybold, the pastor of Zion Evangelical Church, Mayview, Missouri.
    Family ID F14  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gerber, Dorothy May,   b. 23 Oct 1927, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jul 1989, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage License 4 Jun 1952  St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27] 
    Married 8 Jun 1952  Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [27, 28, 29, 30, 31] 
    Address:
    Eden Theological Seminary 
    • They were married in the chapel at Eden Theological Seminary. Rev. Paul R. Stock officiated. Charlotte (Gerber) Krejci, Dorothy's sister, and Henry Fiegenbaum, J. W.'s brother, were witnesses.
    Residence (family) From Oct 1953 to 1954  Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [32] 
    • Dorothy and J. W. were on a temporary assignment at the Evangelical and Reformed Lutheran Back Bay Mission. Rev. Kissell had undergone extensive surgery and J. served as the associate pastor during his recovery. The family lived at 424 Chartres Street.
    Residence (family) From 1954 to 1962  Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      In late summer 1954, J. was offered and accepted a one year assignment on the faculty of Religion at Elmhurst College. A few weeks before the opening of the fall semester, the family was settling down in an apartment in the basement of Irion Hall, a dormitory for male students. In addition to serving as head-resident of the dorm, J. began a routine of teaching four sections of an Introduction to the Old Testament (First Semester) and four sections of an Introduction to the New Testament (Second Semester). With the completion of Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, he assumed the duties of the first, unofficial Chaplain to the College. In the meantime, the family had moved into a first floor apartment in faculty housing at 208 Alexander Boulevard, on the corner of Prospect Avenue. The fine arts center of the college now occupies this location.
           In addition to teaching, J. had been studying during the summers at Garrett-Northwestern, accumulating credits toward an advanced degree. It was becoming clear, however, that the type of program that would provide the training he required involved time away from the Elmhurst College. President Stanger agreed to a one year leave of absence.
    Residence (family) 1968–1969  Glenview, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      In 1968, J. was finished with his formal classroom requirements at the Institute for Islamic Studies and was hired as an editor for a new edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The family moved to Illinois.
    Children 
     1. Fiegenbaum, John Mark
    +2. Fiegenbaum, Eric Norton
    +3. Fiegenbaum, Karen Jay
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Keyes, Patricia 
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Dec 1924 - Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 29 Nov 1925 - Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMoved To - Abt Jun 1927 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsConfirmation - 2 Apr 1939 - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsGraduation - 19 May 1943 - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Drury College - 1950 - Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage License - 4 Jun 1952 - St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Eden Theological Seminary - 8 Jun 1952 - Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsGraduation - Address:
    Eden Theological Seminary - 1953 - Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOrdaination - 27 Sep 1953 - Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (family) - From Oct 1953 to 1954 - Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (family) - From 1954 to 1962 - Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1962 to 1968 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDegree - Address:
    McGill University - 6 Nov 1973 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Jan 2010 - Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Valley Cemetery - 15 Jan 2010 - Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S50] Martin and Shirley (Erdman) Tempel, Genealogical research.
      Maun Family. Genealogical charts prepared August 1992 and shared with J. W. Fiegenbaum. J. W. Fiegenbaum, child of John Henry Fiegenbaum and Katherine Margaret Maun; born 25 December 1924 at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    2. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      Johann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum, child of Friedrich Wilhelm Fiegenbaum and Henrietta Caroline Amalia Starkebaum, born 25 December 1924.

    3. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 106.
      J. W. Fiegenbaum, child of John Henry Fiegenbaum and Katherine Margarete Maun, was born on 25 December 1925 at Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    4. [S117] United States. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration), J. W. Fiegenbaum.
      Accessed in May 2011 through Rootsweb.com (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/).
           J. W. Fiegenbaum, born on 25 December 1924, died on 31 January 2010 at the age of 85 years. He held Social Security Number 394-26-6832, issued by Wisconsin. The last address of record was Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts (this was not necessarily the place of death).

    5. [S40] Baptism record, certificate from The First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Oklahoma.
      Signed by Harry W. Curtis, minister. "J. W. Fiegenbaum, child of Mr. John H. Fiegenbaum and his wife Katherine born at Tulsa, Oklahoma, February, third, Nineteen, Twenty five" was baptized on 29 November 1925.

    6. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), J. W. Fiegenbaum-Dorothy May Gerber; 1952; St. Louis County.
      Accessed in April 2016. As part of the entry for the marriage record in this database, a digital image of a "Recorder's Information from Marriage License Applicants" recorded the groom as J. W. Fiegenbaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, white, single, born on 3 February 1925 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; and the bride as Dorothy May Gerber, of 5004 Idaho, St. Louis, Missouri, white, single, born on 23 October 1927 at St. Louis, Missouri. The applications signed the document.

    7. [S90] Lafayette County Historical Society, Continuing the History of Lafayette County, (Higginsville, Missouri: Lafayette County Historical Society, 2002), volume 2, page 650.
      Biographical sketch of "Richard Riekhof," submitted by Dorothy Riekhof. "Dorothy Lorraine Fiegenbaum was the middle child of John Henry and Katherine Margaret (Maun) Fiegenbaum. She was born in Miami, Oklahoma, where her father operated a mechanic shop. The family, including her older brother JW, moved back to Higginsville when Dorothy was nine months old."

    8. [S2] J. W. Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      J. W. reported that he had been confirmed in the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Mayview, Missouri on the Sunday after Easter in 1939.

    9. [S24] Confirmation certificate, 2 April 1939.
      Certifying that "John William Fiegenbaum" after instruction in the beliefs of the "Evangelical and Reformed Church" was confirmed in "Zion's Evangelical Church, Mayview, Missouri" on 2 April 1939. Signed by the pastor, Alvin C. Kniker.

    10. [S221] Diploma, Mayview High School, 1943.
      Certifying that "J. W. Fiegenbaum" graduated from Mayview High School. Given at Mayview, Missouri on 19 May 1943. Signed by Albert A. Goetz, President of the Board of Education; E. W. Schowengerdt, Secretaty of the Board of Education; and, Truman J. Hayden, Superintendent of Schools.

    11. [S222] Annoucement, Commencement Exercises.
      The exercises as printed were scheduled to take place at Mayview High School in the Auditorium on the evening of Thursday, 20 May 1943 at 8:00 p.m. An errata notes a change in the date to Wednesday, 19 May.

    12. [S223] Award, from The Reader's Digest Association.
      A one year complimentary subscription to Reader's Digest awarded to "J. W. Fiegenbaum as Valedictorian of the Class of 1943 Mayview High School." Signed by Dewitt Wallace.

    13. [S224] Military service records, U. S. Army.

    14. [S262] Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, "USS General H. B. Freeman (AP-143)".
      (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_General_H._B._Freeman_(AP-143)&oldid=467495235). Accessed 5 July 2012.

    15. [S113] Web site, U.S. Coast Guard. "General H. B. Freeman, USS; AP-143".
      Historian's Office. Cutters, Craft & Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels. (http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/G_Freeman.pdf). Document created September 2008. Accessed July 2012.
           General H. B. Freeman (AP-143) was launched 11 December 1944 by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, California. It was commissioned by the U.S. Navy on 26 April 1945 at Portland, Oregon. "General H. B. Freeman departed San Pedro 1 June 1945 with 3,040 troops and passengers for Calcutta, India, where she arrived 9 July with 16 additional passengers, British Royal Marines who had embarked at Brisbane, Australia." The vessel was decommissioned at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington on 4 March 1946. The Freeman served the Navy again from March 1950 to July 1958.

    16. [S32] Memoir, Recollections of Elmhurst CollegeJ. W. Fiegenbaum.
      by J. W. Fiegenbaum; August 2008.
           "After two years of military service J. W.Fiegenbaum, of Lafayette County, Missouri, graduated with an A.B. (magna cumlaude; Bible, Religion and Philosophy and History) from Drury College in 1950."

    17. [S221] Diploma, McGill University; 6 November 1973.

    18. [S22] Obituary, Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Massachusetts); 15 January 2010; Section B, page 2, columns 1-2.
      Also at Gazettenet.com at (http://www.gazettenet.com/2010/01/15/jw-fiegenbaum-minister-mhc-professor).

    19. [S2] J. W. Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.

    20. [S50] Martin and Shirley (Erdman) Tempel, Genealogical research, Maun Family.
      Genealogical charts prepared in August 1992 and shared with J. W. Fiegenbaum.
           John Henry Fiegenbaum and Katherine Margaret Maun were married on 14 May 1924.

    21. [S54] Curtis and Alice (McNeer) Starkebaum, Genealogical descendancy charts of the Starkebaum family (1984 and 1989), Names. Full date.

    22. [S151] Katherine M. (Maun) Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      "Family Record." A genealogical chart probably created 1924-1925. John Fiegenbaum and Catherine M. Maun; married. No date or place given.

    23. [S157] Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri, compiled by Marty Helm Brunetti; Volume VII (Odessa, Missouri: M. H. Bruetti, 1991), Mayview Zion Cemetery, page 152.
      Fiegenbaum: John H (Henry); 1901 (7 May); 1981 (11 June); (son Wm. & Henrietta). Katherine M (Margaret); 25 May 1896; 7 Aug 1985); (m. 14 May 1924: dau. John Wm Maun & Dorothea Block).
           According to the instructions on page 2 of this compilation, the information in parentheses comes from sources other than the tombstone inscription. These additional sources are not identified.

    24. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      John Henry Fiegenbaum and Kathrine Margaret Maun married. No date or place given.

    25. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 105.
      John Henry Fiegenbaum and Katherine Margarete Maun were married on 14 May 1924. No place given.

    26. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), John Fiegenbaum-Katherine Maun; 1924; Lafayette County.
      Accessed in March 2008. A marriage license issued at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 14 May 1924 to John Fiegenbaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, and Katherine Maun, of Wellington, Lafayette County, Missouri, both of whom were over the age of 21 years.
           The return certified that Rev Martin Seybold, resident pastor of Zion's [sic] Evangelical Church, Mayview, Missouri, did marry the above name persons at Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri on 14 May 1924 and the Certificate of Marriage was filed for record at Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, on 14 May 1924.

    27. [S30] Certificate of Marriage, photocopy in the possession of J. W. Fiegenbaum.

    28. [S50] Martin and Shirley (Erdman) Tempel, Genealogical research.
      Maun Family. Genealogical charts prepared August 1992 and shared with J. W. Fiegenbaum. J. W. Fiegenbaum and Dorothy May Gerber; married 8 June 1952.

    29. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      Johann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum and Dorothy Gerber married; a first marriage for J. W. Fiegenbaum. No date or place given.

    30. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 143.
      J. W. Fiegenbaum and Dorothy May Gerber were married. No date or place given.

    31. [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), J. W. Fiegenbaum-Dorothy May Gerber; 1952; St. Louis County.
      Accessed in April 2016. As part of the entry for the marriage record in this database, a digital image of a "Recorder's Information from Marriage License Applicants" recorded the groom as J. W. Fiegenbaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, white, single, born on 3 February 1925 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; and the bride as Dorothy May Gerber, of 5004 Idaho, St. Louis, Missouri, white, single, born on 23 October 1927 at St. Louis, Missouri. The applications signed the document.
           The database index provided additional data that was not recorded on the digital document available for this record in the database. This data was drawn from a source not available to the user and not properly identified. According to the database index, the place of registration was "St. Louis, Missouri, USA;" no date of registration was provided. The database index also reported that the marriage took place at "Webster Grover [sic], St Louis, Missouri" on 8 June 1952.

    32. [S211] Article or notice, The Daily Herald (Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi). Friday, 29 January 1954; page 14, column 5.
      Digital copy (PDF) accessed through NewspaperArchive.com at (http://newspaperarchive.com/biloxi-daily-herald/1954-01-29/) in February 2013.
           "Rev. Fiegenbaum is associate pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed Lutheran Back Bay Mission. He was graduated from Eden Seminary at St. Louis, Mo., in June 1953 and has been in Biloxi since October."


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