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  • Name Darling, Myrtle Maud 
    Born 15 Apr 1870  Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 14 Feb 1954  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 

    •      The following is a transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 15 February 1954 in the Lawrence Daily Journal World, of Lawrence, Kansas.

      Mrs. Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum, 84, died Sunday at her home 937 Kentucky Street. She had maintained a home here and at Eudora all her life, moving back to Lawrence in December. Mrs. Fiegenbaum's husband died in 1934. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Funk-Cooper-Warren Chapel with the Rev. George Boicourt in charge. Burial will be in the Eudora Cemetery. She is survived by one sister, Miss Alice Grace Darling of the home; three nephews, Ray Ogden of Eudora, Thomas Darling of Leavenworth, Washington and Dr. Gene Darling of Colville, Washington; two nieces Miss Geneva Ogden of the home and Mrs. Bernice Smith of Wenatchee, Washington.
    Buried 17 Feb 1954  Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. at the Funk-Cooper-Warren Chapel with the Rev. George Boicourt in charge. Burial was in the Eudora Cemetery at Eudora, Kansas.
    Person ID I67  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2014 

    Father Darling, T. C.,   b. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother [---?---], Sarah,   b. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    • There is no information at present to confirm the assumption that T. C. Darling and Sarah, whose surname is not known, were married, or that a marriage took place in Canada. These facts need to be confirmed.
    Family ID F1469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, Benjamin Friedrich,   b. 7 Jan 1865, Wapello, Louisa County, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1934, Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1893  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    • Following the wedding, the couple settled in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Benjamin was a druggist.
    Census (family) 1900  Western, South Fork Township, Saline County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 

    •      According to the 1900 enumeration of Eastern Avenue, the household consisted of "Benjamine Fiegenbaum," head, male, born January 1866 in Iowa, age 34, married for 6 years, a druggist; and Myrtle D. Fiegenbaum, wife, female, born April 1870 in Kansas, age 30, married for 6 years, the mother of 1 child, who was no longer living.
    Residence (family) Apr 1902  Western, South Fork Township, Saline County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20] 

    •      According to a newspaper account of the event, "Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum" of Western, Nebraska attended the celebration of the 50th wedding anniversary of Benjamin's parents at Oregon, Missouri in April, 1902. According to the Alumni Catalogue of the University of Kansas published in 1905, Benjamin was still living at Western.
    Census (family) 1910  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 

    •      According to the 1910 enumeration of 937 Kentucky Street, the household consisted of Benjamin Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 44, born in Iowa, married for 16 years, a druggist; Myrtle Fiegenbaum, wife, age 40, born in Kansas, married for 16 years; Alice G. Darling, sister-in-law, age 35, born in Kansas; single; Raymond C. Ogden, nephew, age 23, born in Kansas; single, attending school; and Geneva S. Ogden, niece, age 21, born in Kansas, single, attending school.
           According to the Alumni Catalogue of the University of Kansas published in 1908, Benjamin was already a resident of a resident of Lawrence, Kansas at that time and was working as a pharmacist.
    Census (family) 1920  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [23] 

    •      According to the 1920 enumeration of 937 Kentucky Street, the household consisted of Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 53, born in Iowa, married, a state drug inspector; Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum, wife, age 49, born in Kansas, married; Alice Darling, sister-in-law, age 45, born in Kansas, single; and Genva [sic] S. Ogden, niece, age 30, born in Kansas, single, a university librarian.
    Census (family) 1930  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 

    •      According to the 1930 enumeration of 937 Kentucky Street, the household consisted of "Benjamine" F. Fiegenbaum, head of household, age 64, born in Iowa, married at age 27, a pharmacist for the State Board of Health; Myrtle Fiegenbaum, wife, age 59, born in Kansas, married at age 27; Alice Darling, sister-in-law, age 56, born in Kansas, single; and Geneva S. Ogden, niece, age 41, born in Kansas, single.
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F26  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38.
      Myrtle Maud Darling, child of T. C. and Sarah Darling, was born on 15 April 1870 at Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

    2. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 939, page 3B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Saline County, South Fork Precinct [Township], Western Village, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 118, census 3B, enumerated 4 June 1900; Benjamine Fiegenbaum household, East Avenue, dwelling 60, family 61, lines 72-73. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 73) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle D.; wife; white; female; born April 1870; age 30; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    3. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 438, page 92B (image 187).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 65, censussheet 5B, enumerated 21 April 1910; Benjamin Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 107, family 113, lines 55-59.
           In the household was: 56) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; female; white; age 40; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada.
           By calculation from the information provided, Myrtle would have been born about 1869-1870. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person.

    4. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. T625, roll 531, page 70A (image 140).
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Wakarusa 1st Precinct, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 65, census sheet 3A, enumerated 28 January 1920; Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky, dwelling 57, family 59, lines 8-11.
           In the household was: 09) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle M.; wife; female; white; age 49; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada.
           By calculation from the information provided, Myrtle would have been born about 1870-1871. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1920 U.S. census for this person.

    5. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 700, page 10A [78A].
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 7, census sheet 10A, enumerated 11 April 1930; Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 249, family 261, lines 14-17.
           In the household was: 15) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; female; white; age 59; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada.
           By calculation from the information provided, Myrtle would have been born about 1870-1871. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    6. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38.
      Myrtle Maud (Darling) Fiegenbaum died on 14 February 1954 at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

    7. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 38-39.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 15 February 1954 in the Lawrence Daily Journal World, of Lawrence, Kansas.

    8. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), pages 38-39.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an obituary for Mrs. Myrtle M. Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the obituary had appeared on 15 February 1954 in the Lawrence Daily Journal World, of Lawrence, Kansas.
           "Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Funk-Cooper-Warren Chapel with the Rev. George Boicourt in charge. Burial will be in the Eudora Cemetery."

    9. [S5] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Genealogical research.
      T. C. Darling and Sarah; both born in Canada; parents of Myrtle Maud Darling. No facts concerning a marriage were given. It has been assumed, and needs to be verified.

    10. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38.
      Myrtle Maud Darling was the child of T. C. and Sarah Darling, both of whom were born in Canada. One of Myrtle's sisters was born in Canada.

    11. [S78] Internet resource, KS GenWeb Internet Genealogical Society. Douglas County, Kansas Marriages, 1893.
      (http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/archives/douglas/marriage/marr1893.htm). Accessed on 2 March 2003.
           Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum and Myrtle Maud Darling were married on 20 December 1893. James Marvin, Minister of the Gospel officiated. It was reported in the web site that the marriage was listed in County Records Book 7, page 509.

    12. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38.
      Benjamin Friedrich Fiegenbaum and Myrtle Maud Darling were married on 20 December 1893 at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 38.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an marriage annoucement for Ben Fiegenbaum and Myrtle Darling. Gretchen Leenerts reported that the annoucement had appeared on 23 December 1893 in the Lawrence Daily World, of Lawrence, Kansas.
           "Ben Fiegenbaum and Miss Myrtle Darling were quietly married Wednesday and afterwards went to Lincoln, Nebraska where Mr. Fiegenbaum is located in the drug business."
           Wednesday was 20 December 1893.

    14. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 939, page 3B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Saline County, South Fork Precinct [Township], Western Village, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 118, census 3B, enumerated 4 June 1900; Benjamine Fiegenbaum household, East Avenue, dwelling 60, family 61, lines 72-73. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           In the household was: 72) Fiegenbaum, Benjamine; head; white; male; born January 1866; age 34; married, for 6 years. 73) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle D.; wife; white; female; born April 1870; age 30; married, for 6 years; mother of 1 child, 0 children still living.
           By calculation from the information provided, Benjamine and Myrtle would have been married about 1893-1894. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1900 U.S. census for this person.

    15. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 438, page 92B (image 187).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 65, censussheet 5B, enumerated 21 April 1910; Benjamin Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 107, family 113, lines 55-59.
           In the household was: 55) Fiegenbaum, Benjamin; head; male; age 44; married (first); married for 16 years. 56) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; female; age 40; married (first); married for 16 years.
           By calculation from the information provided, Benjamin and Myrtle would have been married about 1893-1894. For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1910 U.S. census for this person.

    16. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 700, page 10A [78A].
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 7, census sheet 10A, enumerated 11 April 1930; Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 249, family 261, lines 14-17.
           In the household was: 14) Fiegenbaum, Benjamine [sic] F.; head; age 64; married; age 27 at first marriage. 15) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; age 59; married; age 22 at first marriage.
           For more details of this enumeration, see the notes on the 1930 U.S. census for this person.

    17. [S217] Book, Douglas County, Kansas, Marriage Records, 1885-1897.
      Compiled by Edna Willing and Vivian Clough; indexed by Richard Wellman. Lawrence, Kansas: Douglas County Kansas Genealogical Society, 2008. Volume 2, page 89.
           Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum of Lincoln, Nebraska and Myrtle Maud Darling of Douglas County, Kansas were married on 20 December 1893 in Douglas County, Kansas. Jas. Marvin, Minister of the Gospel, officiated. Marriage record from Book 7, page 509, Office of the Clerk of the Specialized Division of the District Court, Room 144, Law and Judicial Building, Lawrence, Kansas.

    18. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1900. NARA microfilm T623, roll 939, page 3B.
      1900 U.S. census, population schedule; Nebraska, Saline County, South Fork Precinct [Township], Western Village, Supervisor’s District 4, Enumeration District 118, census 3B, enumerated 4 June 1900; Benjamine Fiegenbaum household, East Avenue, dwelling 60, family 61, lines 72-73. Access through Ancestry.com in June 2009.
           The household consisted of: 72) Fiegenbaum, Benjamine; head; white; male; born January 1866; age 34; married, for 6 years; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; occupation=druggist; 0 months not employed; can read; can write; speaks English; owns home, free of mortgage; home is house. 73) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle D.; wife; white; female; born April 1870; age 30; married, for 6 years; mother of 1 child, 0 children still living; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; can read; can write; speaks English.

    19. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 37.
      A transcription supplied by Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts of an account of the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Friedrich William and Louisa (Otto) Fiegenbaum. Gretchen Leenerts did not identify when and where this report was published, but it seems likely it appeared in the Holt County Sentinel, of Oregon, Missouri.
           From a list of the children of Friedrich and Louisa: "...Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum, Western, Nebraska...."

    20. [S217] Book, University of Kansas. Alumni Catalogue, February 1905.
      Bulletin of the University of Kansas; vol. 5, no. 5. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas, 1905. page 23.
           Benj. F. Fiegenbaum graduated in 1890 from the School of Pharmacy with a Ph.G. degree ["Graduate of Pharmacy, granted by the School of Pharmacy, from 1886 to 1896."]. The latest address on record at the university was "Western Neb."

    21. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1910. NARA microfilm T624, roll 438, page 92B (image 187).
      1910 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 65, censussheet 5B, enumerated 21 April 1910; Benjamin Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 107, family 113, lines 55-59.
           The household consisted of: 55) Fiegenbaum, Benjamin; head; male; white; age 44; married (first); married for 16 years; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in United States; speaks English; druggist; head man; "w" [working on own account?]; can read; can write; owns home; owns free of mortgage; home is a house. 56) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; female; white; age 40; married (first); married for 16 years; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; can read; can write. 57) Darling, Alice G.; sister in law; female; white; age 35; single; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; can read; can write. 58) Ogden, Raymond C.; nephew; male; white; age 23; single; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; can read; can write; attended school since 1 Sept. 1909=yes. 59) Ogden, Geneva S.; niece; female; white; age 21; single; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; can read; can write; attended school since 1 Sept. 1909=yes.

    22. [S217] Book, University of Kansas. Alumni Catalogue, March 1908.
      Bulletin of the University of Kansas; vol. 9, no. 2. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas, 1908. page 28.
           Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum graduated in 1890 from the School of Pharmacy with a Ph.G. degree ["Graduate of Pharmacy, granted by the School of Pharmacy, from 1886 to 1896."]. According to the latest information on file with the university, he was a pharmacist at Lawrence, Kansas.

    23. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1920. T625, roll 531, page 70A (image 140).
      1920 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Wakarusa 1st Precinct, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 2, Enumeration District 65, census sheet 3A, enumerated 28 January 1920; Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky, dwelling 57, family 59, lines 8-11.
           The household consisted of: 08) Fiegenbaum, Benjamin F.; head; owns home; free of mortgage; male; white; age 53; married; can read; can write; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=Inspector; industry="Drug Insp.-State"; 09) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle M.; wife; female; white; age 49; married; can read; can write; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; occupation=none. 10) Darling, Alice; sister in law; female; white; age 45; single; can read; can write; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; occupation=none. 11) Ogden, Genva [sic] S.; niece; female; white; age 30; single; can read; can write; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; speaks English; occupation=librarian; industry=university.

    24. [S106] United States; Bureau of the Census, U.S. Census (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 1930. NARA microfilm T626, roll 700, page 10A [78A].
      1930 U.S. census, population schedule; Kansas, Douglas County, Lawrence, Ward 2, Supervisor’s District 11, Enumeration District 7, census sheet 10A, enumerated 11 April 1930; Benjamin F. Fiegenbaum household, 937 Kentucky Street, dwelling 249, family 261, lines 14-17.
           The household consisted of: 14) Fiegenbaum, Benjamine [sic] F.; head; owns home; value of home=6500; family owns radio; family does not live on a farm; male; white; age 64; married; age 27 at first marriage; did not attend school anytime since 1 September 1929; can read and write; born in Iowa; father born in Germany; mother born in Germany; speaks English; occupation=pharmacist; industry=State Board of Health; class of worker=w; worked on last regular work day; not a veteran. 15) Fiegenbaum, Myrtle; wife; female; white; age 59; married; age 22 at first marriage; did not attend school anytime since 1 September 1929; can read and write; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; occupation=none. 16) Darling, Alice; sister-in-law; female; white; age 56; single; did not attend school anytime since 1 September 1929; can read and write; born in Kansas; father born in Canada; mother born in Canada; occupation=none. 17) Ogden, Geneva S.; niece; female; white; age 41; single; did not attend school anytime since 1 September 1929; can read and write; born in Kansas; father born in Vermont; mother born in Canada; occupation=none.


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