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Fiegenbaum, Johann Diederich

Male 1738 - Yes, date unknown


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  1. 1.  Fiegenbaum, Johann Diederich was born 12 Oct 1738, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    This person's name may also be Johann Diderich Fiegenbaum.

    Johann married Priggen, Catharina. Catharina died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Fiegenbaum, Johann Wilhelm  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 May 1773, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 23 Jul 1845, Middelburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Fiegenbaum, Johann Wilhelm Descendancy chart to this point (1.Johann1) was born 3 May 1773, Ladbergen, Grafschaft Tecklenburg; died 23 Jul 1845, Middelburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands.

    Other Events:

    • Immigration: Between 1790 and 1795, The Netherlands
    • Occupation: Between 1820 and 1845, The Netherlands; lay preacher in the separatist church movement

    Notes:

    Immigration:
    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:
    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.

    Johann married [---?---], [--?--] 1814, The Netherlands. [--?--] died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]



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