Fiegenbaum, Bertha A.

Other Events:

• Census: Apr 1940, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:

     According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, the household at 631 Kansas, in Ward 4, was headed by Bertha Sooy, a 56 year old widow, working in the home. Also in the household was her son, Edward Sooy, age 29 and single; her sister, Carrie Fiegenbaum, age 46 and single; and a lodger, Bertha Schroeder, age 34 and single. All four had lived together in the same home in April 1935.
     Edward was working as an operator in an oil refinery. He had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,700. Carrie was employed as a supervisor for the phone company. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,040. Bertha Schroeder was an operator for the phone company. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $875.

Buried:
Bertha was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, next to her husband.

Died:

     According to an obituary published in the Edwardsville Intelligencer (Edwardsville, Illinois), Bertha had been a resident of Anna-Henry Nursing Home at Edwardsville since January 1966. She died at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's Hospital, at Highland, where she had been a patient for ten days.

Bertha married Sooy, Oscar Leroy 12 Aug 1909, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA. Oscar (son of Sooy, S. A. and Smith, Sarah) was born 19 Aug 1882, Morgan County, Illinois, USA; died 28 Dec 1914; was buried , Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: Apr 1940, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA

Notes:

Census:

     According to the 1940 U.S. enumeration, Edward Sooy, age 29 and single, lived at 631 Kansas, in Ward 4. The household was headed by Edward's mother, Bertha Sooy, a 56 year old widow who worked in the home. Also in the household was his mother's sister, Carrie Fiegenbaum, age 46 and single; and a lodger, Bertha Schroeder, age 34 and single. All four had lived together in the same home in April 1935.
     Edward was working as an operator in an oil refinery. He had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,700. Carrie was employed as a supervisor for the phone company. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $1,040. Bertha Schroeder was an operator for the phone company. She had worked 52 weeks in 1939, earning $875.

Edward married Eickmann, Dorothy M. 11 Oct 1974. Dorothy (daughter of Eickmann, William Joseph and Paukatat, Frieda Augusta Maria) was born 15 Jul 1924, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, USA; died 20 Sep 2011, Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA; was buried 23 Sep 2011, Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Residence: Oct 1968, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Ruth was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Died:

     According to an obituary published in October 1968 for her mother, "Mrs. Ruth Shea" was identified as a resident of Farmington, Missouri.

Ruth married Shea, William. William was born 1908; died 1971. [Group Sheet]