Joseph Martin Zongker
- Born: 19 Apr 1818, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Marriage (1): Regina Myers on 28 Nov 1841 in Seneca County, Ohio, USA
- Died: 26 Jan 1904 at age 85 1
General Notes:
Microcopy #437 roll #671 shows the household as #55 and Family as #55 Joseph b. in Germany and Regina as b. in PA. Joseph listed as a farmer.
1850 U.S. CENSUS FOR CRAWFORD, COUNTY, LYKENS TOWNSHIP, OHIO, TAKEN OCT. 30, 1850, LISTS:
LDS computer information shows Joseph and Regina m. in 1841.
JOSEPH (M.) ZANKER AGE 31, GERMAN
REGINA 26, PRUSSIA
SUSAN 7, OHIO
SARAH 5, OHIO
ABRAHAM 4, OHIO
ISAAC 2, OHIO
JOSEPH M. moved his family to SALEM CENTER, STEUBEN COUNTY, IND. IN 1854.
1860 U.S. CENSUS FOR STUBEN COUNTY, IND. LISTS:
JOSEPH ZONGKER AGE 42, BORN IN SWITZERLAND
RAGINA 35, BORN IN PA.
SUSANNA 17, OHIO
SARAH 15, OHIO
ABRAHAM 12, OHIO
ISAAC 10, OHIO
JACOB 8, OHIO
DAVID 6, IND.
PETER 4, IND.
JOSEPH (LITTLE JOE) 2, IND.
ROSAMOND 11 MONTHS, IND.
FAMILY RECORDS ALSO SHOW:
1.1.13. LAVINA 1866 TO 1898
THEIR FIRST CHILD, WILLIAM HENRY, DIED IN INFANCY. AND TWINS, FRANKLIN & FRANCIS, BORN BETWEEN JOSEPH AND ROSAMOND,
MARIE BROUGHT A "FRIENDSHIP" QUILT FROM GERMANY, WHICH SHOWS THE NAME SPELLED "ZANGKER" WITH THE TWO DOTS OVER THE A. The English spelling is Zongker.
THEY SPOKE GERMAN, NO ENGLISH, SO IT IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND THE VARIED SPELLING OF THE NAME, PLUS SOME OF THE MICRO FILMS ARE FADED AND DIFFICULT TO READ. BESIDES THEY GENERALLY COULD NOT READ OR WRITE. ABOUT THE TIME OF THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR, WILLIAM VISITED THE FOLKS IN INDIANA, HE CLAIMED TO SPEAK SEVEN LANGUAGES, BUT NON OF THEM ENGLISH.
It was after the Civil War that English became the official language of the country.
Joseph married Regina Myers on 28 Nov 1841 in Seneca County, Ohio, USA. (Regina Myers was born on 3 Oct 1823 in Pennsylvania, USA and died on 19 Feb 1875 1.)
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