Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Zundel was born on 16 October 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Johannes Penotus Zundel, was 52 and his mother, Anna Christina Lautenschlager, was 33. He married Martha Elenor Copeland on 28 December 1864. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Navarro, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 1, Sherman, Texas, United States in 1910. He died on 27 September 1927, in Otto, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mountain View, Chaves, New Mexico, United States.
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- Joseph Zundle, "United States Census, 1920"
- Joseph Zundel, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945: Joseph Zundel
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
German (also Zündel): from a diminutive of Zunder, a metonymic occupational name for a seller of kindling wood, from Middle High German zunder ‘tinder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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