Brief Life History of Thaddeus Stephens
When Thaddeus Stephens Zook was born on 10 December 1837, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Kurtz Zook, was 46 and his mother, Eleanor Moore Stephens, was 35. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 20 January 1916, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in West Norriton Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Thaddeus Zook in household of Aeln? S Zook, "United States Census, 1900"
- Thaddeus S. Zook, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thaddius S Zook in household of Elenor Zook, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Zug , a name of ultimately Swiss German origin (see Zaugg ). Compare Sook .
Americanized form of Jewish, Belorussian, and Ukrainian Zhuk ‘beetle (scarab)’, and probably also of its Polish cognate Żuk (see Zuk ).
History: This (see 1 above) is the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Zaugg , but in Germany altered to Zug before being brought to North America in the 18th century. The American Mennonites and Amish named Zook are descendants of one of the brothers Christian, Johannes, and Moritz Zug, who arrived in PA in 1742 from Germany and settled in Chester County, but there were also other immigrants from Germany bearing the name Zug. The ancestors of the three brothers came to Germany from Signau in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The name Zook is today also found among the Brethrens and Quakers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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