When Susanna Catharina Zenger was born on 14 October 1836, in Balzenberg, Erlenbach im Simmental, Bern, Switzerland, her father, David Zenger, was 31 and her mother, Margarita Muller, was 24. She married David Stucki on 18 February 1859. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 23 October 1914, at the age of 78.
Some characteristic forenames: German Helmut, Wolfgang.
South German: nickname from Middle High German zenger, zanger ‘cheeky, bold, vivacious’.
History: John Peter Zenger (1697–1746), printer, came to North America from the Palatinate in Germany in 1710.
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