Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Zundel was born on 25 January 1836, in Phillipsburg, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann Jacob Zundel, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Forstner, was 27. He married Abigail Abbott on 13 February 1857, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860 and Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. In 1855, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as mail carrier in Utah, United States. He died on 20 March 1917, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Willard City Cemetery, Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Abraham Zundel, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Abraham Zundel - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Abraham Zundel
- Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
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.
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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Story of Lucinda Z. Beecher in the WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1939 THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER
DOROTHY PORTER'S True Pioneer Stories MRS. LUCINDA Z. BEECHER . . . "I'll take today." "My, but it's wonderful to be alive. The 'good old d …
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