Brief Life History of John
When John Zundel was born on 22 January 1834, in Phillipsburg, Monaca, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johannes Penotus Zundel, was 41 and his mother, Anna Christina Lautenschlager, was 22. He married Fanny Fry on 28 November 1859, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 25 February 1874, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- John Zundel, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
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.
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."
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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