Brief Life History of William Osburn
When William Osburn Zundel was born on 28 January 1852, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Johannes Penotus Zundel, was 59 and his mother, Anna Christina Lautenschlager, was 40. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Sherman, Texas, United States in 1910 and Otto, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States in 1920. He died in 1920, in Moriarty, Torrance, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 68.
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- William Zundle in household of Joseph Zundle, "United States Census, 1920"
- Wm Osborn Zundle, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
- William A Zundel in household of Joseph Zundel, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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