Sarah Forstner

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Forstner was born on 8 January 1809, in Old Harmony, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Georg Forstner, was 44 and her mother, Anna Maria Zoll, was 38. She married Johann Jacob Zundel about 1832, in Phillipsburg, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 71, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 10 April 1898, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johann Jacob Zundel
1796–1880
Sarah Forstner
1809–1898
Marriage: about 1832
Magdalena Zundel
1833–1919
Abraham Zundel
1836–1917
Emma Maria Zundel
1838–1926
Isaac Eberhard David Zundel
1840–1920
Jacob Zundel
1843–1843
Matilda Josephine Zundel
1845–1922
Nathaniel Zundel
1848–1860
Daniel Zundel
1849–1937
Alfonzo J Zundel
1858–
Julius Van Riga
1868–

Sources (61)

  • Sarah Zundel in household of Jacob Zundel, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Sarah Fostner, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Alois, Gerhard, Erna, Heinz, Ignaz, Ilse, Monika.

German (also Förstner): variant of Forster .

Slovenian (also Forštner): topographic or occupational name for someone who lived or worked in a forest, of German origin (see above and Forster ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sarah Forstner

History of Sarah Forstner Zundel Sarah Forstner was born on January 8th, 1809, in the Harmonie or Rapp Society a few years after they had founded their first settlement at old Harmony, Butler Coun …

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