Johann Jacob Zundel

Brief Life History of Johann Jacob

When Johann Jacob Zundel was born on 28 August 1796, in Wiernsheim, Maulbronn, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Johann Eberhard Zundel, was 35 and his mother, Juliane Pflüger, was 32. He married Sarah Forstner about 1832, in Phillipsburg, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 19 April 1880, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, 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 (66)

  • Jacob Zundel, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Johann Jacob Zundel, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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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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Johann Jakob Zundel

JOHN JACOB ZUNDEL (1796-1880) PIONEER OF 1852 John Jacob (Johann Jakob) Zundel (usually known as Jacob) was born on August 28, 1796 in the village of Wiernsheim, Neckar, Württemberg, Germany. He wa …

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