Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke1,2

(1821 - September 29, 1894)
Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke|b. 1821\nd. Sep 29, 1894|p107.htm|Jacob Zeirke||p607.htm||||||||||||||||

Relationship=2nd great-grandfather of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Son of Jacob Zeirke.
Charts on which this person appears:
Janet G. Smith (nee Neuendorf) Family Tree
     Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke also went by the name of Fred.4 He was also known as Frederick Zeirke. He was born in 1821 in Guentergost, Posen, Preussen, Germany, son of Jacob Zeirke.5,4

Gottfried was a farmer.6

Gottfried married Eva Rosina Glashagel, daughter of Michael Glashagel and Maria Bethke, on January 9, 1848, in Lobsens, Posen, Preussen, Germany. An alternate date was found on the Jean Bengston Rootsweb database which lists their marriage as 09 March 1848.7,2

In 1867 or 1868, Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke and Eva Rosina Glashagel immigrated to the the United States of America.8

Gottfried died on Saturday, September 29, 1894 in Monroe County, Wisconsin, his age at death is recorded as 74 years 3 months and 25 days.9
Fredric Zeirke's Gravestone
He was laid to rest in the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Wilton, Monroe County, Wisconsin.10

Children of Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke and Eva Rosina Glashagel

Citations

  1. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Source Information: Film Number: 537308. Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
  2. [S163] "Glashagel/Zeirke Pedigree on WorldConnect.com by Jean Bengston" , Jean Bengston; Email address on file as of 2005. Hereinafter cited as "Online RWDB: 2916704; Jean Bengston". Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
  3. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Source Information: Film Number: 537308
    . Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
  4. [S17] Fred ZIERKE, 1880 US Census, Ridgeville, Monroe, Wisconsin, www.FamilySearch.org Family History Library Film: 1255439, NA Film Number: T9-1439,Page Number: 163D.
  5. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Film Number: 537308
    . Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
  6. [S17] Fred ZIERKE, 1880 US Census, Ridgeville, Monroe, Wisconsin, www.FamilySearch.org Family History Library Film: 1255439, NA Film Number: T9-1439,Page Number: 163D.
  7. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Film Number: 537308. Note: Unverified information, added here only as a suggestion as I continue researching this family line. Please conduct your own research before quoting it as fact.
  8. [S33] Reetz Family Historian, August and Ottielia Reetz Descendants Booklet, Dedicated to Henry William Reetz ( (Privately Xeroxed), 21 July 1976). Hereinafter cited as August and Ottielia Reetz Descendants Booklet.
  9. [S28] Gottfried Zierke entry, Death Registration was veiwed by Susan Noyes during her 2003 research, Monroe Co court house, Monroe County Recorders Office, Sparta, Monroe County, Wisconsin. Hereinafter cited as Gottfried Zierke Death Reg (viewed by SJN).
  10. [S162] Transcribed by Ralph Hendersin, List of Burials in St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, Monroe County, WI. (St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery - 401 Mill St., Wilton, WI, State Hwy 131: Monroe County Local History Room, c. 2003). Hereinafter cited as Cem List St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Oakdale, Monroe Co. WI.
 


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