Gustavius Zeirke

(June 2, 1866 - 1936)
Gustavius Zeirke|b. Jun 2, 1866\nd. 1936|p132.htm|Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke|b. 1821\nd. Sep 29, 1894|p107.htm|Eva Rosina Glashagel|b. Mar 8, 1826\nd. Apr 25, 1893|p108.htm|Jacob Zeirke||p607.htm||||Michael Glashagel|b. Jul 1, 1783\nd. Mar 29, 1848|p603.htm|Maria Bethke|b. about 1787|p604.htm|

Relationship=Great-granduncle of Janet Grace Neuendorf.
Relationship=Grandson of Jacob Zeirke.
     Gustavius Zeirke was also known as Gustav Adolf Albert Zeirke. He was born on Saturday, June 2, 1866 in Prussia, son of Gottfried Friedrich Zeirke and Eva Rosina Glashagel.1 Gustavius was christened on June 17, 1866 in Lobsens, Posen, Preussen, Germany.2 He emigrated about 1867 from Germany. His daughter, Mrs. Eva Wendorf, claims that her father (Gustavius) was 1 year old when his parents, and his sister Ottielia and her husband, immigrated to USA.3

Gustavius died in 1936.4 He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Wilton, Monroe County, Wisconsin. His gravestone is marked as Hustavus Zeirke 1866-1936. The Hillside Cemetery is located on top of the hill on the northeast edge of Wilton village, two and a half blocks east of county Highway M and the bike trail intersection.

Child of Gustavius Zeirke

Citations

  1. [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.
  2. [S12] Family History Library, Online: FamilySearch.org, LDS Research Center . Source Information: Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type: C999191 1840 - 1854 0245514 Film 1124904 Film C999191 1855 - 1867 0245515 Film NONE C999191 1868 - 1874 0245517 Film NONE Sheet: 00. 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. [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.
  4. [S16] Cemetery Marker/Gravestone , Wilton Hillside Cem inscriptions, Monroe Co. Hist. Soc. Hereinafter cited as "Cemetery Marker."
 


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