GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





AEGIDIUS ZANG

(1840-1915)

Variant names Egid Zang
14 January 1840 Aegidius is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Sebastian Zang (1801-1862)
Mother: Katharina Werner (1802-1876)
10 August 1859 Aegidius is godfather to Aegidius Weitz.
1861 Aegidius' sister Anna Maria (1838-1907) emigrates to the US and marries Carl Hoffmann (1836-1893). They live in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio.
31 January 1869 Aegidius marries Margaretha Englert (1844-1906) from Heimbuchenthal.
16 September 1869 Egid's son Reinhard is born in Stockstadt am Main.

His godfather is Reinhard Zang, son of his father's brother Heinrich.
9 September 1871 Egid's daughter Franziska is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Her godmother is Franziska Englert from Heimbuchenthal.
4 June 1878 Egid's son Valentin Aegidius is born.

His godfather is Aegidius Valentin Weitz.
1880 Egid, his wife Margarethe and three children emigrate to the US.

Ship: Hohenzollern
Port: Bremen
Arrival: New York
Date: 15 September 1880
Destination: Cincinnati

Family members:

Egid Zang, male, 40, shoemaker
Margarethe Zang, female, 34
Reinhard Zang, male, 10, son
Francisca Zang, female, 8, daughter
Valentin Zang, male, 1, son

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891

On the same ship:

Reinhard Zang, male, 31, workman
Barbara Zang, female, 28
Franz Zang, male, 6, son
Anton Zang, male, 5, son
Catharina Zang, female, 1, daughter (age is wrong!)
Barbara Zang, female, 1, daughter

Source: New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
1898 Egid's son Valentin dies and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Coal Grove, Lawrence, Ohio.

Source: Findagrave 
1900 Egid (called Edward in census) and Margaret live in Ironton, Ohio. It is mentioned that they have three children of which two are alive.
22 July 1906 Egid's wife Margaretha dies and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Coal Grove, Lawrence, Ohio.

Source: Findagrave 
15 May 1915 Egid dies in St Anthony Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, and is buried on 17 May in Calvary Cemetery, Coal Grove, Lawrence, Ohio.

Residence: Ironton, Ohio
Status: widower
Occupation: gardner

Source: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
Source: Findagrave
Source: Obituary

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