GERMAN ANCESTORS

US-Emigrants from Stockstadt am Main





KARL ZANG

(1838-1895)



Variant name Carl Zang
Charles Zang
11 November 1838 Karl Zang is born in Stockstadt am Main.

Father: Matthäus Zang (1799-1869), weaver
Mother: Christina Wolf (1800-1853)

Godfather: Johann Georg May, son of Christina May
9 July 1852 Karl is godfather to his cousin Karl Scherf, son of Johann Peter Scherf and his father's sister Margaretha Zang.
22 October 1854 Karl is godfather to his cousin Edmund Zang, son of his father's brother Heinrich and Maria Anna Bauer.
MARRIAGE

2 June 1862
Karl marries Maria Anna Bauer (1843-1925).

Maria Anna is the illegitimate daughter of emigrant Matthäus Müller (1819-****) and Katharina Bauer (1819-****).
14 August 1862 The son August Zang is born in Stockstadt am Main.
He dies on 11 December 1862.
22 March 1864 The son August Zang is born in Stockstadt am Main.
He dies on 6 August 1864.
26 December 1865 The daughter Dorothea Zang (1865-1920) is born in Stockstadt am Main.
7 February 1869 Together with Joseph Bickermann, Karl is best man at the marriage of Franz Adam Schwab and Margaretha Schmitt.
29 April 1869 The son Adam Zang (1869-1928) is born in Stockstadt am Main.
8 August 1871 Together with Alois Oberle Karl is best man at the marriage of Peter Gentil and Dorothea Sauer.
26 November 1871 The son Wilhelm (William) Zang (1871-1921) is born in Stockstadt am Main.
13 April 1874 The son Alois (Albert) Zang (1874-****) is born in Stockstadt am Main.
17 September 1876 The daughter Anna Maria Zang is born in Stockstadt am Main.
She dies on 5 September 1877.
6 August 1877 Karl is godfather to Karl Gentil, son of Peter Gentil and Dorothea Sauer.
20 December 1881 The daughter Margaretha (Margaret) Zang (1881-1945) is born in Stockstadt am Main.
EMIGRATION

1882
The family emigrates to the US.

Ship: Stella
Port: Amsterdam
Arrival: New York
Date: 30 September 1882

Family members:

Zang Carl, 43
Zang Anna, 38
Zang Dorothea, 17
Zang Adam, 8 (wrong age!)
Zang Wilhelm, 7
Zang Alois, 6
Zang Margarethe, 9 months

Source: United States Germans to America Index, 1850-1897
Source: Passenger List Stella (photo)
April 1887 The daughter Mary Zang (1887-1943) is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
29 April 1889 The son Alfred (Frederick) (1889-1938)  is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1895 Karl Zang dies in Baltimore, Maryland, and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Baltimore.

Source: Familienbuch Stockstadt am Main
Source: Baltimore City Deaths

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