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I'm not sure of much, but my Dad was born in Ohio to William & Martha (Lazzell)
Zeigler. My grandfather was one of several, maybe 6, children put into an orphanage. He
was the youngest & his older siblings when they were became of age were released, but
they left him there. According to what stories I can remember, he changed his name. I
believe it originally was Ziegler to Zeigler as he "disowned" his siblings.
WIlliam, a red head, & Martha ended up in RIdgefield Park, NJ and had 3 children:
Helen b 1900, Alfred d 1930 & Charles (my dad) b 6/26/1910. There's presently no
one living on the Zeigler side with info. I'm thinking William was born around
1870-ish. Any new info would be great.