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Surnames: Zeigler, Novak, Purkal, Vavruska
Classification: Query
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I believe we are related, somehow. My grandfather, Elmer Vernald (was Vavruska, but
family changed name) collected a lot of information on our family tree before he died in
1984. I have recently come across the info and tried to sort it all out and put it into
some kind of order. He has a lot of people listed with the Zeigler name. Phillip and Eva
are two of those names. I have that Phillip was my grandfather's cousin, born in 1888
and Eva in 1904. They were married (like you said) in 1930. I also have that they had a
daughter named Eva who married an Adolph Zuelke. I have the birth announcement for their
son Jeffrey Scott born July 29, 1963. That's all I have so far on Phillip
(SS#504-32-5787) other than he died in November of 1979.
Like I said I have a lot of Zeigler names and have been trying to connect them to my
family line. It's possible that my gggrandmother was named Theresa Zeigler but I have
no facts on this other than a letter my grandfather wrote to a cousin, William Zeigler on
Stonington Street in Illinois. I'm trying to connect Zeigler to surnames Novak,
Purkal or Vavruska. Can you help?
Tammy