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Surnames: Lofgren, Dofsen, Dean, Ziegler
Classification: Query
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I have been starting a seach for my great-grandmother who by all family accounts was named
Rose Mary (or something like it) Ziegler. I have searched the census info and believe
that this Rosa may be it based on the birth month, year, and place. So her father was
Henry and her brother was Ruben. I found later that Henry married another woman and had 3
more children, but can find no more traces of Rosa, Rose, etc. I know that she married my
great-grandfather Mark Ambrey Dean in August 1910, but find no other mention of her
family, other than other references to Ruben later as an adult.
I see also that another Ziegler family lived in Oran, Iowa at the same time and that they
were of an age to possibly be Henrys parents...Christian and Sophia Ziegler with children
John, William, Otto, and Minnie. Thinking that maybe if Henry's wife died, maybe he
took Rosa and Ruben home to be closer to family, but no clue.
Anybody have any ideas? SAnybody know these people?
Any info would be really appreciated. I have already a while back sent away for
Rose's birth cert. but the state could not find her anywhere. She was born March 16,
1886.