Dear Ziegler Listers,
I have now at least been able to find the parents of "my" Thomas Jefferson
Ziegler (1845, Carlisle, PA - 1903, Savannah, OH), and would be grateful for
any help anybody out there might be able to give:
Abram Ziegler (var. Zeigler), was born in 1821 in Pennsylvania. His wife
Elizabeth Ross was also born in 1821 in Pennsylvania, and their parents were
also all born in Pennsylvania.
They must have married in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, around 1843. Their
first child, Jane, was born there in 1844. My great-grandfather was their
next child, Thomas Jefferson Ziegler, born 1845. Their third child was Mary
C. (married name, Benton, 11 Nov 1847-1 Aug 1934). They moved to East
Finley Twp., Washington Co., Pennsylvania in the late 1840s, where their
fourth daughter, Margaret Ann, was born 11 Jan 1849. She is listed in the
IGI at
familysearch.com (including her marriage to one Samuel Wright Carson
on 24 Dec 1879 in Washington Co.). There were six other children (or as the
saying goes, "a poor man's wealth are his children"): David S., (born
1852), John R. (born 1853), Sarah E.(born 1855), Agnes R. (born 1858),
Alexander (born 1859) and Mattie E. (born 1863).
Does any of this ring any bells with any of you Ziegler Listers? If so,
please help me reconstruct the family tree.
Thanks.
Jeff Richards
Muenster, Germany