Samuel Zingg

1837 - 1921  (84 years)

• Name	Samuel Zingg
  Born	7 Apr 1837	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118877242
  Residence	1851	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1871	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Hotel Keeper
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-125568
  Died	6 Oct 1921	Steele, Kidder, North Dakota, United States   [2]
  Buried	Fairview Cemetery, Sanborn, Barnes, North Dakota, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I125568	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann "John" Zingg,   b. 26 Aug 1796, Langenthal, Canton Berne, Switzerland ,   d. 5 Feb 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Magdalena Aberle,   b. Jan 1803,   d. 24 Jan 1844, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Family ID	F41056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Elizabeth "Eliza" Wahn,   b. 3 Oct 1839, , Hessen, Germany ,   d. 27 Jul 1926, Walum, Griggs, North Dakota, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	24 Sep 1854	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Albert Zingg,   b. 1856, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Amelia Zingg,   b. 1860, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 May 1927  (Age 67 years)   3. Magdalena "Lena" Zingg,   b. 1861, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1946  (Age 85 years)   4. Franklin Zingg,   b. 1864, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Clara Zingg,   b. 28 Sep 1867, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 1933  (Age 66 years)   6. Anna Eliza Zingg,   b. 23 Dec 1869, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Nov 1922, Steele, Kidder, North Dakota, United States  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F31113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DEATH OF MR: SAMUEL ZINGG Word has just reached us of the death of Mr. Samuel Zingg, one of the early citizens of Sanborn, at an age of more than eighty-five. Zingg came here from Canada, following his son., Albert, who was the second agent at the railroad station, and who platted one or two additions to the town site. The Zingg family left here many years ago and took up land on the Missouri Slope. Word of his demise was telephoned from Steele today by his son-in-law, Lem G. Brewster, a former Sanborn resident. The body will be brought here for burial in Fairview Cemetery. The funeral will be Friday or Saturday. The first death in Sanborn was that of a son of Mr. Zingg, who was struck by lightning while driving cows. THE SANBORN ENTERPRISE Thursday 6 October 1921 p1 _______________ SAMUEL ZINGG In addition to the facts given in the issue of The Enterprise of last week concerning the death of Mr. Samuel Zingg, who died October 6th, 1921, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. G. Brewster in Steele, North Dakota, we give the following which were kindly sent us by a daughter of the deceased, Mrs. Andrew Wogsland of Walum, N. D. Samuel Zingg was born April 7th, 1837 in Ontario, Canada. He was married to Anna Eliza Wahn December 24, 1854 in Blenheim, Ontario, and moved to Sanborn in 1880. To this union were born, eleven children, of whom eight are living, six daughters and two sons. The surviving children are: Mrs. E. C. Booth, Hibbing, Minn.; "Mrs. D. G. McIntyre, Sedro Woolley, Wash.; Mrs. L. G. Brewster, Steele, N. D.; Mrs. Frank Snow, Ekalaka, Mont.; Mrs. Andrew Wogsland, Walum, N. D.; Mrs. Wm. Schwegler, Underwood, N. D.; John Zingg, Underwood, N. D.; Frank Zingg, Cannon Ball, N. D. Deceased was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Sanborn, N. D.,, Friday, October 7th, 1921, services having been held at Steele the previous day. THE SANBORN ENTERPRISE Thursday 13 October 1921 p1

  
  

• Sources

  [S250] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1871, Page 15. [S3235] North Dakota, U.S., State Death Certificates, 1908-2007. Samuel Zingg, b. 7 Apr 1837 Canada, d. 6 Oct 1921 Steele, Kidder, North Dakota s/o John Zingg b. Switzerland and Magdalena Oberle, b. Switzerland, informant Annie E. Zingg. buried Sanborn [S2437] Census - Canada - 1851, Ontario, Oxford, Blenheim Twp Div 2 pg 28.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Apr 1837 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1851 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Married - 24 Sep 1854 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Hotel Keeper - 1871 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Oct 1921 - Steele, Kidder, North Dakota, United States Buried - - Fairview Cemetery, Sanborn, Barnes, North Dakota, United States  = Link to Google Earth