Johann N. "John" Zinkann^[1]

1835 - 1911  (75 years)

• Name	Johann N. "John" Zinkann
  Born	1 Nov 1835	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Birth	20 Nov 1835	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Christened	20 Mar 1836	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Name	John N. Zinkann  [6]
  Occupation	1901	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Merchant
  		Wellesley Maple Leaf 25 Oct 1900
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-52356
  Died	8 Jan 1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I52356	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Johannes "John" Zinkann,   b. CALC 18 Oct 1806, Uffleiden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ,   d. 2 Apr 1882, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Maria Elisabeth Nahrgang,   b. CALC 21 Jul 1806, Of, Lisbon, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Nov 1884, Lisbon, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Family ID	F21140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maria Schmidt,   b. 10 Mar 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jan 1928, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Emma Zinkann,   b. 1 Aug 1858, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Lavina Zinkann,   b. 13 Sep 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Heinrich S. "Henry" Zinkann,   b. 3 Oct 1862, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Carl S. "Charles" Zinkann,   b. 17 Sep 1864, Lisbon, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ephraim Zinkann,   b. 16 Dec 1866, Lisbon, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Feb 1944, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)   6. Lydia Zinkann,   b. 28 Jan 1869, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Anna Zinkann,   b. 19 Aug 1871, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Lydie Zinkann,   b. Jan 1872, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Annie Zinkann,   b. Jul 1873, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Helena Zinkann,   b. 24 Sep 1873, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1968, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)   11. Ida Zinkann,   b. Sep 1876, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Milton Zinkann,   b. 16 Jan 1878, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F13496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Helena Zinkann,   b. 24 Sep 1873, Lisbon, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 May 1968, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F257045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  J. N. Zinkann. As you enter the village from almost any direction on either of the four public highways that concentrate here, the large new brick mercantile establishment and residence combined, owned by the above named gentleman, looms up conspicuously. The structure is two stories in height with a frontage of 60 feet and a depth of 73 feet. The mercantile. department was erected about eight years ago, and the residence addition about one year ago. The former is a commodious affair, and probably contains as much floor space any other village mercantile establishment in the Province. Mr. Zinkann commenced business here fifteen years ago. He is a man who can not be credited with having spent any of his time in idleness since his boyhood days. He was born at Hamburg in 1839 Until he was able to take care of himself he spent his life upon the farm. His ambition seems to have drifted toward dairying, and he is to day about as extensively engaged in that industry as any other one man in the dairy districts. Prior to coming here he was engaged in cheesemaking and farming at Lisbon, and now owns a fine farm of 154 acres near that village which is under the management of his son, Charles S. He also is the owner of a farm of 100 acres, a short distance south of Crosshill, managed by Mr. William Beilstein. Mr. Zinkann is also Secretary and Treasurer of the Crosshill Creamery Co. The greater portion of his time is now taken up in buying up for export the output of the various creameries throughout Waterloo, Wellington, Huron, Grey and Bruce. During the course of a year his purchases of butter are very extensive. His family has all grown up, and he is now ably assisted in his vast business interests by several of his sons. His father was for many years a prominent and well known carpenter of Hamburg. The mercantile business is under the management of Mr. Eph. Zinkann, his son. The latter was born at Lisbon in 1866, and through a thorough training derived from the ripe experience of his father, he has achieved good success as a business man. To take a glance at the great array of staple goods in the general; merchandise line, the neatness with which they are arranged, and the fresh, clean appearance of the large sales- room will convince one of that fact. The stock comprises dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats and caps, hardware, glassware, queensware, crockery, etc; in fact, anything required in a modern general mercantile establishment can be found here, and as cheap as it can be found anywhere. They both wholesale and retail. Io connection there is a well equipped dressmaking emporium, where the ladies of the surrounding community can be accommodated with the latest patterns in fabrics and neat fitting wearing apparel. The dry goods department also contains a very large stock of tweeds, worsted goods, gents' furnishings, etc. It is not an exaggeration to say, considering the large and endless variety of his stock, that Mr. Zinkann is the Wannamaker of this section. Waterloo County Chronicle, 14 Jul 1898, p. 8

  
  

• Sources

  [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Helena Zinkann. [S713] Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 30921 (1911), John N. Zinkann, accessed 12 Feb 2010. John N. Zinkann, d. 8 Jan 1911 Berlin, b. 1 Nov 1835 New Hamburg, s/o John Zinkann (b. Germany) & Elizabeth Nahrgang (b Germany) cause: paralysis [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 3 Dec 1835:14. 20 Nov 1835 The family of Johannes Zinkann of Wilmot was blessed with a son. [S160] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1901, Wellesley E-6 page 21. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Johann Zinkan s/o John & Maria Elisabeth b. 20 nov 1835, bapt. 20 Mar 1836 Berlin, sponsors: John Nahrgang, Heinrich Koch, Maria Rochin [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Name: Karl Zinkann Age: 22 res: Wellesley Place of Birth: Lisbon, Perth Names of Parents: John N. Zinkann & Maria Schmit Name: Engine A. Doering Age: 21 res: Wellesley Place of Birth: Philipsburg Names of Parents: Karl Doering & Cathar. Hoerle Name: Henry Zinkann res: Lisbon Name: Lavina Zinkann res: Lisbon Date of Marriage: Oct. 20, 1886

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Nov 1835 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Birth - 20 Nov 1835 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Christened - 20 Mar 1836 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Merchant - 1901 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 8 Jan 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth