Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

George Zinn

Male 1849 - 1932  (83 years)


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  • Name George Zinn 
    Born 8 Aug 1849  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Christened 16 Dec 1849  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1852  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Lutheran 
    Residence 1861  Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-81235 
    Died 6 Dec 1932  Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Buried Saint Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Gadshill, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Person ID I81235  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Heinrich George "Henry" Zinn,   b. 1819, , Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Catharine Doerbecker,   b. 1823, , Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Mar 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 14 Nov 1848  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7
    Family ID F16794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      George Zinn s/o Henry & Catharine Dürrbecker of Wilmot b. 8 Aug 1849, bapt. 16 Dec 1849 sponsors: George Dürrbecker & wife Maria, Wener Keppler

    2. [S42] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Vol 9 Part 2 1852 - 1857, Baptisms by Frederick W. Bindemann, minister of United Lutheran and German Reformed Protestant Church in Greenbush, Waterloo.
      born 8 Aug. 1849, son of Henry ZINN and Catharine DURRBECKER, Farner of Wilmot.

    3. [S134] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1851, Div. 4 Page 18.

    4. [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Sect. 16 Page 107.

    5. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199178786/george-zinn.

    6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Heinrich Zinn, 28, labourer of Wilmot married 14 Nov 1848 Greenbush by banns to Cathrine Durrbecker, 24, of Waterloo, wit: Conrad Ekstein - labourer of Waterloo & Conrad Wettlaufer - tanner of Wilmot

    7. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Rev'd Fredereck W. Bindemann, Minister of The United Lutheran & German Reformed Protestant Church, Greenbush, Waterloo Twp., For 1848 report 115.
      Henry Zinn, 28, Labourer, of Wilmot, to Catharina Durrbecker, 24

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Aug 1849 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 16 Dec 1849 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1852 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Dec 1932 - Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Saint Peters Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Gadshill, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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