Christian Zein Family in Wall Lake - Sac Co., Iowa --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01 Sep 1999 Prepared for the Sac County, Iowa GenWeb Archives by Barbara West --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I didn't find the Zien family in any of the County listings. Lena Zien was my great-grandmother. Barbara Lee West barbara@guerra-tech.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zein Family in Wall Lake, Sac Co., Iowa 1896 Sac Co. Iowa Marriage: Date of License issue: Jan. 18, 1896 Groom: John Zein, age 22, born: Westside, Crawford Co. Occupation: Farmer Address: Clinton Township, Sac Co. Father: Christian Zein, Mother: Maria Jartz Bride: Magdalena Schmitz, age 18, born: Clinton County, Iowa Address: Wall Lake, Iowa Father: Enck Schmidt, Mother: Margaretha Godersen License return: Marriage Lutheran Church, Wall Lake Iowa, Jan 22, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituary for Mr. Christian Zein, November 16, 1905 Sac Sun, Iowa, Nov. 23, 1905 Christian Zein died at his late residence at Wall Lake on November 16, 1905, aged 81 years and 22 days. The decedent was born in Gueltzow, Germany on October 24, 1824. He was married three times. The first two wives died in the first year of their wedded life. To his third wife he was married in 1859. Nine children were born to them, two dying in their infancy and one son in the early ‘80’s. The family immigrated to this country in 1866 and settled in Clinton county, this state. Seven years later they moved to Crawford county, where he had rented a farm. While living there he bought his half section farm in Clinton township, Sac county, five miles northwest of Wall Lake, and in 1875 he moved to this county. Mr. Zein was a diligent and successful farmer, a good neighbor and a kind husband and father. He always believed that honesty is the best policy and lived accordingly. In 1896 he retired from farm work, bought a residence in Wall Lake and moved into it. During the last years of his life he was growing very feeble. In February last he was taken seriously ill and he believed that his end was near. He rallied again and was up and around. On the day prededing his death he felt better and stronger than he had for months before. On Thursday morning at about 6 o’clock his wife awoke, hearing him draw a long breath. When she got up and wanted to give him some medicine to restore him, life had departed. He leaves his widow, seven married children - one son, John Zein, and six daughters; Mrs. Wm. Hahn, of Pierce, Nebraska; Mrs. Lena Kiefer, of South Dakota;(s/b North Dakota); Mrs. Robert Hess and Mrs. Herman Hess, of this county; Mrs. T. Housen, of Holstein, and Mrs. John Peper; and also 28 grandchildren. The funeral services were conducted at the Lutheran church on Sunday afternoon, Rev. L. A. Mueller officiating, and the remains were laid to rest in the Wall Lake Cemetery. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Obituary for Mrs. John Zein, April 6, 1944 Mrs. John Zein passed away Saturday evening at the home of her daughter at Cedar Rapids. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. =============================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ==================================================================================