Biographies:  Ferdinand ZIEMAN, Fall Creek, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Ferdinand Zieman, born in West Prussia, Germany, and his wife, Wilhelmine 
(Bruesewitz) Zieman, who was born in Pommern, Germany, came to America in 
1871, and to Eau Claire county in 1874, where Mr. Zieman died in 1901.  
Their son, Otto Julius Zieman, was born in Fall Creek, April 24, 1875, 
learned the harnessmaker trade and worked at that trade up to 1900, when 
he added hardware and farm implements, and possesses now a flourishing 
business at Fall Creek.  He was the first president of the village of Fall 
Creek, served three years in that capacity, served as school clerk and 
treasurer, also as county supervisor.  Married, in 1905, Miss Minnie Zanke, 
who died in 1905.  Remarried in 1907, to Emma Zanke.  Three children.


--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 562