Fred Found ..... Saturday, July 11, 2009

Turns out it was challenging to say the least. While I love the U.S. Census as a fabulous source of information ...

Here were just a few of the roadblocks:
a. transcription errors
b. family moving from place to place in Wisconsin
c. census taker errors (just like today when people spell Ziegler as Zeigler)
d. Gottlieb listed as "George" in one census

After applying some "perspiration" as the genealogist saying goes ...

I found something in the 1880 census!

Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin
(line 37)
1. Zeigler, Frederick, White, Male, 48, self, married, farmer, bruised by a run-a-way team, Wirtenberg, Wirtenberg, Wirtenberg
2. Zeigler, Mary, White, Female, 51, wife, married, keeping house, Wirtenberg, Wirtenberg, Wirtenberg
3. Zeigler, Frederick, White, Male, 14, single, at school, Wisconsin, Wirtenberg, Wirtenberg
4. Zeigler, Gottlieb, White, Male, 12, single, at school, Wisconsin, Wirtenberg, Wirtenberg

Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Federal Census (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite), Year: 1880; Census Place: Center, Outagamie, Wisconsin; Roll: T9_1440; Family History Film: 1255440; Page: 125.4000; Enumeration District: 119; Image: .