What German Village are Fred C. and Mary Ziegler From? Monday, July 13, 2009

We know they are from the Wuerttemberg state of Germany, but which small town or village?


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We know they arrived on 20 Oct 1857 in New York, at Castle Garden; we know they departed from LeHavre, France.

I have looked at the following pieces of evidence, perhaps found a potential town name ...but then not been able to locate it on a German map:

(List under construction)

• Christian F. Ziegler death certificate
• Mary Koehler Ziegler death certificate
• Newspaper article written by Fred and Mary's grandson Herbert Ziegler (Gerbum and near {Schwaebish} Hall)
  
• Fred C. Ziegler declaration of intent (Kingdom of Wuerttemberg)
  
• Wuerttemberg Emigration Index, the Glatzle collection (couldn't verify a specific Fred/Mary Ziegler)
• Wm. Nelson ship manifest from Castle Garden (1855-1890) (Germany)
  
• St. Peter church records (illegible)
  
• US census records 1860, 1870, 1880, 1990 (Prussia)
  
• Wisconsin census records 1895
  
• US Army/Civil War Pension file from NARA

Suggestions from the Progenealogist still to check: 1815-1870 Published lists of emigration permits at the Ludwigsburg and Sigmaringen State Archives; the emigration records in the Stuttgart State Archives; emigration announcements in local and statewide newspapers; military conscription records; and the Germanic Emigrants Register.

Does anyone have additional information that might shed light on their place of origin?