Gottlieb Zaugg (abt. 1845 - 1927)

Born about 18 Mar 1845 in Bern, Switzerland

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1927 at about age 81 in Iona, Lyman, South Dakota, United States

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Biography

Gottlieb Zaugg was born March 19, 1846 at Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland to Jakob Zaugg and Catharina Huber.ref>^[1][2]
Gottlieb was the youngest of many children.
Place of origin (Heimatort): Trub, Bern.
"Schweiz Taufen, 1491-1940", ^[3]He was christened on 3 April 1846.

In 1906, Gottlieb and wife Anna were living at Lyman, South Dakota. A review of all images under the surname Zaugg (3411 to 3420) identified the following living at 28-<101-71, PO Iona, Lyman County^[4]:

Gottlieb age 57 b Steffisburg, Switzerland

Anna age 42 b Linden, Switzerland

Edith age 9 b Thurion, Nebraska

John F age 8 b Thurion, Nebraska

Edward age 7 b Thurion, Nebraska

Ernest age 4 b Thurion, Nebraska

Research note

The date of birth differs between sources:
christening record: 19 March 1846
headstone: 18 march 1846.

Sources

1. ↑ Trub 18 Taufrodel, auswärts Getaufte (1842-1852) p. 192
2. ↑ Steffisburg 12 Taufrodel (1846-1858) p. 8
3. ↑ database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FVD2-JZR : 9 February 2020), Gottlieb Zaugg, 1846.
4. ↑ "South Dakota State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHQ-8DT : 6 April 2020), John F Zaugg, South Dakota, United States; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,283,043.

• Death certificate from South Dakota dept of health as of 06/2013.
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59168840

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Gary Zaugg for starting this profile.