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Gustavus August Ziegler1

Male
b. 28 August 1870, d. 20 October 1951


Father Abraham Bough Ziegler III1 b. September 1829, d. 1902
Mother Caroline Goehring Fiedler1 b. April 1834, d. 1909
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Family Catherine "Kate" Smith b. 18 May 1865, d. 21 February 1957
Children  1. Olive May Ziegler b. 9 Dec 1896, d. Nov 1987
  2. Caroline M. Ziegler b. Sep 1897
  3. Louis N. Ziegler b. 17 Aug 1903, d. 27 Jun 1989

Birth* 28 August 1870  Harmony Borough, Butler Co., PA1,2,3 
Census* 1880  1880 Federal Census, Pennsylvania, Butler County, Jackson Township, ED: 43, Series: T9, Roll: 1109, Page: 288B, June 24
(enumerated with father, Abraham Ziegler)
17, 203, 228, Ziegler, August, W, M, 9, , Son, 1, , , , , , , , , , , , 1, , , Penna, Pa, Pa1 
Marriage* circa 1894  PA, Principal=Catherine "Kate" Smith2 
News/Obit* 20 October 1951  Gustavus A. Zeigler

Gustavus A. Zeigler, aged 81 years, of R.D. 2, died in the New Castle hospital this morning at 1:15 o'clock, after a lingering illness.

Mr. Zeigler was born in Harmony, Butler county, Pa. on August 28, 1870, son of Abraham and Caroline Fiedler Zeigler. He lived practically all of his life in this community. Mr. Zeigler was lately occupied as a farmer. Prior to 1918 he worked in the Shanango Tin Mill company as a foreman in the millwright separtment for 25 years. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran church. On January 16, 1895, he married the former Catherine Smith.

His wife, mrs. Catherine Zeigler survives and children: Miss Olive M. Zeigler, at home; Mrs. Caroline Rohrer, R.D. 2; and Louis N. Zeigler, at home. He leaves three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 2 p.m., in the R. I. Boyd funeral home, 208 North Jefferson street, Rev. O. J. Warnath of St. Paul's Litheran church to be in charge.

Burial will be in the Castle View Burial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home, Sunday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9, and Monday, 7 to 9 p.m.

Published in the New Castle News, October 20, 1951, Page 13
Death* 20 October 1951  New Castle Hospital, New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA4,3 
Burial* 23 October 1951  Castle View Burial Park, New Castle, Lawrence Co., PA3 

Citations
  1. [S100] 1880 U.S. Federal Census .
  2. [S246] 1900 U.S. Federal Census .
  3. [S1125] Newspaper Archive, online http://www.newspaperarchive.com, http://newspaperarchive.com/new-castle-news/1951-10-20.
  4. [S1125] Newspaper Archive, online http://www.newspaperarchive.com, http://newspaperarchive.com/new-castle-news/1957-02-21/page-2.

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