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Jacob John ZOERB
(1870-1959)

 

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Lena DONET

Jacob John ZOERB

  • Born: 28 Nov 1870, Rechenbach, Germany 1 2
  • Marriage: Lena DONET 17 Mar 1894 1 2
  • Died: 14 Jan 1959, Clairton, Allegheny, PA 3
  • Buried: 19 Jan 1959, McKeesport-Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, PA 3

• He emigrated to Baltimore in 1886 from Rechenbach, Germany. 3 4 Jacob emigrated to the United States to live with his sister.

• He appeared in the 1900 census on 11 Jun 1900 in McKeesport, Allegheny, PA. 5

• He appeared in the 1910 census on 28 Apr 1910 in McKeesport, Allegheny, PA. 6

• He appeared in the 1920 census on 3 Jan 1920 in McKeesport, Allegheny, PA. 7

• He appeared in the 1930 census on 7 Apr 1930 in McKeesport, Allegheny, PA. 8 Jacob was living with his sister and brother-in-law.

• He was employed 3 at National Tube Division, U.S. Steel Corporation.



Jacob married Lena DONET, daughter of Gottholt August DONATH and Rosine Frederike BRÜCKNER, on 17 Mar 1894.1 2 (Lena DONET was born on 26 Sep 1873 in McKeesport, Allegheny, PA 9, died on 23 Nov 1922 in Fairport Harbor, Lake, OH 9 10 and was buried on 26 Nov 1922 in McKeesport-Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, PA 9 10.)


Sources


1 Katherine (Zoerb) Sabol, Descendant Chart of Jacob John Zoerb, (McKeesport, PA,).

2 Katherine (Zoerb) Sabol, Pedigree Chart of Laura Zoerb Weiss, (McKeesport, PA, 19 May 1984).

3 McKeesport Daily News, Jacob Zoerb Obituary, (McKeesport, PA, 15 Jan 1959).

4 Thomas Hoey, Oral Interview of Earl Faix, (McKeesport, PA, 23 Dec 1997).

5 Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1900 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 128, Sheet 14, Line 53.

6 Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1910 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 129, Sheet 30, Line 41.

7 Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1920 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 141, Sheet 2, Line 33.

8 Pennsylvania, Allegheny County, 1930 U.S. Census, Population Schedule, (Washington, D.C., National Archives and Records Administration), ED 2-673, Sheet 6, Line 40.

9 State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate - Lena (Donet) Zoerb, (27 Nov 1922).

10 McKeesport Daily News, Lena (Donet) Zoerb Obituary, (McKeesport, PA, 24 Nov 1922).


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