Christiane Louise (Sophia) Friederike Zanzich1,2

F, #46, b. 4 December 1824, d. after 1 January 1912
Last Edited=1 Feb 2021
Reference=ZANZI-24180
FatherAdolph (Christoph) Zanzig1,3,4 b. 15 Feb 1802, d. 1 Apr 1877
MotherAugustina (Christina) Mohr1,4 b. 23 Jun 1801, d. 17 Feb 1892
     Christiane Louise (Sophia) Friederike Zanzich was born on 4 December 1824 at Ritzerow, Ritzerow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany.1,4,5,6,7,8 She was the daughter of Adolph (Christoph) Zanzig and Augustina (Christina) Mohr.1,3,4 Xstiana Louisa Sophia Friederica Zanzich was christened on 12 December 1824 at Ritzerow, Stavenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin.4

     Christiane Luise Sophia Zanzich married Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer, son of Johann Töpfer, on 20 November 1846 at Ritzerow, Stavenhagen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, at age 21.9,10,11
     Christiane Louise (Sophia) Friederike Zanzich died after 1 January 1912 at Milwaukee (probably), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.10,12
     Her baptismal name was Xstiana Louisa Sophia Friederica Zanzich.1,2,4 As of 1839,Christiane Louise (Sophia) Friederike Zanzich also went by the name of Sophia Zanzig.1

Locations

emi.7 November 1857Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, to New York on the ship Berg (on the New York side, the ship is called "Oldenbg. Bk (bark) Von Berg")13
imm.12 January 1858New York, New York, New York, USA14,6
cen.4 August 1860Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA15
cen.6 July 1870Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA5
cen.7 June 1880Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA16
cen.5 June 1900Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA6
cen.1 June 1905Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA7
cen.18 April 1910Ward 21, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA8

Children of Christiane Louise (Sophia) Friederike Zanzich and Johann (Ernst) Friedrich Töpfer

  • Frederick Toepfer17 b. 25 Sep 1847
  • Henry Toepfer17 b. 8 Dec 1849
  • (Friederike) Auguste Elise Caroline Töpfer17,18,7 b. 18 Nov 1853
  • Louis Toepfer5,19,8 b. c Jun 1861, d. 1945

Citations

  1. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, vol. 7, p. 4, item 67; Confirmations, 1839.
  2. [S220] 1900 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee 1802), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Ernst Toepfer, 1109 Walnut St., 9th ward, 65, 4B (Anc. image 8/39), 65, 64; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_1802.
  3. [S1650] "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971)", database and images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61229: 2016, Christiane Louise Sophia Friederike Zanzig, Evangelische Kirche Stavenhagen (AG. Stavenhagen), FHL film no. 69573, Mecklenburg > Stavenhagen > Taufen, Konfirm, Heiraten u Tote 1839-1876, confirmations 1839 no. 67, p. 4, image 289/786, viewed 26 Jan 2018, citing parish and military registers.
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  5. [S64] 1870 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1728, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1870usfedcen/), Ernst Toepfer household (indexed as Court Toepfer), 9th ward, p. 120 (Anc. p. 336B) (Anc. image 120/292), dwell. 919, fam. 1006, accessed 3 Jun 2019; citing Roll M593_1728.
  6. [S220] 1900 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee 1802), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Ernst Toepfer household, 1109 Walnut St., 9th ward, ED 65, sheet 4B (Anc. image 8/41), dwelling 65, family 64, accessed 31 May 2019; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_1802.
  7. [S1340] Wisconsin State Census, 1905, Milwaukee Co. 43, unknown county, unknown state, population schedule, Ancestry.com, John Leopold household, 2nd ward, Milwaukee, sheet 17 (stamped 6361) (Anc. image 6244/6845), family 358, accessed 3 Jun 2019; citing http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1055; Roll CSUSAWI1905_43.
  8. [S1259] 1910 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1728, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Louis Toepfer household, 1446 Seventh St., 21st ward, Milwaukee, ED 244, sheet 6A (stamped 64) (Anc. image 11/36), dwelling 94, family 115, accessed 31 May 2019; citing Roll T624_1728, FHL Number: 1375741.
  9. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, item 3, vol. 10, p. 60 #132, Trau (marriages) 1846 (Töpfer-Zanzig).
  10. [S220] 1900 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee 1802), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7602), Ernst Toepfer, 1109 Walnut St., 9th ward, 65, 4B (Anc. image 8/39), 65, 64, next door to a widowed Louis Toepfer, age 38; citing NARA microfilm roll T623_1802.
  11. [S1650] "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971)", database and images, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61229: 2016, Johann Ernst Friedrich Töpfer-Christiane Luise Sophia Zanzich marriage, Evangelische Kirche Stavenhagen (AG. Stavenhagen), FHL film no. 69573, Mecklenburg > Stavenhagen > Taufen, Konfirm, Heiraten u Tote 1839-1876, p. 60 (marriages) 1846, no. 32, image 425/786, viewed 4 Mar 2018, citing parish and military registers.
  12. [S1403] "U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995", database and images, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Ancestry.com, URL http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2469: 2011, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, City Directory, 1912; Sophia Toepfer, wid. Ernst, viewed 13 Jul 2017, citing 1822-1995 U.S. City Directories.
  13. [S256] "Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934 (Hamburger Passagierlisten)", database and images, Hamburg State Archives, Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068: 2008, Ernst Töpfer with Sophie, Caroline, Fritz, Ferd. and Friederike. Ship Berg, leaving Hamburg 7 Nov 1857 for New York, no meaningful page number, Anc. image 495/517. Fritz, Ferd. and Friederike identified as ages 9, 7, 3, born Ritzerow, kinder, citing Bestand: 373-7 I, VIII (Auswanderungsamt I). Mikrofilmrollen K 1701 - K 2008, S 17363 - S 17383, 13116 - 13183 Staatsarchiv Hamburg.
  14. [S33] "New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957", database and images, National Archives at Washington, D.C., Ancestry.com, URL https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7488: 2010, Oldenburg bark Von Berg, arrival 12 Jan 1858, Ancestry image 4/10. Listed as E. Topfer; was unable to find the index entry. Others listed are Sophie, Caroline (age 17), Fritz, Ferd, Rike. The writer appears to have freely respelled names; for example, the family above them in the German departure list was Franz Thoms, but here he is Frank Thomas, citing Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Records of the U.S. Customs Service.
  15. [S62] 1860 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1423, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernest Toepfer household (indexed as Tupfe), 9th ward, Milwaukee, pp. 223-4 (829) (image 432) (Anc. images 120-121/166), dwell. 1893, fam. 1962; citing Roll M653_1423.
  16. [S162] 1880 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1438, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernst Toepfer household, Milwaukee, ED 129, p. 21 (stamped 28A) (Anc. image 21/69), dwelling 155, family 228, accessed 28 Nov 2011; citing Roll T9_1438; Family History Film: 1255438.
  17. [S62] 1860 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1423, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernest Toepfer, 9th ward, Milwaukee, , 223-224 (829) (image 432) (Anc. image 120/166), 1893, 1962; citing Roll M653_1423.
  18. [S8] Mecklenburg-Schwerin, AG Stavenhagen, Stavenhagen, Kirchenbuch Taufen 1853-1873 Konfirm. 1839-1875 Heiraten 1839-1873 Tote 1839-1861 Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1839-1875 (Jürgenstorf) Taufen, Heiraten, Tote 1874-1876, Microfilmed images (Salt Lake City, UT: Family History Library, 1951), FHL microfilm #0069573, p. 25, #144, baptisms 1853 (Friederike Auguste Elise Caroline Töpfer).
  19. [S162] 1880 US Census WI, Milwaukee 1438, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Ernst Toepfer household, Milwaukee, ED 129, p. 21 (stamped 28A) (Anc. image 21/69), dwelling 155, family 228, accessed 30 Apr 2019; citing Roll T9_1438; Family History Film: 1255438.