I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING MY FAMILY TREE FOR YEARS, BUT I KEEP GETTING STUCK ON THIS SIDE OF THE FAMILY. MY DAD SPELLED OUR LAST NAME AS SENZ AS DID HIS FATHER AND MY GREAT-GRANDFATHER USED ALL THREE SPELLINGS AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER IN HIS LIFE AND BELIEVE ME THIS HAS CAUSED SOME GREAT CONFUSION!!! SUPPOSEDLY THE ORIGINAL SPELLING OF THE NAME IS ZENZ. I AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ON NICHOLAS ZENZ B-1825 IN STUTGAARDT GERMANY MARRIED TO ANTOINETTE FRANZ ALSO B-1825 IN GERMANY. THEY ARE PARENTS OF FRANK ZENZ B-1846 IN TRIER, GERMANY AND DIED 1872 IN PREBLE, WISCONSIN. MARRIED HENRIETTA VAN DEN BOOM B-1842 BEGHEL, HOLLAND AND DIED 1872 PREBLE, WISCONSIN; MARRIED IN 1860 IN WISCONSIN. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF HENRY PAUL ZENZ (ZENS, SENZ), FRANK, NICHOLAS AND JOSEPH. HENRY WAS BORN JANUARY 23, 1861 IN GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN AND DIED MARCH 27, 1945 IN COOS BAY, OREGON. HE MARRIED KATHERINE VAN HANDEL IN WISCONSIN ON JUNE 14, 1889. KATHERINE WAS BORN MAY 1, 1869 IN GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN AND DIED FEBRUARY 23, 1947 IN COOS BAY, OREGON.
Soooooo, if you know anything about any of these people or would like to ask questions or whatever give a holler!!!
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Is this the Zens family that shows up in Green Bay, Brown, Co, Wisconsin in 1850 and in Preble, Brown Co, WI in 1860? I see some things that match with your info, and some things that don't. The birth years are off, for example:
1850 Green Bay District # 12, Brown Co, WI in 1850:
Francis Zens age 24, farmer, $500, b Prussia
Margaret Zens age 64, b Prussia
Gertrude Zens age 36, b Prussia
Nicholas Zens age 38, farmer, b Prussia
stamped p 54, penned p 107, line 22, house 420, family 458; enum 21 Aug by Lorenzo Brown.
In 1860 there was Nicholas Zens age 41 farmer with Gertrude age 40 both b Prussia in one household, near this household: Francis Zens age 34 b Prussia, with Henrika(?) age 38 b Holland, Mary Skinali? age 8 b WI, Gertrude Zens age 4 b WI, Francisca Zens age 2 b WI, (in Preble, Brown Co, WI; stamped p 620, penned p 294, line 37, dwelling 2213, family 2213; enum 21 Sept Fred S. Ellis; NARA microfilm M653_ 1400; on Heritage Quest
The Hendrika/Henrietta wife born in Holland seems to argue that this is the same family. I have more info if you think this is your line.
(I'm leaving this extra comment so I will get follow-ups sent to my e-mail.)
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