How am I related?

Me -> Anna Lorraine Amborn (1923 – 2019) -> Anna Marie Schultz (1884 – 1923) -> Margaret Juliana Zang (1858 – 1930) -> George Karl Zang & Rosina Schmitt

George Karl Zang

A Catholic butcher.

Born 29 December 1824 in Arnstein, Main-Spessart, Bavaria, Germany
- https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=97 – Entry #14
- Arnstein on the Meyers Gazetteer – https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10072023
Died 14 October 1871 – https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=136 – Page 231, Entry #69
- Translation provided by Thomas Hartmann 2 February 2025
  - Name: Carl Georg Zang
    Profession, Denomination: – Hausmetzger (House butcher), kath
    Town and House number: Arnstein Nr. 227
    Relationship: Verheirathet (married)
    Couse of death – Doctor: Pneumonia Dr. Nickels
    Time of Death – 14. Octob 12 1/2 Uhr Nachts (at night)
    Funeral: – 15 Octob. 1/2 4 Uhr Sondheim
    Age: 47 1/2 Jahre (years)
    Pastor: Carl Müller Kaplan

Arnstein:

“Arnstein is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany.” (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnstein)
View the Meyers Gazetter Entry for Arnstein.
Church records for Arnstein are archived by the Archdiocese of Bamberg (view Bamberg on Google Maps)

Parents of George Karl Zang

Philipp Johann Zang
- Born 12 January 1795 – https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=136 – Page 253, Entry #1
Catharina Elisabeth Ackermann (1801 – )
Married 13 August 1822 in Arnstein – https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=207 – Page 25, First Entry

Siblings of George Karl Zang

Information provided by Thomas Hartmann on 17 February 2025.

1. Zang, Eva, * 06.02.1823, ~ 07.02.1823 Arnstein, godparents: Eva Mauder (?) ledig, + 26.12.1826, [] 28.12.1826 Sondheim

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=89 – Page 81, 15th Entry

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=92 – 9th Entry

2. Zang, Karl Georg, Catholic, Hausmetzger, * 29.12.1824 Arnstein, ~ 30.12.1824

Arnstein, + 14.10.1871 Arnstein

oo 03.08.1852 Arnstein Rosina Josephi Schmitt, * 18.03.1825 Arnstein

o-o Sussanna Müller

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=97 – Page 89, 14th Entry

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=14 – Page 10, Entry #6

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=247 Page 231, Entry #69

3. Zang, Barbara, * 11.12.1826 Arnstein, ~ 12.12.1826 Arnstein, godparents:

Barbara Zang, single, Arnstein, + 30.10.1868 Arnstein, [] 01.11.1868

Sondheim

oo 21.11.1858 Arnstein Peter Behr, Catholic, Weber, * 19.05.1827 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=7 – Page 3, 5th Entry

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=38 – Page 33, Entry #13

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=220 – Page 204, Entry #47

4. Zang, Johann, Catholic, * 06.11.1829 Arnstein, ~ 07.11.1829 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=20 – Page 16, Last Entry

5. Zang, Anna Maria, * 27.06.1832 Arnstein, ~ 28.06.1832 Arnstein, + 19.08.

1833 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=33 – Page 28, 10th Entry

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=116 – Page 25, 13th Entry

6. Zang, Franz, Catholic, * 22.08.1834 Arnstein, ~ 23.08.1834 Arnstein,

Godparents: Franz Metzger, single, Arnstein, + 28.08.1834 Arnstein, [] 30.

08.1834 Sondheim

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=45 – Page 40, 8th Entry

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=122 – Page 31, 5th Entry

7. Zang, Philipp Joseph, * 06.10.1835 Arnstein, ~ 06.10.1835 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=52 [I cannot locate the entry on this page – TH]

8. Zang, Georg Johann, Catholic, farmer, * 17.10.1838 Arnstein, ~ 18.10.1838

Arnstein, godparents: Georg Leuser, + 02.08.1924 Arnstein

oo 06.06.1865 Arnstein Eva Sabina Dees, * 04.11.1838 Arnstein, + 28.12.

1884

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=77 – Page 71, Entry # 56

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=71 – Page 66, Entry #12

According to the Catholic parish office: died:: 2.8.1924

According to the registrar 4.8.1923

9. Zang, Katharina Dorothea, Catholic, * 08.05.1844 Arnstein, ~ 09.05.1844

Arnstein, godparents: Dorothea Leuser, single, here, + 30.05.1845

Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00183/?pg=46 – Page 40, Entry #20

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00183/?pg=220 – Page 47, Entry #26

Rosina Schmitt, Wife of Karl Zang

Rosina Schmitt, the 5th child of Kaspar Schmitt and Anna Keller, was born on March 18, 1825 in Arnstein, Germany. She was baptized in the Catholic church on March 19, 1825.

https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=99 – First Entry

Birth record of Rosina Schmitt

On March 18, 1825 after 2 pm was in Arnstein born and on March 19 was in the church baptised Rosina, 5^th child of Kaspar Schmitt, a catholic farmer, living in Arnstein, house Nr. 122, and his catholic wife Anna Keller, living at the same address. Godmother was Rosina Schederin, unmarried, from Arnstein. (view image)

Following the death of her husband, Karl Zang she emigrated from Germany to Walworth County, Wisconsin, as did daughters Margaret Zang (b. 1858) and Rozina Josephi Zang (b. 1863).

Parents of Rosina Schmitt

Johann Kaspar Schmitt (1779 – )
Anna Maria Keller (1790 – 1846)

“The Keller line were millers from Heugrumbach in that time” (Marcel Elias)

Kaspar Schmitt and Anna Keller, the parents of Rosina Schmitt, were married on January 7, 1817 in Arnstein, Germany.

Marriage record of Kaspar Schmitt and Anna Keller

On Jan 7, 1817 were in Arnstein married Kaspar Schmitt, a catholic day-labourer from Arnstein, house Nr. 122, a son of Jörg Schmitt, producer of saltpeter (potassium nitrate for producing gunpowder) and Apollonia Götz, unmarried, born in 1779 (Arnstein is crossed out); and Anna Keller, a catholic miller’s daughter from Arnstein, a daughter of Kaspar Keller and Anna Maria Iff, unmarried, born on Sep 5, 1790 in Arnstein. Witnesses were Georg Leuser, ……, and Georg Deugel, miller from Öhle (most probably a name of a mill). (view image)

Where was Johann Kaspar Schmitt born? According to his marriage record, he was born in 1779: the place of birth was initially recorded as “Arnstein”, but that was subsequently crossed out.
More information about Kaspar Keller may be available. He was reportedly a miller from Heugrumbach (located about 1 mile West of Arnstein).

Kaspar Schmitt died on 20 December, 1864 :

On Dec 20, 1864 at 3pm died in Büchold Johann Kaspar Schmitt, a catholic farmer, widower, aged 85 and ¼ years old. Cause of death old age. He was buried on Dec 23, 1864 in Sondheim. (view image)

“As for Kaspar Schmitt and his parents, they weren’t from Arnstein. I spent one more hour to establish that indeed 4 oldest children of Georg Schmitt and Apollonia Götz weren’t born in Arnstein and from records is not clear where they came from. The only clue could be places of burial for Georg Schmitt and Johann Kaspar Schmitt – they were buried near Sondheim. But since there were more Sondheims in the area within 100 km around Arnstein, more time would be needed.” (Marcel Elias)

Apollonia [Götz] Schmitt (Mother of Johann Kaspar Schmitt) died on 21 September, 1813:

On Sep 21, 1813 at 1am died in Arnstein Apollonia Schmitt, a wife of Jörg Schmitt, a saltpeter-maker from Arnstein, house Nr. 243, aged 60 years old. (view image)

Georg (Jörg) Schmitt (Father of Johann Kaspar Schmitt) died on 25 March, 1826:

On March 25, 1826 at 9pm died in Arnstein Georg Schmitt, saltpeter-maker, living in Arnstein, house Nr. 245, a widower, aged 75 years old. Cause of death pneumonia. He was buried on March 27 in …….. near Sondheim (most probably where they came from – ME). (view image)

More information about Georg Schmitt may be available: He was involved in the production of potassium nitrate, possibly in Sondheim (located about 40 miles North of Arnstein).

Siblings of Rosina Schmitt

All born in Arnstein

Schmitt ( 1817 – )
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=61 – Last EntryJohann Schmitt ( 1817 – 1863)
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=67 – Entry #50
Schmitt (1819 – )
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=73 – Entry #7
Wilhelm Manfired Schmitt ( 1821 – )
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=81 – Entry #14
Anna Maria Schmitt ( 1821 – 1855)
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=8 – Entry #6
Schmitt (1830 – 1856)
https://data.matricula-online.eu/en/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=22 – Entry #5

Marriage of George Karl Zang & Rosina Schmitt

Karl Zang (b. 1824) married Rosina Schmitt (b. 1825) in Arnstrin, Germany on 3 August 1852.

Marriage record of Karl Zang and Rosina Schmitt

On Aug 3, 1852 were in the church in Arnstein married Karl Zang, a catholic day-laborer from Arnstein, house Nr. 124, a son of Philipp Zang and Katharina Ackermann, unmarried, born on Dec 29, 1824 in Arnstein; and Rosina Schmitt, a catholic farmer’s daughter from Arnstein, a daughter of Kaspar Schmitt and Anna Keller, unmarried, born on March 18, 1825 in Arnstein. Witnesses were Karl Ackermann, a carpenter; and Michael Walter, a farmer, from Arnstein. (view image)

Arnstein Houses Of Note

More information from a 8 February 2023 email from Thomas Hartmann:

If you look at the map of Arnstein on www.bayernatlas.de you can see historical and current map material. Here you can find the house No. 124, which today is Goldgasse 27.

This is the parental home of my father and also of my grandmother, Margarete Zang. Grandma told me earlier that it is her parents’ house and has been owned by the Zang family for a long time.

Enclosed are the map excerpts from www.bayernatlas.de:

Here is an old picture postcard of the old house, marked with arrow. The picture hangs in the staircase in the house and grandma told me that was the old house. I must ask my aunt Maria (brother of my dad) times, when the current was built.

Here is a current view that is currently owned by my aunt. However, she no longer lives in the house, but is in the retirement home, so the house is empty.

Other notable addresses in Arnstein:

40 – Home of Anton Metzger and his wife Anna Maria when all of their children were born (1807 – 1822). Anna Maria may still have been living there at the time of her death in 1830.
52 – Joseph Schulz & Family lived here when son Charles Carl was born in 1837
86 – Joseph Schulz & Family lived here when son Simon was born in 1835
122 – Kaspar was living there at the time of his marriage (1817). Kaspar Schmitt & Anna Keller were living here at the time of the birth of Rosina (1825) and all of her siblings (1817 – 1830)
124 – Karl Zang was living here when he was married in 1852
173 – Joseph Schulz live here when he was married in 1831, He was living there at the time his first two children (Anna and Frank) were born.
227 – George Karl Zang & Rosina Schmitt lived here at the time of all of their children (1853 – 1870). Karl George was living there when he died in 1871.
245 – Georg (Jörg) Schmitt died here on 25 March, 1826

Children of George Karl Zang & Rosina Schmitt

Information provided by Thomas Hartmann on 14 February 2025.

Schmitt, Rosina Josephi, * 18.03.1825 Arnstein
oo 03.08.1852 Arnstein Karl Georg Zang, Catholic, butcher, * 29.12.1824 Arnstein, + 14.10.1871 Arnstein
House No. 227
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=99 – 6th Entry
Wedding:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=14 – Entry #6
13 children of No. 1
Zang, Florian, * 28.09.1853 Arnstein, ~ 29.09.1853 Arnstein, godparents: Florian Schmitt, + 27.09.1854
Arnstein, [] 29.09.1854 Sondheim
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=62 – Entry #47
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=56 – Entry #47
Zang, Philipp Josef, * 12.11.1854 Arnstein, ~ 12.11.1854 Arnstein, Godparents: Philipp Joseph Zang, + 12.11.1905
oo Margaret Steinbach, * 07.11.1854 Arnstein
Sources: Birth:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=77 – Entry #59
Wedding:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=137
Zang, Katharina Elisabetha, * 20.10.1855 Arnstein, ~ 21.10.1855 Arnstein, Godparents: Katharina Elisabeth Zang, + 09.09.1856 Arnstein, [] 11.09.1856 Sondheim
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=89 – Entry #49
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=80
Zang, Johann, * 24.12.1856 Arnstein, ~ 26.12.1856 Arnstein, godparents: Johann Mauder, + 10.08.1857 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=103 – Entry #57
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=91 – Entry #30
Zang, Margaret Juliana, * 15.02.1858 Arnstein, ~ 16.02.1858 Arnstein, godparents: Margar. Mauder, blacksmith’s daughter, + 05.03.1930
Sources: Baptismal register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=120 – Entry #15

This is the certificate recording the smallpox vaccination given to Margaretha Zang… it confirms her date of birth as 15 February 1858 (thanks to a quick translation from Ute Brandenburg):

7. Zang, Anna Barbara, * June 18, 1859 Arnstein, ~ June 19, 1859 Arnstein, godparents: Barb. Reith, farmer’s wife, + November 2, 1859 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=137 – Entry #31
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=119 – Entry #48
8.Zang, Elisabet, * November 7, 1860 Arnstein, ~ November 8, 1860 Arnstein, Godparents: Elisab. Schmitt v. Karlstadt, + August 17, 1861 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=155 – Entry #59
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=137 – Entry #28
9. Zang, Georg Karl, * 06.11.1862 Arnstein, ~ 07.11.1862 Arnstein, godparents: Georg Zang led. v. here, + 08.06.1863 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=175 Entry #38
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=161 – Entry #33
10. Zang, Rosina Johanna, * 27.12.1863 Arnstein, ~ 27.12.1863 Arnstein, godparents: Rosina Walter, farmer’s daughter, + 29.11.1951
Sources: https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=192 – Entry #68
11. Zang, Anna Maria, * 10.04.1865 Arnstein, ~ 13.04.1865 Arnstein, godparents: Maria Ana Bauer, farmer’s daughter v. Büchold, + 26.05.1865 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=209 – Entry #19
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=187 – Entry #35
12. Zang, Barbara, * 08.03.1867 Arnstein, ~ 11.03.1867 Arnstein, godparents: Barbara Reith, wife of here, + 13.02.1878 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=235 – Entry #13
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=301 – Entry #18
13. Zang, Elisabetha, * 23.06.1870 Arnstein, ~ 24.06.1870 Arnstein, + 19.10.1870 Arnstein
Quellen: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=267 – Entry #38
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=237 – Entry #58

Children of George Karl Zang & Sussanna Müller

Müller, Eva Maria, * 01.06.1858 Arnstein, ~ 02.06.1858 Arnstein, Godparents: Eva Maria König, + 07.08.1858 Arnstein
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=124
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=104

Children of Rosina Schmitt & ???

Schmitt, Johann, Catholic, * 04.01.1852 Arnstein, ~ 05.01.1852 Arnstein, Godparents: Johann Schmitt, + 25.03.1852 Arnstein, [] 26.03.1852 Sondheim
Sources: Baptism register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00184/?pg=34 – Entry #2
Death register:
https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=31 – Entry #17

Emigration to the United States

Margaret Zang (b. 1858) emigrated to the United States, probably sometime between 1880 and 1883 (see below).

Rosina Josephi Schmitt (b. 1825) and Rozina Josephi Zang (b. 1863) reportedly emigrated together, probably sometime between 1884 and 1888 (see below).

When did they emigrate?

Exactly when Rosina Josephi Schmitt (b. 1825) and daughters Margaret Zang (b. 1858) and Rozina Josephi Zang (b. 1863) emigrated to Wisconsin and settled in Walworth county is a bit of a mystery….

Margaret Zang (b. 1858) apparently arrived first: She would marry Simon Schulz (b. 1850) on 29 November 1883.

Her 1900 census record states that she emigrated in 1868 and that she had been in the United States for 32 years.
Her 1910 census records states that she emigrated in 1875.
Her 1920 census just says ‘Na’.
She died 5 March 1930.

Her obituary says:

“Margaret Zang was born Feb. 15, 1858 in Bavaria, Germany, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zang. When a young woman she immigrated to America. She lived in Chicago and Wheaton, Ill., for sometime then later came to Wisconsin. In 1883 she was married to Simon Schulz at St. Francis de Sales church, Lake Geneva. She and her husband took up their residence on their farm near Lyons and she had lived there since.”

Source: Lake Geneva News Tribune, LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN, Thursday, March 13, 1930, Page 8, Column 2, Obituary

She probably arrived after the 1880 census (since she does not appear to have been enumerated) and before 1883 (when she got married).

A possible match was revealed on MyHeritage.com in a February 2020 search:

Margarethe Zang: Female, Born Circa 1860, Departed Bremen on the Ship Sailer as a Steerage passenger, arriving in New York on 15 May 1880.
- Passenger List – (Requires a MyHeritage account to view)
- Germans Immigrating to the United States – (Requires a MyHeritage account to view)
The above corresponds with information on the Statue of Liberty website, which indexes the name as Zang.
Ancestry.com also has the manifest, but she is indexed as Margaret Lang
I have identified one person with that name who was close in age and arrived in the US about the same time. However, after detailing her life I have concluded that she is a separate person (born in October 1863 and immigrated between 1884 and 1888, married to Paul Schadt and lived in New York).

I now (16 November 2024) believe that she arrived on 15 May 1880 on the Salier. She is listed on the ships manifest immediately following Peter Joseph Schmidt (45), his wife Catharina (31), daughter Marie (12), sons Philipp (10), Albert (4) and Gustav (2).

His family is enumerated in the 1880 US Census living in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. If he indeed was family she should could have stayed in Chicago before traveling to Wisconsin as was suggested in her obituary.

Rozina Josephi Zang (b. 1863) and her mother Rosina Josephi Schmitt Zang (b. 1825) reportedly traveled to the United States together. Here are the facts that are known:

Rozina Josephi Zang (b. 1863) married Henry Curran (b. 1838) on 9 November, 1890 in Walworth county, Wisconsin, and gave birth to James H Curran in December 1890, so it can be inferred that she was in the area as early as March, 1890.

Her entry in the 1900 census states that she emigrated in 1867 and that she had been in the United States for 33 years (at which time she would have been about 4 years old).
Her 1910 census form states that she emigrated in 1888.
Her 1920 census just says ‘Na’.
Her 1930 census says 1884.
She died 29 November 1951. Her obituary (Lake Geneva Regional News, 29 Nov 1951, page 1) states that she emigrated in 1884.

The daughter of Karl and Rosina Zang, she was born Dec. 27, 1863, in Arnstein, Bavaria, Germany. She was educated in Bavaria and came to this country with her mother [and sister, Margaret Zang Schultz] in 1884. Since that year, she had been a resident of the Geneva area. She would have observed her 88th birthday next month.

Source: Lake Geneva Regional News, 29 Nov 1951, page 1

The first record discovered for Rosina Josephi Schmitt (b. 1825) is her entry on the 1900 census, living with daughter Margaret Zang (b. 1858) and son in law Simon Schulz (b. 1850). That entry indicates that she emigrated in 1868 and that she had been in the United States for 32 years (the same dates were reported for her daughter Rozina Josephi Zang). She died 18 June 1903 at age 77. No obituary has been located.

The probable arrival date ranges Rozina Josephi Zang or her mother Rosina Josephi Schmitt Zang can be estimaged based on the following facts:

There is no doubt that Rozina Josephi Zang Curran was in the United States in March 1890 when her son James was conceived.
The information provided on the 1900 census (arrival in 1867 or 1868) should be viewed as the most accurate based on the fact that it was presumably reported by people with direct knowledge of the event and is (albeit 32 years after the alleged event) the record created closest to the occurrence of the event.
- The arrival date reported by Margaret Zang Schultz (1868) collaborates this information
- If correct, it means that Rosina Josephi Schmitt Zang left her husband and young (13 – 14 year old) son Philip Josef in Germany.
An 1888 arrival date was recorded for Rozina Josephi Zang Curran in the 1910 census.
The 1884 date reported in Rosina Josephi Schmitt Zang‘s obituary in 1903 agrees with the arrival date Rozina Josephi Zang Curran reported for herself on the 1930 census.
- It is possible and maybe even probable that she was the informant for the obituary.

February 2020 update:

I initially rejected the 1867 – 1868 emigration time-frame as being unlikely. I had (and still haven’t) found any indication that Rosina Josephi Schmitt Zang’s husband (George Karl Zang b. 1824, d. 1871)) or her son (Phillip Josef Zang, b. 1854, d. 1905) came to the United States, and I viewed it as unlikely that the mother and two daughters would leave them behind when they emigrated. This view was somewhat supported by my inability to find any record of their presence in the United Stated prior to 1890.

However, I have exhaustively research the 1884 – 1888 time-frame for any records documenting their presence or of their journey to the United States with negative results. I also just discovered Margaret Zang’s obituary, with its reference to having lived in the Chicago area prior to moving to Wisconsin.

In reviewing the above information it is probably necessary to view the 1867 – 1868 dates provided in the 1900 census as being much more likely.

February 2025 update:
I have just received information from Thomas Hartmann that document Rosina Schmitt Zang giving birth to children in Germany until June 1870, so that eliminates the possibility of immigration in the 1867 – 1868 timeframe.

Her youngest child (Elisabetha) died in October 1870, and her husband died in October of 1871 (thank you Thomas!!!!). So, my best guess now is that she traveled to the United States sometime between 1884 and 1888.

Philipp Johann Zang & Catharina Elisabeth Ackermann: Their Children

Parents of George Karl Zang

Results of the research on Philipp Zang and Catharina Elisabeth and their children provided by Thomas Hartmann on 17 February 2025.

1. Zang, Philipp Johann, Catholic, day laborer / farmerr, * 24.01.1795 Arnstein, ~

24.01.1795 Arnstein, godparents: Philipp Paul Zang, + 02.10.1853 Arnstein,

[] 04.10.1853 Sondheim

oo 13.08.1822 Catharina Elisabeth Ackermann, Catholic, * 23.10.1801 Arnstein,

+ 20.08.1883 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=136

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=207

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=46

9 children of No. 1

2. Zang, Eva, * 06.02.1823, ~ 07.02.1823 Arnstein, godparents: Eva Mauder (?

) ledig, + 26.12.1826, [] 28.12.1826 Sondheim

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=89

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=92

3. Zang, Karl Georg, Catholic, Hausmetzger, * 29.12.1824 Arnstein, ~ 30.12.1824

Arnstein, + 14.10.1871 Arnstein

oo 03.08.1852 Arnstein Rosina Josephi Schmitt, * 18.03.1825 Arnstein

o-o Sussanna Müller

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=97

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=14

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=247

4. Zang, Barbara, * 11.12.1826 Arnstein, ~ 12.12.1826 Arnstein, godparents:

Barbara Zang, single, Arnstein, + 30.10.1868 Arnstein, [] 01.11.1868

Sondheim

oo 21.11.1858 Arnstein Peter Behr, Catholic, Weber, * 19.05.1827 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=7

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=38

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=220

5. Zang, Johann, Catholic, * 06.11.1829 Arnstein, ~ 07.11.1829 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=20

6. Zang, Anna Maria, * 27.06.1832 Arnstein, ~ 28.06.1832 Arnstein, + 19.08.

1833 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=33

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=116

7. Zang, Franz, Catholic, * 22.08.1834 Arnstein, ~ 23.08.1834 Arnstein,

Godparents: Franz Metzger, single, Arnstein, + 28.08.1834 Arnstein, [] 30.

08.1834 Sondheim

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=45

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=122

8. Zang, Philipp Joseph, * 06.10.1835 Arnstein, ~ 06.10.1835 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=52

9. Zang, Georg Johann, Catholic, farmer, * 17.10.1838 Arnstein, ~ 18.10.1838

Arnstein, godparents: Georg Leuser, + 02.08.1924 Arnstein

oo 06.06.1865 Arnstein Eva Sabina Dees, * 04.11.1838 Arnstein, + 28.12.

1884

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00182/?pg=77

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00185/?pg=71

According to the Catholic parish office: died:: 2.8.1924

According to the registrar 4.8.1923

10. Zang, Katharina Dorothea, Catholic, * 08.05.1844 Arnstein, ~ 09.05.1844

Arnstein, godparents: Dorothea Leuser, single, here, + 30.05.1845

Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00183/?pg=46

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00183/?pg=220

Heinrich Zang & Barbara Albert: Their Children

Parents of Philipp Johann Zang

Results of the research on Philipp Zang and Catharina Elisabeth and their children provided by Thomas Hartmann on 20 February 2025.

1. Zang, Heinrich, needle dealer and peddler, * 1764 ?, + 26.06.1809 Arnstein

oo 20.02.1792 Barbara Albert, * 26.10.1758 Hundsbach, + 28.04.1823 Arnstein

Sources: Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=282

Death entry:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=122

3 children of No. 1

2. Zang, Eva, * 26.02.1793 Arnstein, + 09.11.1874 Arnstein, []

12.11.1874 Sondheim

oo 24.03.1824 Peter Spengler, day laborer, * 07.11.1783 Arnstein, +

12.07.1854 Arnstein

Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=133

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=208

Death entry:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=272

3. Zang, Philipp Johann, Catholic, day laborer / farmer, * 24.01.1795 Arnstein, ~24.01.1795 Arnstein, + 02.10.1853 Arnstein, [] 04.10.1853 Sondheim

oo 13.08.1822 Catharina Elisabeth Ackermann, kath, * 23.10.1801 Arnstein, + 20.08.1883 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=136

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00181/?pg=207

Death entry:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00186/?pg=46

4. Zang, Maria Barbara, * 03.10.1798, + 23.01.1848

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=143

Death entry:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00183/?pg=253

Philipp Johann Zang & Rosina Müller: Their Children

Parents of Heinrich Zang

Results of the research on Philipp Zang and Catharina Elisabeth and their children provided by Thomas Hartmann on 16 March 2025.

1. Zang, Georg, * 18.05.1646 Arnstein, + 15.06.1726 Arnstein

oo 14.05.1668 Margaretha Keul, * 1651 Waigolshausen, + 02.01.1727

Sources: Birth register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00172/?pg=75

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=139

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=342

12 children of No. 1

2. Zang, Markus, * 18.02.1669 Arnstein, + 31.10.1721 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=50

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=339

3. Zang, Johann Kaspar, * 08.10.1670 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=53

4. Zang, Johann Kaspar, * 04.01.1672 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=56

5. Zang, Johann, * 20.02.1674 Arnstein, + 29.03.1693 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=59

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=217

6. Zang, Johann Georg, * 31.01.1676 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=62

7. Zang, Anton Johan Philipp, * 01.03.1678 Arnstein, + 17.10.1733 Arnstein

oo 09.02.1712 Maria Feser, * 1671 Obersfeld, + 07.07.1747 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=66

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=247

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=349

8. Zang, Kunigund, * 31.05.1680 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers::

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=75

9. Zang, Johann Peter, * 08.08.1682 Arnstein, + 18.12.1739 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=82

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=358

10. Zang, Maria Magdalena, * 23.03.1685 Arnstein

oo 09.07.1720 Johann Weidelbach

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=92

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=263

11. Zang, Anna Maria, * 06.03.1688 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=100

12. Zang, Konrad, * 05.10.1690 Arnstein, + 05.04.1768

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=109

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=328

13. Zang, Anna Ursula, * 28.05.1693 Arnstein, + 23.09.1693

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=116

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=217

Unfortunately, the entry from Georg Zang’s baptismal register is currently not legible for me. (

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00172/?pg=75)

Here we would be able to read his father again. I hope I can find someone who can decipher it for me.

Anton Johan Phillip Zang & Maria Feser: Their Children

Parents of Philipp Johann Zang

Results of the research on Anton Johan Phillip Zang and Maria Feser and their children provided by Thomas Hartmann on 1 March 2025.

List of descendants of Anton Zang (1678 to 1733:)

1. Zang, Anton Johan Philipp, * 01.03.1678 Arnstein, + 17.10.1733 Arnstein

oo 09.02.1712 Maria Feser, * 1671 Obersfeld, + 07.07.1747 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=66

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=247

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=349

4 children of No. 1

2. Zang, Barbara Maria, * 01.12.1712 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=50

3. Zang, Maria Anna, * 01.07.1715

oo 03.02.1749 Simon Pörtlein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=60

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=305

4. Zang, Eva Apollonia, * 22.06.1718 Arnstein, + 08.04.1739 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=71

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=358

5. Zang, Philipp Johann, * 30.01.1721, + 12.03.1797

oo I. 16.06.1744 Rosina Müller, + 13.07.1762

oo II. 19.05.1763 Walburga Frank, * 1724 Oberpfalz, + 08.03.1789

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=80

1. Wedding with Rosina:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=296

2. Wedding with Walburga:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=248

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=365

Georg Zang & Margaretha Keul: Their Children

Parents of Anton Johan Phillip Zang

Results of the research on Georg Zang and Margaretha Keul and their children provided by Thomas Hartmann on 16 March 2025.

List of descendants of Georg Zang

1. Zang, Georg, * 18.05.1646 Arnstein, + 15.06.1726 Arnstein

oo 14.05.1668 Margaretha Keul, * 1651 Waigolshausen, + 02.01.1727

Sources: Birth register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00172/?pg=75

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=139

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=342

12 children of No. 1

2. Zang, Markus, * 18.02.1669 Arnstein, + 31.10.1721 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=50

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=339

3. Zang, Johann Kaspar, * 08.10.1670 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=53

4. Zang, Johann Kaspar, * 04.01.1672 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=56

5. Zang, Johann, * 20.02.1674 Arnstein, + 29.03.1693 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=59

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=217

6. Zang, Johann Georg, * 31.01.1676 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=62

7. Zang, Anton Johan Philipp, * 01.03.1678 Arnstein, + 17.10.1733 Arnstein

oo 09.02.1712 Maria Feser, * 1671 Obersfeld, + 07.07.1747 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=66

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=247

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=349

8. Zang, Kunigund, * 31.05.1680 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers::

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=75

9. Zang, Johann Peter, * 08.08.1682 Arnstein, + 18.12.1739 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=82

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=358

10. Zang, Maria Magdalena, * 23.03.1685 Arnstein

oo 09.07.1720 Johann Weidelbach

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=92

Wedding:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00177/?pg=263

11. Zang, Anna Maria, * 06.03.1688 Arnstein

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=100

12. Zang, Konrad, * 05.10.1690 Arnstein, + 05.04.1768

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=109

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00179/?pg=328

13. Zang, Anna Ursula, * 28.05.1693 Arnstein, + 23.09.1693

Sources: Baptismal registers:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=116

Death register:

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00175/?pg=217

Unfortunately, the entry from Georg Zang’s baptismal register is currently not legible for me. (

https://data.matricula-online.eu/de/deutschland/wuerzburg/arnstein/00172/?pg=75)

Here we would be able to read his father again. I hope I can find someone who can decipher it for me.

1934 Certificate of Aryan descent for Killian Zang (1909 -)

I received this fascinating document from 4th cousin Thomas Hartmann in February 2023. It is a copy of the “Certificate of Aryan descent” that Killian Zang ( Killian Zang -> Josef Zang (1864 – 1927) -> Georg Johann Zang (1838 – 1923) -> Philipp Johann Zang (1795 – 1853) ) had to produce in Germany in 1934.

Kilian_Zang_Family_History_1934_Germany_for_Website Download

View genealogical information about Georg Karl Zang on my RootsWeb family tree.

Thomas Hartmann Research

I have had the great fortune to discover a 4th cousin living in Germany from the Zang branch of the family who is also a genealogist. He has provided me with an overwhelming amount of information, all of which has been incorporated above. Provided below are links to each of the email messages and documents he has provided. Google translate does a good job of translating the German into English.

Notes:

The Kirchenbuch, 1858-1929: Evangelisch Lutherische St. Johannis Gemeinde (Slades Corner, Wisconsin) Contains history, members, baptisms, communicants 1867-1924, confirmations 1867-1929, meeting reports 1867-1899, marriages, deaths 1863-1929, collections 1869-1897, and misc. newspaper clippings. This is on FamilySearch Film 1404984 Items 1-2. This may document some events related to the Zang and the Zang/Curran families. A copy was ordered on 13 June 2017: it will be sent to the Dallas Public Library.