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The Ziegelbein Family Home Page
Last Updated: 04/04/2009
Welcome to the home page dedicated to family history, information and communications for the extended family of John and Lydia (Domsch) Ziegelbein and the ancestors of John and their descendants.
John and Lydia (Domsch) Ziegelbein 
(Thanks Becky!)
18 of the 29 Ziegelbein cousins, August 1, 1984 (click to enlarge)
It all started with a man named William Ziegelbein (1828-1886) (or maybe it was Ziegenbein) and his wife Sophia Niermann (1835-1912) who came to America from Lippe, Germany sometime before 1857. William and Sophia were married June 5, 1857 in New York City. From about 1858 to 1866 they had 6 children, only three of whom lived past their first year. From the surviving two sons, Henry and Carl, come all the Ziegelbeins in the United States today and, of course, many other descendants with a variety of surnames. From their daughter Marie who married Louis Ehlers came the Ehlers descendants. Sometime between 1864 and 1877, William and family moved to Concordia, Missouri. Carl stayed in the area and Henry ended up in Polk County, Nebraska. Even today, with a quick search on the Internet, we find 15 Ziegelbeins living in Missouri and 7 in Nebraska. In fact, Chris, Wilmer and Vernon Ziegelbein live in Concordia, MO and Kenneth Ziegelbein lives in Polk, NE. Of course, there are a couple of hundred other descendants of William (the search is underway), but it's easier to hunt for the original ancestor's name. That's a nice thing about a name like Ziegelbein (just like von Fange), if you find one, you know they're family!
| Links | Contributors to Family Research |
| Ziegelbein Family E-Mail Addresses | Pat Niermann |
| Questions We Can't Answer (yet) | Edith Fischer |
| New Pictures from Polk, NE! | Esther and Erich von Fange |
| Comments from the Ziegelbein family | Debbie Vickrey |
| The Mystery Ziegelbein | Marilyn Ainsworth |
| Family Pictures! | Karmen Vice Nava |
| John and Lydia Descendants Page | Laura McBride |
| Articles on the Ziegelbeins | Bob Saeger, Polk, NE |
| To the Von Fange Home Page | Kim Portell |
paul@vonfange.com8-19-04 Ruth Haesemeier, descendant of Louis Ehlers and Marie Ziegelbein, makes contact via email!
12-18-03 John Fischer sent an updated email address and picture of his family - thanks John!
5-31-03 Jim Ziegelbein has scanned a number of family pictures - take a look here and thanks Jim!
5-9-03 Terri Ziegelbein Davis found our website and emailed me. She is the daughter of Douglas Edgar and Shirley Ziegelbein. He, in turn, is the son of Edgar and Marie Ziegelbein. They were from Nebraska but moved to Illinois (very interesting! - see Questions We Can't Answer # 4) before later moves. I've added Terri and her parents' email addresses, so feel free to say hello and welcome them to the greater Ziegelbein family gathering here on the Internet.
9-26-02 David Niermann stopped by 3M's world headquarters in St. Paul, MN today and joined cousin Paul von Fange for lunch and catching up on family history. One new idea coming out of the get-together: how do we create mp3 clips from old home movies of our families and put them on the web site for all to see?
