Married Sophia Friedrica Karoline Bohnsack on Nov 11, 1870 at the Evangelische Kirche in Moisall, Meckenburg, Deutschland.
Emigrated from Germany on the ship Columbus and arrived in NY, NY in 1873 with 2 daughters.
Initially settled and farmed in the Town of Wrightstown near Greenleaf. Most of their large family were born there. Their family name appears as Zanzig in the 1880 and 1900 Census.
By 1910, the family had moved to a farm near Chase Township in Oconto County. The census-taker recorded the family name as Sancy and in 1920 as Sancey. The name evolved to Sauncy and that seems to be in usage by the next generations.
The 1930 Census shows widowed William living with his son, George in Green Bay. No further records found.
Married Sophia Friedrica Karoline Bohnsack on Nov 11, 1870 at the Evangelische Kirche in Moisall, Meckenburg, Deutschland.
Emigrated from Germany on the ship Columbus and arrived in NY, NY in 1873 with 2 daughters.
Initially settled and farmed in the Town of Wrightstown near Greenleaf. Most of their large family were born there. Their family name appears as Zanzig in the 1880 and 1900 Census.
By 1910, the family had moved to a farm near Chase Township in Oconto County. The census-taker recorded the family name as Sancy and in 1920 as Sancey. The name evolved to Sauncy and that seems to be in usage by the next generations.
The 1930 Census shows widowed William living with his son, George in Green Bay. No further records found.
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