Her nickname was Phoebe, not Phoeba. Her full first name was Philippina.
Contributor: familypast
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Sixth of eight children of Johannes Schneider (1797-1847) & Katharina Elisabetha Angst (1788-1885), Phoeba immigrated to New York on the Prince Albert with her mother and most of her siblings on Dec. 1, 1850.
She married Heinrich Schenk, a farmer, and had three children before he died in 1862 in Wheeling, IL. The spelling of this family name was later changed to SHANK. A son, Rueben Schenk, died about 1862.
She married her cousin, Jacob Zahn, in Chicago in 1863 and, after living briefly in Chicago, they began farming in Lyman Township of Ford Co. Son Henry Shank came to live with them. Jacob and Phoeba had four children. On their Lyman Township farm she cared for her dying mother, Elizabeth Angst Schneider, managed a farmhouse and raised her children.
The Jacob Zahns retired to Oak Park, IL to be nearer Jacob's businesses which included a blacksmith and wagon factory in Deerfield.
Phoeba's children were:
Augusta Schenk 1855-1916
m1874 Marcus Truesdell 1856-1934
Henry E. Schenk (Shank) 1858-1915
m Mary Olson d1904
Ruben Schenk 1860- abt 1861/2
Rebecca Zahn 1864-1940
m Charles T. Burkhardt d1902
Benjamin Jacob Zahn 1868-1958
m1896 Lillian (Lydia) Forkel d1937
John A. Zahn bd 1869
Louis L. Zahn 1871-1872
Contributor: familypast
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Sixth of eight children of Johannes Schneider (1797-1847) & Katharina Elisabetha Angst (1788-1885), Phoeba immigrated to New York on the Prince Albert with her mother and most of her siblings on Dec. 1, 1850.
She married Heinrich Schenk, a farmer, and had three children before he died in 1862 in Wheeling, IL. The spelling of this family name was later changed to SHANK. A son, Rueben Schenk, died about 1862.
She married her cousin, Jacob Zahn, in Chicago in 1863 and, after living briefly in Chicago, they began farming in Lyman Township of Ford Co. Son Henry Shank came to live with them. Jacob and Phoeba had four children. On their Lyman Township farm she cared for her dying mother, Elizabeth Angst Schneider, managed a farmhouse and raised her children.
The Jacob Zahns retired to Oak Park, IL to be nearer Jacob's businesses which included a blacksmith and wagon factory in Deerfield.
Phoeba's children were:
Augusta Schenk 1855-1916
m1874 Marcus Truesdell 1856-1934
Henry E. Schenk (Shank) 1858-1915
m Mary Olson d1904
Ruben Schenk 1860- abt 1861/2
Rebecca Zahn 1864-1940
m Charles T. Burkhardt d1902
Benjamin Jacob Zahn 1868-1958
m1896 Lillian (Lydia) Forkel d1937
John A. Zahn bd 1869
Louis L. Zahn 1871-1872
Her nickname was Phoebe, not Phoeba. Her full first name was Philippina.
Contributor: familypast
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Sixth of eight children of Johannes Schneider (1797-1847) & Katharina Elisabetha Angst (1788-1885), Phoeba immigrated to New York on the Prince Albert with her mother and most of her siblings on Dec. 1, 1850.
She married Heinrich Schenk, a farmer, and had three children before he died in 1862 in Wheeling, IL. The spelling of this family name was later changed to SHANK. A son, Rueben Schenk, died about 1862.
She married her cousin, Jacob Zahn, in Chicago in 1863 and, after living briefly in Chicago, they began farming in Lyman Township of Ford Co. Son Henry Shank came to live with them. Jacob and Phoeba had four children. On their Lyman Township farm she cared for her dying mother, Elizabeth Angst Schneider, managed a farmhouse and raised her children.
The Jacob Zahns retired to Oak Park, IL to be nearer Jacob's businesses which included a blacksmith and wagon factory in Deerfield.
Phoeba's children were:
Augusta Schenk 1855-1916
m1874 Marcus Truesdell 1856-1934
Henry E. Schenk (Shank) 1858-1915
m Mary Olson d1904
Ruben Schenk 1860- abt 1861/2
Rebecca Zahn 1864-1940
m Charles T. Burkhardt d1902
Benjamin Jacob Zahn 1868-1958
m1896 Lillian (Lydia) Forkel d1937
John A. Zahn bd 1869
Louis L. Zahn 1871-1872
Contributor: familypast
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Sixth of eight children of Johannes Schneider (1797-1847) & Katharina Elisabetha Angst (1788-1885), Phoeba immigrated to New York on the Prince Albert with her mother and most of her siblings on Dec. 1, 1850.
She married Heinrich Schenk, a farmer, and had three children before he died in 1862 in Wheeling, IL. The spelling of this family name was later changed to SHANK. A son, Rueben Schenk, died about 1862.
She married her cousin, Jacob Zahn, in Chicago in 1863 and, after living briefly in Chicago, they began farming in Lyman Township of Ford Co. Son Henry Shank came to live with them. Jacob and Phoeba had four children. On their Lyman Township farm she cared for her dying mother, Elizabeth Angst Schneider, managed a farmhouse and raised her children.
The Jacob Zahns retired to Oak Park, IL to be nearer Jacob's businesses which included a blacksmith and wagon factory in Deerfield.
Phoeba's children were:
Augusta Schenk 1855-1916
m1874 Marcus Truesdell 1856-1934
Henry E. Schenk (Shank) 1858-1915
m Mary Olson d1904
Ruben Schenk 1860- abt 1861/2
Rebecca Zahn 1864-1940
m Charles T. Burkhardt d1902
Benjamin Jacob Zahn 1868-1958
m1896 Lillian (Lydia) Forkel d1937
John A. Zahn bd 1869
Louis L. Zahn 1871-1872
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