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Mary Magdalene Zittle

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Birth	:	4 Mar 1828 Zittlestown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Death	:	22 Dec 1893 Zittlestown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial	:	Old Salem Church Cemetery, Boonsboro, Washington County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.5062590, -77.6543710
Description	:	Mary Magdalene Zittle was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Koogle), and Daniel Zittle. She was named after her paternal grandmother. Mary Zittle had two natural sons: George Washington More (whose father was Henry More), and Samuel Harvey Ellsworth Gilbert (whose father is not known). Both sons later used the surname Zittle. "Mrs. Mary Magdelene Zittle died after a week's illness of pneumonia at her home in Zittlestown, on Friday, December 22 [1893], aged 65 years 9 months and 18 days. Only ten days before death, she attended the funeral of her mother, when she contracted... Read More	Mary Magdalene Zittle was the daughter of Elizabeth (née Koogle), and Daniel Zittle. She was named after her paternal grandmother. Mary Zittle had two natural sons: George Washington More (whose father was Henry More), and Samuel Harvey Ellsworth Gilbert (whose father is not known). Both sons later used the surname Zittle. "Mrs. Mary Magdelene Zittle died after a week's illness of pneumonia at her home in Zittlestown, on Friday, December 22 [1893], aged 65 years 9 months and 18 days. Only ten days before death, she attended the funeral of her mother, when she contracted the cold that resulted in her death. She leaves a brother, Joseph, at Boonsboro, two sons, Samuel at home, George in California." ("Death of Mrs. Mary Zittle," The Herald and Torch Light, Hagerstown, Maryland, 4 Jan 1894, p. 8, col. 7.) No burial record found. Buried probably near her parents in the cemetery of the Salem Lutheran Church in Boonsboro. Mary Magdalene Zittle and her father Daniel Zittle had become members of that church in 1843. Notes Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), pp. 97-98. 1850 U.S. Census, District 1 (Sharpsburg), Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 1045, family 1100, lines 39-42, p. 191B (printed), 2 Aug 1850. 39. Daniel "Little," 47, "gelceer," Maryland. 40. Elizabeth -----, 48, Maryland. 41. Mary M. -----, 22, Maryland. 42. Josiah -----, 18, labourer, Maryland. • A gelceer delivered ice. (Possibly vernacular form of glacier.) • Possible census error: this family probably lived in or near Zittletown in District 6 (Boonsboro). 1870 U.S. Census, District 6, Washington Co., Maryland; dwelling 131, family 136, lines 9-14, p. 229 (printed), p. 17 (written), 18 Jun 1870. (P.O.: Boonsboro) 9. Zittle Daniel, 66, day laborer ($600; $100), Maryland. 10. ----- Elizabeth, 69, keeping house, Maryland. 11. ----- Josiah, 37, day laborer, Maryland. 12. ----- Mary M., 42, at home, Maryland. 13. ----- George W., 12, at home, Maryland. 14. Gilbert, Samuel H. E., 7 at home, Maryland. 1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 151, District 6 (Boonsboro), Washington Co., Maryland; dwellings 81-82, families 85-86, lines 12-14 & 15-17, p. 157 (printed), p. 9 (written), 7-8 Jun 1880. 12. Zittle, Elizabeth, 78 [head], widowed, keeping house. 13. ----- Mary M., 52, daughter, single, at home. 14. ----- Samuel H. I., 17, [grand] son, single, [no occupation]. 15. Zittle, Josiah, 49 [head], married, laborer 16. ----- Elizabeth, 34, wife, married, keeping house. 19. ----- Ann M. E., 4, [daughter]. • All persons and their parents born in Maryland. Regarding the two sons of Mary Magdelna Zittle, according to Elizabeth Jayne Blair and Leona Miller Hart, The Descendants of Michael Zittle, Sr. (Anchorage, Alaska: n.p., 1995), p. 98, George W. was christened "George Washington More" and was the son of Henry Moore (1835-1857). The father of Samuel Harvey Ellsworth Gilbert is not identified. Samuel was born blind. John H. Bast, Sr., trans., Records of the Salem Lutheran Church, Boonsboro, Maryland, 1835-1867 (manuscript, 1973), p. 75. Reviewed 17 July 2021.

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Mary Magdalene Zittle's memorial is located at: Old Salem Church Cemetery, Boonsboro, Washington County, USA.
When did Mary Magdalene Zittle death?
Mary Magdalene Zittle death on 22 Dec 1893 in Zittlestown, Washington County, Maryland, USA
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Latitude: 39.5062590
Longitude: -77.6543710

Family Members:

Parent

Daniel Zittle

(1803 - 1875)

Elizabeth Koogle Zittle

(1800 - 1893)

Siblings

Josiah Zittle

(1831 - 1909)

Children

Samuel Harvey Ellsworth Zittle

(1863 - 1924)

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