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Augusta Jahnke [Zarbrook]
aka Auguste or Gustie Yonkie

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Born:
1859 (?)		 Augusta Zarbrook's tombstone in Montello, Marquette Co., WI, says she lived from 1859 to 1943 (see picture above).

Several sources say she was born March 1857; I assume that someone may have interpreted the hard-to-read 1900 Federal Census birth month as March 1857. The year could be read as 1857 or 1859 (although it also says that she was 41 years old that year). Her age slips from census to census.

Parents:
John Jahnke and Elizabeth Rux		 Family oral history said that John Jahnke was her father. My grandmother remembers him as her great-grandfather. The obituary of John Jahnke's obituary (Mar. 1923, Montello Express) says that he married Elizabeth Rux before coming to America, and they had two children, including Mrs. Gust Zarbuck [I assume this was the same person as Gusta or Gustie; I've only seen a transcription of the obituary on rootsweb.com].
Marriage:
Married Gottlieb Henry Zarbrook on Mar. 21, 1878		 Gottlieb Zarbrook (father) shares a tombstone with Augusta (mother) in the Montello Cemetery, Marquette Co., WI.

Her husband's death certificate confirms their marriage. Family oral history says they were married on Mar. 21, 1878l. [SOURCE: Deborah Slager]

Children:
Several children with Gottlieb Zarbrook		 Augusta had several children with her husband Gottlieb Zarbrook. For details about those children, go to Gottlieb's web page.
Immigration:
1872 or 1873		 The 1900 census said that she came to America in 1872; the 1910 census said she immigrated in 1873 (see census details).
Land Acquisition:
Her husband acquired Land in Marquette Co., WI, on June 25, 1889		 Her husband Gotlib Zarbuck acquired land in Wisconsin under the May 20, 1862 Homestead Act/Treaty on June 25, 1889. It was 33.7 acres in Township 15 North, Range 9 East and Section 14. This land record was recorded in the Wausau Land Office in Document No. 2281 (misc. document no. 3397). [SOURCE: Wisconsin Land Records on ancestry.com]

This is located in the township of Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI.

Census Record:
1880 Federal Census
Richford, Waushara, WI		 The 1880 Federal Census in Richford, Waushara, WI, shows:
  • Gott. [or Gotl.] Zarbuck (age 25, farmer, born in Bromburg, parents born in Bromburg [Bromberg was in Prussia])
  • wife Augusta (age 26, born in Bromburg, parents born in Bromburg)
  • daughter Emma (age 1, born in Wis.).
Census Record:
1900 Federal Census
Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI		 The 1900 Federal Census in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI, shows:
  • Gottlieb [or Gotttlib] Zarbock (age 43, born Nov. 1856 in Wis., married 22 years, parents born in Germany, farmer)
  • wife Gusta (age 41, born [date illegible] in Germany, parents born in Germany, had eight children with seven still living, immigrated in 1872)
  • son Gust (age 19, born Oct. 1888, born in Wis., farm laborer)
  • daughter Bertha (age 17, born Dec. 1882 in Wis., father born in Wis., mother born in Germany)
  • daughter Gusta (age 16, born Jan. 1884 in Wis.)
  • daughter Minnie (age 10, born Feb. 1890 in Wis.)
  • son Alfred (age 7, born July 1892 in Wis.)
  • daughter Manda [? hard to read name] (age 3, born Mar. [? month hard to read] 1897)
  • son-in-law George Street (age 22, born Apr. 1878; years married "0", born in Wis., father born in Wis., mother born in Germany)
  • daughter Emma Street (age 21, born Mar. 1879, years married "0", born in Wis.)
  • father-in-law John Yankee (age 69, born May 1831, widowed, born in Germany, parents born in Germany, immigrated 1877, in USA 25 years [years don't add up])
Census Record:
1905 Wisconsin Census
Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI		 The 1905 Wisconsin Census in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI, shows:
  • Gotlip Zarbock (head of household, age 49, born in Wis., parents born in Germany, farmer, owns his own home free of a mortgage)
  • Gusta Zarbock (wife, age 46, born in Germany, parents born in Germany)
  • Mandy Zarbock (daughter, age 10, born in Wis.)
  • Alfred Zarbock (son, age 14, born in Wis.)
Census Record:
1910 Federal Census
Packwaukee, Marquette County, WI		 The 1910 Federal Census in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI, shows:
  • Gotlip H. Zarbrook [as spelled] (age 53, married 32 years, born in Wis., parents born in Germany, farmer)
  • wife Augusta J. (age 50, had eight children with seven still living in 1910, born in Germany, immigrated in 1873)
  • son Alfred (age 17, born in Wis., farm)
  • son Manda [middle initial hard to read; could be a "C"] (age 13, born in Wis.)
  • father-in-law John Yonkie (age 74, born in Germany, immigrated in 1873)
Census Record:
1920 Federal Census
Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI		 The 1920 Federal Census in Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI, shows:
  • Gotlip Zarbuck [as spelled -- at least as best as I can tell] (age 68, born in Wis., parents born in Germania)
  • wife Gusta (age 56, born in Germany, it gives the date of immigration and naturalization but they are hard to read).
Census Record:
1930 Federal Census
Packwaukee, Marquette Co., WI		 Agusta Zarbuck (or Zarbuch) [as spelled] was living with her daughter Amanda's family in 1930. See details under Child 7 above.
Died:
1943 		Augusta Zarbrook's tombstone in Montello, Marquette Co., WI, says she lived from 1859 to 1943 (see picture above).

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