Re: Earnest & Eugenia Zumbro...Belleville
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Earnest & Eugenia Zumbro...Belleville
6/11/00
Tina,
While I can't help you with Eugene Zumbro, your grand father, I can suggest a couple of things that might help. From my time spent researching Zumbro's in America, I have found everyone so far traces back to one of four brothers who came to America from Switzerland. They were Johann Peter who came to Philadelphia in 1750. Joseph in 1751, John Jacob in 1753, and Johannes in 1756.
Not knowing the year your grandfather died, I can only suggest you try to find a death certificate and hope his father is named on it.Or if he drew Social Security before he died, you can search the SS death index, and find his SS number, follow this by writing for a copy of his SS application, on which parents are usually named.
There is also Census records which might enable you to trace your grandfather back to his father, grandfather etc.
Hope this helps in someway...Betty