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Henry George "Hiene" Zinnecker

Male 1908 - 1989  (81 years)


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  • Name Henry George "Hiene" Zinnecker  [1, 2
    Nickname Hiene 
    Born 24 May 1908  Owendale, Huron County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Sep 1989  Oceanside, San Diego County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • He married three more times, to Eula, Matty, and Ruth.

      According the the 1941 issue of the Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast (Vol. 5, September 1, 1941), Henry Zinnecker of Long Beach was working in the underground building of the ammunition branch of the Defense Program Project in Nevada.

      The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944 reported that Henry Zinnecker attended the Degaussing School at Norfolk, Va. and was stationed on the USS Hackett, an Attack Transport Ship. As of the September 3, 1945 issue (Vol. 8), it was reported that Henry Zinnecker, EM1/c was in the South Pacific.

      In Volume 10 of the same periodical, it was noted that he and a friend had opened the Signal Hill Cabinet and Repair Shop in Long Beach.

      Volume 28 of the STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROADCAST, dated September 2, 1968, reported he had retired from a Civil Service Job and retired to Hemet, California.
    Person ID I5972  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2023 

    Father George Henry Zinnecker,   b. 14 Jul 1871, Ionia County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1955, Moore, Fergus County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Lydia Striffler,   b. 20 Nov 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1957, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 22 Nov 1893  Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • The Striffler-Benkelman Broadcast, Vol. 7, September 4, 1944, noted that Mr. and Mrs. George Zinnecker of Moore, Montana celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in California at the home of his sister, Mrs. Grover Blades, on Nov. 22, 1944.


      The STRIFFLER-BENKELMAN BROACAST-1964 reported that Helene Striffler Lucas of Superior, Montana; Catherine Zinnecker Miller of Billings, Montana, Henry Zinnecker of Long Beach, Calif. and Kenneth Zinnecker of Columbus, Ohio were all planning on attending the 1964 Striffler-Benkelman Reunion in Cass City.
    Photos
    Zinnecker, George and Lydia (Striffler)
    Zinnecker, George and Lydia (Striffler)
    George and Lydia were married on 22 November 1893 in Cass City
    Family ID F3072  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Freda Tipton,   b. Bef 1914,   d. Oct 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 29 years) 
    Married 16 Sep 1934  Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Jean Marie Zinnecker,   b. 24 Sep 1936, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1976  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F2615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Living 
    Last Modified 12 May 2008 
    Family ID F10139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 May 1908 - Owendale, Huron County, Michigan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Sep 1934 - Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Sep 1989 - Oceanside, San Diego County, California Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982.

    2. [S1610] Jacobs, BonnieMargaret McDonald "The Family Benkelman" Unpublished Manuscript, 276 pages, October 1981 Version, (Copy owned by Barney Benkelman, Helena, Montana; which he xeroxed and sent to Melinda McLemore Strong in San Antonio, Texas), p. 156a (Reliability: 3).