Henry George "Hiene" Zinnecker

1908 - 1989  (81 years)

• Name	Henry George "Hiene" Zinnecker  [1, 2]
  Nickname	Hiene
  Birth	24 May 1908	Owendale, Huron County, Michigan   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Sep 1989	Oceanside, San Diego County, California   [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 d. 14 Feb 1955, Moore, Fergus County, Montana (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Lydia Striffler,   b. 20 Nov 1874, Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan d. 7 Mar 1957, Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	22 Nov 1893	Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan   [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) 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 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	16 Sep 1934	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California   [1]
  Children	1. Jean Marie Zinnecker,   b. 24 Sep 1936, Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California d. 5 Jun 1976 (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F2615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 May 1908 - Owendale, Huron County, Michigan Marriage - 16 Sep 1934 - Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California Death - 25 Sep 1989 - Oceanside, San Diego County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S492] Peck, Edward Arthur THE TEN BENKELMANS WHO EMIGRATED TO AMERICA Ca. 1850s AND CERTAIN OF THEIR DESCENDANTS, 1982. [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).