Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph F. and Marguerite (Hartung) Zieroff

Joseph Fredric Zieroff and Marguerite Hartung were the parents of Olivia G. Zieroff, the wife of John Henry Gersbacher (the son of my great-grandmother's brother Joseph John Gersbacher).

Joseph was born on 18 November 1868 in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the son of Andreas Zieroff and Franciska Rung. He died on 28 January 1939 in St. Louis.

Marguerite was born on 26 April 1872 in St. Louis. She was the daughter of August Hartung and Catherine Almering. She died in St. Louis on 7 January 1953.

Joseph and Marguerite (Hartung) Zieroff are buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis.

Tombstone Tuesday: Olivia G. (Zieroff) Gersbacher

Olivia G. Zieroff was born in Missouri (probably in St. Louis) on 2 September 1899. She was the daughter of Joseph F. Zieroff and Marguerite Hartung. She married John Henry Gersbacher, the son of my great-grandmother's brother Joseph John Gersbacher. They had a daughter and a son, and eventually divorced. Olivia died on 4 August 1994. She is buried in Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis.