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A1792
Ziegler family.
Papers, 1713; 1806; 1828-1853. 1 box; 22 volumes
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, family of Mathew (Matheus, Mathias) Ziegler, who was a tobacco
manufacturer in partnership with Jean Baptiste Valle from 1827 to 1833, and then with John
Ziegler in the firm of Ziegler and Co.; also of Sebastian Ziegler, who operated a billiard parlor in
Ste. Genevieve in the late 1830s, and who later entered into business with John Ziegler in the
firm of S. Ziegler, commission and forwarding merchants in Ste. Genevieve in the 1840s and
1850s.
Papers include the business records of Mathew, John, and Sebastian Ziegler. They consist of
accounts, 1828-1851; receipts for merchandise received, 1849-1853; eight ledgers, journals, and
order books of Valle and Ziegler, and the successor firm of Ziegler and Co., tobacco
manufacturers in Ste. Genevieve, 1827-1839; a journals of food and liquor sales at Sebastian
Ziegler's Ste. Genevieve billiard parlor, 1837-1839; ten record books of S. Ziegler, commission
and forwarding merchants in Ste. Genevieve that include steamboat ladings, cashbooks, ledgers,
journals, and warehouse and freight accounts, 1846-1856; a journal of pig metal and other ores
received from the American Iron Mountain Co. by John Ziegler, commission merchant in Ste.
Genevieve, 1853-1856; and two account books of an unidentified Little Rock, Missouri,
commission merchant, presumably one of the Zieglers, 1856-1858. In addition, there are more
personal materials that include a certificate granting Johann Georg Ziegler the right to bear arms,
Burghausen, Palatinate (Germany), September, 12, 1713; an inventory of the property of the
Widow Moro (Moreau), June 7, 1806; and a third-year Latin composition book of C.F. Ziegler,
no date.
Valle and Ziegler record books: Some German handscript. Composition book: Latin.
Cite as: Ziegler Family Papers, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1793
Ziercher, Herbert W. (1902-1988).
Ledger, 1928-1930. 1 volume
Herbert Ziercher was born December 17, 1902, in University City, Missouri. He graduated
from the Benton College of Law in 1927, and the following year began his practice in Clayton.
From 1930 to 1932, he served as the first assistant prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County, and
in 1947 he was the president of the St. Louis County Bar Association. He died June 11, 1988.
The ledger contains accounts with clients for the early years of Herbert Ziercher's law
practice in Clayton.
Cite as: Herbert W. Ziercher Ledger, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A1794
Zimmer, Dollie L.
Collection, circa 1874-1986 (bulk 1960s-1980s). 3 boxes
Collection consists of genealogies and maternal and paternal ancestral histories collected and
compiled by Dollie L.; and two manuscripts by Zimmer: “Anna Barbara: One Woman of Her
Time” and “The Zimmer Saga: French Market Area.”
Cite as: Dollie L. Zimmer Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2923
Zimmer, Henry.
Marriage Certificate, 1902 Apr 30. 1 item (oversize)