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  1. William Frank Zippel: Birth: 28 JUN 1885 in Rat Portage, Jaffray Township, Kenora District, Ontario, CANADA. Death: 21 FEB 1961 in Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, USA

  2. Arthur Orker Zippel: Birth: 26 OCT 1895 in , , Minnesota, USA. Death: 26 DEC 1945 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA


Sources
1. Title:   Information from Robert A. Zippel
2. Title:   Headstone
3. Title:   1900 Federal Census, United States
Page:   Minnesota, Beltrami County, Page 283, line 1
4. Title:   Minnesota Death Certificates
Page:   CertID# 1916-MN-000537
5. Title:   1900 Federal Census, United States
Page:   Minnesota, Beltrami County, Page 283
6. Title:   1910 Federal Census, United States
Page:   Minnesota, BELTRAMI, Roll 690 Book 1, Page 161a, line 3
7. Title:   FamilySearch� International Genealogical Index v4.02
8. Title:   Marriage Certificate

Notes
a. Note:   Wilhelm "Bill" Zippel was said to be a cousin, brother, or other relative to the early Oconto County Zippels. Differences in age may even make him an uncle, a younger brother of August, Sr. Without more data about t he family in Prussia, it's really guesswork to say what the relationship was, though family lore on both sides definitely said he was related. Ellen Zippel-Frederick said that she had seen him when she was a child and that he was a cousin to her Grandpa, August Zippel and Uncle, Charlie Zippel. Note by Mary Ellen Zippel ________________________________________________________________________ __ ________________________ Morris Genealogy, MN DNR William Zippel was born in Berlin, Germany on June 20, 1839 and came to the United States in or about 1860. He lived in Wisconsin for a number of years and engaged in commercial fishing in Green Bay, which is a branch of Lake Michigan. While living in Wisconsin, he met and married Mrs. Jane Bader, a widow who was the mother of a son, George and a daughter, Lillian. In 1884 the family moved to the Lake of the Woods area taking up residence in Kenora, Ontario, which at that time was called Rat Portage. Three years later, in 1887, Mr. Zippel and his family crossed over to the American side of Lake of the Woods and established their home on the south shore of Lake of the Woods, homesteading a claim at the mouth of what was later called Zippel Creek and still later and more appropriately Zippel Bay. In addition to engaging in commercial fishing as the first white man and family to establish a home on the American side of Lake of the Woods, Mr. Zippel also had a trading post and served the Indians in the area. Later, as other white settlers moved into the area, the village which developed became known as Zippel and Mr. Zippel added a new store to the building which had been previously built and which also served as the post office. Following Mr. Zippel's death October 10, 1916, Mrs. Zippel continued to live at the home on Zippel Bay for a number of years and continued to operate the fishery and store with hired help and also with the help of her two sons, William F. Zippel and Arthur Zippel, both of whom later also had their own fisheries. Will or Bill Zippel, as he was known to his many friends, operated his own fishery at Wheelers Point for a number of years before selling his place and moving to Baudette. The younger brother, Art, also engaged in commercial fishing on his own for a number of years, fishing both pound nets and gill nets at different times and from diffe rent places, including his own home on Zippel Bay, Garden Island and later at Wheelers Point. During World War II, Arthur Zippel and his wife, the former Ruby Berg, and their two sons went to California where Art helped the cause by working in a shipyard on the West Coast. ________________________________________________________________________ __ ___________________ -- The Williams Northern Light, October 12, 1916 WM. ZIPPEL DIED SUDDEN Oldest Pioneer of the South Lake Shore Expires While Sitting in Chair at Baudette. Wm. Zippel, for over thirty years a resident on Zippel Point, at the entrance of Zippel Bay, and the first white settler on the south shore of Lake of the Woods, as well as the founder of the commercial fishing industry on the lake, died suddenly Tuesday evening, October 10, while sitting in a chair at the Rex Hotel at Baudette, just a few minutes after reaching there on the Muskeg accommodation train from Warroad, without any preliminary warning. Mr. Zippel last winter underwent a severe operation for gall stones at the Roseau hospital, from the effects of which it took him several months to recover, but he was finally able to stand the trip home and was able to be up the bay at the spring primary, and it was thought that in spite of his advanced age he stood a good show to survive for several years. He had been at the home of his son-in-law, Hon. Paul Marschalk, at Warroad for some time past and on Tuesday made the trip to Baudette, as noted above. When the train reached Williams he got off on the platform unassisted and stood around and talked to different ones while the train crew did their work and was apparently feeling unusually well. The news of his sudden end was promptly telephoned to Williams, relayed to Zippel township as near as it could reach his home, and neighbors bore the sad message to the bereaved wife and son who were at the old home place, and Arthur went down Wednesday morning by auto to help in looking after the remains. Mr. Zippel was for a number of years the only settler on the American side of the lake or Rainy river for many miles and his place was a sort of " half-way house" between the settlements in northwest Minnesota and North Dakota, when winter frosts and snows made travel by team possible by a trail across the prairies and down the shore of the lake and up the river, and kept both store and "hotel" for the accommodation of the few settlers who drifted in and the Indians. When the lands were opened for settlement, he homesteaded the "point" and adjoining fractional quarter and has thereby controlled the fishing privileges at the mouth of the bay and died owner of the Zippel fishery, one of the most important on the lake, and both the bay and the township were named in his honor. Mr. Zippel, on the day of his death, was on his way from Warroad to his home at Zippel Point, by way of train to Baudette and thence down the river and across Four Mile Bay by boat. The funeral takes place this afternoon at Warroad and burial will be in Warroad cemetery. Deceased leaves three grown children--Wm. F., Arthur and Mrs. Paul Marschalk. ________________________________________________________________________ __ __________________ -- An unattributed clipping entitled "Pioneer Passes" adds some different details: William Zippel, Sr., one of the best known pioneers of the Lake of the Woods district passed away at the Baudette Hotel about 8 o'clock Tuesday evening. He was on his way returning home from the Roseau hospital and reported to Dr. Parker of Warroad, who was on the train that he was not feeling just right. Shortly after arrival at the hotel he was taken to his room and while Mrs. Zippel, who accompanied him went to have a prescription filled he passed away, Captain Williams, one of his friends being with him. William Zippel was born in Germany seventy-seven years ago. He lived for a number of years in Michigan, but later conducted a hotel at Rat Portage, now Kenora. About twenty-seven years ago he moved to Zippel Point, which bears his name.... He is survived by his wife and two sons, William Jr. and Arthur and one step daughter Mrs. Paul Marschalk, with numerous other near relatives. The body was taken to Warroad on Thursday morning and funeral services held in the Swedish Lutheran church of that place, Rev. Horn officiating. The last remains of the sturdy old pioneer was afterwards laid to rest on the shores of the lake, to the rites of the Oddfellow order of which he had long been a member.... ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name: William Zippel Land Office: CROOKSTON Document Number: 1056 Total Acres: 168.15 Misc. Doc. Nr.: 2121 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No Issue Date: 26 Nov 1904 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 12 Stat. 392 Multiple Warantee Names: No Act or Treaty: May 20, 1862 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Homestead Entry Original Land Description: 1 2 5TH PM No 162 N 33 W 1 2 3 5TH PM No 162 N 33 W 1 3 1 5TH PM No 162 N 33 W 11 4 2 5TH PM No 162 N 33 W 11 5 3 5TH PM No 162 N 33 W 11 6 W�NE 5TH PM No 162 N 33 W 11


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