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Note: DOB: Newspaper Article, Dysart, IA paper
Probably named for her [died young?] Aunt Susannah Stringer. [Or did Susannah immigrate to the US like the other surviving members of her family?]
1925 Iowa State Census, Marshall Co.: Zwilling, Susan A. lodger 64 Wid b. IL father Andrew Milns Scotland, mother Stringer, Jane Ireland mar. IL., living w/ Dobbin, Alex 81 Wid b. NY father Dobbin, Samuel IRE mother Christy, Elizabeth NY mar NY; Dobbin Martha 37 dau of Alex b. IA, father Dobbin, Alex NY, mother Zwilling, Katherine b. IN mar IA. So Susan is living probably living with her brother in law - both of them had married Zwillings.
1930 census, State Center, Marshall, IA: Dobbin, Alexander head 76 Wd 40 when 1st married NY North IRE NY; Dobbin, Martha dau 42 S IA NY IN; Zwilling, Susannah lodger 63 WD 37 when 1st married IA US US.
1938 Atlas of Benton Co., IA, landowners: MONROE 85N 12W 4 J. Milne & S.Zwelling 84
Have photo of her and Herm (and see) on Aug 21, 1949
November 5, 1953 State Center Enterprise [Newspaper of State Center, IA]:
Mrs Susannah A Zwilling, pioneer Iowa resident and State Center's oldest living citizen, passed away at her home here early Monday morning following an illness of short duration. Death was caused from the infirmities of old age. She would have been ninety-three years old December 4th.
Funeral services were held at the Brimhall West Funeral Home Wednesday, November 4, with the Rev Charles B Willming, pastor of First Presbyterian church, officiating. Interment was in the family lot at Hillside Cemetery.
Mrs Zwilling was born at Dysart on December 4, 1869 [typo - this is 1860], the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Milne. She attended the public schools at Dysart and as a young woman worked in a store in Waterloo. Several years later, she went to Des Moines where she became the buyer for a women's hat company. In 1889 she came to State Center and she and the late Alice E Dobbin opened a drygoods store. On January 12, 1899 she was married to Daniel Zwilling, State Center business man. Mrs Zwilling was a membr of the First Presbyterian Church and the Ladies Aid Society. Mr and Mrs Zwilling moved to Austin, a suburb of Chicago in 1900 and they lived there until 1917. While making their home in Illinois, Mrs Zwilling was active in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church and Ladis Aid Society. Mr Zwilling died on June 11, 1917.
She is survived by a stepdaughter, Mrs Anthony Rud of Sheffield, Mass and one stepson Daniel of Lombard, Illinois. She is also survived by two brothers, Herman and James Milne, both of Dysart, seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Clipping (source unknown): In the District Court of Iowa, in and for Marshall County, in the matter of the estate of Susannah A. Zwilling, deceased. In Probate, No. 10548 notice of hearing on final report and accounting and application for discharge:
To: Daniel Frederick Zwilling, Trustee; W. W. Holman, Trustee; W. W. Seward, Trustee, Earl Vaubel, Trustee; Elizabeth Zwilling Rudd, Daniel Frederick Zwilling, Earl Vaubel, Lyle Vaubel, Ellis Vaubel, Deen Vaubel, Rex Vaubel, Helene Vaubel Pierce, James M. Milne, Clifford Milne, Clarence Milne, Donald Milne, Lillian Milne, Gail Milne, Bruce, Marjorie Milne Kettleson, Joe Milne, Jane Milne Bottmley, June Milne Keidel, Jeane Milne Mitchell, G. H. Milne, John Milne, George Milne, Minne Merril, The First Presbyterian Church of State Center, Iowa; Christian Home Orphanage located at Council Bluffs, Iowa; John M. Dobbin, Dorothy Dobbin Davis, Mildred Dobbin Ball, James Weir Dobbin, Freeman F. Dobbin, Country Life School in Piney Woods, Mississippi; Town of State Centre, Iowa; The children of Elizabeth Zwilling Rudd living at the time of any payment due her if she be then deceased and The children of Daniel Frederick Zwilling living at the time of any payment due him if he be then deceased.
You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned executor of the estate of Susannah A. Zwilling, has filed his second and final report and accounting and application for discharge in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Iowa, in and for Marshall County and that by an order of the said Court, the hearing of said report and application has been fixed for March 17, 1956 at nine o'clock in the morning, in the east Court-room in the Courthouse in Marshalltown, Iowa at which time and place you can appear and show cause, if any you have, why said report should not be approved and why on compliance with the further orders of said Court, this executor should not be discharged from further duty and responsibility as such executor and his bond exonerated.
Dated at State Center, Iowa this 1st day of March, 1956.
[signed] J.G. Gutekunst as executor of said estate.
Find-a-Grave: Susannah A Milne Zwilling; Birth 4 Dec 1860; Dysart, Tama County, Iowa, USA; Death 2 Nov 1953 (aged 92); State Center, Marshall County, Iowa, USA; Burial Hillside Cemetery; State Center, Marshall County, Iowa, USA; Memorial ID 69045619.
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