Looking for any information on the Zwirn, Spelts, Meier or Hotchkiss families for my Grandfather.

Charlie, b. 3-22-1882, Illinois, is the sixth child of Jacob Friedrich Zwirn (of Untereisesheim, Heilbroon Dist, Germany) and Wilhelmina F Beck (of Bloomington, IL). When 4 yrs old the family moved to Yuma COO.

Mary (Lizzie) Meier, b 1887, in West Virginia
They married in CO and had 10 children.

Zwirn, Charles, Farmer, PO Yuma, 1886, Born Illinois 1882, married Mary E Meier, six children.(found in 1922 directory).

William A Zwirn married Hazel M Spelts.

We dont have a lot of info so any would be helpful

From the WPA index of Colorado Marriages 1859-1939.

Meier, Mary E. -- Zwien, Charley C. -- 23 Oct 1907 -- Lic.# 564 filed Logan Co.

Zwirn, Bessie -- Korf, George A. -- 11 Feb 1933 -- Lic.# 2307 Filed Yuma Co.

Zwirn, Lena -- Higgins, Ernest -- 29 Aug 1914 -- Lic.# 321 filed Yuma Co.

Zwirn, Lois May -- Spelts, Felix Jr. -- 27 Jan 1936 -- Lic.# unk filed Yuma Co.

Zwirn, Wm. A. -- Spelts, Hazel M. -- 26 Jan 1934 -- Lic.# unk filed Yuma Co.

Thank you so much for posting those for me!!

Yuma Pioneer - March 9, 1906

DEATH OF MRS. ZWIRN

The sad news was received here this week of the death of Mrs. Jacob Zwirn at her home in Bloomington, Illinois on February 22, after an illness of five weeks with influenza of the bowels.

Mrs. Zwirn was born in Germany December 9, 1860, and moved to America when only four years old. She was married to Jacob Zwirn and moved to Colorado, where they resided until two years ago when they returned to Illinois.

(P.S. Michelle - Drop me a note directly at: lzion@plains.net. So we can discuss what you already know and don't know and need to find out. I tried to send you one but MSM bounced it back.)

Yuma Pioneer - December 5, 1913

CHARLES ZWIRN'S FATHER CALLED BEYOND

Charles Zwirn returned home Tuesday from Bloomington, Illinois where he had been summoned on account of the death of his father. Mr. Zwirn was a widower and was 62 years, 3 months and 12 days of age.

Five children are left to mourn--Charles of Yuma, Mrs. Minnie Lambert of St. Louis, Missouri, Mrs. Tillie Schroeder, Mrs. Bertha Berry and Miss Lena Zwirn of Bloomington.

The funeral was held on Saturday and the remains laid to rest in the Bloomington Cemetery.

Thank you so much for all the help and info. I emailed you directly so hopefully we can talk that way, if not I have several other email addresses you can try.

Thanks!

Michelle,

I am a granddaughter of William Arthur Zwirn and Hazel Mae Spelts.

I would love to swap information with you. I have just really gotten into the genealogy and have quite a bit of information on the Zwirn side and gaining more on the Spelts side.

Thanks,
Andrea

Hi Andrea,
I too have been doing research on the Zwirn family from Germany and would like to share what I have. I do have some letters and photos that Charlie sent to my father, Henry Zwirn of Chicago, IL.

I also have photos of Minnie and Jacob's headstone when I went to the cemetery in Bloomington, IL. I am trying to restart my genealogy researh and hope to hear from you.
My e-mail is:godfrey17637@comcast.net.

Regards, Beverleyjoan Zwirn-Godfrey

I have a lot of Spelts from Yuma information. Who were the Parents for HazelMae? My mother was a Spelts the family moved from Indiana to Colorado