98. Zumbrennen, John Albert

John Alfred ZUMBRENNEN, Jr.(1–3) was born on 17 May 1898 in Montpelier, Idaho to John Albert ZUMBRENNEN and Mary STRAUBHAAR.(2,4–5)  One-year-old John appeared in the census in 1900 in Montpelier, Idaho living with his parents and older sister.(6) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Cokeville, Wyoming living with his parents and six siblings.(7) John submitted draft registration cards for WWI on 12 June 1918 in Bear Lake County, Idaho where he was working in farming in Cokeville, Wyoming.(5)  He appeared in the census in 1920 in Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho living with his parents and nine siblings and where he was still employed in farming.(8)  John died in a gas explosion in Frontier No. 1 coal mine on 14 August 1923 at the age of 25 in Frontier, Lincoln, Wyoming.(2,4,9) John’s cousin, John William ZUMBRENNEN was also killed in the mine.(10-11) 

An article in the Kemmerer Republican reports:

The bodies of John A. and John W. Zumbrennen, cousins, were shipped to Montpelier, Ida., two days following their untimely death in the mine explosion, where funeral services were held.  It was one of the largest funerals ever held in the Idaho city, and the caskets were smothered with flowers, one wreath representing a wagon wheel with a spoke missing.  Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Bahem took the widow and six children, of John W., the oldest of whom is only 10 years, to Montpelier in their car Friday morning.  Three speakers extolled the virtues of the departed.(12)

John was buried on 19 August 1923 in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho.(2,4) He was single at the time of his death.(4)

Sources:

      1. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.

      2. Findagrave (Montpelier City Cemetery), Findagrave.com, findagrave.com, digital image (: Find A Grave Memorial# 134326486 5 March 2018), John A Zumbrennen, Jr.

      3. Sneddon Robert T.  Inspector (Dist 1) & Robert V. Hotchkiss Inspector (Dist2), "State Coal Mine Inspectors Of Wyoming, Districts No. 1 and 2," year:  1923; report, 1923; , Wyoming State Archives on microfilm, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

      4. John Alfred Zumbrennen,, death certificate file no.  1453 (14 August 1923), State of Wyoming, Wyoming State Archives, 2301 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001.

      5. "U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital, Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005., Ancestry.com (: online 6 August 2011), John Albert Zumbrennem, Jr.; citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.:, FHL microfilm 1,452,108..

      6. 1900, , population schedules, Year: 1900; Census Place: Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho; Page: 17; Enumeration District: 0014, John A Zumbrumn; digital images, Ancestry.com (online : online digital 5 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004..

      7. 1910, , population schedule, Year: 1910; Census Place: Cokeville, Uinta, Wyoming; Roll: T624_1747; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0130; FHL microfilm: 1375760, John Zumbrennen; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online/digital 19 July 2011); Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006..

      8. 1920, , population schedule, Year: 1920; Census Place: Raymond, Bear Lake, Idaho; Roll: T625_287; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 66, John A Zumbrennen; digital images, Ancestry.com (: online digital 5 March 2018); Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch..

      9. "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR8-YQFB : 24 February 2018), John A Zumbrennan, 1923., "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries," database with images, Special Collections BYU/Idaho, FamilySearch, FamilySearch online.

      10. John R. Zumbrannen, death certificate 075182 (12 May 1931), Bureau of Health Policy and Vital Statistics. Idaho Death Index, 1911-51., , Ancestry.com. Idaho, Death Index, 1890-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.

      11. Arnold Zumbrunnen, death certificate 43115 (23 June 1923), Idaho Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics;, Idaho, Death Records, 1890-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014., Boise, Idaho.

            12. Kemmerer Republican, (Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming), “Impressive Services” 24 August 1923, page 1, microfilm; Lincoln County Library, 519 Emerald Street, Kemmerer, Lincoln, Wyoming 83101.