1940 U.S. Federal Census of Germantown, Cottonwood, Minnesota
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A Surnames
| Abele | Annie | born about 1867 |
| Abele | Joe | born about 1898 |
| Abele | John | born about 1874 |
| Albertson | Della | born about 1918 |
| Albertson | Kay | born about 1916 |
| Albertson | Lavone | born about 1937 |
| Albriecht | Darold | born about 1931 |
| Albriecht | Edna | born about 1927 |
| Albriecht | Ernest | born about 1894 |
| Albriecht | Ida | born about 1901 |
| Albriecht | Russel | born about 1933 |
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B Surnames
| Baber | Ernest | born about 1904 |
| Baber | Irene | born about 1913 |
| Baur | Arlene | born about 1930 |
| Baur | Gertude | born about 1933 |
| Baur | Laura | born about 1906 |
| Baur | Robert | born about 1938 |
| Baur | Theodore | born about 1904 |
| Beerman | Albert | born about 1893 |
| Beerman | Dale | born about 1934 |
| Beerman | Louise | born about 1863 |
| Beerman | Martha | born about 1897 |
| Beyer | Tennia | born about 1859 |
| Blank | Elty | born about 1897 |
| Blank | George | born about 1890 |
| Blank | Willard | born about 1918 |
| Bossenecker | Allen | born about 1901 |
| Bossenecker | Bertha | born about 1870 |
| Bossenecker | Edna | born about 1906 |
| Bossenecker | Fred | born about 1868 |
| Bossenecker | Roy | born about 1910 |
| Brand | Cora | born about 1910 |
| Brand | Deane | born about 1935 |
| Brand | Donald | born about 1913 |
| Brand | Edwin | born about 1908 |
| Brand | John | born about 1875 |
| Brand | John Jr | born about 1929 |
| Brand | Larraine | born about 1916 |
| Brand | Lloyd | born about 1938 |
| Brown | Addie | born about 1925 |
| Brown | Emily | born about 1923 |
| Brown | Evon | born about 1929 |
| Brown | Hattie | born about 1883 |
| Brown | Ivan | born about 1923 |
| Brown | John | born about 1892 |
| Brown | Laverne | born about 1921 |
| Brown | Marie | born about 1895 |
| Brown | Marvin | born about 1927 |
| Brown | Rhinold | born about 1888 |
| Burginger | Earnest | born about 1880 |
| Burginger | Emma | born about 1883 |
| Burginger | Erwin | born about 1913 |
| Burginger | Norbert | born about 1926 |
| Burginger | Ora | born about 1914 |
| Burginger | Roman | born about 1919 |
| Busse | Augusta | born about 1887 |
| Busse | Doris | born about 1920 |
| Busse | Ella | born about 1891 |
| Busse | George | born about 1935 |
| Busse | Kerman | born about 1887 |
| Busse | Lowell | born about 1927 |
| Busse | Marvin | born about 1916 |
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C Surnames
| Cambronne | Donald | born about 1921 |
| Cambronne | Ernest | born about 1895 |
| Cambronne | Grayson | born about 1917 |
| Cambronne | Mary | born about 1892 |
| Cambronne | Rodney | born about 1926 |
| Clark | Elmer | born about 1894 |
| Clark | Elner | born about 1919 |
| Clark | Kenneth | born about 1935 |
| Clark | Margueritte | born about 1918 |
| Clark | Mary | born about 1875 |
| Clark | Melvin | born about 1921 |
| Clark | Myretle | born about 1930 |
| Crippen | Dorothy | born about 1933 |
| Crippen | Frank | born about 1908 |
| Crippen | Mildred | born about 1908 |
| Current | Dale | born about 1935 |
| Current | Lee | born about 1908 |
| Current | Violet | born about 1904 |
| Current | Waldon | born about 1931 |
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D Surnames
| Davis | Audrey | born about 1933 |
| Davis | Bernice | born about 1910 |
| Davis | C Earl | born about 1896 |
| Davis | Clara | born about 1891 |
| Davis | Clarence H | born about 1862 |
| Davis | Duane | born about 1934 |
| Davis | Elmer | born about 1933 |
| Davis | Hubert | born about 1906 |
| Davis | Malcom | born about 1902 |
| Davis | Margie Ann | born about 1930 |
| Davis | Marilyn | born about 1928 |
| Davis | Mary Ann | born about 1937 |
| Davis | Nanno | born about 1903 |
| Davis | Patricia | born about 1927 |
| Davis | Reo G G | born about 1903 |
| Davis | Roberta | born about 1935 |
| Davis | Romona | born about 1929 |
| Davis | Ruth | born about 1927 |
| Davis | Viola H | born about 1908 |
| Davis | Warren | born about 1925 |
| Dinsen | William | born about 1921 |
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E Surnames
| Eichstadt | Arvon | born about 1939 |
| Eichstadt | Elmer | born about 1908 |
| Eichstadt | Esther | born about 1907 |
| Eichstadt | Melvin | born about 1930 |
| Eichstadt | Merlin | born about 1936 |
| Erickson | Alfa | born about 1917 |
| Erickson | Art | born about 1916 |
| Erickson | Clarence | born about 1903 |
| Erickson | Clarice | born about 1933 |
| Erickson | Clifford | born about 1915 |
| Erickson | Erick | born about 1864 |
| Erickson | Hannah | born about 1920 |
| Erickson | Margaret | born about 1905 |
| Erickson | Nels | born about 1862 |
| Erickson | Willard | born about 1925 |
| Erkel | Howard | born about 1922 |
| Essig | Adeline | born about 1919 |
| Essig | Alvin | born about 1919 |
| Essig | Amanda | born about 1899 |
| Essig | Anna | born about 1898 |
| Essig | Delaine | born about 1923 |
| Essig | Edna | born about 1909 |
| Essig | Edwin | born about 1889 |
| Essig | Ervin | born about 1935 |
| Essig | Fern | born about 1937 |
| Essig | Glenard | born about 1920 |
| Essig | Harry | born about 1897 |
| Essig | Herman | born about 1897 |
| Essig | Joe | born about 1899 |
| Essig | Lillian | born about 1885 |
| Essig | Lydia | born about 1921 |
| Essig | Marie | born about 1916 |
| Essig | Marlon | born about 1920 |
| Essig | Mrs Christ | born about 1873 |
| Essig | Richard | born about 1934 |
| Essig | Ruben | born about 1917 |
| Essig | Walter | born about 1894 |
| Essig | William | born about 1883 |
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F Surnames
| Flaig | Ella | born about 1900 |
| Flaig | Gerald | born about 1921 |
| Flaig | Norma | born about 1926 |
| Flaig | Oliver | born about 1894 |
| Forshaw | Dwight | born about 1922 |
| Fruehling | Andrew | born about 1926 |
| Fruehling | Edward | born about 1899 |
| Fruehling | Ella | born about 1902 |
| Fruehling | Minnie | born about 1932 |
| Fults | Clarence | born about 1908 |
| Fults | Louise | born about 1886 |
| Fults | Margie | born about 1914 |
| Fults | Russel | born about 1939 |
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G Surnames
| Gade | Albert | born about 1882 |
| Gade | Delbert | born about 1920 |
| Gade | Ellsworth | born about 1918 |
| Gade | Hulda | born about 1886 |
| Gade | Leora | born about 1925 |
| Gade | Melvin | born about 1909 |
| Gaerish | Albert | born about 1914 |
| Gaerish | Edward | born about 1937 |
| Gaerish | Elnora | born about 1939 |
| Gaerish | Gerald | born about 1936 |
| Gaerish | Louis | born about 1935 |
| Gaerish | Thelma | born about 1918 |
| Gerth | Grace | born about 1909 |
| Gerth | La Rae | born about 1937 |
| Gerth | Marvin | born about 1906 |
| Glanzer | Eugene | born about 1937 |
| Glanzer | Jacop | born about 1912 |
| Glanzer | Norma | born about 1918 |
| Goliene | Ole | born about 1868 |
| Gramatz | Otto | born about 1904 |
| Green | Benhard | born about 1935 |
| Green | Bruce | born about 1933 |
| Green | Esther | born about 1931 |
| Green | Frank | born about 1867 |
| Green | Golden | born about 1904 |
| Green | James | born about 1939 |
| Green | Lillie | born about 1903 |
| Grunewald | Emil | born about 1907 |
| Grunewald | Marie | born about 1872 |
| Grunewald | Mary Lou | born about 1935 |
| Grunewald | Nioma | born about 1909 |
| Gumto | August | born about 1893 |
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H Surnames
| Haas | Theodor | born about 1906 |
| Harrington | Mary | born about 1917 |
| Healy | Martin | born about 1885 |
| Hein | Arlene | born about 1939 |
| Hein | Delores | born about 1932 |
| Hein | Esther | born about 1911 |
| Hein | Gilbert | born about 1934 |
| Hein | Willie | born about 1902 |
| Hochne | Alma | born about 1907 |
| Hochne | Arva R | born about 1906 |
| Hochne | Delores | born about 1934 |
| Hochne | Ernest | born about 1884 |
| Hochne | Glenn | born about 1935 |
| Hochne | Lena | born about 1883 |
| Hubert | Alice | born about 1909 |
| Hubert | Dorthy | born about 1929 |
| Hubert | Grace | born about 1933 |
| Hubert | Kenneth | born about 1939 |
| Hubert | Otto | born about 1893 |
| Hubert | Shirley | born about 1938 |
| Hubert | Wallace | born about 1934 |
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J Surnames
| Jaehnke | Edward | born about 1902 |
| Jaehnke | Lotus | born about 1915 |
| Jaehnke | Minnie | born about 1884 |
| Jaehnke | Wilbert | born about 1912 |
| Jashnke | Herman | born about 1884 |
| Jashnke | Laura | born about 1890 |
| Jashnke | Raymond | born about 1914 |
| Johnson | Elsie | born about 1913 |
| Jouhnke | Arnold | born about 1910 |
| Jouhnke | Audrey | born about 1934 |
| Jouhnke | Dorothea | born about 1910 |
| Jouhnke | Merle | born about 1939 |
| Jouhnke | Roland | born about 1903 |
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K Surnames
| Kansaback | Arnold | born about 1925 |
| Kansaback | Art | born about 1897 |
| Kansaback | Betty | born about 1923 |
| Kansaback | Donald | born about 1921 |
| Kansaback | Laura | born about 1900 |
| Kansaback | Lyle | born about 1926 |
| Kansabock | Ray | born about 1903 |
| Karrow | Ella | born about 1907 |
| Karrow | Eloine | born about 1937 |
| Karrow | Gerald | born about 1927 |
| Karrow | Henry | born about 1899 |
| Karrow | Maroin | born about 1929 |
| Kastner | Alice | born about 1922 |
| Kastner | Clara | born about 1899 |
| Kastner | Joe | born about 1898 |
| Kastner | Joseph | born about 1927 |
| Kastner | La Roe | born about 1932 |
| Kastner | Raymond | born about 1922 |
| Kastner | Wayne | born about 1939 |
| Kessler | Dennis | born about 1939 |
| Kessler | Donald | born about 1939 |
| Kessler | Doris | born about 1937 |
| Kessler | Lulu | born about 1931 |
| Kessler | Marie A | born about 1865 |
| Kessler | Marie C | born about 1901 |
| Kessler | Martin J | born about 1897 |
| Kessler | Vernon | born about 1926 |
| Kissner | Robert | born about 1917 |
| Kosel | Merlin | born about 1939 |
| Kosel | Mildred | born about 1912 |
| Kosel | Willmar | born about 1909 |
| Kranse | Delores | born about 1939 |
| Kranse | Erhart | born about 1903 |
| Kranse | Herman | born about 1872 |
| Kranse | Lydia | born about 1911 |
| Kranse | Margaret | born about 1938 |
| Kranse | Mary | born about 1874 |
| Krause | Darlene | born about 1936 |
| Krause | Elsie | born about 1903 |
| Krause | Rudolph | born about 1899 |
| Krause | Wallace | born about 1931 |
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L Surnames
| Lane | Robert | born about 1912 |
| Lehne | Arlene | born about 1934 |
| Lehne | Arthur | born about 1939 |
| Lehne | Elsa | born about 1904 |
| Lehne | Gladys | born about 1936 |
| Lehne | Martin | born about 1901 |
| Luch | Ed | born about 1873 |
| Luch | Ellen | born about 1888 |
| Luch | Herbert | born about 1883 |
| Luch | Herman | born about 1884 |
| Luch | Mary | born about 1873 |
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M Surnames
| Martious | Dorothy | born about 1922 |
| Martious | Elsie | born about 1902 |
| Martious | Evelyn | born about 1925 |
| Martious | Marvin | born about 1928 |
| Martious | Mary Lan | born about 1934 |
| Martious | Rudolph | born about 1897 |
| Matzhe | Adelle | born about 1900 |
| Matzhe | Daniel | born about 1927 |
| Matzhe | Elizabeth Lou | born about 1932 |
| Matzhe | Erick | born about 1901 |
| Matzhe | Milford | born about 1929 |
| Meyer | Betty Lou | born about 1932 |
| Meyer | Glenn | born about 1928 |
| Meyer | Mary | born about 1908 |
| Meyer | William | born about 1899 |
| Middleton | Andrew | born about 1922 |
| Middleton | Bruse | born about 1885 |
| Middleton | Darvin | born about 1932 |
| Middleton | Duane | born about 1925 |
| Middleton | Lawrence | born about 1916 |
| Middleton | Martha | born about 1893 |
| Missling | Mavis | born about 1923 |
| Missling | Raymond | born about 1919 |
| Moll | Carrie | born about 1906 |
| Moll | Elaine | born about 1929 |
| Moll | Eva | born about 1934 |
| Moll | Gerald | born about 1927 |
| Moll | James | born about 1896 |
| Moll | Norma | born about 1931 |
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N Surnames
| Nelson | John | born about 1863 |
| Nickel | Bernett | born about 1928 |
| Nickel | Elenora | born about 1919 |
| Nickel | Ervin O | born about 1913 |
| Nickel | Helen | born about 1926 |
| Nickel | Henry | born about 1902 |
| Nickel | Ida | born about 1886 |
| Nickel | Irne | born about 1911 |
| Nickel | Marvin | born about 1913 |
| Nickel | Mildred | born about 1913 |
| Nickel | William | born about 1882 |
| Nochtman | Delores | born about 1923 |
| Nochtman | Isador | born about 1901 |
| Nochtman | Kathryn | born about 1901 |
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P Surnames
| Pabst | Albert | born about 1923 |
| Pabst | Carl J | born about 1917 |
| Pabst | Fred | born about 1883 |
| Pabst | Gertrude | born about 1928 |
| Pabst | Hilda | born about 1930 |
| Pabst | John | born about 1934 |
| Pabst | Kathryn | born about 1896 |
| Pabst | Larraine | born about 1924 |
| Pabst | Ruddie | born about 1936 |
| Pankonin | Amelia | born about 1880 |
| Pankonin | Arlene | born about 1930 |
| Pankonin | Charles | born about 1881 |
| Pankonin | Emil | born about 1886 |
| Pankonin | Florence | born about 1915 |
| Pankonin | George | born about 1923 |
| Pankonin | Gustav | born about 1871 |
| Pankonin | Katie | born about 1888 |
| Pankonin | Kenneth | born about 1920 |
| Pankonin | Lavern | born about 1926 |
| Pankonin | Minnie | born about 1876 |
| Pankonin | Reinhold | born about 1911 |
| Pankonin | Walter | born about 1915 |
| Pankonin | Warren | born about 1939 |
| Parkonin | Amanda | born about 1904 |
| Parkonin | Arthur | born about 1901 |
| Parkonin | Darrell | born about 1936 |
| Parkonin | Esther | born about 1910 |
| Parkonin | Glennard | born about 1927 |
| Parkonin | Marvin | born about 1911 |
| Parkonin | Raymond | born about 1925 |
| Pieske | Herman | born about 1896 |
| Pieske | Lyle | born about 1927 |
| Pieske | Marvin | born about 1925 |
| Pieske | Melvin | born about 1923 |
| Pieske | Norma | born about 1936 |
| Pieske | Pearl | born about 1901 |
| Pinson | Arthur | born about 1897 |
| Pinson | Martha | born about 1899 |
| Pinson | Myrtle | born about 1928 |
| Poock | Herman | born about 1885 |
| Purrington | Gordon | born about 1901 |
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R Surnames
| Radach | Bessie | born about 1912 |
| Radach | Burton | born about 1912 |
| Radach | John | born about 1881 |
| Radach | Marie | born about 1886 |
| Radtke | Amlian | born about 1878 |
| Radtke | Dennis | born about 1936 |
| Radtke | Eileen | born about 1917 |
| Radtke | Gladys | born about 1916 |
| Radtke | John | born about 1883 |
| Radtke | John | born about 1939 |
| Radtke | Loivehl | born about 1915 |
| Radtke | Wayne | born about 1906 |
| Ragatzke | Arpha | born about 1917 |
| Ragatzke | Helen | born about 1879 |
| Ragatzke | Henry | born about 1872 |
| Ragatzke | Wilbert | born about 1918 |
| Redman | Alger | born about 1914 |
| Redman | Arvid | born about 1928 |
| Redman | Edward | born about 1889 |
| Redman | Fred | born about 1860 |
| Redman | Glenn | born about 1922 |
| Redman | Sadie | born about 1893 |
| Redman | Willis | born about 1917 |
| Reed | Wesley Jr | born about 1915 |
| Ringle | Lorenz | born about 1904 |
| Rogotzke | Albert | born about 1909 |
| Rogotzke | Albert | born about 1933 |
| Rogotzke | Betty Ann | born about 1935 |
| Rogotzke | John | born about 1936 |
| Rogotzke | Mary Jane | born about 1938 |
| Rogotzke | Myrtle | born about 1911 |
| Rogotzke | Richard | born about 1939 |
| Rogotzke | Robert | born about 1931 |
| Ruenitz | Fern | born about 1906 |
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S Surnames
| Schnobrick | Abston | born about 1891 |
| Schnobrick | Eulalia | born about 1939 |
| Schnobrick | Eva | born about 1896 |
| Schnobrick | Jerald | born about 1933 |
| Schnobrick | Jerome | born about 1929 |
| Schnobrick | John | born about 1920 |
| Schraeder | Anna | born about 1883 |
| Schraeder | Christ | born about 1878 |
| Schraeder | Claude | born about 1918 |
| Schraeder | Denver | born about 1925 |
| Schraeder | Douglas | born about 1925 |
| Schraeder | Emmet | born about 1919 |
| Schroeder | Annie | born about 1890 |
| Schroeder | Charlie | born about 1880 |
| Schroeder | Fred | born about 1916 |
| Schroeder | Hoarce | born about 1914 |
| Schroeder | Lawrence | born about 1917 |
| Schroeder | Margaret | born about 1919 |
| Schuaem | August | born about 1891 |
| Schuaem | Ida | born about 1886 |
| Schultz | Malbert | born about 1923 |
| Schwandt | George | born about 1883 |
| Schwandt | Lotus | born about 1918 |
| Schwandt | Lydia | born about 1884 |
| Schwandt | Russel | born about 1920 |
| Seligmon | Albert | born about 1888 |
| Seligmon | Edwin | born about 1915 |
| Seligmon | Esther | born about 1918 |
| Seligmon | Irne | born about 1933 |
| Seligmon | Olga | born about 1893 |
| Seligmon | Violet | born about 1928 |
| Seydon | Amanda | born about 1876 |
| Seydon | Benhard | born about 1877 |
| Simonson | Donald | born about 1929 |
| Simonson | Gilbert | born about 1931 |
| Simonson | John | born about 1939 |
| Simonson | Muriel | born about 1898 |
| Simonson | Paul | born about 1887 |
| Simonson | Robert | born about 1927 |
| Simpson | Arlene | born about 1929 |
| Simpson | Delores | born about 1932 |
| Simpson | Esther | born about 1923 |
| Simpson | Lloyd | born about 1891 |
| Simpson | Mary | born about 1930 |
| Simpson | Rosie | born about 1895 |
| Skou | Aletha | born about 1915 |
| Skou | Lloyd | born about 1918 |
| Stage | Violet | born about 1921 |
| Steffen | Arnold | born about 1913 |
| Steffen | Donald | born about 1938 |
| Steffen | Elaine | born about 1916 |
| Steffen | Lois Ann | born about 1939 |
| Steve | Donald | born about 1933 |
| Steve | Henry | born about 1895 |
| Steve | Marie | born about 1895 |
| Steve | Orville | born about 1921 |
| Stocker | Ben | born about 1879 |
| Stocker | Mildred | born about 1905 |
| Stocker | Willard | born about 1916 |
| Swassielle | Mary | born about 1887 |
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T Surnames
| Thram | Albert | born about 1890 |
| Thram | Esther | born about 1903 |
| Thram | Leona | born about 1928 |
| Trapp | Alvin | born about 1911 |
| Trapp | Anna | born about 1873 |
| Trapp | Ethel | born about 1920 |
| Trapp | Wilmar | born about 1915 |
U Surnames
| Underwood | Claude | born about 1895 |
| Underwood | Delbert | born about 1921 |
| Underwood | Jennie | born about 1931 |
| Underwood | Marvin | born about 1938 |
| Underwood | Rose | born about 1895 |
W Surnames
| Walter | Emel | born about 1911 |
| Walter | Frieda | born about 1903 |
| Walter | Jane | born about 1938 |
| Walter | Joyce | born about 1928 |
| Walter | Mildred | born about 1925 |
| Walter | Myrtle | born about 1912 |
| Walter | William | born about 1898 |
| Weber | Alfred | born about 1907 |
| Weber | Arnold | born about 1916 |
| Weber | Bernaetta | born about 1929 |
| Weber | Bertha | born about 1883 |
| Weber | Duane | born about 1939 |
| Weber | Evelyn | born about 1923 |
| Weber | Laura | born about 1916 |
| Weber | Lester | born about 1920 |
| Weber | Marvin | born about 1927 |
| Weber | Orville | born about 1924 |
| Weber | Paul | born about 1877 |
| Weber | Raymond | born about 1918 |
| Wendland | Anita | born about 1917 |
| Wendland | Ernest | born about 1871 |
| Wendland | George | born about 1919 |
| Wendland | Minnie | born about 1877 |
| Werner | Alma | born about 1888 |
| Werner | Alvera | born about 1900 |
| Werner | Ameila | born about 1875 |
| Werner | August | born about 1873 |
| Werner | Bernadine | born about 1936 |
| Werner | Charles | born about 1875 |
| Werner | Donald | born about 1919 |
| Werner | Evelyn | born about 1926 |
| Werner | Fannie | born about 1912 |
| Werner | George | born about 1879 |
| Werner | Kenneth | born about 1935 |
| Werner | Laura | born about 1883 |
| Werner | Leslie | born about 1915 |
| Werner | Lloyd | born about 1918 |
| Werner | Minert | born about 1884 |
| Werner | Reinhart | born about 1896 |
| Werner | Rolland | born about 1918 |
| Werner | Roy | born about 1902 |
| Werner | Sophie | born about 1886 |
| Werner | Wasley | born about 1910 |
| Willaby | Lillian | born about 1926 |
| Windland | Leona | born about 1909 |
| Windland | Otto | born about 1908 |
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Z Surnames
| Zalk | Angie | born about 1934 |
| Zalk | August | born about 1901 |
| Zalk | Charles | born about 1940 |
| Zalk | Edward | born about 1930 |
| Zalk | Esther | born about 1933 |
| Zalk | Florence | born about 1931 |
| Zalk | Gerald | born about 1935 |
| Zalk | Helen | born about 1908 |
| Zalk | Helen | born about 1938 |
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