Willis “Ivan” Zinn
Birth: May 2 1874 in Bates County, Missouri
Parents: William Merritt Zinn and Mary Ann Gardiner
Siblings: John Sidney, H. Sylvia, Amy Arminta
Marriage: February 14, 1894 to Zeruah Ann Darland
Children: Jesse Firman 1894, Charles Wesley 1896, Wyatt Ambrose “Bruce” 1898, William Ivan Everett 1901, Arthur Dexter 1907
Death: March 21, 1937 in Carnegie, Oklahoma at the home of his half sister, Eliza Garrett Cox.
Burial: Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
Zeruah Ann “Ruah” Darland
Birth: December 20, 1873 in Creston, Iowa
Parents: Jesse Lambert Darland and Sarah Jane Jones
Siblings: George Hamilton, Robert Stanford, Luella Jane, Nora Elinor, William Cornelius, Doane Anker
Marriage: February 14, 1894 to Willis Ivan Zinn
Children: Jesse Firman 1894, Charles Wesley 1896, Wyatt Ambrose “Bruce” 1898, William Ivan Everett 1901, Arthur Dexter 1907
Death: February 20, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas
Burial: Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
Marjorie’s Musical Memories
One year for a gift to us children my mom recorded “Songs Close to My Heart” which was a series of songs connected with memories of her parents and grandparents. Here are two for her grandpa, Ivan.