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Large group of 42+ items related to the Zollinger family of Cache Co., Utah. Johann[es] Ferdinand Zollinger (sometimes Ferdinand Johannes Zollinger) (1795-1875) was born in Urdorf, Zurich Switzerland. He and his wife, Elizabeth, were farmers, as were many generations of Zollingers since the family moved to the region about 1700, and for centuries previous to that, at least back to 1400. Through neighbors and associated friends and employees, they were exposed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints. Johannes and Elizabeth traveled to Zurich to meet with Mormon missionaries, and both were baptised in the Limmat River in late November 1861, and their older two sons, Jacob and Ferdinand, Jr. were baptised in December (they had to break the ice on the river to do this). News was arriving of the Mormon movement to western North America (Utah not yet being a state - and partly the reason it was chosen by the group - to escape government interference and local prejudice). The Zollingers decided to travel there, selling their holdings in Switzerland and starting for the United States at the end of April 1862. They arrived in New York City on the 8th of July, making their way across the northern states through Chicago to Quincy (IL) where they began the river journey to St. Joseph, MO then up the Missouri River to Omaha, NE. There they purchased transportation (oxen and wagons, and everything they could carry) for the journey to Salt Lake. They left Omaha the first week of August, finally arriving in Salt Lake City on October 31. 35 people in their caravan died on the journey, but the Zollingers would make it intact - Johannes, then 67-years-old, Elizabeth, and two sons and two daughters (a third daughter remained in Switzerland because she was married, although she would follow later). They were invited to join a group some 80 miles north of SLC in Cache Valley, which they decided to accept, arriving at their final destination in mid-November 1862. Some of the family remain there still. (see Zollinger, Jacob Dennis. www.zollinger-genealogy.com/MormonZollingers/ProvidenceUtahZollingers.php) Many of these documents relate to land acquisitions, important to farmers, both by Johannes and his sons, Ferdinand (1829-1912) and his son, Ferdinand, Jr. and Jacob (1844-1942). The first item is a deed for land sold by Brigham Young College to raise operating funds for 40 acres to Ferdinand Zollinger. Since it was an official church-related action, the deed is signed by Brigham (Jr.), Richard and John Young Moses Thatcher, G.W. Thatcher, William B. Preston and S.M. Molen, Trustees of the University, many of whom held other prestigious positions in the church hierarchy (Moses Thatcher was also a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Preston was the 4th Presiding Bishop of the church, etc.) Others include: • Application for Membership in the Society of Daughters of Utah Pioneers for Emeline Zollinger, wife of Ferdinand, 1929 (with genealogical survey) • Appointment of Ferdinand as Constable for Providence Precinct, Cache County, Utah Terr. Signed by Charles Richards, acting Governor • Blessing given by Patriarch O. Z? Liljinquist(?) to Emma Fuhriman (3pp, 7.5 x 12.5 in.), Nov. 20, 1891 (Providence, Cache Co., Utah) • Deed Charles and Sabrin Rammell to Jens Kielsen, 6 jany. 1877 • Deed, Ferdinand and Louisa Zollinger to Ferdinand Zollinger, Jr. 1 Feb. 1894 • Deed, James & Mary Bullock to Ferdinand Zollinger, Jr. 18 Dec. 1893 • Deed, 4 Feb. 1882, Arta Young to Mark Fletcher • Quitclaim Deed, 28 April 1893, James and Mary Bullock to Ferdinand Zollinger • Deed, 8 Jan 1896, Hopkin and Rachel Mathews to Ferdinand Zollinger --- [4 days after territory became a state] • Deed, Ferdinand and Louisa Zollinger to Ferdinand Zollinger, Jr. 8 April 1899 • Warrantee Deed, William and Julia Budge to Ferdinand Zollinger, Jr., 13 Jan 1900 • Deed from Probate Judge (William Hyde of Cache County to Ferdinand Zollinger, 15 Dec. 1871. • Warranty Deed, J