Successful upholsterer in New York - home in Brooklyn - summer home on Schooley’s Mtn, NJ - other properties in NY.

Was Prussian, born 1850 in Magdebourg, Germany. Had brother William (in U.S.?) and 2 sisters in Germany. Otto Carl emmigrated to New York. Had served in Franco-Prussian War, was wounded, earned a medal.

Is there a "lost" Zanker? Aunt Minnie Mauckimaus was Post Office Mistress at Sand Lake, New York, where Juliette's family used to summer before going to Schooley's Mt. Was she the daughter of William Zanker, Otto Carl's brother?