GINZKEY, Henry

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, p 163

Henry GINZKEY, druggist, of the firm of Ginzkey & Hunner, Alma [Buffalo 
County, Wisconsin], was born 20 August 1842 in Austria. [The 1880 census of 
Alma, p 324 D, gives Henry's age as thirty-seven, thus born about 1843, a 
merchant, born in Austria to parents who were also born there.] He came to 
America in 1856, and his first location was in La Crosse [LaCrosse County, 
Wisconsin], where he attended school for two years. In 1864 he settled in 
Alma, and has been engaged in various businesses since. He is now [1881] a 
member of one of the leading firms in the city. [See also the Buffalo 
County, Wisconsin, biography of Henry GINZKEY's business partner, Louis P. 
HUNNER.]

In 1871 Henry GINZKEY married Christena MANN [a maiden name?], a native of 
Kentucky. They have four children: Frank C., Aurilla, Rosa, and Alfred. 
[The wife of Henry GINZKEY is enumerated in the 1880 Census as age 
twenty-seven, thus born about 1853, in Kentucky, to parents both born in 
Prussia. The children enumerated, all born in Wisconsin, approximate years 
of birth calculated from their census ages and included, are: (1) Frank C., 
born about 1874; (2) "Orilla A.," the Aurilla of the biography, born about 
1878; (3) "Rosa A.," born about 1877; and omitted from the 1880 census is 
(4) Alfred, probably born between the 1880 enumeration and the date in 1881 
when the source text went to press. Also included in the household is Max T. 
WENINSLER, single, age twenty-two, druggist, born in Germany to parents also 
born there. Was he employed with the firm of Ginzkey & Hunner? Is Henry 
GINZKEY related to Julius GINZKEY, also a resident of Alma? (See also the 
Buffalo County, Wisconsin, biography of Julius GINZKEY.) Are either or both 
of them related to George W. or George E. GINZKEY, who both resided with 
their families in Mondovi, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, according to the 1880 
census? Bracketed material added by submitter (who is not researching these 
surnames) to support and clarify information given in the biography and to 
raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly