Zichy, Ladislaus Edward & Marie Christian

ZICHY, KNAPP

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/12/2019 at 09:03:22

Biography ~ Count Ladislaus Edward Marie Christian Zichy

"Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 630:

LADISLAS EDWARD ZICHY, Count of Austro-Hungarian Empire, farmer and stock-raiser, section 36, Garden Grove Township, was born in Hungary, 1830, son of Ladislas, Count Zichy, Chamberlain of the Emperor and Marie, Countess Szechenyi. He traces his ancestry back to the first Count, Stephen Zichy, in 1600. He immigrated to America in 1875. In 1879 he was married to Mary Knapp, who was born in Ohio, in 1850. They have four children -- Marianne, Margit, Aurelie and Elsie. Postoffice address, Garden Grove.

Count Zichy's obituary
(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)