The Zoggs

A lot has transpired recently on the Zogg front. I found a couple of contacts in Switzerland who have been most helpful. One actually provided five generations of information that he has compiled from original records.

1. Florian Zogg born 1831 marr. Anna Gabathuler, born 1837, from Wartau, daughter from Mathias and Anna Sulser, 10 children, Mathias is the 5th.
2. Florian Zogg, born 1806 marr. 1826 Magdalena Bohner, 1805-1873 from Wartau, 9 children, Florian is the third. 5 sons had a family with children, so this family is today the greatest Zogg family
3. Florian Zogg born 1769,  he marr. 1789 Agnes Stricker, Christians daughter from Grabs, he was a cattler-trader, 13 children, Florian was the 11th. Brother David was a french mercenary.
4. David Zogg 1746-1788, marr. 1766 Anna Stricker, Grabs, 1746-1825, 8 children, Florian is the youngest. Three other sons had a family. Normally only one or two sons could marry.
5. Florian Zogg marr. Before 1747 Maria Eggenberger, we know two children, Anna and David. Here, I’m sorry to stop, because all the  earlier church-books burned in a great fire.ß

Thanks to Roland Thommen for this!

Other contacts provided some historical context. Alice Zogg, an author who lives in California, provided the following information from her husband, Wilfried Zogg:

He grew up in Walenstadt, St. Gallen, which is only approximately 20 miles west of Grabs. According to him, it is unlikely that the many Grabs Zoggs and the numerous Walenstadt Zoggs are closely related.  The family line of Zoggs from Grabs (and surrounding area) are mostly of protestant ancestry, whereas the Zoggs from Walenstadt (and surrounding area) derived  predominantly from people of Roman catholic faith.  In addition there is another group of Zoggs in the state (Kanton) of Graubünden. 

And my original contact, Wolf Seelentag, Ph.D. provides the following tidbits:

There was a food shortage during the 1870/80ies due to bad harvests.
Knust is not a Swiss name at all - most likely (if she was Swiss) this will
be either a typo or a reading problem. The following are Swiss names
"K...st": Karst, Kast, Keist, Kest, Keust, Kienast, Kist, Kleist, Kost; alternatively I could "offer" Knus. This would likely be the Gonzen mine - not far away: http://www.bergwerk-gonzen.ch/ Today a museum.