Eleventh Generation (Continued)
Eleventh Generation (Continued)
Family of Charles Cornelius Gilfoy (1000) & Charlotte Georgetta Richardson
2388. Amy Elma Whynacht (Charles Cornelius Gilfoy10, Catherine Rosanna Tanner9, Maria Catherine Koch8, John Philip7, Elisabetha Veronica Heyson6, Johann Friedrich5, Johannes Heuson4, Hans-Velten3, Velten2, Christianus Hußon1). Born on 19 Feb 1911 in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.13

Amy Wynacht resided in Blue Rocks, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia according to the 1911 Canadian federal census. She was the adopted daughter of Cornelius and Etta Gilfoy [who were her maternal uncle and aunt]. (RG 31-C-1, 1911, Nova Scotia, Lunenburg Co., ED 37-D, Blue Rocks, p. 14)

In 1933 Amy Elma married Francklyn William Clairmonte Zwicker, son of William Henry Snyder Zwicker & Mabel Susan Beatrice Strum, in New York, U.S.A. Born on 26 Oct 1905 in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.100,10,13 Francklyn William Clairmonte was baptized in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 21 Oct 1906.10 Francklyn William Clairmonte died in Rockledge, Brevard Co., Florida, U.S.A., on 23 Mar 1977; he was 71.61,100

Francklyn W.C. Zwicker petitioned for United States citizenship on 10 April 1928 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York located in Brooklyn, New York. He initially declared his intention for U.S. citizenship on 10 February 1928 in the U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts. He declared that he entered the United States at Vanceboro, Maine on the Canadian Pacific Railway coming from Saint John, New Brunswick. Citizenship was granted at U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York on 22 July 1930. (National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), Washington D.C.; Petitions for Naturalization of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1937; NARA Series: M1879(Roll 616) Petition No. 146080)

Lt. Commander Francklyn William C. Zwicker was commander of the U.S.S. Turandot (AKA-47) from 18 June 1945 when the ship was commissioned untuil 21 March 1946 when it was decommissioned. The U.S.S. Turandot was an Artemis Class Attack Cargo Ship. Its complement was 27 officers and 276 enlisted personnel. (http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/02/02047.htm)

They had one child:
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