Tracking the Zolders is requires recognizing them in different forms. A few of them arrived in the United States in the 1880s from Hungary, later Austria. In 1895 they appeared in their first census in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. Below are some of the variations on this last name as depicted in the census, vital records, newspapers, and even etched into a gravestone. Cousins found some entries. Others were located after searching tediously, page by page. Other entries were found after locating other family in the record and then searching nearby. They tended to stay in the same geographical location year after year, making searching easier.
This is a great example of why you need to be open to alternate spellings and diligent in pursuing all possible avenues. I have no doubt that the location of additional records will yield more variants for the Zolders.
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1895 New Jersey State Census, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Selda or Selder |
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Federal Census, 1900, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey
Selder |
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| Zolder (mit umlaut) spelling on family birth certificate 1910, Bayonne |
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| Zolder spelling in the 1910 census, Bayonne |
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| From the caption of the photo with the obit for Mary Zolder, wife of Andrew (also spelled Colder in the same article), 1918 |
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| Obit for Mary Colder, died 1930 in Bayonne |
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Gravestone at Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey.
Note the umlaut above the O. |
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