The Last Shall Be First, and The First Last: Zins (and Zinn) are names that denoted tenant farmers in medieval Germany. As of the turn of the 21st century, almost 40 percent of Minnesota's population listed German ancestry on their Census questionnaires. When the Germans, with their Z names, came to the U.S., they changed not only locations, but also pronunciations. In German, initial Zs are pronounced as TS. (not Z). Calvary Cemetery. [2012]
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