Fred Carl faun, the second oldest child of Christian and Christina Zaun, was born on September 4, 1860, at Jordan, Minnesota. He married Emilie Louise Reitze on July 18, 1883, in Valley City. Fred, his father; Emilie, her parents, and brother Conrad, came to Valley City in the Spring of 1883. They homesteaded 7½ miles northwest of Valley City in West Getchell Township.
Emilie Louise Reitze, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Reitze, was born August 25, 1863, in Zerrenberg, Hessen Nassau, Germany. In 1881, at age 18, Emilie came to the United States and located in St. Louis, Missouri, until her parents and brother came to the United States early in 1883. From St. Louis, they went to Jordan, Minnesota, and a short time later, came to Valley City:
Fred and Emilie were blessed with eight children:
Marie (Mrs. Albert Buckman);
John;
Elizabeth, who was married three times, first to Warren Young, then to Eric Fisk, and then to Bert Medberry;
Anna, who was married twice, first to Paul Messner, then several years later to Alex Rutherford;
Carl (who died in 1918 at the age of 24);
William;
Arnold (who died at the age of 3); and
a twin brother of Elizabeth, who died in infancy.
All of the children stayed in the Valley City area except for Elizabeth, who lived the latter years of her life in Fargo, North Dakota.,
Fred and Emilie lived on their farm until October 1912 when they bought their home in Valley City and lived there until the Fall of 1918 when they moved to their other farm five miles northwest of Valley City (later farmed by William). They lived there until the Spring of 1921 when they moved again into Valley City.
Fred died April 29, 1925, and Emilie died June 10, 1937.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 280