1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, 1958, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Goettel, Steve Lloyd, Britzius, Zimmerman, Maurer Research.
3Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "Zimmerman Family History and Stories by Mrs. F. C. Nelson Chapter 1 MY FATHER' S PARENTS Page 2 Modes of communication and travel were difficult in those days, and it was a very easy matter to get out of touch with one's relatives. Although the older brother lived only fifty miles away, we know very little about his family. He frequently came down to visit my grandfather, and after my grandfather's death, sometimes visited the family. My father remembers seeing him when he was down on one of those visits, but as my father was only about five years old his recollections of what he said and did are not very vivid. My grandfather‟s brother Henry was a cabinetmaker by trade and during the long winters made such furniture as he could use or sell. He made a very wonderful bureau with secret drawers for keeping his money. Banks were not much used in those days, and hiding places for money were always in demand. In some way this piece of furniture came into the possession of my father's brother, Henry. My father‟s brother, Henry, also had a table made by him. It was a wonderful piece of work, and took the prize at a provincial fair or show, where Uncle Henry became very much interested in it, and bought it after the show was over. Uncle Henry's daughter, Lydia, remembers this furniture well. My grandfather's brother Henry had a family. There was a boy, Dan, who was a very fine penman which was quite an accomplishment in those days. We also know there were several daughters in the family. On the ocean voyage which was long and tedious, my grandfather met a young lady six years younger than himself, who came from the same part of Germany from which he had come; in fact, she was from a neighboring village, probably Spltzaltheim. Her name was Elizabeth Knell. Her father was dead and her mother was a widow with a family. The mother was very much opposed to her daughter coming to America alone. She feared that she would never see her child again, but E1izabeth was determined and eager to come and try to earn a small fortune. She thought in America money could be earned quickly and easily. She told her mother not to feel bad, that she wou1d soon be back with a nice little sum of money to help the fatherless family along; but she never went back. In later years she often spoke to her children of her brother Philip, who seems to have been an exceedingly clever and successful man. Her mother and grandmother lived to be very old; both reaching the ripe old age of about ninety years. My grandfather fell in love with this young woman on the ocean voyage. They both came to the same part of Canada and after a time were married. They complied with the custom of those days that a wedding must be announced for three successive Sundays in the Church before the young people could be married. They were very devoted to each other and their wedded life was exceedingly happy. She was a great help to her husband not only in making a happy home for him, but also in clearing the timber from the land. She helped him pile and burn brush, and sometimes get the logs off the land, and did whatever else there was to do that a woman could do. She was always well and happy and busy, being an industrious type of woman. She was of medium size and weight, with slightly rounded shoulders. In her later years she became decidedly round-shouldered. Her eyes were very dark blue, and her hair a very dark brown, almost black. Her hair never turned grey even in her last days. My grandfather had brown eyes, dark hair, and very pretty rosy cheeks with a nice clear complexion, better than most women have. He was not skinny, but was a slender man of medium height and weight. They were both devoted Christians, and had a simple, beautiful faith in God, similar to that of other Christian people of their time. One Sunday during a heavy storm the wind was beating the rain into the barn where the freshly thrashed grain was lying. My grandmother, after watching the storm for a while, suggested that they had better go out and try to keep the grain dry; but my grandfather thought that they ought not to break God's Sabbath by doing manual labor. He suggested that God knew that they needed the grain, and if He wished them to have it He would save the crop without their breaking His Holy Sabbath Day. Zimmerman Family History and Stories by Mrs. F. C. Nelson Chapter 1 MY FATHER' S PARENTS Page 3
In Germany they were Lutherans, but in Canada they joined the German Evangelical Church, and in this church they trained their children in Christian living, and in the doctrines of religion. All their children joined the church and lead Christian lives, probably much above the average. My grandfather was not a very good sportsman, not having had an opportunity for such things in his youth. In Europe this privilege was reserved for the wealthy landlords. But in Canada there was an abundance of deer for all, and other wild game was very plentiful. He seldom shot anything even if the deer fed on his garden. One day a big deer came into the yard and with an old rusty gun he shot it. But the gun gave him such a kick and he felt so bad seeing the beautiful animal lying dead before him that he never tried shooting again. My grandparents built a log cabin on their place. It had two windows and on one side an addition which they used for a summer cook-house. This abode was their happy home. In the winter time they would clear the land of brush and timber; and in the summer they would raise their crop. After the grain was hauled into the barn and thrashed, my grandfather would spend an hour or two daily during the fall, throwing grain. This was the method used to remove the chaff. Some years later they sold two acres of their farm, one for the erection of a blacksmith shop and the other to build a tailor shop. Then a school house was built across from the little log house and a short distance down the road. The little village of Sebringville grew up about a quarter of a mile from the school house. My grandparents had a family of five boys and two girls. Henry, the oldest boy married Mary Krusp. Adam, the second boy, married Eve Hopp; and for his second wife Elizabeth Britzius. Peter, the third boy, married Katherine Rhiel. Christian, the fourth boy, married Louise Nolte and Philip, my father, who was the youngest of the family, married Ernstine Krause. Katherine, the oldest girl, married George Hopp; and the younger daughter, Elizabeth (Betsie), married Christ Regal. Adam and Katherine both married into the same Hopp family, and had a double wedding at Preston, Minnesota. Betsie died at the birth of her first child, the child dying also. None of the boys ever smoked, or drank intoxicating liquors, or used profane language of any kind. They did not even use slang expressions. They believed in saying yea and nay as the bible teaches. It would have been hard to find a finer Christian family anywhere.
My father was the youngest of the family. He was born January 10, 1851. That spring when the plum trees were in bloom, which must have been in May or June, my grandfather (Christian Zimmerman) died. He was only about 38 years old. For almost a week he had been busy building a dam which necessitated his standing in cold water and mud most of the time while at his work. This brought about his death. He was sick only three or four days. I do not know what doctors would say caused his death. I only know the building of the dam was responsible for it. He was buried in the old Sebringville cemetery with a wooden tombstone on the grave, but now the exact spot of the grave is not known. About forty years ago, probably about 1890, the old cemetery which was back of the Sebringville church was moved to higher ground because the graves filled with water. Such graves as had no one interested in them were abandoned. There were no relatives of my grandfather living there when this was done, so those who might have been interested did not even learn of the change until long after it had been made. So the body was never moved, but lies somewhere in the old cemetery which has been abandoned. Who knows, but it may also be petrified. It is an interesting fact that of the bodies moved, three or four were found perfectly petrified which often happens when bodies are buried in low ground. At the time of grandfather's death the older boys were fourteen and thirteen, and my father who was the youngest was only five or six months old. Very sad and lonely hours followed the breaking up of the once so happy home.
p.10 The church formed a council of which a man by the name of John Kastner was one of the leading men. The council decided that most of the property should go to the oldest boy, Henry, which was an English custom, and that the other boys should help Henry until they were sixteen, and go to school six months out of every year."4Gordon N. Zimmerman correspondence, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "December 15, 2007
Dear Dianne
One time you asked me about the story given to me by Rolland Zimmerman. He stated that he had a letter written by Anna Zimmerman in 1905. It stated Johann Christian came to Canada in 1834 from Altheim, Germany. No state was given. It stated their town had a church with a very high steeple. Rolland wrote to the central Lutheran church in Germany and asked what Lutheran church in (a town named Altheim) in Germany had a very high steeple in 1834. He got a reply back that there were three (such) churches with a very high steeple in 1834,
With this information Rolland went to Germany and visited the first two on the list. (In) these two Altheims in different states no Zimmermans could be found. He then hired another interpreter and went to Altheim in the state of Hessen. There was a note on the parrish door saying (the pastor) would be back in one hour. So Rolland went to the town cemetery. He found Zimmermans all over the cemetery. He went back to the parrish house and was told by the young pastor that there were no Zimmermans that were attending church there at that time. Rolland told him about all the Zimmermans in the cemetery. (The pastor) advised he had only been there a short time and the name was unfamilair to him.
Rolland and his interpreter were crestfallen. All the time and money he had spent on this project were for nothing. Just as he got to the front gate of the little yard a car drove up. It was the former pastor. When he was asked if there had ever been any Zimmermans in that church Rolland said (the pastor) replied, "Zimmermans - you have eight to ten women in this church that were grbornen Zimmermans, probably more than any other family if you go back a few generations." This is probably as so many male children were killed in the war.
I was in Altheim in 1985. I visited the church and was entertained in the home of Johan Christian and Elizabeth Knoll, two doors up the street. I will never forget that day.
...
Gordon Zimmerman.".5Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman, History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim, written in conjunction with Rolland Zimmerman's visit to Altheim in October of 1983. "From the History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim
There have been many families named Zimmerman from the Thirty Years War till modern times. Most were small farmers, or master wheelwrights, master carpenters, or master weavers. Through several generations, they lived in different houses in the village at Hauptstraze (street) 14, 34, 58, 35; Kirchstraze 11, 23, 25, 33, 35; Baben Hauserstraze 1, 3, and Kreuzstraze 8 and 10. Today there are no more Zimmerman families in Altheim.
When many inhabitants emigrated in the last century, two families from the Zimmerman circle, and a few single people, also left their hometown of Altheim and emigrated. One family Johann Peter Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 80) went to Slavonia and Yugoslavia, and one family, Leonhard Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 272) went to North America. Among the single people, Johann Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35 (Haag) went to Canada in May of 1832. His brother, Johann Heinrich, followed him in 1837. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll from Altheim, Hauptstraze 17 (Hergert) emigrated with Johann Christian Zimmerman in May 1832. The two married on their new farm in Canada. Christian Zimmerman, born August 27, 1800, died in 1851 in Canada. His wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, maiden name Knoll, born January 30, 1809 in Altheim, died October 18, 1888 in Preston, Minnesota, U.S.A., on the Adam Zimmerman farm. A great grandson, Rolland Zimmerman, R.R. #1 Box 26, Racine, Minnesota, 55961, U.S.A., came to Altheim with his family in October, 1983, to visit the hometown of his ancestors. He also visited the house at Hauptstraze 35 from which his great grandfather emigrated with his brothers. His visit gave cause to research the history of the Zimmerman family in Altheim and to record it.
A Hans Zimmerman is mentioned in Altheim as early as 1558. Due to war, hunger and disease only about 120 of the 360 inhabitants of Altheim remained alive in the Thirty Years War(1618-1648). A Paulus Zimmerman survived the war, a magistrate (but from his handwork, a weaver). He was buried on April 11, 1666. One of his sons could have been Nikolaus Zimmerman of whom descendants still live at Kirchstraze 23 and 33.
A Johann Peter Zimmerman about 1648 was most probably a son of Paulus Zimmerman, because he was also a magistrate in 1682, and later a village mayor. He died July 20, 1705 at the age of 57. In 1680 he, like other husbandmen (farmers), was assessed a tax of 70 florins, but he was not very able to pay. He owned a poor home, the worth of which amounted to only 30 florins. The worth of his land was 165 florins, and for livestock he had two pair of bad (poor) horses, one cow, one-year-old ox, three pigs. (A good beginning nonetheless, considering the poverty after the war.) In addition 25 florins borrowed from the church building and ten from the parsonage. He had five children. (Family Book I, page 64).
The wife of the emigrant Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35, was Elizabeth Knoll, who likewise came from Altheim. She came from the house at Hauptstraze 27 (today Hergert), therefore only a few houses farther on the same side of the street. Elizabeth Knoll emigrated to Canada in May of 1832 as did Christian Zimmerman. Therefore they did not become acquainted on the emigrant ship as descendants assumed, rather they must have decided together, back in Altheim, to emigrate to Canada. Elizabeth Knoll was born in Altheim. In earlier times, Altheim was also called Spitzaltheim, because the church in Altheim had a high pointed (spitzen) tower. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll was born January 30, 1809, and died October 18, 1888 on the Adam Zimmerman farm in the U.S.A. at Preston in Minnesota, allegedly at the age of 76 years, 9 months. Her father in Altheim was Johann Adam Knoll, born October 21, 1778 in Klein-Umstadt (a neighboring village) son of Andread Knoll and Susanne Marg, nee Strumfels. He died in Altheim on January 26, 1806. He married Anne Margarethe, nee Schodt, in Altheim on June 2, 1808. She was from Altheim Hauptstraze 27. Of the eight brothers and sisters of Johann Adam Knoll, two died while yet children, three girls married into families from Altheim, Schaatheim and Harpertshau. Johann Adam Knoll was born August 30, 1813, and remained in the house and continued the line. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll went, according to the traditions of the descendants, to Canada to help out the fatherless
family with money. The father died at age 48 in 1826. However Knoll family was not without means at that time. Her mother's parents owned what for Altheim was quite a good piece of property at Hauptstraze 27. The parents, Philipp Schodt, born 1738, and Anna Margarethe Schodt, (married 1760) had two sons. Johann Martin and Johann Philipp who married someone from outside Altheim. The daughter, Anna Margarethe Schodt, stayed in her parents home and married Johann Adam Knoll from Klein Umstadt. In 1804 the property consisted of a two story house (that still stands today and has an arched gate), a barn and stable, on fourth Morgen (a measure of land six to nine tenths of an acre) garden, thirty four Morgen fields, three and three-fourths Morgen meadows, value of the property 200 florins. In 1848 the property was passed on to the son (inherited) who was again called Johann Adam Knoll, born August 29, 1813, and married Katherine Elizabeth Appell on June 12, 1836 (first wife). The son, Johann Nikolaus Knoll I took over the house and farm in 1871. His son was Johann Nikolaus Knoll II. His oldest daughter, Anna Marie Knoll, born February 5, 1817 married the farmer, Friedrich Heinrich Funck, who died at an advanced age, and passed the property on to the Hargert family. The farm yard had 617 sq. meters and the meadow 428 sq. M.
It is understandable that from the many children in the family, two sons would decide to emigrate. At that time poverty ruled in the villages and there was a great lack of opportunities for work. The small farming businesses were not in a position to support families with many children.
The son who remained in the house, Johann Valentin (Family Book II, page 259) had two daughters and one son. The son, Johann Nickolaus, born February .21, 1859 and died April 10, 1916, remained again in the house. (Family Book III, page 74). On February 9, 1873 he married Marie Gobel, born August 22, 1848, and died April 2, 1924. The three children were Katharine, born October 21, 1873; Elise, born June 10, 1879, and Johann Georg, born October 5, 1882.
Georg Zimmerman, born October 5, 1881, died October 12, 1960 in Altheim. (Family Book III, page 232) George was the last descendant in the Zimmerman family line. On April .14, 1912 he married Friederike
Funck, born July 1, 1885 in Hergershausen. She died July 2, 1960.They left two daughters, Elizabeth Zimmerman, born April 6, 1913 and died January 12, 1962, and Katharina, born September 13, 1914. Katha Haag, nee Zimmerman, still lives to day in the parent house of the Zimmerman family at Altheim, Haupstraze 35. On December 19, 1942 she married Jakob Haag, a civil servant, who died December 26, 1974.
In 1907, Nikolaus Zimmerman had the old half-timbered house torn down, and the present house built with attic and superstructure over the gate, finished on the outside with rock or brick. In 1973, the sonin-law, Karl Hunkel, gained extra living space by adding a construction over the gatehouse. In the upper story, Karl Hunkel and his wife Hildegard, nee Haag, and their children Regina, Matthias and Carmen, live. The yard has 621 square meters, the meadow and grassed area behind it has 767 square meters.
"What you inherit from your fathers you must pass on in order to keep."
"And I heard a voice from heaven say to me: 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, Father, Master from now on. The spirit speaks, that they rest from their work, because their works follow them."'
Of the five children of Johann Peter Zimmerman, the three sonst Johann Peter, Nickel Matthias, and Andreas left numerous descendants. These can be followed in a tabular summary.
We are interested in the line of Nickel Matthias Zimmerman, which stretches into the present.
Nickel Matthias Zimmerman was born October 16, 1677 and died April 13, 1731. He had seven children. (Family Book I, page 66.) Of the two sons, Johann Jost Zimmerman continues the line.
6. Johann Jost Zimmerman, born. August 23, 1713 and died January, 1792 (Family Book I, page 66a), had four children. Of his-two sons, Johann Bernhard continues the line.
5. Johann Bernhard Zimmerman, born June 2, 1743 and died April 19, 1800. Married on September 17, 1772 in the house of Johann Valentin Appel at Hauptstraze 35, and was "coupled'' with his daughter, Anna Sybilla. Johann Valentin Appel and Anna Sybilla, nee Appel, had seven children. Anna died in childbirth with the seventh child, who was born dead. Bernhard Zimmerman married four more times: 1783, 1793, 1799 and 1802. From the first marriage, Johann Peter Zimmerman continues the line.
4. Johann Peter Zimmerman, born December 11, 1773 and died July 7, 1852 in Altheim. He left ten children. (Family Book II, page 66.) Of them, Johann Christian Zimmerman, born August 17, 1800 went to Canada, in May of 1832. Elizabeth Knoll from Hauptstraze 27, born January 30, 1809, emigrated with him to America. They did not first become acquainted on the ship as assumed by descendants, but rather already knew one another in Altheim. The brother, Johann Henrich Zimmerman, born September 14, 1815 followed in 1837. He was not older as assumed by descendants, but fifteen years younger. Both brothers received a farm with 100 acres of land in Canada from the English government near Sebringville in Ontario.
The two sons that remained in Altheim have descendants, Johann Valentin Zimmerman, born January 11, 1810 and died August 27, 1837, stayed in the same house at Hauptstraze 35. The father, Johann Peter Zimmerman had only a small rural property which consisted of a two-story house, barn, cow-barn, pig pen, ten and one-half morgan field, two morgen meadows; worth of property was 960 florins. Of Peter Zimmerman's ten children, two drowned in the stream behind the house: Anna Maria,- born 1804 and drowned September 21, 1806; and Johann Peter, born 1807 and died December 9, 1810." translated by Mrs. Gerald Cleveland of Spring Valley. This letter is part of the "Zimmerman History Packet received from J. Rose 26 Feb 2005.". "History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim
Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman
written in response to Rolland Zimmerman's visit to Altheim in October of 1983
translated by Mrs. Gerald Cleveland of Spring Valley , MN
There have been many families named Zimmerman from the Thirty Years War till modern times. Most were small farmers, or master wheelwrights, master carpenters, or master weavers. Through several generations, they lived in different houses in the village at Hauptstraze (street) 14, 34, 58, 35; Kirchstraze 11, 23, 25, 33, 35; Baben Hauserstraze 1, 3, and Kreuzstraze 8 and 10. Today there are no more Zimmerman families in Altheim.
When many inhabitants emigrated in the last century, two families from the Zimmerman circle, and a few single people, also left their hometown of Altheim and emigrated. One family Johann Peter Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 80) went to Slavonia and Yugoslavia, and one family, Leonhard Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 272) went to North America. Among the single people, Johann Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35 (Haag) went to Canada in May of 1832. His brother, Johann Heinrich, followed him in 1837. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll from Altheim, Hauptstraze 17 (Hergert) emigrated with Johann Christian Zimmerman in May 1832. The two married on their new farm in Canada. Christian Zimmerman, born August 27, 1800, died in 1851 in Canada. His wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, maiden name Knoll, born January 30, 1809 in Altheim, died October 18, 1888 in Preston, Minnesota, U.S.A., on the Adam Zimmerman farm. A great grandson, Rolland Zimmerman, R.R. #1 Box 26, Racine, Minnesota, 55961, U.S.A., came to Altheim with his family in October, 1983, to visit the hometown of his ancestors. He also visited the house at Hauptstraze 35 from which his great grandfather emigrated with his brothers. His visit gave cause to research the history of the Zimmerman family in Altheim and to record it.
A Hans Zimmerman is mentioned in Altheim as early as 1558. Due to war, hunger and disease only about 120 of the 360 inhabitants of Altheim remained alive in the Thirty Years War(1618-1648). A Paulus Zimmerman survived the war, a magistrate (but from his handwork, a weaver). He was buried on April 11, 1666. One of his sons could have been Nikolaus Zimmerman of whom descendants still live at Kirchstraze 23 and 33.
A Johann Peter Zimmerman about 1648 was most probably a son of Paulus Zimmerman, because he was also a magistrate in 1682, and later a village mayor. He died July 20, 1705 at the age of 57. In 1680 he, like other husbandmen (farmers), was assessed a tax of 70 florins, but he was not very able to pay. He owned a poor home, the worth of which amounted to only 30 florins. The worth of his land was 165 florins, and for livestock he had two pair of bad (poor) horses, one cow, one-year-old ox, three pigs. (A good beginning nonetheless, considering the poverty after the war.) In addition 25 florins borrowed from the church building and ten from the parsonage. He had five children. (Family Book I, page 64).
The wife of the emigrant Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35, was Elizabeth Knoll, who likewise came from Altheim. She came from the house at Hauptstraze 27 (today Hergert), therefore only a few houses farther on the same side of the street. Elizabeth Knoll emigrated to Canada in May of 1832 as did Christian Zimmerman. Therefore they did not become acquainted on the emigrant ship as descendants assumed, rather they must have decided together, back in Altheim, to emigrate to Canada. Elizabeth Knoll was born in Altheim. In earlier times, Altheim was also called Spitzaltheim, because the church in Altheim had a high pointed (spitzen) tower. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll was born January 30, 1809, and died October 18, 1888 on the Adam Zimmerman farm in the U.S.A. at Preston in Minnesota, allegedly at the age of 76 years, 9 months. Her father in Altheim was Johann Adam Knoll, born October 21, 1778 in Klein-Umstadt (a neighboring village) son of Andread Knoll and Susanne Marg, nee Strumfels. He died in Altheim on January 26, 1806. He married Anne Margarethe, nee Schodt, in Altheim on June 2, 1808. She was from Altheim Hauptstraze 27. Of the eight brothers and sisters of Johann Adam Knoll, two died while yet children, three girls married into families from Altheim, Schaatheim and Harpertshau. Johann Adam Knoll was born August 30, 1813, and remained in the house and continued the line. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll went, according to the traditions of the descendants, to Canada to help out the fatherless
family with money. The father died at age 48 in 1826. However Knoll family was not without means at that time. Her mother's parents owned what for Altheim was quite a good piece of property at Hauptstraze 27. The parents, Philipp Schodt, born 1738, and Anna Margarethe Schodt, (married 1760) had two sons. Johann Martin and Johann Philipp who married someone from outside Altheim. The daughter, Anna Margarethe Schodt, stayed in her parents home and married Johann Adam Knoll from Klein Umstadt. In 1804 the property consisted of a two story house (that still stands today and has an arched gate), a barn and stable, on fourth Morgen (a measure of land six to nine tenths of an acre) garden, thirty four Morgen fields, three and three-fourths Morgen meadows, value of the property 200 florins. In 1848 the property was passed on to the son (inherited) who was again called Johann Adam Knoll, born August 29, 1813, and married Katherine Elizabeth Appell on June 12, 1836 (first wife). The son, Johann Nikolaus Knoll I took over the house and farm in 1871. His son was Johann Nikolaus Knoll II. His oldest daughter, Anna Marie Knoll, born February 5, 1817 married the farmer, Friedrich Heinrich Funck, who died at an advanced age, and passed the property on to the Hergert family. The farm yard had 617 sq. meters and the meadow 428 sq. M.
It is understandable that from the many children in the family, two sons would decide to emigrate. At that time poverty ruled in the villages and there was a great lack of opportunities for work. The small farming businesses were not in a position to support families with many children.
The son who remained in the house, Johann Valentin (Family Book II, page 259) had two daughters and one son. The son, Johann Nickolaus, born February .21, 1859 and died April 10, 1916, remained again in the house. (Family Book III, page 74). On February 9, 1873 he married Marie Gobel, born August 22, 1848, and died April 2, 1924. The three children were Katharine, born October 21, 1873; Elise, born June 10, 1879, and Johann Georg, born October 5, 1882.
Georg Zimmerman, born October 5, 1881, died October 12, 1960 in Altheim. (Family Book III, page 232) George was the last descendant in the Zimmerman family line. On April .14, 1912 he married Friederike
Funck, born July 1, 1885 in Hergershausen. She died July 2, 1960.They left two daughters, Elizabeth Zimmerman, born April 6, 1913 and died January 12, 1962, and Katharina, born September 13, 1914. Katha Haag, nee Zimmerman, still lives to day in the parent house of the Zimmerman family at Altheim, Haupstraze 35. On December 19, 1942 she married Jakob Haag, a civil servant, who died December 26, 1974.
In 1907, Nikolaus Zimmerman had the old half-timbered house torn down, and the present house built with attic and superstructure over the gate, finished on the outside with rock or brick. In 1973, the sonin-law, Karl Hunkel, gained extra living space by adding a construction over the gatehouse. In the upper story, Karl Hunkel and his wife Hildegard, nee Haag, and their children Regina, Matthias and Carmen, live. The yard has 621 square meters, the meadow and grassed area behind it has 767 square meters.
"What you inherit from your fathers you must pass on in order to keep."
"And I heard a voice from heaven say to me: 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, Father, Master from now on. The spirit speaks, that they rest from their work, because their works follow them."'
Of the five children of Johann Peter Zimmerman, the three sonst Johann Peter, Nickel Matthias, and Andreas left numerous descendants. These can be followed in a tabular summary.
We are interested in the line of Nickel Matthias Zimmerman, which stretches into the present.
Nickel Matthias Zimmerman was born October 16, 1677 and died April 13, 1731. He had seven children. (Family Book I, page 66.) Of the two sons, Johann Jost Zimmerman continues the line.
6. Johann Jost Zimmerman, born. August 23, 1713 and died January, 1792 (Family Book I, page 66a), had four children. Of his-two sons, Johann Bernhard continues the line.
5. Johann Bernhard Zimmerman, born June 2, 1743 and died April 19, 1800. Married on September 17, 1772 in the house of Johann Valentin Appel at Hauptstraze 35, and was "coupled'' with his daughter, Anna Sybilla. Johann Valentin Appel and Anna Sybilla, nee Appel, had seven children. Anna died in childbirth with the seventh child, who was born dead. Bernhard Zimmerman married four more times: 1783, 1793, 1799 and 1802. From the first marriage, Johann Peter Zimmerman continues the line.
4. Johann Peter Zimmerman, born December 11, 1773 and died July 7, 1852 in Altheim. He left ten children. (Family Book II, page 66.) Of them, Johann Christian Zimmerman, born August 17, 1800 went to Canada, in May of 1832. Elizabeth Knoll from Hauptstraze 27, born January 30, 1809, emigrated with him to America. They did not first become acquainted on the ship as assumed by descendants, but rather already knew one another in Altheim. The brother, Johann Henrich Zimmerman, born September 14, 1815 followed in 1837. He was not older as assumed by descendants, but fifteen years younger. Both brothers received a farm with 100 acres of land in Canada from the English government near Sebringville in Ontario.
The two sons that remained in Altheim have descendants, Johann Valentin Zimmerman, born January 11, 1810 and died August 27, 1837, stayed in the same house at Hauptstraze 35. The father, Johann Peter Zimmerman had only a small rural property which consisted of a two-story house, barn, cow-barn, pig pen, ten and one-half morgan field, two morgen meadows; worth of property was 960 florins. Of Peter Zimmerman's ten children, two drowned in the stream behind the house: Anna Maria,- born 1804 and drowned September 21, 1806; and Johann Peter, born 1807 and died December 9, 1810."
translated by Mrs. Gerald Cleveland of Spring Valley."6Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore Co., MN, Spring Valley Twsp. ED86.
7Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman, History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim, written in conjunction with Rolland Zimmerman's visit to Altheim in October of 1983 . "From the History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim
There have been many families named Zimmerman from the Thirty Years War till modern times. Most were small farmers, or master wheelwrights, master carpenters, or master weavers. Through several generations, they lived in different houses in the village at Hauptstraze (street) 14, 34, 58, 35; Kirchstraze 11, 23, 25, 33, 35; Baben Hauserstraze 1, 3, and Kreuzstraze 8 and 10. Today there are no more Zimmerman families in Altheim.
When many inhabitants emigrated in the last century, two families from the Zimmerman circle, and a few single people, also left their hometown of Altheim and emigrated. One family Johann Peter Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 80) went to Slavonia and Yugoslavia, and one family, Leonhard Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 272) went to North America. Among the single people, Johann Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35 (Haag) went to Canada in May of 1832. His brother, Johann Heinrich, followed him in 1837. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll from Altheim, Hauptstraze 17 (Hergert) emigrated with Johann Christian Zimmerman in May 1832. The two married on their new farm in Canada. Christian Zimmerman, born August 27, 1800, died in 1851 in Canada. His wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, maiden name Knoll, born January 30, 1809 in Altheim, died October 18, 1888 in Preston, Minnesota, U.S.A., on the Adam Zimmerman farm. A great grandson, Rolland Zimmerman, R.R. #1 Box 26, Racine, Minnesota, 55961, U.S.A., came to Altheim with his family in October, 1983, to visit the hometown of his ancestors. He also visited the house at Hauptstraze 35 from which his great grandfather emigrated with his brothers. His visit gave cause to research the history of the Zimmerman family in Altheim and to record it.
A Hans Zimmerman is mentioned in Altheim as early as 1558. Due to war, hunger and disease only about 120 of the 360 inhabitants of Altheim remained alive in the Thirty Years War(1618-1648). A Paulus Zimmerman survived the war, a magistrate (but from his handwork, a weaver). He was buried on April 11, 1666. One of his sons could have been Nikolaus Zimmerman of whom descendants still live at Kirchstraze 23 and 33.
A Johann Peter Zimmerman about 1648 was most probably a son of Paulus Zimmerman, because he was also a magistrate in 1682, and later a village mayor. He died July 20, 1705 at the age of 57. In 1680 he, like other husbandmen (farmers), was assessed a tax of 70 florins, but he was not very able to pay. He owned a poor home, the worth of which amounted to only 30 florins. The worth of his land was 165 florins, and for livestock he had two pair of bad (poor) horses, one cow, one-year-old ox, three pigs. (A good beginning nonetheless, considering the poverty after the war.) In addition 25 florins borrowed from the church building and ten from the parsonage. He had five children. (Family Book I, page 64).
The wife of the emigrant Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35, was Elizabeth Knoll, who likewise came from Altheim. She came from the house at Hauptstraze 27 (today Hergert), therefore only a few houses farther on the same side of the street. Elizabeth Knoll emigrated to Canada in May of 1832 as did Christian Zimmerman. Therefore they did not become acquainted on the emigrant ship as descendants assumed, rather they must have decided together, back in Altheim, to emigrate to Canada. Elizabeth Knoll was born in Altheim. In earlier times, Altheim was also called Spitzaltheim, because the church in Altheim had a high pointed (spitzen) tower. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll was born January 30, 1809, and died October 18, 1888 on the Adam Zimmerman farm in the U.S.A. at Preston in Minnesota, allegedly at the age of 76 years, 9 months. Her father in Altheim was Johann Adam Knoll, born October 21, 1778 in Klein-Umstadt (a neighboring village) son of Andread Knoll and Susanne Marg, nee Strumfels. He died in Altheim on January 26, 1806. He married Anne Margarethe, nee Schodt, in Altheim on June 2, 1808. She was from Altheim Hauptstraze 27. Of the eight brothers and sisters of Johann Adam Knoll, two died while yet children, three girls married into families from Altheim, Schaatheim and Harpertshau. Johann Adam Knoll was born August 30, 1813, and remained in the house and continued the line. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll went, according to the traditions of the descendants, to Canada to help out the fatherless
family with money. The father died at age 48 in 1826. However Knoll family was not without means at that time. Her mother's parents owned what for Altheim was quite a good piece of property at Hauptstraze 27. The parents, Philipp Schodt, born 1738, and Anna Margarethe Schodt, (married 1760) had two sons. Johann Martin and Johann Philipp who married someone from outside Altheim. The daughter, Anna Margarethe Schodt, stayed in her parents home and married Johann Adam Knoll from Klein Umstadt. In 1804 the property consisted of a two story house (that still stands today and has an arched gate), a barn and stable, on fourth Morgen (a measure of land six to nine tenths of an acre) garden, thirty four Morgen fields, three and three-fourths Morgen meadows, value of the property 200 florins. In 1848 the property was passed on to the son (inherited) who was again called Johann Adam Knoll, born August 29, 1813, and married Katherine Elizabeth Appell on June 12, 1836 (first wife). The son, Johann Nikolaus Knoll I took over the house and farm in 1871. His son was Johann Nikolaus Knoll II. His oldest daughter, Anna Marie Knoll, born February 5, 1817 married the farmer, Friedrich Heinrich Funck, who died at an advanced age, and passed the property on to the Hergert family. The farm yard had 617 sq. meters and the meadow 428 sq. M.
It is understandable that from the many children in the family, two sons would decide to emigrate. At that time poverty ruled in the villages and there was a great lack of opportunities for work. The small farming businesses were not in a position to support families with many children.
The son who remained in the house, Johann Valentin (Family Book II, page 259) had two daughters and one son. The son, Johann Nickolaus, born February .21, 1859 and died April 10, 1916, remained again in the house. (Family Book III, page 74). On February 9, 1873 he married Marie Gobel, born August 22, 1848, and died April 2, 1924. The three children were Katharine, born October 21, 1873; Elise, born June 10, 1879, and Johann Georg, born October 5, 1882.
Georg Zimmerman, born October 5, 1881, died October 12, 1960 in Altheim. (Family Book III, page 232) George was the last descendant in the Zimmerman family line. On April .14, 1912 he married Friederike
Funck, born July 1, 1885 in Hergershausen. She died July 2, 1960.They left two daughters, Elizabeth Zimmerman, born April 6, 1913 and died January 12, 1962, and Katharina, born September 13, 1914. Katha Haag, nee Zimmerman, still lives to day in the parent house of the Zimmerman family at Altheim, Haupstraze 35. On December 19, 1942 she married Jakob Haag, a civil servant, who died December 26, 1974.
In 1907, Nikolaus Zimmerman had the old half-timbered house torn down, and the present house built with attic and superstructure over the gate, finished on the outside with rock or brick. In 1973, the sonin-law, Karl Hunkel, gained extra living space by adding a construction over the gatehouse. In the upper story, Karl Hunkel and his wife Hildegard, nee Haag, and their children Regina, Matthias and Carmen, live. The yard has 621 square meters, the meadow and grassed area behind it has 767 square meters.
"What you inherit from your fathers you must pass on in order to keep."
"And I heard a voice from heaven say to me: 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, Father, Master from now on. The spirit speaks, that they rest from their work, because their works follow them."'
Of the five children of Johann Peter Zimmerman, the three sonst Johann Peter, Nickel Matthias, and Andreas left numerous descendants. These can be followed in a tabular summary.
We are interested in the line of Nickel Matthias Zimmerman, which stretches into the present.
Nickel Matthias Zimmerman was born October 16, 1677 and died April 13, 1731. He had seven children. (Family Book I, page 66.) Of the two sons, Johann Jost Zimmerman continues the line.
6. Johann Jost Zimmerman, born. August 23, 1713 and died January, 1792 (Family Book I, page 66a), had four children. Of his-two sons, Johann Bernhard continues the line.
5. Johann Bernhard Zimmerman, born June 2, 1743 and died April 19, 1800. Married on September 17, 1772 in the house of Johann Valentin Appel at Hauptstraze 35, and was "coupled'' with his daughter, Anna Sybilla. Johann Valentin Appel and Anna Sybilla, nee Appel, had seven children. Anna died in childbirth with the seventh child, who was born dead. Bernhard Zimmerman married four more times: 1783, 1793, 1799 and 1802. From the first marriage, Johann Peter Zimmerman continues the line.
4. Johann Peter Zimmerman, born December 11, 1773 and died July 7, 1852 in Altheim. He left ten children. (Family Book II, page 66.) Of them, Johann Christian Zimmerman, born August 17, 1800 went to Canada, in May of 1832. Elizabeth Knoll from Hauptstraze 27, born January 30, 1809, emigrated with him to America. They did not first become acquainted on the ship as assumed by descendants, but rather already knew one another in Altheim. The brother, Johann Henrich Zimmerman, born September 14, 1815 followed in 1837. He was not older as assumed by descendants, but fifteen years younger. Both brothers received a farm with 100 acres of land in Canada from the English government near Sebringville in Ontario.
The two sons that remained in Altheim have descendants, Johann Valentin Zimmerman, born January 11, 1810 and died August 27, 1837, stayed in the same house at Hauptstraze 35. The father, Johann Peter Zimmerman had only a small rural property which consisted of a two-story house, barn, cow-barn, pig pen, ten and one-half morgan field, two morgen meadows; worth of property was 960 florins. Of Peter Zimmerman's ten children, two drowned in the stream behind the house: Anna Maria,- born 1804 and drowned September 21, 1806; and Johann Peter, born 1807 and died December 9, 1810." translated by Mrs. Gerald Cleveland of Spring Valley. This letter is part of the "Zimmerman History Packet received from J. Rose 26 Feb 2005.".8Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore Co., MN, Spring Valley Twsp. ED86.
9Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman, History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim.
10Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman, History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim.
Elizabeth Dorothea KNOLL Kneil Knell
1Zimmerman, Forrest- notes from conversation with, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
2Goettel, Steve Lloyd, Britzius, Zimmerman, Maurer Research.
3Census, Federal - 1870 - Mower Co., MN, town of Racine, Ancestry p.4 of 14, 4 Jun 1870. "Dwelling # 59 Family # 59
Zimmerman, Peter age 27 farmer RE=$3000 PE=$200 b. Canada
Catherine 25 Can
Anna 1 MN
Elizabeth 60 Hesse Darmstadt."4Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman, History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim, written in conjunction with Rolland Zimmerman's visit to Altheim in October of 1983 , pp.28,29. "From the History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim
There have been many families named Zimmerman from the Thirty Years War till modern times. Most were small farmers, or master wheelwrights, master carpenters, or master weavers. Through several generations, they lived in different houses in the village at Hauptstraze (street) 14, 34, 58, 35; Kirchstraze 11, 23, 25, 33, 35; Baben Hauserstraze 1, 3, and Kreuzstraze 8 and 10. Today there are no more Zimmerman families in Altheim.
When many inhabitants emigrated in the last century, two families from the Zimmerman circle, and a few single people, also left their hometown of Altheim and emigrated. One family Johann Peter Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 80) went to Slavonia and Yugoslavia, and one family, Leonhard Zimmerman (Family Book II, page 272) went to North America. Among the single people, Johann Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35 (Haag) went to Canada in May of 1832. His brother, Johann Heinrich, followed him in 1837. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll from Altheim, Hauptstraze 17 (Hergert) emigrated with Johann Christian Zimmerman in May 1832. The two married on their new farm in Canada. Christian Zimmerman, born August 27, 1800, died in 1851 in Canada. His wife, Elizabeth Zimmerman, maiden name Knoll, born January 30, 1809 in Altheim, died October 18, 1888 in Preston, Minnesota, U.S.A., on the Adam Zimmerman farm. A great grandson, Rolland Zimmerman, R.R. #1 Box 26, Racine, Minnesota, 55961, U.S.A., came to Altheim with his family in October, 1983, to visit the hometown of his ancestors. He also visited the house at Hauptstraze 35 from which his great grandfather emigrated with his brothers. His visit gave cause to research the history of the Zimmerman family in Altheim and to record it.
A Hans Zimmerman is mentioned in Altheim as early as 1558. Due to war, hunger and disease only about 120 of the 360 inhabitants of Altheim remained alive in the Thirty Years War(1618-1648). A Paulus Zimmerman survived the war, a magistrate (but from his handwork, a weaver). He was buried on April 11, 1666. One of his sons could have been Nikolaus Zimmerman of whom descendants still live at Kirchstraze 23 and 33.
A Johann Peter Zimmerman about 1648 was most probably a son of Paulus Zimmerman, because he was also a magistrate in 1682, and later a village mayor. He died July 20, 1705 at the age of 57. In 1680 he, like other husbandmen (farmers), was assessed a tax of 70 florins, but he was not very able to pay. He owned a poor home, the worth of which amounted to only 30 florins. The worth of his land was 165 florins, and for livestock he had two pair of bad (poor) horses, one cow, one-year-old ox, three pigs. (A good beginning nonetheless, considering the poverty after the war.) In addition 25 florins borrowed from the church building and ten from the parsonage. He had five children. (Family Book I, page 64).
The wife of the emigrant Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35, was Elizabeth Knoll, who likewise came from Altheim. She came from the house at Hauptstraze 27 (today Hergert), therefore only a few houses farther on the same side of the street. Elizabeth Knoll emigrated to Canada in May of 1832 as did Christian Zimmerman. Therefore they did not become acquainted on the emigrant ship as descendants assumed, rather they must have decided together, back in Altheim, to emigrate to Canada. Elizabeth Knoll was born in Altheim. In earlier times, Altheim was also called Spitzaltheim, because the church in Altheim had a high pointed (spitzen) tower. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll was born January 30, 1809, and died October 18, 1888 on the Adam Zimmerman farm in the U.S.A. at Preston in Minnesota, allegedly at the age of 76 years, 9 months. Her father in Altheim was Johann Adam Knoll, born October 21, 1778 in Klein-Umstadt (a neighboring village) son of Andread Knoll and Susanne Marg, nee Strumfels. He died in Altheim on January 26, 1806. He married Anne Margarethe, nee Schodt, in Altheim on June 2, 1808. She was from Altheim Hauptstraze 27. Of the eight brothers and sisters of Johann Adam Knoll, two died while yet children, three girls married into families from Altheim, Schaatheim and Harpertshau. Johann Adam Knoll was born August 30, 1813, and remained in the house and continued the line. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll went, according to the traditions of the descendants, to Canada to help out the fatherless
family with money. The father died at age 48 in 1826. However Knoll family was not without means at that time. Her mother's parents owned what for Altheim was quite a good piece of property at Hauptstraze 27. The parents, Philipp Schodt, born 1738, and Anna Margarethe Schodt, (married 1760) had two sons. Johann Martin and Johann Philipp who married someone from outside Altheim. The daughter, Anna Margarethe Schodt, stayed in her parents home and married Johann Adam Knoll from Klein Umstadt. In 1804 the property consisted of a two story house (that still stands today and has an arched gate), a barn and stable, on fourth Morgen (a measure of land six to nine tenths of an acre) garden, thirty four Morgen fields, three and three-fourths Morgen meadows, value of the property 200 florins. In 1848 the property was passed on to the son (inherited) who was again called Johann Adam Knoll, born August 29, 1813, and married Katherine Elizabeth Appell on June 12, 1836 (first wife). The son, Johann Nikolaus Knoll I took over the house and farm in 1871. His son was Johann Nikolaus Knoll II. His oldest daughter, Anna Marie Knoll, born February 5, 1817 married the farmer, Friedrich Heinrich Funck, who died at an advanced age, and passed the property on to the Hergert family. The farm yard had 617 sq. meters and the meadow 428 sq. M.
It is understandable that from the many children in the family, two sons would decide to emigrate. At that time poverty ruled in the villages and there was a great lack of opportunities for work. The small farming businesses were not in a position to support families with many children.
The son who remained in the house, Johann Valentin (Family Book II, page 259) had two daughters and one son. The son, Johann Nickolaus, born February .21, 1859 and died April 10, 1916, remained again in the house. (Family Book III, page 74). On February 9, 1873 he married Marie Gobel, born August 22, 1848, and died April 2, 1924. The three children were Katharine, born October 21, 1873; Elise, born June 10, 1879, and Johann Georg, born October 5, 1882.
Georg Zimmerman, born October 5, 1881, died October 12, 1960 in Altheim. (Family Book III, page 232) George was the last descendant in the Zimmerman family line. On April .14, 1912 he married Friederike
Funck, born July 1, 1885 in Hergershausen. She died July 2, 1960.They left two daughters, Elizabeth Zimmerman, born April 6, 1913 and died January 12, 1962, and Katharina, born September 13, 1914. Katha Haag, nee Zimmerman, still lives to day in the parent house of the Zimmerman family at Altheim, Haupstraze 35. On December 19, 1942 she married Jakob Haag, a civil servant, who died December 26, 1974.
In 1907, Nikolaus Zimmerman had the old half-timbered house torn down, and the present house built with attic and superstructure over the gate, finished on the outside with rock or brick. In 1973, the sonin-law, Karl Hunkel, gained extra living space by adding a construction over the gatehouse. In the upper story, Karl Hunkel and his wife Hildegard, nee Haag, and their children Regina, Matthias and Carmen, live. The yard has 621 square meters, the meadow and grassed area behind it has 767 square meters.
"What you inherit from your fathers you must pass on in order to keep."
"And I heard a voice from heaven say to me: 'Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, Father, Master from now on. The spirit speaks, that they rest from their work, because their works follow them."'
Of the five children of Johann Peter Zimmerman, the three sonst Johann Peter, Nickel Matthias, and Andreas left numerous descendants. These can be followed in a tabular summary.
We are interested in the line of Nickel Matthias Zimmerman, which stretches into the present.
Nickel Matthias Zimmerman was born October 16, 1677 and died April 13, 1731. He had seven children. (Family Book I, page 66.) Of the two sons, Johann Jost Zimmerman continues the line.
6. Johann Jost Zimmerman, born. August 23, 1713 and died January, 1792 (Family Book I, page 66a), had four children. Of his-two sons, Johann Bernhard continues the line.
5. Johann Bernhard Zimmerman, born June 2, 1743 and died April 19, 1800. Married on September 17, 1772 in the house of Johann Valentin Appel at Hauptstraze 35, and was "coupled'' with his daughter, Anna Sybilla. Johann Valentin Appel and Anna Sybilla, nee Appel, had seven children. Anna died in childbirth with the seventh child, who was born dead. Bernhard Zimmerman married four more times: 1783, 1793, 1799 and 1802. From the first marriage, Johann Peter Zimmerman continues the line.
4. Johann Peter Zimmerman, born December 11, 1773 and died July 7, 1852 in Altheim. He left ten children. (Family Book II, page 66.) Of them, Johann Christian Zimmerman, born August 17, 1800 went to Canada, in May of 1832. Elizabeth Knoll from Hauptstraze 27, born January 30, 1809, emigrated with him to America. They did not first become acquainted on the ship as assumed by descendants, but rather already knew one another in Altheim. The brother, Johann Henrich Zimmerman, born September 14, 1815 followed in 1837. He was not older as assumed by descendants, but fifteen years younger. Both brothers received a farm with 100 acres of land in Canada from the English government near Sebringville in Ontario.
The two sons that remained in Altheim have descendants, Johann Valentin Zimmerman, born January 11, 1810 and died August 27, 1837, stayed in the same house at Hauptstraze 35. The father, Johann Peter Zimmerman had only a small rural property which consisted of a two-story house, barn, cow-barn, pig pen, ten and one-half morgan field, two morgen meadows; worth of property was 960 florins. Of Peter Zimmerman's ten children, two drowned in the stream behind the house: Anna Maria,- born 1804 and drowned September 21, 1806; and Johann Peter, born 1807 and died December 9, 1810." translated by Mrs. Gerald Cleveland of Spring Valley. This letter is part of the "Zimmerman History Packet received from J. Rose 26 Feb 2005.". "p. 28 The wife of the emigrant Christian Zimmerman from Altheim, Hauptstraze 35, was Elizabeth Knoll, who likewise came from Altheim. She came from the house at Hauptstraze 27 (today Hergert), therefore only a few houses farther on the same side of the street. Elizabeth Knoll emigrated to Canada in May of 1832 as did Christian Zimmerman. Therefore they did not become acquainted on the emigrant ship as descendants assumed, rather they must have decided together, back in Altheim, to emigrate to Canada. Elizabeth Knoll was born in Altheim. In earlier times, Altheim was also called Spitzaltheim, because the church in Altheim had a high pointed (spitzen) tower. Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll was born January 30, 1809, and died October 18, 1888 on the Adam Zimmerman farm in the U.S.A. at Preston in Minnesota, allegedly at the age of 76 years, 9 months. Her father in Altheim was Johann Adam Knoll, born October 21, 1778 in Klein-Umstadt (a neighboring village) son of Andread Knoll and Susanne Marg, nee Strumfels. He died in Altheim on January 26, 1806. He married Anne Margarethe, nee Schodt, in Altheim on June 2, 1808. She was from Altheim Hauptstraze 27. Of the eight brothers and sisters of Johann Adam Knoll, two died while yet children, three girls married into families from Altheim, Schaatheim and Harpertshau. Johann Adam Knoll was born August 30, 1813, and remained in the house and continued the line. The oldest daughter, Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll went, according to the traditions of the descendants, to Canada to help out the fatherless
p. 29 family with money. The father died at age 48 in 1826. However Knoll family was not without means at that time. Her mother's parents owned what for Altheim was quite a good piece of property at Hauptstraze 27. The parents, Philipp Schodt, born 1738, and Anna Margarethe Schodt, (married 1760) had two sons. Johann Martin and Johann Philipp who married someone from outside Altheim. The daughter, Anna Margarethe Schodt, stayed in her parents home and married Johann Adam Knoll from Klein Umstadt. In 1804 the property consisted of a two story house (that still stands today and has an arched gate), a barn and stable, on fourth Morgen (a measure of land six to nine tenths of an acre) garden, thirty four Morgen fields, three and three-fourths Morgen meadows, value of the property 200 florins. In 1848 the property was passed on to the son (inherited) who was again called Johann Adam Knoll, born August 29, 1813, and married Katherine Elizabeth Appell on June 12, 1836 (first wife). The son, Johann Nikolaus Knoll I took over the house and farm in 1871. His son was Johann Nikolaus Knoll II. His oldest daughter, Anna Marie Knoll, born February 5, 1817 married the farmer, Friedrich Heinrich Funck, who died at an advanced age, and passed the property on to the Hargert family. The farm yard had 617 sq. meters and the meadow 428 sq. M."5Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "p.10 An inheritance came for my grandmother from the old country; but a man by the name of Henry Zimmerman, who was not a relative and who had no right to it whatever, succeeded in getting it away from her.
For a number of years until Henry, the oldest boy, was ready to marry, the mother and fami1y carried on the work of the farm together. She built a large wooden barn, and made a few other improvements. I was interested to learn that grandmother had a little cow "Daisy" that she kept for twenty two years.
The Greys were among their friends at this time. After Henry was married he built a brick house for himself, but my grandmother continued to live in the old house. Some time later Henry sold the place to a Mr. Strasser and my grandmother came to the United States to live with some of her children (most were living in Minnesota). She seemed to be grieved because Henry did not succeed as well on the old place as she thought he should. Whatever property she may have had was lost in some way through Henry's mismanagement."6Kneil, Elizabeth - photo of tombstone. Methodist Cemetery, Preston, MN.
7Pfarrer Walter of Altheim to Rolland Zimmerman, History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim.
1Goettel, Steve, Britzius, Mathias-Descendants of, EMail. 57 pages.
2Goettel Steve, Maurer Descendants.
3Census, Federal - 1870 - Olmsted Co., Minnesota, Quincy Twsp, PO Little Valley, Ancestry page 11, 10 Aug 1870. "Line 27
Britzius T. age 51 Farmer RE: $7,000 PE: $2,350 born: Biow
Elizabeth 44 keeping house Biow
Addicum 17 Ohio
Jacob 14 Ohio
John 10 Ohio
Henry 7 Ohio
Mary 6 MN
Theobald 4 MN
Caroline 1 MN
Line 36
Britzius Geo. 24 Farmer PE: $300 Ohio
Margurite 20 Keeping House Ohio."4Census, Federal - 1880 - Olmstead Co., MN, Quincy ED 197, Ancestry p. 11 of 15. "Name: Theobuld Britzins
[Theobuld Britzius]
[Theobald Britzins]
[Theobald Britzius]
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1880: Quincy, Olmsted, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Britzins
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Ger.
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members: Name Age
Theobuld Britzins 60
Elizabeth Britzins 53
John Britzins 20
Henry Britzins 18
Mary Britzins 16
Theobuld Britzins 14
Caroline Britzins 11
H. Van Lackum 8."5Census, Federal 1850, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio, Ancestry.com. "Name: Theobald Buzas
[Theobald Britzius]
Age: 30
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1850: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Male
Family Number: 238
Household Members: Name Age
Theobald Buzas 30
Elizabeth Buzas 23
Elizabeth Buzas 6
George Buzas 4
Phebe Buzas 3
Catharine Buzas 2
Theobald Buzas 0
Jacob Buzas 62."6Census, Federal 1860, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio. "Name: Delnalp Pretzeus
[Theobald Britzius]
Age in 1860: 38
Birth Year: abt 1822
Birthplace: Bavaria
Home in 1860: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Male
Post Office: Ragersville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Delnalp Pretzeus 38
Elizabeth Pretzeus 35
Elizabeth Pretzeus 17
Geo Pretzeus 14
Margaret Pretzeus 12
Adam Pretzeus 10
Jacob Pretzeus 7
Nicholas Pretzeus 5
John Pretzeus 2
Jacob Pretzeus 69."7Ancestry.com, Minnesota County History Name Index. "Given Name: T.
Surname: Britzius
Book: OLMSTED CO. PLAT
Year: 1878
Town: Quincy
Section: 1 15."8Bill Moyer. "Theobald was born in House # 51
Per B. Moyer - in 1864 Theobald is living in Quincey, near Dover, Minn.
From Bill Moyer, 5 Mar 2005: "On the earliest immigration record for Theobald Britzius, old Theo is
listed in English, by an English customs official or ship clerk as "Dewold."
He got the sound okay but boy is it confusing for people like us."
Per Britzius file III p. 4 "On the ship 'Leopard' arriving New York 6 July 1840, departing Europe from Le Havre, were Jacob Britzius born 1788, Catharina Britzius born 1813, Jacob born 1820, 'Dewold' (Theobald) born 1821, and Lisbeth born 1823. . . Jakob Britzius lost his wife, Katarina Elizabeth Schwartz, in Bisterschied in 1838. Two years later he emigrated (we learn from above record) with four of his children including 20 - year old Theobald, who later married Christine Elizabeth Maurer. . .also young Jakob Britzius, 16, who later married Catherine Wasem. The ship's record lists the family as coming from 'Bavaria.'"
History of the Bisterscheid area of Germany - per Britzius File III, p. 2
"We asked about the history of the Bisterschied area. Frau Matheis said that long ago stone was cut there for millstones and people moved in from Franken/Wurzburg to work and live. Frau Poth said grapes were once grown in the area, but there was insufficient labor to maintain the vineyards and the crops now are mostly grain plus some vegetables. Gunter Brizius said he understood that during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) loss of life in the Pfalz was so great that after the war was over the nobles who owned the land sought immigrants from all over to repopulate the area and restore the flow of taxes and rents. He was told that the Brizius family immigrated with other Huguenots from France because of the oppression by Louis XIV of the Protestants. . . . I also asked about metal mining in the area because of the pewter plate that was passed down in the britzius family in Minnesota, and was told that indeed there had been considerable metal mining all around the Donnersberg."
Britzius File III p. 8 " (Frau Dahler) heard that the Britzius family immigrated originally from Austria."
Britzius File III - about the Pfalz - "The Pfalz has the largest forests in Germany, even larger than the Black Forest. . . In 1814 the Pfalz area west of the Moselle came under Prussian rule, the area to the (east) going to Austria - Bavaria. At the Congress of Vienna the Pfalz was given to Bavaria. . .Bavaria was Catholic whereas most of the people of the Pfalz were Protestant.
Britzius File III - pp. 10 - 12 "My Trip to America" a letter from a person who emigrated from the Pfalz to Ohio in 1832
Britzius File II p. 4
"I told her the legend in my Mother-in-law's family that the name had originally been "Brisseau and two of its progenitors were said to have been a young soldier and a young lady 'attached to the French court' who had eloped, which was considered scandalous and resulted in their moving to another place."
p. 17 " A legend in George Britzius's family (related to Margaret Russell Sutton by her mother, Leona Britzius Russell) was that his grandmother was 'a lady of the French court' who married a soldier and eloped, going to Alsace-Lorraine for a generation. The name was Brizeau (or Briseau) in French. It was very scandalous to elope in those days. I haven't been able to find any confirmation of this story, although the Bisterschied area is on the French/German border and did go back and forth between the two countries as part of the general area of Alsace-Lorraine at the time of Napoleon and subsequently. 'The French Court' could also mean 'a' French court such as in the town of Saarbrucken, Metz, Strasbourg, etc., wherever a noble had his court, and this possibility would open up quite a few opportunities for the story to have validity. Counts, dukes, and princes in such cities (not just Paris) had sizeable retinues of soldiers, maids, and artisans. Occassionally a listing of such court personnel is given in Pfalzisch-Rheinische Familienkunde, a genealogical and historical magazine. . . The Dec. 1987 issue lists the members of the 1734 court of the Duke of Zweibrucken - 176 people in all, including 20 nobles and many lesser specialists such as trumpeters, bakers, guards, porters, a tailor, a clockmaster, a forest game master, teachers, archivists, etc."
Brizius File II p. 12 - Linen Weaving was a traditional Bisterschied occupation."9Britzius File III, p.30. 30 pages of copied documents received by Dianne Stevens from Bill Moyer on 10 Mar 2005. "Birth Record of Theobald Britzius
Translation: In 1820, on the 13th of February at one p.m., there appeared before me, Peter Lanzer, mayor of Bisterschied, Bavaria, Jacob Britzius, 32 years old, farmer living in Bisterschied. He declares to me that on the twelfth of February at 7 a.m. his wife Catharina (nee) Schwarz gave birth to a male child in House # 51 in Bisterschied. They have named the baby Theobald. This declaration is witnessed by Erasmus Bernhard, 47, farmer liivng in Bisterschied, and Johann Gerler, 33, farmer living in Bisterschied.
Signed:
Jacob Britzius Erasmus Bernhard Johannes Gehler Lantzer." copy of an original German birth certificate and its translation.10Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
11Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree.
1Goettel Steve, Maurer Descendants.
2Census, Federal - 1870 - Olmsted Co., Minnesota, Quincy Twsp, PO Little Valley, Ancestry page 11, 10 Aug 1870. "Line 27
Britzius T. age 51 Farmer RE: $7,000 PE: $2,350 born: Biow
Elizabeth 44 keeping house Biow
Addicum 17 Ohio
Jacob 14 Ohio
John 10 Ohio
Henry 7 Ohio
Mary 6 MN
Theobald 4 MN
Caroline 1 MN
Line 36
Britzius Geo. 24 Farmer PE: $300 Ohio
Margurite 20 Keeping House Ohio."3Obituary, Post & Record (Minnesota Newspaper). "Miss Elizabeth Christiana Maurer was born Aug. 8, 1827, at Waldgreweiler, Canton Rockenhausen, Bavaria, Germany. She came to the United States in 1834 and settled in Tuscawarawas County, Ohio, and was united in marriage to Theobald Britzius on Dec., 7, 1843. In 1884 they moved to Minnesota and settled in the town of Quincy. They were converted in 1886 and joined the Evangelical Association. She was faithful to her church and to the Lord until called from labor to her reward on Nov. 7, 1902.
Five children and a husband who died a little more than a year ago preceeded her in death. One brother, six sons, four daughters, and many friends mourn her departure. The children present at the funeral were Rev. George Britzius and wife from ____cloud, Phoebe Harthman and husband from Dover, Mary Schmitt and husband from St. Charles, Tim Britzius and wife from their old home in Quincy, Adam and wife from Rochester, Jacob from Aberdeen, S.D., and Carrie." Received from Bill Moyer, postmark 28 Jun 2010
Bill adds a note about the "Evangelical Association." He says, "This means Lutheran.".4Census, Federal 1850, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio, Ancestry.com. "Name: Elizabeth Buzas
[Elizabeth Britziius]
[Elizabeth Britzius]
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1850: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Female
Family Number: 238
Household Members: Name Age
Theobald Buzas 30
Elizabeth Buzas 23
Elizabeth Buzas 6
George Buzas 4
Phebe Buzas 3
Catharine Buzas 2
Theobald Buzas 0
Jacob Buzas 62."5Census, Federal 1860, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio. "Name: Elizabeth Pretzeus
[Elizabeth Britzius]
Age in 1860: 35
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Bavaria
Home in 1860: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Female
Post Office: Ragersville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Delnalp Pretzeus 38
Elizabeth Pretzeus 35
Elizabeth Pretzeus 17
Geo Pretzeus 14
Margaret Pretzeus 12
Adam Pretzeus 10
Jacob Pretzeus 7
Nicholas Pretzeus 5
John Pretzeus 2
Jacob Pretzeus 69."6Census, Federal 1900, Quincy, Olmsted, Minnesota. "Name: Elizabeth Britzins
[Elizabeth Britzius]
[Elizabeth Britzms]
Age: 72
Birth Date: Aug 1827
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1900: Quincy, Olmsted, Minnesota
[Olmsted]
Race: White
Gender: Female
Immigration Year: 1835
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1845
Years Married: 55
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Mother: number of living children: 10
Mother: How many children: 15
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Britzins 72
Clara Taylor 34
Iva Taylor 13
Wilber Taylor 10
Frank Taylor 8
Robert Taylor 6
Clara Bell Taylor 3
Melvin Taylor 10/12." Her son Theobald is living next door.7Census, Federal - 1880 - Olmstead Co., MN, Quincy ED 197. "Name: Elizabeth Britzins
[Elizabeth Britzius]
Age: 53
Birth Year: abt 1827
Birthplace: Germany
Home in 1880: Quincy, Olmsted, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Theobuld Britzins
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members: Name Age
Theobuld Britzins 60
Elizabeth Britzins 53
John Britzins 20
Henry Britzins 18
Mary Britzins 16
Theobuld Britzins 14
Caroline Britzins 11
H. Van Lackum 8."8Maurer, Christina Elizabeth - tombstone.
9Britzius File III, p. 21. 30 pages of copied documents received by Dianne Stevens from Bill Moyer on 10 Mar 2005. "Birth Record of Christine Elisabethe Maurer
(Translation) In 1827, on the 9th of August, at twelve noon, there appeared before me, Adam Lanzer, mayor of Bisterschied and keeper of the civilian records of the community of Waldgrehweiler, Bavaria, Adam Maurer, 36 years old, farmer living in Waldgrehweiler, who declared to me that on the 8th of August at 5 a.m. a female child was born to his wife Jakobina (nee) Mohr in House # 49 in Waldgrehweiler. They have given the child the name Christine Elisabethe. This statement was made before witnessess Christine Steufort, 67 years old, resident of Waldgrehweiler, and Heinrich Geibel, 38, linenweaver, resident of Waldgrehweiler.
(signed)
Adam Maurer cristena Stf Heinrich Geibel Lantzer." This is a copy of an original German birth record for Christine Elisabetha, as well as an English translation.10Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
11Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree.
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2Census, Federal 1850, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio, Ancestry.com. "Name: Catharine Buzas
[Catharine Britziius]
[Catharine Britzius]
Age: 2
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1850: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Female
Family Number: 238
Household Members: Name Age
Theobald Buzas 30
Elizabeth Buzas 23
Elizabeth Buzas 6
George Buzas 4
Phebe Buzas 3
Catharine Buzas 2
Theobald Buzas 0
Jacob Buzas 62."3Bill Moyer, Britzius File I, received via USPS 24 Feb 2005, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2Bill Moyer, Britzius File I, received via USPS 24 Feb 2005, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
3Census, Federal 1860, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio. "Name: Nicholas Pretzeus
[Nicholas Britzius]
Age in 1860: 5
Birth Year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Male
Post Office: Ragersville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Delnalp Pretzeus 38
Elizabeth Pretzeus 35
Elizabeth Pretzeus 17
Geo Pretzeus 14
Margaret Pretzeus 12
Adam Pretzeus 10
Jacob Pretzeus 7
Nicholas Pretzeus 5
John Pretzeus 2
Jacob Pretzeus 69."
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2Census, Federal - 1870 - Olmsted Co., Minnesota, Quincy Twsp, PO Little Valley, Ancestry page 11, 10 Aug 1870. "Line 27
Britzius T. age 51 Farmer RE: $7,000 PE: $2,350 born: Biow
Elizabeth 44 keeping house Biow
Addicum 17 Ohio
Jacob 14 Ohio
John 10 Ohio
Henry 7 Ohio
Mary 6 MN
Theobald 4 MN
Caroline 1 MN
Line 36
Britzius Geo. 24 Farmer PE: $300 Ohio
Margurite 20 Keeping House Ohio."3Bill Moyer, Britzius File I, received via USPS 24 Feb 2005, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711.
4Census, Federal - 1920 - Second Judicial District, Alaska Territory, Cape Nome, Special Agent District 3, sheet 3; Ancestry p. 5 of 41, 5 Jan 1920.
5Census, Federal 1860, Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio. "Name: John Pretzeus
[John Britzius]
Age in 1860: 2
Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Auburn, Tuscarawas, Ohio
Gender: Male
Post Office: Ragersville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members: Name Age
Delnalp Pretzeus 38
Elizabeth Pretzeus 35
Elizabeth Pretzeus 17
Geo Pretzeus 14
Margaret Pretzeus 12
Adam Pretzeus 10
Jacob Pretzeus 7
Nicholas Pretzeus 5
John Pretzeus 2
Jacob Pretzeus 69."6Census, Federal - 1880 - Olmstead Co., MN, Quincy ED 197. "Name: John Britzins
[John Britzius]
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1880: Quincy, Olmsted, Minnesota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Theobuld Britzins
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Britzins
Mother's Birthplace: Ger.
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: At Home
Household Members: Name Age
Theobuld Britzins 60
Elizabeth Britzins 53
John Britzins 20
Henry Britzins 18
Mary Britzins 16
Theobuld Britzins 14
Caroline Britzins 11
H. Van Lackum 8."
1Ancestry.com, One World Tree.
1Ancestry.com, One World Tree.
1Census, Minnesota Territorial and State, 1849- 1905 - 1885 - Fillmore, Carrolton, Minnesota State census. "Name: Eve Hopp
Age: 57
Census Date: 1 May 1885
County: Fillmore
Locality: Preston
Birth Location: France
Gender: Female
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Race: White
Line: 11
Roll: MNSC_25." John Hopp is listed right below brother George.
1Census, Federal - 1870 - Benton Co, Iowa, Eldorado Twsp.
2Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
3Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED#149, sheet 4B (Ancestry p. 8). "266 Chapman St
Druschel, Chas W age 44 m 18 Yrs occ: Butcher
Emma 40 18 2 children born/2 living
Clifford 13
Mildred D. 9."4Census, Federal - 1920 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED#17, (Ancestry p. 5 of 23). "Line 10 266 Chapman St. dwelling # 55 household # 72
Druschel, Charles W. Head owns free age 54 PA Ger Ger retired merchant - meat & groceries
Emma Wife 49 MN Canada OH
Mildred D. dau 18 OR PA MN."5Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland.
6Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
7Charles W. Druschel death certificate, 12 Mar 2004, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens.
8Charles W. Druschel death certificate, state # 2867.
9Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland.
1Sheri Wheeler@qwest.net, Wheeler Family Tree, Ancestry.com.
2Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
3Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland.
4Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore County, Minnesota, Carrolton twsp, Film # T9-0619 p. 281A; Ancestry p. 18 of 21. "Line 47 Dwelling 138 Household 138
Zimmerman, Adam age 44 Farmer Canada Ger Ger
Elizabeth 35 wife Keeping House Ohio Ger Ger
Lizzie 20 dau MN Can Ger
Mary 19 dau MN Can Ger
Next page
William 14 son MN Can Ger
Emmie 10 dau MN Can Ohio
Arien 5 son MN Can OH
Clara 3 dau MN Can OH
George 8/12 son MN Can OH
Joseph, Emile 17 servant Farm hand Ger Ger Ger."5Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".6Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED#149, sheet 4B (Ancestry p. 8). "266 Chapman St
Druschel, Chas W age 44 m 18 Yrs occ: Butcher
Emma 40 18 2 children born/2 living
Clifford 13
Mildred D. 9."7Census, Federal - 1920 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED #17, sheet 3A (Ancestry p. 5), 5 Jan 1920. "Line 10 266 Chapman St. dwelling # 55 household # 72
Druschel, Charles W. Head owns free age 54 PA Ger Ger retired merchant - meat & groceries
Emma Wife 49 MN Canada OH
Mildred D. dau 18 OR PA MN."8Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Chap. 6; p.5 - 1952 update, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "Emma Druschel, the oldest child with the second wife, now 1ives with her daughter, Mildred
Druschel in Long Beach, California, where Mildred is a High School Instructor. Druschel passed away
some years ago. Clifford, Mildred's brother lives in Naperville, Illinois. There were only two children in
Emma's family."9Lloyd, Steve, Zimmerman, Christian - descendants, EMail.
10Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
11Patsy Clark Email.
12Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland.
1Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM, received 9Apr2007.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
3Census, Federal - 1910 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED#149, sheet 4B (Ancestry p. 8). "266 Chapman St
Druschel, Chas W age 44 m 18 Yrs occ: Butcher
Emma 40 18 2 children born/2 living
Clifford 13
Mildred D. 9."4Census, Federal - 1920 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED#17; (Ancestry p. 5). "Line 10 266 Chapman St. dwelling # 55 household # 72
Druschel, Charles W. Head owns free age 54 PA Ger Ger retired merchant - meat & groceries
Emma Wife 49 MN Canada OH
Mildred D. dau 18 OR PA MN."5Court Document, Los Angeles, California, Affidavit of birth, 4 Aug 1943.
6Court Document, Los Angeles, California, Affidavit of birth, back.
7Certificate of Baptism.
8Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, 7 of 16. "Hoff, George b. Jul 1865 age 34 m 5 yrs MI GER GER occ: day Laborer
Clara Oct 1876 23 5 MN OH Canada 3 chil b/2 living
Emmanuel Aug 1897 2 MN MI MN
Violet M Mar 1899 1 MN MI MN."3Census, Federal - 1910 - Spokane, Washington, Spokane, ward 5; p. 18 of 24. "Line 79 1407 Columbia Ave.
Hoff, George head age 45 m. 15 yrs MI GER GER OCC: House Carpenter Wage/own mort
Clara wife 32 15 6 chil b./4 living MN Can OH
Violet dau 11 MN MI MN
Harold son 9 OR MI MN
Myrtle dau 7 WA MI MN
Kenneth son 6 WA MI MN."4Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82.
5Ancestry.com, One World Tree.
6Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, 7 of 16.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore County, Minnesota, Carrolton twsp, Film # T9-0619 p. 281A; Ancestry p. 18 of 21. "Line 47 Dwelling 138 Household 138
Zimmerman, Adam age 44 Farmer Canada Ger Ger
Elizabeth 35 wife Keeping House Ohio Ger Ger
Lizzie 20 dau MN Can Ger
Mary 19 dau MN Can Ger
Next page
William 14 son MN Can Ger
Emmie 10 dau MN Can Ohio
Arien 5 son MN Can OH
Clara 3 dau MN Can OH
George 8/12 son MN Can OH
Joseph, Emile 17 servant Farm hand Ger Ger Ger."3Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".4Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82. "Hoff, George b. Jul 1865 age 34 m 5 yrs MI GER GER occ: day Laborer
Clara Oct 1876 23 5 MN OH Canada 3 chil b/2 living
Emmanuel Aug 1897 2 MN MI MN
Violet M Mar 1899 1 MN MI MN." Clara's family is living next to her mother's, Elizabeth Zimmerman's.5Census, Federal - 1910 - Spokane, Washington, Spokane, ward 5; p. 18 of 24. "Line 79 1407 Columbia Ave.
Hoff, George head age 45 m. 15 yrs MI GER GER OCC: House Carpenter Wage/own mort
Clara wife 32 15 6 chil b./4 living MN Can OH
Violet dau 11 MN MI MN
Harold son 9 OR MI MN
Myrtle dau 7 WA MI MN
Kenneth son 6 WA MI MN."6Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Ch. 6; p. 5, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "Clara (next younger than Aron) died in 1917. She had been married to a man by the name of Huff,
who was a minister but turned out later to be a scoundrel. I am told that he deserted his wife and family
many years ago and has not been heard from since. She had four children, Kenneth, Harold, Violet and
Myrtle. Violet and Myrtle live in Portland, Oregon. Harold lives in Cleveland, Ohio. I do not know
where Kenneth is; I think he was in the army."7Lloyd, Steve, Zimmerman, Christian - descendants, EMail.
8Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, 7 of 16.
9Ancestry.com, Hoff Family Tree.
10Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, 7 of 16.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Ancestry.com, World Tree.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, 7 of 16.
3Ancestry.com, World Tree.
4Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Census, Federal - 1910 - Spokane, Washington, Spokane, ward 5; p. 18 of 24. "Line 79 1407 Columbia Ave.
Hoff, George head age 45 m. 15 yrs MI GER GER OCC: House Carpenter Wage/own mort
Clara wife 32 15 6 chil b./4 living MN Can OH
Violet dau 11 MN MI MN
Harold son 9 OR MI MN
Myrtle dau 7 WA MI MN
Kenneth son 6 WA MI MN."3Ancestry.com, One World Tree.
4Ancestry.com, California Death Index 1940 - 1997. "Name: Kenneth G Hoff
Social Security #: 558163628
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 9 Apr 1904
Birth Place: Washington
Death Date: 28 Apr 1977
Death Place: Sacramento."
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Ancestry.com, World Tree.
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co., Illinois, Zion, RollT626_528 Image 0315.
2Census, Federal - 1920 - Lake Co, Illinois, Benton Twsp. ED # 244, image 703, roll T625_381, p. 11A.
3Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore County, Minnesota, Carrolton twsp, Film # T9-0619 p. 281A; Ancestry p. 18 of 21. "Line 47 Dwelling 138 Household 138
Zimmerman, Adam age 44 Farmer Canada Ger Ger
Elizabeth 35 wife Keeping House Ohio Ger Ger
Lizzie 20 dau MN Can Ger
Mary 19 dau MN Can Ger
Next page
William 14 son MN Can Ger
Emmie 10 dau MN Can Ohio
Arien 5 son MN Can OH
Clara 3 dau MN Can OH
George 8/12 son MN Can OH
Joseph, Emile 17 servant Farm hand Ger Ger Ger."4Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".5Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland, Ward 4; dist 52 Ancestry p. 17 of 35. "Line 7 430 Yaw(?) Hill St. Dwelling 88 or 89 Family # 102 or 103
Zimmerman, Mary Head b. Mar 1865 age: 35 S MN Can Ger Occ: Lodging House Keeper
Aaron Dec 1874 25 S same Blacksmith
George Oct 1879 20 S " Driver (Hardware store)
Maggie Dec 1882 17 S " Dressmaker
7 additional lodgers."6Obituary. "Aaron Zimmerman,72, of 2712 Edina Blvd., Zion, died yesterday ay Victory Memorial Hospital after a 12 day illness. He was born in Preston, Minn., and moved to Zion in 1914 from the state of Washington. A retired farmer, Mr. Zimmerman was affiliated with Masonic lodges in Rockford, Waukegan and Coolie Dam, Washington.
Mr. Zimmerman is survived by his wife, Hannah; two sons, Rollin of Chicago, and Wesley of Denver, Colo; two daughters, Mrs. Bernice Poulsen of Zion, and Mrs. Gladys Kreuschner of Kenosha, Wis.; one brother, George of Portland, Ore.; four sisters, Della and Margaret Zimmerman of Seattle, Wash.; Sarah Zimmerman of Portland., Ore., and Mrs. Emma Druschel of Long Beach, Calif., and eight grandchildren." sent by M Alexander.7M Alexander. "I got a copy of (Aaron's) land record in WA. He was a blacksmith, didn’t buy the land until 1910 and then moved to Zion (Illinois) in 1914 and rented his land. . . .Aaron died in April 1946 of prostate cancer. He and Hannah had come to visit us in Denver for Christmas in December 1945 when I was nine and that was the last time I saw him. He was a quiet person and can’t remember him stating his opinion or taking a stand on anything. Actually the only thing I really remember is he would let either my sister or me sit on his lap and went we weren’t expecting it he would spread his knees and we would almost fall – he thought that was funny."
8Lloyd, Steve, Zimmerman, Christian - descendants, EMail.
9Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM, received 9Apr2007.
10Ancestry.com, Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index 1916-1947. "Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Aaron H. Zimmerman Name: Aaron H. Zimmerman
Birth Date: 20 Dec 1876
Birth Place: Preston, Minn
Death Date: 18 Apr 1946
Death Place: Waukegan, Lake, Illinois
Burial Date: 22 Apr 1946
Burial Place: Waukegan, Lake, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Garden Of Memories
Death Age: 69
Occupation: Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Zion, Zion, Lake, Ill.
Father Name: Adam Zimmerman
Mother Name: Elizabeth
Spouse Name: Hannah."11Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM, RollT626_528 Image 0315.
Odilie Wilhelmine Johanna Hannah KRALING
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Lake Co., Illinois, Zion, RollT626_528 Image 0315.
2Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
3Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM, received 9Apr2007, RollT626_528 Image 0315.
4Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM.
5Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM.
6Lance and Mary Alexander, AlexanderZimmermanGEDCOM, RollT626_528 Image 0315.
1Census, Federal - 1920 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED# 41, sheet 4A, 5 Jan 1920.
2Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
3Census, Federal - 1930 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED # 284, Ancestry p. 8 of 13. "Line 55 771 East Salmon St.
Gunther, Edward A. head own home Radio age 51 m.age 30 WI GER GER Occ: Foreman/Wholesale Fruit Co
Sarah R. wife 46 m. 25 Mn Can Can
Eleanor R. dau 16 s. OR WI MN
LaVerne E. dau 13 s. OR WI MN
Kaiser, Walter W. Nephew 24 m 24 OR USA WI clerk/Furniture Factory."4Ancestry.com, familytree of Dawn10210. birthdate and middlename from this source.
5Ancestry.com, Oregon Death Index 1903-98. "Name: Gunther, Edward A
County: Multnomah Death
Date: 5 Apr 1963
Certificate: 5421
Age: 84
Spouse: Sarah."6Census, Federal - 1930 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED # 284, Roll T626_1951, Image 892, 9 Apr 1930.
7Patsy Clark Email, 5 Mar 2004.
1Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
2Census, Federal - 1920 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED# 41, sheet 4A, 5 Jan 1920. "Line 29 355 Grant St dwelling # 64 family # 95
Gunther, Edward A. Head rents age 40 WI Saxony/Ger Saxony/Ger Occ: working on Receiving Dock/whsale fruit
Sarah R wife 35 MN Can/Ger OH/Ger
Eleanor R dau 6 OR WI MN
LaVerne E dau 2 11/12 OR WI MN
On line 54 is Emil C. Gunter, wife Marie, son Chester working in grocery business - likely brother."3Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".4Census, Federal - 1930 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED # 284, Ancestry p. 8 of 13/sheet 4B, 9 Apr 1930. "Line 55 771 East Salmon St. or 106 E Salmon St
Gunther, Edward A. head own home Radio age 51 m.age 30 WI GER GER Occ: Foreman/Wholesale Fruit Co
Sarah R. wife 46 m. 25 Mn Can Can
Eleanor R. dau 16 s. OR WI MN
LaVerne E. dau 13 s. OR WI MN
Kaiser, Walter W. Nephew 24 m 24 OR USA WI clerk/Furniture Factory."5Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82, ED 82, 7 Jun 1900. "Zimmerman, Elizabeth head Jul 1844 age 55 widow m. 33 yrs. 11child b./ 7 living OH Ger Ger owns free
Sarah dau Feb1884 16 MN Can OH
Della dau Aug 1888 11 Mn Can OH."6Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Chap 6; p.5 - 1952 Update, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "Sarah, next to the youngest, was married to a Mr. Gunther and they live in Portland, Oregon.
They had two daughters, Eleanor and LaVerne. Sarah died in 1948 of Leukemia, or cancer of the blood."7Ancestry.com, family tree of Dawne10210. middle name from this source.
8Census, Federal - 1900 - Clackamas Co, OR, Canby Precinct, Town of Canby ED82.
9State of Oregon, Oregon Death Certificate, state file number 313.
10Census, Federal - 1930 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED # 284, Roll T626_1951, Image 892, 9 Apr 1930.
11Patsy Clark Email, 5 Mar 2004.
1Census, Federal - 1920 - Multnomah Co., Oregon, Portland, ED# 41, sheet 4A, 5 Jan 1920.
2Forrest Zimmerman, Zimmerman Family Tree, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. One night about 1958, Dianne had been asking her dad about the Zimmerman family. Forrest got out a large piece of drafting paper and methodically laid out the whole family beginning with Christian Zimmerman and Elizabeth Kneil, Forrest's great-grandfather. The tree covers five generations. There are a few blanks. Apparently they didn't keep up too well with the family of Forrest's great-uncle, Henry Zimmerman. There are 175 names on the tree. Forrest drew it from memory. The funny part is this. Forrest never wanted to have anything to do with his cousins. Dianne only remembers meeting one of them ever.
3Census, Federal - 1930 - Multnomah Co, Oregon, Portland, ED # 284, Ancestry p. 8 of 13. "Line 55 771 East Salmon St.
Gunther, Edward A. head own home Radio age 51 m.age 30 WI GER GER Occ: Foreman/Wholesale Fruit Co
Sarah R. wife 46 m. 25 Mn Can Can
Eleanor R. dau 16 s. OR WI MN
LaVerne E. dau 13 s. OR WI MN
Kaiser, Walter W. Nephew 24 m 24 OR USA WI clerk/Furniture Factory."4Census, Federal 1940. "Name: La Verne E Gunther
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Oregon
Marital Status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Home in 1940: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: S E 23rd Street
House Number: 2339
Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 3B
Attended School or College: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Edward A Gunther 61
Sarah Gunther 56
Eleanor R Gunther 26
La Verne E Gunther 23."
1Census, Federal - 1870 - Benton Co, Iowa, Eldorado Twsp.
2Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
3Patsy Clark Email, 12 Mar 2004.
1Census, Federal - 1900 - Multnomah Co, city of Portland.
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Pembina Co, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED 34, sheet 1B (Ancestry - image 3), 11 Apr 1930. "Line 79 Dwelling 16 Household 16
Carlson, Harry E. Head rents Radio Farm age 41 m. at 31 KA Sweden Sweden Farmer
Edna E. wife 35 25 ND NY MN
Krak, John father-in-law 69 27 NY GER GER
Elizabeth mother-in-law 70 28 MN Can France
Miles M. brother-in-law 28 ND NY MN Farm Laborer."2Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".3Census, Federal - 1920 - Pembina Co, ND, Cavalier twsp, ED # 90, sheet 3A (Ancestry p. 5 of 16), 9 Jan 1920. "Name: John Krak
[Johna Krak]
Home in 1920: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Krak
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 58
Elizabeth Krak 59
Rosa Krak 30
[20]
Flossie Eva Krak 23
Dewey Mckinley Krak 20
Miles Roosevelt A Krak 18
Pansey Pearl Katy Krak 17
Charles Wieseker 52."4Census, Federal - 1900 - Pembina County, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED# 114, sheet 4B (Ancestry p 8 of 22). "Line 64 dwelling # 45 Household # 45
Krak, John head b Feb 1861 age 39 m. 12 yrs NY GER GER occ: Farmer
Elizabeth wife Jul 1859 40 12 ch b./ch living 5/5 MN Can Ger
Rosa A. dau Sep 1888 11 ND Can MN
Ruben J. son Jun 1890 9 ND CAN MN
Edna E. dau Sep 1894 5 ND Can MN
Flossie E. dau Jan 1897 3 ND Can MN
Dewey M. son Jan 1898 1 ND Can MN
Geiger, Edward servant Jun 1880 19 Can Can Can Immigrated 1896
Gillis, Jas servant Dec 1878 21 Iceland Iceland Iceland 1889."5Census, Federal - 1910 - Pembina Co., ND, cavalier twsp, ED# 141, sheet 4A (Ancestry 7 of 14), 26 Apr 1910. "1910 United States Federal Census about John Krak Name: John Krak
Age in 1910: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's name: Lizzie Krak
Home in 1910: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
OCC: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 48
Lizzie Krak 49
Rosanna Krak 21
Ruben J Krak 10
Edna E Krak 15
Flossie C Krak 13
Dewey Mc K Krak 11
Miles R A Krak 8
Pansy P Krak 7."6Census, Federal 1880, Dakota Terr, Pembina Co, twsp 159, p 71A. "Krach, Adam m age 44 N Ger N Ger N Ger
Catherine f 37 N Ger N Ger N Ger
John m 17 NY N Ger N ger
Lena f 14 MI N GER N GER
Catherine f 13 MI N GER N GER
Havwen m 11 MI N GER N GER
Elizabeth f 9 MI N GER N GER
Mary Ann f 8 MI N GER N GER
Laida f 7 MI N GER N GER
William m 5 MI N GER N GER
Zillah f 1 MI N GER N GER."7Census, Federal 1940, North Dakota, Pembina Co, Hamilton . "Line 3 # of household 29 home owned value $1200 farm - Yes
Krak, Reuben J head age 49 completed grade 7 b. ND Farmer Other Income-Yes
Irene M wife 46 8 ND
Mildred M dau 17 H-3 ND
Ruby L dau 12 6 ND
Jean K dau 10 4 ND
Norma F dau 8 2 ND
John father 79 4 NY widowed unable to work."8Ancestry.com, Message Board, 15 Feb 2011. "Re: Descendants of John and Elizabeth Krak Pembina County North Dakota
Laurloo ☆ (View posts)
Posted: 15 Feb 2011 4:23PM
Classification: Query
What is your connection to this family? My great-grandfather Herman Krake was John Krak’s younger brother. Their parents were Adam and Katherine Krak. There were 14 children in this family: John and a brother Adam (who died young) were born in New York; Lena, Katie, Herman, Elizabeth, Annie, Lydia, William, Amanda (died young), and Priscilla were born after the family relocated to Burnside, Lapeer County, Michigan; Mary, Ellen, and Rebecca were born after they moved to Pembina County, North Dakota.
Here’s what I have on John’s children:
Rosa Anna Krak was born on 27 September 1888 in North Dakota. She married Allen Einarson in about 1921. They had at least one son, born about 1928 (possibly still living in California). She died on 3 April 1980 in Los Angeles, at age 91.
Ruben J. Krak was born on 23 June 1890 in North Dakota, and died in August 1974 in Hamilton, North Dakota. He married Irene M. Schluchter in about 1917. They had four daughters, two of whom are now deceased: Mildred Mae (Krak) Apuli (1922-1998) and Ruby L. (Krak) Vistad (1927-2010).
Edna E. Krak was born 19 September 1894, North Dakota. She married Ernest Harry Carlson (1888-1958) about 1920; no known children. She died 9 February 1987, buried in Cavalier Cemetery, North Dakota.
Flossie Eva Krak was born on 6 January 1897 in North Dakota, and died on 14 November 1965 in Los Angeles, California. She married Martin J. Gronos in about 1924. They had two sons, both now deceased: Donald Krake Gronos (1925-2009) and Loren S. Gronos (1928-1980).
Dewey McKinley Krake was born on 12 January 1899 in North Dakota, and died in October 1971 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon. He married (1) Lucy (2) Jennie, surnames unknown. Appears on voter registration list in Ventura County, California in 1938, but had relocated to Clackamas County, Oregon by the time of his enlistment for WWII. No info regarding children.
Miles Roosevelt A. Krak was born on 26 June 1901 in North Dakota. Pvt Army Air Forces, WWII. Died on 29 July 1975 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Buried in Zion Cemetery, Cavalier, North Dakota. No further info.
Pansy Pearl Katy Krak was born on 13 September 1902 in North Dakota, and died on 20 June 1959 in Red Lake County, Minnesota. She was buried in Cavalier Cemetery near her sister Edna. Her married name was Omvig, but I haven't yet identified her husband."9Census, Federal - 1900 - Pembina County, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED# 114, sheet 4B (Ancestry p 8 of 22), 9 Jun 1900. Date '2' is from California Death Index.
10Ancestry.com, California Death Index 1940 - 1997. "California Death Index, 1940-1997
about John Krak
Name: John Krak
Social Security #: 0
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 2 Feb 1861
Birthplace: New York
Death Date: 17 Dec 1951
Death Place: Los Angeles
Father's Surname: Krak."11Census, Federal - 1930 - Pembina Co, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED 34, sheet 1B (Ancestry - image 3).
1Census, Federal - 1880 - Fillmore County, Minnesota, Carrolton twsp, Film # T9-0619, p. 281A; Ancestry p. 17 of 21. "Line 47 Dwelling 138 Household 138
Zimmerman, Adam age 44 Farmer Canada Ger Ger
Elizabeth 35 wife Keeping House Ohio Ger Ger
Lizzie 20 dau MN Can Ger
Mary 19 dau MN Can Ger
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William 14 son MN Can Ger
Emmie 10 dau MN Can Ohio
Arien 5 son MN Can OH
Clara 3 dau MN Can OH
George 8/12 son MN Can OH
Joseph, Emile 17 servant Farm hand Ger Ger Ger."2Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers, Clackamas County Court, state of Oregon; 3 Apr1899 - 3 Mar 1902, County Court, State of Oregon, County of Clackamas - 28 Jun 1899 until 3 Mar 1902, Personal files of Dianne Z. Stevens, 1301 Reetz Road, Madison, WI 53711. "Adam Zimmerman Estate Papers
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON, FOR THE COUNTY OF CLACKAMAS
Inventory and Appraisement - p. 5
Personal Property
One promissory note for $1000.00 date of Jan 2nd, 1899, given by
Chas Druschel, interest at 7% for 2 years valued at $ 1040.00
One promissory note for $200.00 date of Jan 25th 1899, given by
_____ at 6 % interest for 2 years valued at 202.00
One promissory note for $4500.00 date of Nov 16th 1898, given by
John Krusp with interest at 5% for 15 years, secured by
mortgage or real property in Fillmore County Minnesota,
valued at 4633.00
One promissory note for $250.00 date of Nov 26, 1898 given by
John Krusp at 7% interest one year, valued at 261.60
One promissory note of Theodore Riep for $37.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest. Value 38.68
One promissory note of Wm Rappe for $34.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898 one year at 7% interest Value 36.74
One promissory note of J.D. Britzius for $30.00 date of
Nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 31.25
One promissory note of Ole Tollefsen for $22.50 date of
Nov 26th 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 13.54
One promissory note of Leonard Haas for $18.25 date of
Nov 26th, 1898 One year at 7% interest Value 19.10
One promissory note of T M Morgan for $10.50 date of
nov 26th 1898, one year at 7% interest Value 11.00
Household Furniture 100.00
Real Property
Seven acres of land and dwelling house situate in
Canby, Clackamas County Oregon - Value 550.00
Amount carried forward 6946.91
p.9 of estate papers says the above list was submitted to the court on 7 Aug 1899
Elizabeth (widow and admistrator) submitted her final account of income and expenditures
of the estate on 23 Jan 1902.
A final petition to close the estate and distribute the assets as follows is dated 3 Mar 1902
P.11 Disposition
Elizabeth Krak (dau) already received $700.00
Elizabeth Zimmerman (widow) 1/2 $4690.71 2345.35
Mary Zimmerman 1/9 of remainder of estate 260.65
Estate of Wm Zimmerman deceased 260.59
Mrs. Emma Druschel 260.59
Aaron Zimmerman 260.59
Clara Hoff 260.59
George Zimmerman 260.59
Maggie Zimmerman 260.59
Sarah Zimmerman 260.59
Della Zimmerman 260.59
"That said real property be decreed to descend according to law.".".3Census, Federal - 1930 - Pembina Co, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED 34, sheet 1B (Ancestry - image 3). "Line 79 Dwelling 16 Household 16
Carlson, Harry E. Head rents Radio Farm age 41 m. at 31 KA Sweden Sweden Farmer
Edna E. wife 35 25 ND NY MN
Krak, John father-in-law 69 27 NY GER GER
Elizabeth mother-in-law 70 28 MN Can France
Miles M. brother-in-law 28 ND NY MN Farm Laborer."4Census, Federal - 1920 - Pembina Co, ND, Cavalier twsp. "Name: Elizabeth Krak
Home in 1920: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
Age: 59
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Minnesota
[Massachusetts]
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse's name: John Krak
Father's Birth Place: Canada
Mother's Birth Place: Alsace-Lorraine
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 58
Elizabeth Krak 59
Rosa Krak 30
[20]
Flossie Eva Krak 23
Dewey Mckinley Krak 20
Miles Roosevelt A Krak 18
Pansey Pearl Katy Krak 17
Charles Wieseker 52."5Census, Federal - 1900 - Pembina County, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED# 114, sheet 4B (Ancestry p 8 of 22). "Line 64 dwelling # 45 Household # 45
Krak, John head b Feb 1861 age 39 m. 12 yrs NY GER GER occ: Farmer
Elizabeth wife Jul 1859 40 12 ch b./ch living 5/5 MN Can Ger
Rosa A. dau Sep 1888 11 ND Can MN
Ruben J. son Jun 1890 9 ND CAN MN
Edna E. dau Sep 1894 5 ND Can MN
Flossie E. dau Jan 1897 3 ND Can MN
Dewey M. son Jan 1898 1 ND Can MN
Geiger, Edward servant Jun 1880 19 Can Can Can Immigrated 1896
Gillis, Jas servant Dec 1878 21 Iceland Iceland Iceland 1889."6Census, Federal - 1910 - Pembina Co., ND, cavalier twsp, ED# 141, sheet 4A (Ancestry 7 of 14). "Name: Lizzie Krak
Age in 1910: 49
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Minnesota
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Father's Birth Place: Canada
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's name: John Krak
Home in 1910: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 48
Lizzie Krak 49
Rosanna Krak 21
Ruben J Krak 10
Edna E Krak 15
Flossie C Krak 13
Dewey Mc K Krak 11
Miles R A Krak 8
Pansy P Krak 7."7Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), Chapter 6; p. 4 1952 update, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "(Lizzie) spent her married life on a farm near Cavalier, ND."
8Census, Federal - 1900 - Pembina County, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED# 114, sheet 4B (Ancestry p 8 of 22).
9Findagrave, http://www.findagrave.com/, internet.
10Findagrave.
11Findagrave.
12Census, Federal - 1930 - Pembina Co, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED 34, sheet 1B (Ancestry - image 3).
1Census, Federal - 1930 - Pembina Co, ND, Hamilton twsp.
2Census, Federal - 1900 - Pembina County, ND, Hamilton twsp, 4B, 9 Jun 1900. "Line 64 dwelling # 45 Household # 45
Krak, John head b Feb 1861 age 39 m. 12 yrs NY GER GER occ: Farmer
Elizabeth wife Jul 1859 40 12 ch b./ch living 5/5 MN Can Ger
Rosa A. dau Sep 1888 11 ND Can MN
Ruben J. son Jun 1890 9 ND CAN MN
Edna E. dau Sep 1894 5 ND Can MN
Flossie E. dau Jan 1897 3 ND Can MN
Dewey M. son Jan 1898 1 ND Can MN
Geiger, Edward servant Jun 1880 19 Can Can Can Immigrated 1896
Gillis, Jas servant Dec 1878 21 Iceland Iceland Iceland 1889."3Census, Federal - 1910 - Pembina Co., ND, cavalier twsp, ED# 141, sheet 4A (Ancestry 7 of 14). "1910 United States Federal Census about John Krak Name: John Krak
Age in 1910: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's name: Lizzie Krak
Home in 1910: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
OCC: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 48
Lizzie Krak 49
Rosanna Krak 21
Ruben J Krak 10
Edna E Krak 15
Flossie C Krak 13
Dewey Mc K Krak 11
Miles R A Krak 8
Pansy P Krak 7."4Ancestry.com, Message Board, 15 Feb 2011. "Dewey McKinley Krake was born on 12 January 1899 in North Dakota, and died in October 1971 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon. He married (1) Lucy (2) Jennie, surnames unknown. Appears on voter registration list in Ventura County, California in 1938, but had relocated to Clackamas County, Oregon by the time of his enlistment for WWII. No info regarding children."
5Census, Federal - 1920 - Pembina Co, ND, Cavalier twsp, p. 3A, 9 Jan 1920. "Name: John Krak
[Johna Krak]
Home in 1920: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Krak
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 58
Elizabeth Krak 59
Rosa Krak 30
[20]
Flossie Eva Krak 23
Dewey Mckinley Krak 20
Miles Roosevelt A Krak 18
Pansey Pearl Katy Krak 17
Charles Wieseker 52."
1Census, Federal - 1920 - Pembina Co, ND, Cavalier twsp. "Name: John Krak
[Johna Krak]
Home in 1920: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Occupation: Farmer
Spouse's name: Elizabeth Krak
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 58
Elizabeth Krak 59
Rosa Krak 30
[20]
Flossie Eva Krak 23
Dewey Mckinley Krak 20
Miles Roosevelt A Krak 18
Pansey Pearl Katy Krak 17
Charles Wieseker 52."2Census, Federal - 1910 - Pembina Co., ND, cavalier twsp, ED# 141, sheet 4A (Ancestry 7 of 14). "1910 United States Federal Census about John Krak Name: John Krak
Age in 1910: 48
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Germany
Mother's Birth Place: Germany
Spouse's name: Lizzie Krak
Home in 1910: Cavalier, Pembina, North Dakota
OCC: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Krak 48
Lizzie Krak 49
Rosanna Krak 21
Ruben J Krak 10
Edna E Krak 15
Flossie C Krak 13
Dewey Mc K Krak 11
Miles R A Krak 8
Pansy P Krak 7."3Census, Federal - 1930 - Pembina Co, ND, Hamilton twsp, ED 34, sheet 1B (Ancestry - image 3). "Line 79 Dwelling 16 Household 16
Carlson, Harry E. Head rents Radio Farm age 41 m. at 31 KA Sweden Sweden Farmer
Edna E. wife 35 25 ND NY MN
Krak, John father-in-law 69 27 NY GER GER
Elizabeth mother-in-law 70 28 MN Can France
Miles M. brother-in-law 28 ND NY MN Farm Laborer."4Ancestry.com, Message Board, 15 Feb 2011. "Miles Roosevelt A. Krak was born on 26 June 1901 in North Dakota. Pvt Army Air Forces, WWII. Died on 29 July 1975 in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Buried in Zion Cemetery, Cavalier, North Dakota. No further info."
5Minnesota Death Index.
6Minnesota Death Index. "Name: Miles A Krak
Birth Date: 1 Jan 1900
Death Date: 29 Jul 1975
Death County: Hennepin
Mother's Maiden Name: Zimmerman
State file number: 017281 Certificate Number: 017281 Certificate Year: 1975 Record Number: 2625160." MN Death Index gives date of birth as 1 Jan 1900.7Social Security Death Index. "Name: Miles Krak
SSN: 564-18-3398
Last Residence: 58238 Hamilton, Pembina, North Dakota, United States of America
Born: 26 Jun 1901
Died: Jul 1975
State (Year) SSN issued: California (Before 1951 )."
1Annie Marie Zimmerman Nelson, Zimmerman Family History and Stories;forward by Allan Leslie VanLehn, Unpublished work (c) 2008 by (ALVL), p. 9, Copy in Personal Files of Dianne Z. Stevens. excerpts copied with permission. "and the younger daughter, Elizabeth (Betsie), married Christ Regal ...Betsie died at the birth of her first child, the child dying also."