From: History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim
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).
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Of the five children of Johann Peter Zimmerman, the three sons Johann Peter, Nickel Matthias, and Andreas left numerous descendants. We are interested in the line of Nickel Matthias Zimmerman, which stretches into the present.
Pfarrer 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 , p. 27-28.
"From the History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim"
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.
From Zimmerman History in Altheim: "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
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From Pfarrer Walter:
" Her (Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll b.1809) 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."This is a little confusing but I've figured it out thusly:
Generation I- Andread Knoll died 26 Jan 1806 Altheim, married Susanne Marg Strumfels
Generation II- Johann Adam Knoll b. 21 Oct 1778 in Klein Umstadt; m. Anne Margarethe Schodt of Altheim Hauptstasse 27, in Altheim, 2 Jun 1808; died 1826
Generation II- 8 brothers and sistersGeneration III- Elizabeth Dorthea Knoll b. 30 Jan 1809
Generation III- Johann Adam Knoll b. 30 Aug 1813
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1) from Zimmerman History, p. 34: Her (Elizabeth Knoll Zimmerman's) mother and Grandmother lived to be very old, both reaching the ripe old age of about ninety years.
2) From the "History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim" by Pfarrer Walter:" 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 sounds like to me that Anna Margarethe inherited the property of her parents because her two brothers married and moved outside the city. So when Anna's husband, Johann Adam Knoll #1 died, she at least had some property.
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From Pfarrer Walter: Her(Elizabeth Dorothea Knoll) 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.
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From "History of the Zimmerman Family in Altheim" by Pfarrer Walter
(Elizabeth Knoll's) 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.
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On p. 29 Pfarrer Walter gives Johann Adam Knoll's birth as 29 Aug 1813
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