Joseph Zimmerman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer At Chenoa

Notes:

Buried:
Chenoa Cemetery

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Roszhart. Elizabeth was born on 18 Jul 1857 in Tazewell Co., IL; died on 11 Feb 1940 in Chenoa, McLean Co., IL; was buried in Chenoa, McLean Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Emanuel Alvin Zimmerman was born on 25 Jan 1896 in Chenoa, McLean Co., IL; died on 4 Sep 1956 in Livingston Co., IL; was buried in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.
2. Daniel Christian Zimmerman was born on 14 Dec 1893 in Chenoa, McLean Co., IL; died on 12 Apr 1954 in IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Farmer And Minister In Ohio, IL
• Religion: Amish

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, March 15, 1889:
On the 23d of February, at 11 o'clock, P.M., Pre. Andrew Zimmerman, of McLean County, Ill., calmly fell asleep in Jesus, aged 81 years and 6 months. On the 26th his mortal remains were consigned to mother earth, on which occasion many relatives and friends assembled to pay our departed brother and fellow-worker their last tribute of respect. Funeral services were conducted by Joseph Yoder, of Indiana, Daniel Steinman and John P. Smith. The deceased brother was born in the district of Freiburg, Baden, Germany in 1807. His companion preceded him several years. He leaves three children, two sons and a daughter and a number of grandchildren to mourn his death. He was a devoted member and faithful minister in the Amish Mennonite church. Peace to his ashes.

Andrew married Jacobine Gingerich on 6 Feb 1832 in Domgermain, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR. Jacobine (daughter of Jean Gingerich and Ann Marie /Muller Miller) was born on 25 Sep 1814 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died on 9 Jun 1880 in Livingston Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, July 1880:
On the 9th of June, in Livingston Co., Ill., of general debility and consumption, Sister Jacobina Zimmerman, wife of Andrew Zimmerman, aged 66 years. Buried the 11th. Funeral services by Chr. Schlegel and J. P. Schmitt, from I Cor. 15.

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Minister In Germany
• Religion: Mennonite
• Emigration: 1839, Fulton Co., OH
• Immigration: 1839, Fulton Co., OH
• Residence: 1843, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Michael and Barbara had 12 children.

“An 1850 census of unincorporated portions of Tazewell County lists Michael Zimmerman, 70, a farmer from Germany; Magdalena, 46, Germany; Mary [Maria], 14, Germany; Phoebe [Jacobina], 12, Germany; and Peter, 8, Ohio. He lived next door to his 35-year-old son Christian and his wife Elizabeth Stalter. An 82-year-old Michael Zimmerman is listed on the 1860 census in the Elm Grove household of son-in-law Christian Schrock. He died later that year. He is thought to have been buried in Railroad Cemetery at Elm Grove, though there is no headstone for him.

In 1832 Michael accepted employment from Comte Henri Gatien Bertrand, the former aide-de-camp to Napoleon, at Lagny, St. Valentin in the department of Indre, 16 miles northeast of Châteauroux, and approximately 170 miles south of Paris (see ROTH for background on Bertrand).
Michael remarried to Magdalena Erb at St. Valentin April 20, 1835. She was born at Breitenbach, Lower Alsace July 7, 1805, a daughter of weaver Daniel Erb and Marie Stöcky [St?cki]. They farmed at Lagny (now Les Lagnys), three miles northwest of St. Valentin.
When Bertrand's wife Fanny died in 1836, the name 'Michel Zimmerman' is mentioned with Müller and Riser [Risser] as someone who could not sign an inventory document owing to the restrictions of his religion. But his signature does appear at the bottom of the page.”

Emigration:
parents with eight younger children

Immigration:
On the packet ship Poland. Parents w/three younger children

Buried:
Railroad Cemetery
“An 82-year-old Michael Zimmerman is listed on the 1860 census in the Elm Grove household of son-in-law Christian Schrock. He died later that year. He is thought to have been buried in Railroad Cemetery at Elm Grove, though there is no headstone for him. “

Michael married Barbe Roggy on 18 Aug 1801 in Riedseltz, Bas-Rhin, FR. Barbe (daughter of Johannes Jean Roggy and Elizabeth Eyer) was born in 1782 in Riedseltz, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 19 Jun 1832 in Domgermain, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Diefenbacherhof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cultivator

Notes:

Vallerade at Albestroff was a horse-breeding farm established in 1717, and at one time owned by the Duke of Lorraine.

Between 1806 and 1809, Johannes/Jean became owner and master of a half-portion of the smallholding Ste. Croix farm at Fribourg, a tiny hamlet above Rhodes. The nearest village presently is Maiziéres-Les-Vic.

Jean married Ann Marie /Muller Miller on 8 May 1802 in Albestroff, Moselle, FR. Ann (daughter of Christian /Muller Miller and Marie Knerin) was born on 9 Feb 1781 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, FR; died on 21 Apr 1831 in Gros-Réderching, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
“at boulin”

Died:
Reported by son-in-law Jean Gingerich, age 39, and neighbor Christian Engel, age 32, both Anabaptists and farmers at Brandelfing. Died on April 12?

Notes:

Married:
St. Croix farm

Andres married Anna Maria /Isen Eissin (Eyer?) about 1777. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Diefenbacherhof

Died:
Diefenbacherhof

Johannes married Elizabeth Eyer in 1774. Elizabeth (daughter of Benedikt Eyer, Jr. and Jacobine Kurtz) was born about 1757; died on 13 Mar 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Katherinentalerhof

Died:
Diefenbacherhof

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Laborer

Christian + Jacobe Gingerich. Jacobe (daughter of Christian Güngerich and Jacobea Widmer) was born in 1750; died on 14 Mar 1828 in Gros-Réderching, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Christian + Marie Knerin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]