Michael Zimmerman
1778 - 1860 (82 years)-
Name Michael Zimmerman [1] Birth 1778 Denzlingen, Baden-Württemberg, GR [1] Gender Male CLER Y Emigration 1839 Fulton Co., OH - parents with eight younger children
Immigration 1839 Fulton Co., OH - On the packet ship Poland. Parents w/three younger children
Occupation Minister In Germany Religion Mennonite Residence 1843 Tazewell Co., IL Death 1860 Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL Burial Elm Grove Twp., Tazewell Co., IL - 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. “
Person ID I8428 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 26 Dec 2021
Father Andres Zimmerman, b. Bef 1756, Denzlingen, Baden-Württemberg, GR d. 1793 (Age > 37 years) Mother Anna Maria /Isen Eissin (Eyer?) Marriage Abt 1777 Family ID F9476 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Barbe Roggy, b. 1782, Riedseltz, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 19 Jun 1832, Domgermain, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR (Age 50 years) Marriage 18 Aug 1801 Riedseltz, Bas-Rhin, FR Children 1. Andrew Zimmerman, b. 29 Aug 1807, Freiburg, Baden, GR d. 23 Feb 1889, Chenoa, McLean Co., IL (Age 81 years) 2. Daniel Zimmerman, b. 20 Mar 1813, Tiengen, Freiburg, Baden, GR d. 19 Oct 1888, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 75 years) 3. Joseph Zimmerman, b. 16 Feb 1826, Chateau-Le-Vannes, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR d. Abt 1855, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO (Age 28 years) 4. Christian Zimmerman, b. 3 Feb 1817, Tiengen, Freiburg, Baden, GR d. 7 Mar 1887, Pekin, Tazewell Co., IL (Age 70 years) 5. Jacob J. Zimmerman, b. 19 Apr 1818, Chateau-Le-Vannes, Meurthe-et-Moselle, FR d. 15 Oct 1849, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 31 years) Family ID F5939 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Jan 2019
Family 2 Magdalena Erb, b. 7 Jul 1805, Breitenbach , Bas-Rhin, FR d. 23 Feb 1892, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 86 years) Marriage 20 Apr 1835 Lagny, St. Valentin, FR [1] Notes Children 1. Maria Zimmerman, b. 5 Nov 1835, St. Valentin, Indre d. 20 Dec 1920, Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL (Age 85 years) 2. Jacobina Magdalena (Bena) Zimmerman, b. 18 Jun 1838, St. Valentin, Indre d. 1 Jun 1900, Peru, LaSalle Co., IL (Age 61 years) 3. Peter Zimmerman, b. 15 Dec 1842, OH d. 5 May 1931, Garden City, Cass Co., MO (Age 88 years) Family ID F5940 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Dec 2018
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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.” [1]
- Michael and Barbara had 12 children.
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Sources - [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.
- [S398] Joseph Staker, Amish Mennonites in Tazewell Co.