Descendants of Jacob ZIMMERMAN (1735-1806)
Notes
6.
Christian ZIMMERMAN
Christian ZIMMERMAN was born 10 March 1790 on the Hochburg estate near Sexau, in Baden, Germany, into an Amish Mennonite family. He was the son of Christian ZIMMERMAN (born ca 1768, Freiburg, Baden, Germany; died 9 November 1805, Bourgfelden, Alsace, France) and Elizabeth KONIG (born ca 1769; died 13 December 1833, Bourgfelden, Alsace, France).
For further information on the Hochburg Mennonite Congregation, see AMISH MENNONITES IN GERMANY, by Hermann Guth, 1995, Chatper 6.
Christian ZIMMERMAN married Catherine SOMMER in 1824 in Bourgfelden, but there is some mystery about his wife's first name, as two of their children's birth records identified their mother as Barbe SOMMER. THE HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, 1879, by Chapman, also states that the mother of Jacob ZIMMERMAN (born 1829) was Barbara SOMMERS.
Bourgfelden is now part of the French city of Saint Louis, which is located where France, Germany, and Switzerland meet. East of Saint Louis, across the Rhine River, is Baden, Germany, and just south of Saint Louis is Basel, Switzerland.
The passenger list of the ship HEBREW, which brought them to New York in 1836, lists Christian's wife as Catherine, with an age of 34, which matches the 11 March 1802 birthdate of Catherine SOMMER (daughter of Johannes SOMMER and Barbara STOCKI).
Christian apparently died sometime between 1840 (when he was listed on the 1840 Census of Butler County, Ohio) and 1850 (when his children were listed in the Butler County Census, apparently with their mother Barbara). It should be noted, however, that Barbara's age was listed as 54, which does not match an 1802 birthdate.
Barbara married second to John BOWER (BOOR) in 1852, and she apparently died between 1860 (when she was listed on the Butler County Census) and 1870 (when John BOWERS was listed in the Butler County Census without her). Again, Barbara's age in the 1860 Census (65) does not match an 1802 birthdate. So it is possible that Barbara and Catherine SOMMER were two different wives.
Bourgfelden, Alsace, FRANCE, Death Records--LDS Film #728,900:
9 Nov 1805
Death of Christian ZIMMERMAN, age 37; signed by son Christian ZIMMERMAN, age 15
Bourgfelden, Alsace, FRANCE, Marriage Records--LDS Film #728,899:
7 Nov 1824
Marriage of Christian ZIMMERMAN & Catherine SOMMER
Christian ZIMMERMAN was born 10 Mar 1790 at Hochburg estate. son of Christian ZIMMERMAN and Elizabeth KONIG
Passenger List of ship HEBREW:
23 Jun 1836, Arrived at New York: Christian ZIMMERMAN, 46; Catharina, 34; Christian, 9; Jacob, 7; Catharina, 5; Barbe, 3
Butler County, OH, Common Pleas Court:
10 Mar 1840
Naturalization of Christian ZIMMERMAN, from Germany
1840 FEDERAL CENSUS, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO:
Wayne Township:
p. 099:
Christian Zimmerman household:
1 male age 10-15
1 male age 50-60
2 females age 5-10
1 female age 40-50
Catherine Barbara SOMMERS
Selestat, Alsace, FRANCE, Birth Records--LDS Film #735,456:
11 Mar 1802
Birth of Catherine SOMMER to Johannes SOMMER & Barbara STOCKI
Bourgfelden, Alsace, FRANCE, Marriage Records--LDS Film #728,899:
7 Nov 1824
Marriage of Christian ZIMMERMAN & Catherine SOMMER
Catherine SOMMER was born 11 Mar 1802 in Selestat, daughter of Jean SOMMER and Barbe STOCKY
Passenger List of ship HEBREW:
23 Jun 1836, Arrived at New York: Christian ZIMMERMAN, 46; Catharina, 34; Christian, 9; Jacob, 7; Catharina, 5; Barbe, 3
1850 FEDERAL CENSUS, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO:
Milford Township:
p. 206B:
Household/Family #1289/1306:
Christian Zimmerman, age 23, Cooper, born FRANCE
Barbary Zimmerman, age 26, born GERMANY
*Barbary Zimmerman, age 54, born GERMANY
Jac Zimmerman, age 21, male, born FRANCE
Catharine Zimmerman, age 19, born FRANCE
HISTORY OF THE MENNONITES OF BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO, by W.H.
Grubb, Pastor of Apostolic Mennonite Church, Trenton, Ohio, 1916:
p. 38:
Mar. 23, 1852
--- Boor and Barbra CIMMERMAN
1860 FEDERAL CENSUS, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO:
Milford Township, Post Office: Collinsville:
p. 211B:
Household/Family #1398/1321:
John Bower, age 57, born FRANCE
*Barbary Bower, age 65, born FRANCE
Catherine Zimmerman, age 29, born FRANCE
11.
Catharine ZIMMERMAN
Hegenheim, Alsace, FRANCE, Birth Records--LDS Film #735,843;
19 Oct 1823
Birth of Catharine ZIMMERMAN to Christian ZIMMERMAN, of Bourgfelden, age 33, & Barbe SOMMER Bourgfelden, Alsace, FRANCE, Death Records--LDS Film #728,900:
20 Oct 1824
Death of Catharina ZIMMERMAN, age 1, daughter of Christian ZIMMERMAN & Catherine SOMMER
14.
Catherine ZIMMERMAN
Bourgfelden, Alsace, FRANCE, Birth Records--LDS Film #728,898:
10 Jul 1831
Catherine ZIMMERMAN, born to Christian ZIMMERMAN and Barbe SOMMER Passenger List of ship HEBREW:
23 Jun 1836, Arrived at New York: Christian ZIMMERMAN, 46; Catharina, 34; Christian, 9; Jacob, 7; Catharina, 5; Barbe, 3 1850 FEDERAL CENSUS, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO:
Milford Township:
p. 206B:
Household/Family #1289/1306:
Christian Zimmerman, age 23, Cooper, born FRANCE
Barbary Zimmerman, age 26, born GERMANY
Barbary Zimmerman, age 54, born GERMANY
Jac Zimmerman, age 21, male, born FRANCE
*Catharine Zimmerman, age 19, born FRANCE 1860 FEDERAL CENSUS, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO:
Milford Township, Post Office: Collinsville:
p. 211B:
Household/Family #1398/1321:
John Bower, age 57, born FRANCE
Barbary Bower, age 65, born FRANCE
*Catherine Zimmerman, age 29, born FRANCE 1880 FEDERAL CENSUS, TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
Morton Village, Morton Township:
p. 403A:
Church [Street]:
Household/Family #172/182:
*Zimmerman, Catherine, age 49, Widowed/Divorced, born GERMANY, both parents born GERMANY 1900 FEDERAL CENSUS, TAZEWELL COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
Morton Village, Morton Township:
p. 189A:
Family #296/300:
*Zimmerman, Katie, born Jun 1831, age 68, single, born GERMANY, both parents born GERMANY, immigrated 1838 Tazewell County, IL, Deaths, 1877-1910--LDS Film #1,314,685:
Book 3:
p. 22:
Katie ZIMMERMAN, died 22 Jan 1902, Morton, age 70-4-27, single, born Baden, lived Illinois 25 years, buried Apostolic Christian Ground
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