The eldest son of Daniel and Elisabeth (Schnelbach) Zimmerman, Rochus Zimmerman, was my Great-Great Grandfather. This picture shows his youngest siblings and parents. I assume it was probably taken in the late 1890′s. Pictured from Left-to-right: Elizabeth Zimmerman Waldman (1889-1971), Daniel Zimmerman (1845-1925), Anna Maria Zimmerman Wildeman (1887-1967) with Michael Zimmerman (1880-1958) standing behind...
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With my recent success of hunting down the parents and family of my 2nd Great Grandfather’s second wife, I thought I’d spend a little more time documenting what I do and don’t know about his first wife. Sometimes thinking through the process and making a checklist is helpful for me. What I do know:...
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Catherine the Great ascended the Russian throne and issued a great manifest to open up colonization in the Volga river valley in southern Russia. Through effective marketing of her manifest, thousands of people throughout Germany immigrated to the area and founded colonies near Saratov. The colonies to the west of the Volga were on...
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