Zimmerman

Associated Colonies
Place of origin
Simmern, Kreuznach, Rheinland, Germany
Description

Georg Heinrich Zimmerman was baptized in Simmern on 5 Feb 1736, and he married Maria Anna Christina Meuers (daughter of Phillip and Anna Christina Meuers, baptized 3 Feb 1743 in Sargenroth) in Simmern on 20 Apr 1762.  Johann Nickel Zimmerman was baptized in Simmern on 11 Apr 1733, and he married Anna Catharina (surname unknown) there on 19 Jun 1759.  Both men were sons of Johann Nickel and Elisabetha Catharina Zimmerman.  Georg Heinrich and Maria Christina, along with their newborn son Johann Georg, are recorded in Family #1 on the Moor First Settler’s List.  Johann Nickel and Anna Catharina, along with their daughter Maria Magdalena (baptized in Simmern on 5 Sep 1760) and 9 month old Maria Christina, are recorded in Family #12 on the Moor First Settler’s List.  

Sources

- Parish registers of Simmern, FHL Film #492971; Parish registers of Sargenroth, FHL Film #493223. 
- Pleve, Igor. Einwanderung in das Wolgagebiet, 1764-1767 Band 3 (Göttingen: Nordost-Institute, 2005): p. 155, p. 158

Researchers
Wayne Bonner
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