Re: [ZIMMERMAN-L] New Year's Resolution!
by Robert and Sue Carpenter
Bob,
Good to see your posting. I hope it will stir some interest. Just got back
from UNC-Chapel Hill taking Marcus back to college. Both boys are now back
at school. Candace is playing basketball. We have been pretty busy. It is
11:00 and we are talking with Michael from U of Tennesse at Knoxville.
I will try to send you an email tomorrow night.
Robert Carpenter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob & Judy Carpenter" <bjclompoc(a)attglobal.net>
To: <ZIMMERMAN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:43 AM
Subject: [ZIMMERMAN-L] New Year's Resolution!
> Find a previously unknown relative, and fast in 2005!
> With DNA testing I have been able to go beyond my Great-Grandfather John
T.
> Carpenter to his father Joseph Carpenter and then his grandfather
Christian
> "CZ" Carpenter. Christian’s father or Uncle is Hans Zimmerman who was born
> in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland in 1702 and died on 10 June 1794 in
> Lincoln County, North Carolina. What makes this connection so strong is
that
> Christian and Hans lived in the same general area in North Carolina. Also,
> there are many other reasons to believe that they were related. Going
beyond
> these ancestors, however, is going into unproven territory. Yet some
authors
> and fellow Internet Genealogy Researchers have provided some strong leads
> and possibilities that could lead one further. Namely that Hans (born in
> 1702) Zimmerman’s father was Peter Zimmerman, born 23 August 1668. This
> Peter was also born in Steffisburg. Peter’s parents were Hans Zimmerman
born
> on 7 December 1635, and Barbara Gilgan, both born in Steffisburg. Next
came
> Hans’ parents, Christian Zimmerman born 26 February 1609 and Anna Buoss,
> both born in Steffisburg. Finally, there is Niclaus Zimmerman, born in
1575
> and Margaret Püntlisperg, and they also were reported to be born in
> Steffisburg.
>
> Any comments on the above ancestral line would be very helpful. Also, if
you
> possibly fit somewhere in the above Ancestral Line and have documentation
to
> prove it, but are unable to verify the next ancestor. DNA testing may just
> provide you with the proof necessary to make this connection.
>
> Look at it this way, a group of say ten or twelve individuals have proven
> their ancestry back to say the early 1700's and suspect others with
similar
> names living in the same general areas, or came to the U.S. from the same
> areas, are also relatives. But they are unable to prove that connection.
If
> these same ten or twelve were to have their DNA tested, the results WOULD
> prove or disprove this possible connection. Just think where you could be
in
> your research if only five or six people followed up with DNA testing.
>
> May you have a Happy New Year! Cousin
>
> Bob Carpenter
>
>
>
>
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