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Surnames: Zimmerman - Blain
Classification: Query
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I am trying to research Zimmermans in Dauphin County, PA. My ggrandmother was Mary Ellen
Zimmerman. She was born about 1876 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA. She had a sister
named Daisy May(Mae). Mary Ellen married William Robert Blain on Nov. 13, 1896. This
family lived in several locations throughout Dauphin County including Goldsboro, Steelton,
and on Red Hill Road in Speeceville, PA. Around 1925-1926, they moved to West Chester,
Chester County, PA. Mary Ellen and William had 12 children: Harper, Francis, William,
Winfield, Margaret, Martha, Florence, Ralph, James, Oscar, Theodore, and Edward.
I have never been able to figure out who Mary Ellen's parents were nor her other
siblings. Does anyone know? Her sister Daisy married John Cutting.