I could not resist responding to this post as I am heading for our place
in Torch Lake, Michigan tomorrow--Torch Lake is about 15 north of Elk
Rapids (Elk Rapids is our closest town for grocery shopping, etc.). Are
you in the Elk Rapids area or do you still have relatives there?
I, too, have Zimmerman relatives from Ohio. You did not mention where
in Ohio your grandfather was born. My Zimmerman relatives were mostly
in the Van Wert County area. At this point in my own Zimmerman
research, I do not know of a connection to a Lawrence Milton
ZIMMERMAN--but perhaps a bit more information might help us determine if
we have any common relatives.
My great-great grandfather was Abraham ZIMMERMAN (1813 - ?) who married
Rebecca TODD. Abraham ZIMMERMAN was born in Pennsylvania, orphaned at
an early age, and moved with an uncle to Ashland County, Ohio. Later he
married Rebecca Todd and moved to Van Wert County, Ohio.
Abraham's son (my great-grandfather) was Levi Franklin ZIMMERMAN (1835 -
1915), who married Mary Elizabeth WEBSTER (she was a direct descendant
of Gov. John WEBSTER of the Connecticut Colony and she was also the 4th
cousin twice removed of Noah WEBSTER of dictionary fame). Levi
ZIMMERMAN owned a dry goods store in Van Wert, Ohio and also owned a
piano factory in Iowa.
Levi's son, Ernest Merle ZIMMERMAN (1883 - 1949), was my grandfather.
He was born and raised in Van Wert, Ohio. After he married Clara Marie
MCCOY, he moved to Birmingham, AL; Clinton, IA; Park Ridge, IL; Ardmore,
PA; Brooklyn, NY; Pearl River, NY; and Westwood, NJ, where he remained
for many years.
If any of these names sound familiar and you would like to pursue
further some possible common relatives, please feel free to contact me
off-list at pmcnichols(a)buckeye-express.com
Pat McNichols
gc-gateway(a)rootsweb.com wrote:
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Author: notcoolmom
Surnames: Keely, Zimmerman
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My grandfather Lawrence Milton zimmerman was born in Ohio and moved to Michigan in the
Elk Rapids (near traverse City area. I have traced my ancestry to Bavaria to Johann and
Clarae Zimmerman. My Grandfather married Ruth Ellen Keely and hd my Uncle Carl and Dad,
Charles. My blood grandmother died in 1924 when dad was a young child. He later remarried
Marion borst and they had 3 girks; Eunice, sharon and Helen.
I am Kay Marie Zimmmerman Thomas Married to Robert Thomas. We had 4 children the
youngest is now 18.
Are we relatred?
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