My heart jumped when I saw a Maria Zimmerman until I saw the 1953 date. I
have an unaccounted for Maria Zimmerman who died 1850 in Almond, Allegany Co.
NY with no parents, birth date, or siblings. She married a Peter William
Makeley August 4, 1846 and bore him three sons. The first two didn't survive to
age 3 but the third one lived while she died. This was Levan Zimmerman
Makeley who was my gggrandfather. Peter remarried, but I have never been able to
find any info on Maria who was called Polly. I can't even find her burial.
How sad and tragic is that to be forgotten so soon after death. Peter
married within three months to a Sarah Clarinda Hadsell who had a baby of her own
less than three weeks after the wedding. My guess is he wanted a wet nurse
for his son.
Does any of this sound familiar to any of you Zimmerman researchers out
there? Vicki
Researching names: Arwin(e), Baker, Barrett, Brokaw, Butler, Carnes, Crowe,
Dean, Ferris, Golden, Hendershott, Hoxter, Huber, Isaman, Jenks (all
variations), Kelleher, Knapp, Koontz, Lundrigan, Makely, McDermott, Merritt, Neu,
Northrup, O'Connor, Osincup, Patterson, Powers, Quick, Rahmlow, Robertson,
Robinson, Root, Ryan, Stocum, Wade, White, Wilcox, Wright, Van Oxx (Oxx), Yeckley,
Zimmerman