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Author: dapmin
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Hello, My great grandmother was a Zimmerman whose family came from Baden, Germany and who
married my great grand father in Erie County in Western New York. Please contact me if you
see any connections to the Zimmerman family you mentioned - Thanks.
David Petrie
Arden Hills, Minnesota
Michael Zimmerman b. m. Frances Hedwig
Frances: b. circa 1808 [72 yrs at 1880 census] Bavaria, Germany Residence: living with
Michael Roll and Hedwig (Zimmerman) Roll in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota at the
time of the 1880 census - listed as "Mother in Law" with occupation listed as
"Nurse" [1880 census - 1st Ward, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota]
Occupation: nurse Parents: father b. Bavaria, Germany, mother b. Bavaria, Germany
Hedwig ("Hattie") Zimmerman b. 17 May 1843 Baden Baden, Germany m. Michael
Roll 10 May 1864 St. Mary's of the Assumption Catholic Church, Lancaster, Erie County,
New York, USA "1864, married 10 May Michael Roll and Hedwig Zimmermann. Witnesses:
Augustine Halter , ???? Roll, Gertrude Link and Elisabeth Schwarz." [St. Mary's
of the Assumption Catholic Church in Lancaster.) Parents: Michael Zimmerman(n) (b.
Germany) and Francis Hedwig (b. Germany) d. 23 Jan 1903 Mankato, Blue Earth County,
Minnesota, USA. bur. 31 Jan 1903 Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Mankato, Minnesota, USA
Occupation: Housewife Michael and Hedwig arrived in Mankato, Minnesota around 1869 after
moving from Lancaster (Erie County) New York, USA. The first two children of Michael and
Hedwig Roll were born in Lancaster, Erie County, New York, USA [Frances (Roll) Hilleshiem
b. 2 Apr 1866 and Clara (Roll) Budde b. 1867-68]. The rest of their 13 children were born
in Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.
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