I am also a musical Kimmel....I play percussion in the local symphony orchestra, opera orchestra and other musical organzations.... Corliss Kimmel

--part1_18.1fe003e.26157dfd_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_18.1fe003e.26157dfd_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: AdairChet@aol.com From: AdairChet@aol.com Full-name: AdairChet Message-ID: <c0.23f8335.26139f4f@aol.com> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:02:55 EST Subject: Re: [KIMMEL] 78s To: mountroyal@erols.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 67 Hi to all I have not been active with this Kimmel email mostly because I am not certain if I am connected to the immigrants that are referred to. My family are presently KimmAl's; however, I suspect they were originally the "EL" spelling. Tim has my gggrandfather Joseph as XB b.1808 PA. We have been unable to confirm any closer connection. My mother use to tell me that our ancestor came with his brothers to America from Germany but I don't know which one or if same brothers as Johann Michael's sons. In regard to the musical inclination of the Kimmel's, my mother played the accordian for a short time but would never give it up then gave it to my brother. She also played piano and made sure that I took lessons. My grandfather JBKimmal was a photographer and an artist. My son is artistic and draws beautiful pictures of people as well as scenes and architecture. Maybe we are cousins out there? Thanks for listening. Alice Adair Harvey Wasiuk --part1_18.1fe003e.26157dfd_boundary--

Hi Everyone, I am from the Kimble/ Kimmels from Va. We have not yet proven our first Kimmel in America (Tim thinks that it might be a Johannes Nickolas Kimel on the ship the Brothers to Philadelphia Sept 1754 aka John Kimble). Our Kimble/Kimmels are definitely musical also. Music was and still is very important to them. When I grew up I thought that ALL families were musical and I felt it odd when I encountered a family not related that was not. There are many people who are Kimbles or descendant of Kimbles that have recorded songs in WVa and also Va. My Grandfather was a very gifted musician. He could not read music and never had a lesson yet he could play Guitar, Violin, Harmonica, Banjo, and French Harp. He only needed to listen to a song once and he could play it perfectly. He always played with his eyes closed so that he could HEAR the music. He was often asked by his sons and friends if he would teach them how to play. " Just listen to it and you will be able to play", he would say. I have many fond memories of sitting at Granddad's knees as a child while he played and sang for us. My father and his brothers as well as many cousins also play musical instruments. Our family immediate and distant are musically inclined. I find it interesting that the other Kimmels on this list are also musically inclined. It must be in the genes &/or the culture. Betty Jane Kimble KTompk7744@aol.com wrote: > Dick, I think our stereo plays 78s and 33s, but you need one of those inserts > to make it play 45s. But, alas, we lost the needle when we moved here, so > we can't play anything.... > > I still think most Kimmels are musical. Perhaps when we organize the big > Kimmel reunion in Somerset County (someday) we can include a down-home type > jam session. > > Jan T

Tim; The oil painting by D.M.Kimmell, is my sister-in-law. Doris May Elmore-Kimmell. She recently sold some property in Alva, OK., & the painting was in that sale. I was there. Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: Timothy W. Kimmel <tkimmel@fwi.com> To: <KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 3:49 AM Subject: [KIMMEL] Kimmels at Ebay > Hi, all... > > Can anyone identify who any the Kimmels are whose names appear on > current Ebay auction items? > > Click on URL below to go directly to Kimmel list on Ebay: > http://search-desc.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaydesc/results.html?query=kimmel &dest=&cobrandpartner=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&SortOrder=&maxRecordsPerPage =50&srchdesc=y&category0=&category1=&category2=&category3=&textonly=&tc=&ht= 1&st=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1=&ebaytag1code=&ebaycurr=&psURLSaveMethod= PersonalShopperSaveSearch&userid=&pass=&psreg=&psfreq=&psdura= > > Ebay item: 291689943 -- 1957 oil painting by Oklahoma artist D. M. > kimmel. > > Ebay item: 292100505 -- early 1900s record includes Kimmel March by > John J. Kimmel, played on accordion. > > Ebay item: 291989676 -- plastic model ship includes the USS Charles > Kimmel. > > Ebay item: 293653869 -- Civil War patriotic cover by Kimmel (A. > Kimmel?) > > Ebay item: 290654371 -- prints produced by Kimmel & Co. during the > 1860s. > > --Tim in Fort Wayne > =============== > > >

Tim - I've heard of the John Kimmel accordian player. There are a few of his records around and I and have one of his 78s. He's the only Kimmel musician I know of out of the past. Being a musician myself, I have an interest in Kimmel musicians. I haven't found a machine to play the 78 yet, so I can't review his playing - but at the time only the few best people in any area were being recorded, so I'd expect he was quite accomplished. As for accordians....this list isn't for accordian jokes. -- Dick Kimmel PO Box 101 New Ulm MN 56073 USA e-mail kimmel@newulmtel.net phone 507-359-1163 For information on Dick Kimmel & Co http://www.newulmtel.net/~kimmel/

Dick, I think our stereo plays 78s and 33s, but you need one of those inserts to make it play 45s. But, alas, we lost the needle when we moved here, so we can't play anything.... I still think most Kimmels are musical. Perhaps when we organize the big Kimmel reunion in Somerset County (someday) we can include a down-home type jam session. Jan T

Hi, all... Can anyone identify who any the Kimmels are whose names appear on current Ebay auction items? Click on URL below to go directly to Kimmel list on Ebay: http://search-desc.ebay.com/cgi-bin/texis/ebaydesc/results.html?query=kimmel&dest=&cobrandpartner=&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&SortOrder=&maxRecordsPerPage=50&srchdesc=y&category0=&category1=&category2=&category3=&textonly=&tc=&ht=1&st=&minPrice=&maxPrice=&ebaytag1=&ebaytag1code=&ebaycurr=&psURLSaveMethod=PersonalShopperSaveSearch&userid=&pass=&psreg=&psfreq=&psdura= Ebay item: 291689943 -- 1957 oil painting by Oklahoma artist D. M. kimmel. Ebay item: 292100505 -- early 1900s record includes Kimmel March by John J. Kimmel, played on accordion. Ebay item: 291989676 -- plastic model ship includes the USS Charles Kimmel. Ebay item: 293653869 -- Civil War patriotic cover by Kimmel (A. Kimmel?) Ebay item: 290654371 -- prints produced by Kimmel & Co. during the 1860s. --Tim in Fort Wayne ===============

--part1_45.1ef8e20.26116b49_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_45.1ef8e20.26116b49_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <Roger_RHOADS@Montellna.com> Received: from rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (rly-yd02.mail.aol.com [172.18.150.2]) by air-yd05.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:15:31 -0500 Received: from montellna.com ([208.148.191.222]) by rly-yd02.mx.aol.com (v70.21) with ESMTP; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:15:20 -0500 Received: from [153.47.2.6] by montellna.com via smtpd (for rly-yd02.mx.aol.com [205.188.156.162]) with SMTP; 27 Mar 2000 16:03:55 UT Received: from wilexh01.himont.com (wilexh01.himont.com [153.47.2.151]) by himont.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3) id QAA09420 for <KTompk7744@aol.com>; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:15:10 -0500 (EST) Received: by wilexh01.himont.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <HLAMM96M>; Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:14:11 -0500 Message-ID: <AB491391282ED311B70D00508B108084C6BFC8@wilex001.himont.com> From: "RHOADS, Roger" <Roger_RHOADS@Montellna.com> To: "'KTompk7744@aol.com'" <KTompk7744@aol.com> Subject: RE: Flory Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:15:01 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jan, Sorry, but Gertrude isn't in my stuff. I have Elizabeth (1803-1848), d/o Jacob and Elizabeth (Beeghley) Flory, m. Jacob Warner as my earliest and then a wide variety of Flory's marrying with Brumbaugh's in the Phillipsburg, OH area. My Kimmel's only go back to Oda Kimmel, b. ca 1850 m. Lawrence Fudge. Roger Rhoads -----Original Message----- From: KTompk7744@aol.com [mailto:KTompk7744@aol.com] Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 3:30 PM To: Roger_RHOADS@montellna.com Subject: Re: Flory I can trace my Esther Flory Kimmel back to the immigrant Joseph Flory. But I would like to know how Gertrude A Flory, the lyricist for hymns, fits into the family, as she surely must. Is she one of yours? Jan T --part1_45.1ef8e20.26116b49_boundary--

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--part1_b1.2970d7f.260e3f75_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_b1.2970d7f.260e3f75_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <BUDDY184@swbell.net> Received: from rly-zb02.mx.aol.com (rly-zb02.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.2]) by air-zb04.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 09:50:06 -0500 Received: from mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.25]) by rly-zb02.mx.aol.com (v70.21) with ESMTP; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 09:49:53 1900 Received: from postoffice.swbell.net ([216.62.142.233]) by mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0FRZ00E0KFUPAF@mta1.rcsntx.swbell.net> for KTompk7744@aol.com; Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:49:38 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 08:42:28 -0600 From: BUDDY184@swbell.net Subject: Re: [SOMGEN] Sisterhood of Mary & Martha, Berlin PA Brethren church To: KTompk7744@aol.com Reply-to: BUDDY184@swbell.net Message-id: <38DCD054.9D353F76@postoffice.swbell.net> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en]C-SBIS-NC404 (Win95; U) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: <ea.344d2bf.260d1147@aol.com> The name Kimmel has popped up in my Somerset Co. research. I have a Harriet m. John G. Kimmel, 1870ish. If this is your bunch, I'd like to share notes. Ruby --part1_b1.2970d7f.260e3f75_boundary--

Spring 2000's issue of Berlin Historical Society's MEMOS includes some recipes taken from the Sisterhood of Mary & Martha of the Brethren Church of Berlin PA, but MEMOS could not ascertain the date. Recipes were included from ladies named Cober, Deitz, Menges, Boyer, Johnson, Hoffmaster AND MRS. JOHN J. KIMMEL, whose recipe was for Spanish String Beans: 2 medium onions 2 tbs butter 2 cupes stewed tomatoes 2 whole cloves 2 lbs. fresh cooked string beans 1 green pepper diced 1 tsp salt 2 tsp sugar "Slice the onions, add the butter, salt, tomatoes, rgeen pepper, cloves and sugar. Simmer 15 min. Remove cloves and add beans. Heat well and serve. Canned beans may be used. --Mrs. John J. Kimmel." Thought somebody might (a) be able to figure out who she was and what the time period is and (b) claim her. Jan T

Some years ago I copied the following from the Brotherton Pike Cemetery: Kimmel (on one stone): Emaline 1829-1916 Daniel 1829-1902 Lois-Ann McCollum

This is for Jan to forward to Donna. Regarding who Sarah Ellen Kimmel Shober's parents are: ---------- In "Biographical Review, Volume 32, Somerset & Bedford Counties, PA," 1899 (pp. 325-326) is a biography of Daniel Kimmel, son of Jonathan and husband of Emeline Landis. According to this account, their daughter "Sarah E., born September 19, 1855, who is the wife of Samuel U. Shober, of Somerset, and has four children--Ulysses S., Jennie I., Clinton and Marley." Dr. Harry Kimmel Stoner's 1937 report on the Kimmels include Daniel and Emeline's daughter "Susan Ellen" who married "Samuel U. Shober" and had children "Ulysses S., Laura J., Clinton K. and Marling." -Tim in Fort Wayne ===================== > JAN'S MESSAGE: > This came to me from a lady who is shirttail kin in several directions: > > From: Donna E Mattingly <donna-mattingly@juno.com> > > Hi Jan, > Guess what, I just found another connection. I have a Homer Reiman > KNEPPER Married to a Laura Jasne Shober, whose parents are Samuel H > Shober and Sarah Ellen KIMMEL. > Laura Janes b Date is 26 Nov 1875 Beachdale, Pa. I don't have anything > on her parents just the names. We are relations of relations so many > times that it is getting almost funny. Anyway here we are again. Love > Cousin, Donna >

Jan & Donna, Perhaps you can help me with a question I've been struggling with for a while. When my ggt. grandfather Charles Wesley Kimmel's wife Lydia Lenhart died, quite a few of the the children (about 10 of them) began staying with the Madison Shober family. Charles Kimmel's wife Lydia had died by the 1900 census because Charles was living in Somerset Co. then without her; and their children were split between him and the Shobers who lived nearby. Any light you can shed on this would be greatly appreciated. Gloria > ---------- > From: KTompk7744@aol.com[SMTP:KTompk7744@aol.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 9:40 AM > To: KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KIMMEL] Kimmel Shober query > > > From: Donna E Mattingly <donna-mattingly@juno.com> > > > > Hi Jan, > Guess what, I just found another connection. I have a Homer Reiman > KNEPPER Married to a Laura Jasne Shober, whose parents are Samuel H > Shober and Sarah Ellen KIMMEL. > Laura Janes b Date is 26 Nov 1875 Beachdale, Pa. I don't have anything > on her parents just the names. We are relations of relations so many > times that it is getting almost funny. Anyway here we are again. Love > Cousin, Donna > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > <a > href="http://dl.www.juno.com/get/taga">http://dl.www.juno.com/get/taga</a> > . > > --part1_b2.2d5d15d.2608e3d4_boundary-- >

--part1_b2.2d5d15d.2608e3d4_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This came to me from a lady who is shirttail kin in several directions: --part1_b2.2d5d15d.2608e3d4_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <donna-mattingly@juno.com> Received: from rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (rly-yh04.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.36]) by air-yh01.mail.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:46:44 -0500 Received: from m2.boston.juno.com (m2.boston.juno.com [205.231.101.199]) by rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:46:31 -0500 Received: from cookie.juno.com by cookie.juno.com for <"sLQSSW8Xk9yda58X4FnjWDDjSZQcdbPTNLYkDm7pNAzN7xHPvYYX3QD9DWN6srdi"> Received: (from donna-mattingly@juno.com) by m2.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id E3NGR9RC; Mon, 20 Mar 2000 22:46:07 EST To: KTompk7744@aol.com Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 20:50:11 +0000 Subject: Family History Message-ID: <20000320.205016.-455771.0.donna-mattingly@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 4.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 0-2,5 X-Juno-Att: 0 X-Juno-RefParts: 0 From: Donna E Mattingly <donna-mattingly@juno.com> Hi Jan, Guess what, I just found another connection. I have a Homer Reiman KNEPPER Married to a Laura Jasne Shober, whose parents are Samuel H Shober and Sarah Ellen KIMMEL. Laura Janes b Date is 26 Nov 1875 Beachdale, Pa. I don't have anything on her parents just the names. We are relations of relations so many times that it is getting almost funny. Anyway here we are again. Love Cousin, Donna ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: <a href="http://dl.www.juno.com/get/taga">http://dl.www.juno.com/get/taga</a>. --part1_b2.2d5d15d.2608e3d4_boundary--

Flyers about the Kimmel reunion sponsored by descendants of David & Leah Riegel Kimmel are going in the mail today. Here's the schedule: Friday, July 7 Gordon Bower will greet early arrivals from out-of-town at the Ramada Inn in Lawrence, KS. A room will be set up to get acquainted. Dinner is "on your own." The Ramada is at the WEST exit of I-70 in Lawrence. Saturday, July 8, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. registration, mingling, displays, scrapbooks, photo albums. Introduce yourself, tell your story. In the Haskell & Oread Rooms at Ramada Inn, Lawrence. Lunch is on your own. 5:30 - 9:00 p.m. Supper, talent show, sing-a-long, raffle/auction, get acquainted. At First United Methodist Church, 10th & Vermont in downtown Lawrence. Sunday, at McLouth, KS (20 miles north from Lawrence. Take Highway 24 north to the old Midway General Store, where you'll make a left turn on to county road 1045, blacktop all the way to McLouth. An easy drive and pretty.) The Kimmels will be meeting at the RED BARN at the east city limits of McLouth on Highway 16. McLouth is a town of 700 people, half of them kin to Kimmels, so you can't get lost. Genealogy discussions ongoing. 8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration. Coffee and rolls. 10:00 a.m. Worship and memorial service. Special song by children. 11:30 a.m. Family Sunday lunch. 1:00 p.m. Meeting. Comments and plants for next reunion. 2:30 p.m. Tour of Kimmel sites, president, historical, and cemetery. 3:30 p.m. Adjourn. As you can see, all activities will not be held at the Ramada Inn in Lawrence. Logistically, we couldn't make it happen. All Kimmel displays will be exhibited at the Ramada Inn on Saturday and at McLouth on Sunday. Costs of EACH of the two meals will be somewhere in the range of $7-$10.00. Children's rates are being negotiated. Beverly Sanders Muzzy is asking for a commitment headcount by Apirl 15. Reunion committee members are Gordon and Betty Bower, Winifred Kimmel Turner, Marie Kimmel Moffet, Judy Kimmel-Miller, Lois Sanders Uihlein and Beverly Sanders Muzzy. Bev's e-mail address is rzbmuzzy@grapevine.net and her snail mail address is 21370 259th St., McLouth KS 66054. Bev is also asking for names to be included in the memorial service (Kimmels who have died since the last reunion. Usually we give a brief biography and light a candle or something similar. Jan T

Tobias KIMMEL b. 1816 m. Barbara BRENIZER Joseph KIMMEL b. 1814 m. Catherine BRENIZER Barbara and Catherine's father was Peter Brenizer b. 1790, their mother was ELIZABETH MYERS. Elizabeth's parents were Christian Myers and Barbara BEEGHLEY. ***** Does anyone have the dates of birth and death for Elizabeth Myers?***** It is the only piece of information I am missing for this family history sheet. Many thanks, Pat-T

I am a recipient of the Kimmel Lists info that I get by email. For your info, a felon is normally a pustulant infection or boil. Shauna L. -----Original Message----- From: KTompk7744@aol.com <KTompk7744@aol.com> To: KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com <KIMMEL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, March 11, 2000 9:51 PM Subject: [KIMMEL] Another Porter Kimmel home remedy >"FELON. #260. Grind sassafras, make into a poultice with cold water and >apply. This has been known to cure a felon in one hour. -- PORTER KIMMEL, >Morrill, Kans." > >(I must confess I have no notion of what FELON might be in terms of health. >N J Roop says "The first symptom is as if a thorn were very deep in the >finger while the surface shows no mark." At any rate iother folks' remedies >include "ordinary gunpowder", egg yolks, scalding water, a fly blister, rock >salt, tobacco & vinegar, and cold stewed pumpkin.) > >I hope these two Kimmels belong to somebody on the list. > >Jan T > >

Jan, Thanks for posting the home remedys from the INGLENOOK DOCTOR BOOK (1903). Porter Kimmel was Charles Royal Porter Kimmel (1874-1946), AC-BBJBCA on Tim's list. He was a son of Jonathan H. Kimmel (1850-1935) and Salina J. Slifer. Jonathan H. Kimmel was a son of Michael M. Kimmel (1821-1888)and Nancy Lichty. Michael M. Kimmel was a son of Jonathan Kimmel (1798-1878) and Susanna Meyers, my third great grandparents. Michael M. Kimmel moved from Somerset Co., PA to Carroll Co., IL. His son Jonathan H. married in Ogle Co., IL, and later moved to Brown Co., KS. Porter Kimmel married first to Delila "Lila" L. Fry, second to Anna Marie Phillippi. Mrs. J. H. Kimmel that you mentioned was Porter's mom, Salina J. Slifer. Debby

"FELON. #260. Grind sassafras, make into a poultice with cold water and apply. This has been known to cure a felon in one hour. -- PORTER KIMMEL, Morrill, Kans." (I must confess I have no notion of what FELON might be in terms of health. N J Roop says "The first symptom is as if a thorn were very deep in the finger while the surface shows no mark." At any rate iother folks' remedies include "ordinary gunpowder", egg yolks, scalding water, a fly blister, rock salt, tobacco & vinegar, and cold stewed pumpkin.) I hope these two Kimmels belong to somebody on the list. Jan T