My Zimmerman ancestors came from Germany about 1803 and settled in now WV. Zimmerman is the German word for Carpenter. On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 4:29 PM, David Zimmerman <zimmerman409@charter.net>wrote: > Michael and Elizabeth Zimmerman came to Allegheny County, PA about 1810, > but I can not determine where they came from. > Their children were all born in Pennsylvania according to the 1850 census. > > The following information is for their children and is considered to be > accurate: > > Elizabeth (aka Betsy) born 1795, died (unk) Married David Soles in > Allegheny County on 11 March, 1813. > William born 1796, died 1879 Married Elizabeth Jordan in Allegheny County > on 22 December, 1825. > Margaret born 4 April, 1800, died 25 April, 1881 Married William McKimens > in Westmoreland or Allegheny County in 1820. > Mary (or May) born 1808, Died 1865 Married James Jordan in unknown > location. > Harriet (aka Minah) born 1810, died (unk) Never married. > > Anyone with access to birth, baptism, christening or other church records > for your local county are requested, at your convenience, to see if a record > exists for these individuals. > There are Michael Zimmermans in numerous counties in Pennsylvania so the > potential exists for them to have come from anywhere in the state. > There is information, as yet not substantiated, that Margaret was born in > Lancaster County, Pa. > Your help in locating the birthplace for these children may lead to the > place the Zimmerman family lived before going to Allegheny County, Pa. > Just one brick at a time is helpful................... > Your help is most appreciated. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PAYORK > ********* > Messages posted to the RootsWeb/Ancestry PAYORK Message Board are gatewayed > to this Mailing List. Remember that the author of gatewayed messages may > not be a list subscriber so please reply to gatewayed messages by clicking > on the link and replying on the board. > ************ > Visit the York County, Pennsylvania USGENWEB Project at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~payork/ <http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Epayork/> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAYORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >