Hi Donald -- Thanks for your message, but I don't know of a connection between your Zimmermans and mine. My oldest known Zimmerman is: Joseph b. 1781 in Lancaster, PA; d. 1854 in Green Twp., Columbiana, OH. He. m. Elizabeth Weisleder/Whiteleather in 1810 in Columbiana Co. Children (some of whom ended up in Hancock Co., OH) were: Mary b. 1811 John b. 20 Nov 1812, d. 1884 in Iowa Co., Iowa m. Catherine Heistand in 1835 in Hancock Co., OH Andrew b. 1814, d. 1881 in Hancock Co., OH m. Amanda Bucher in 1838 Conrad m. Tamer Ann Mullen in 1835, Hancock Co., OH Joseph, died as infant George b. 1820, d. 1848 Peter b. 1822 d. 1862 in Iowa Co., IA m. Margaret Sheater in 1850 Adam b. 1824, d. 1854 Abraham b. 1825, d. 1918 in Columbiana Co., OH Magdelena b. 1827 m. Joseph Moore Henry b. 1828, d. 1830 --Virgene Travis in Montana >Saw on the Zimmerman list your forward of the message from the Stark County >list. Thought I'd check to see if we have ancestors in common. Mine were >John F. & Margaret (Kuntz) Zimmerman, who lived 1830-1850 in Osnaburg Township >(section 13, Township 18, Range 7). Their children were William, Michael, >Henry, Jonas, John, Mary, Susanna, Margaret, and Elizabeth. John F.'s >parents, according to other researchers, were John and Barbara (Gould or >Cokenhaur?) Zimmerman. > >Don Zimmerman >Seattle, Washington >