of Floyd County, Iowa · from Germany · documented from the public record
The family in the record
John Zimmar b. 1836
parentsJohn Zimmar & Katherina Wolff
John Zimmar⚭ Katherine Eidler
childrenJohn Godfrey Zimmar · Mary Sophia Zimmar · Lillie Jane Zimmar · Gynette Zimmar · David William Zimmar · Wilhelmina Katherina Zimmar · Christian Charles Zimmar · Jacob Frederick Zimmar · Carolina Evalina Zimmar · Abraham Isaac Zimmar · Katie Belle Zimmar
Source: History of Floyd County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Farmer, P.O. Niles.
Born Aug. 30, 1836, educated in Germany, worked in a vineyard.
Came to U.S. 1853, located in Berrien County, Michigan until 1866, then Iowa.
Owns 180 acres, section 10, Niles Township.
Married Katherine Eidler 1860.
Advent church member, township Trustee.
Eleven children, ten living.
Daughter Gynette deceased.
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