Brief Life History of David Weaver
When David Weaver Zimmerman was born on 26 December 1854, in Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Wenger Zimmerman, was 37 and his mother, Anna Buckwalter Weaver, was 32. He married Catherine Weber Horst about 1885, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and East Earl, Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 10 March 1915, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in East Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- David W Zimmerman, "United States Census, 1900"
- David Zimmerman, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- David Zimmerman in entry for Jacob Zimmerman, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Zimmermann , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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