David Weaver Zimmerman

26 December 1854–10 March 1915 (Age 60)
Spring Grove, York, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary 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 3 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 Weaverland Mennonite Cemetery, East Earl, Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Weaver Zimmerman
1854–1915
Catherine Weber Horst
1865–1961
Marriage: about 1885
Elam Horst Zimmerman
1886–1968
Harry Horst Zimmerman
1887–1939
Anna Horst Zimmerman
1897–1979
Weaver Horst Zimmerman
1900–1944

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1885Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 9
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
    Age 9
    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
    Age 18
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Zimmermann

    Sources (4)

    • David W. Zimmerman in entry for Anna Zimmerman, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
    • David W Zimmerman, "United States Census, 1900"
    • David Zimmerman, "United States Census, 1910"

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