David Weaver Zimmerman

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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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
Jacob H. Zimmerman
1893–1895
Anna Horst Zimmerman
1897–1979
David Weaver Horst Zimmerman
1900–1944

Sources (7)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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