Jacob Stull Kimmel

Brief Life History of Jacob Stull

When Jacob Stull Kimmel was born on 27 April 1890, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Orin A. Kimmel, was 20 and his mother, Alverta Stull, was 19. He married Sarah Emma Will on 20 December 1916, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Stonycreek Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Central City, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 31 January 1937, at the age of 46, and was buried in Walker Cemetery, Stonycreek Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Jacob Stull Kimmel
1890–1937
Sarah Emma Will
1892–1979
Marriage: 20 December 1916
Robert Theodore Kimmel
1917–1969
Bernice Jean Kimmel
1920–1996
Patricia Joan Kimmel
1931–2008

Sources (10)

  • Jacob S Kimnel in household of Orin Kimnel, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jacob Stull Kimmel - Published information: birth-name: Jacob Stull Kimmel
  • Jacob S. Kimmel, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

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Name Meaning

German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Dutch: from Middle High German kumin, German Kümmel ‘caraway’ (related to Latin cuminum, a word of Oriental origin, like the plant itself), hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer, literally a supplier of caraway seeds.

English (London): variant of Kemble and Kimble .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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