John Henry Timmer
27 October 1897–18 February 1969 (Age 71)
Netherlands
The Life of John Henry
John Henry Timmer was born on 27 October 1897, in Netherlands. He married Fern Tessie Steffen on 13 September 1923, in Raymond, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States. He died on 18 February 1969, in Raymond, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 71.
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Family Time Line
John Henry Timmer
1897–1969
Fern Tessie Steffen
1901–1950
Marriage: 13 September 1923
Spouse and Children
1897–1969Male
1901–1950Female
MARRIAGE
13 September 1923
Raymond, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States
13 September 1923
Raymond, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 1
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899 · Hague Peace Convention
Age 2
The Hague Peace Convention was a series conferences that produced treaties and declarations. The convention took place in Hague, Netherlands. The conferences were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in secular international law.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 19
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
North German:1. metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, from Low German timmer ‘timber’. 2. from a reduced form of Thiemer, a variant of Dittmar . 3. habitational name from any of several places called Timmern in Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- John Timmer, "United States Census, 1930"
- John H Timmer, "United States Census, 1940"
- John Henry Timmer, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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