When Susannah Wimmer was born on 20 December 1834, in New Castle, Henry, Indiana, United States, her father, John Wimmer, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Hendricks, was 25. She married Hyrum Nelson about October 1849, in Weber, Utah, United States. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 January 1918, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
German: shortened form of Widmer .
German: occupational name from Middle High German wimmer ‘wine maker’.
German: nickname from Middle High German wim(m)er ‘knotty growth on a tree trunk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBefore the death of Grandfather Crandall and for a very short while after, his two wives, Mary Branningan and Susannah Wimmer lived together and it was wonderful how they got along and managed the hom …
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