Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Zimmer was born in October 1871, in Illinois, United States, her father, John N Zimmer, was 29 and her mother, Anna Maria Kieffer, was 19. She married Charles Julius Witt on 29 September 1892, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Stephenson, Rock Island, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1930. She died on 4 February 1953, at the age of 81, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.
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- Anna Zimmers in household of John Zimmers, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Anna Zimmer - Government record: birth-name: Annie K. Zimmer
- Annie K. Zimmer, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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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.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition
Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Erwin, Kurt, Franz, Fritz, Mathias, Otto, Bernhard, Dieter, Georg, Horst, Markus.
German: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, either from Middle High German zim(b)er, zimmer ‘wood, wooden building’ or a shortening of Zimmermann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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