Anna Zimmer

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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Family Time Line

Charles Julius Witt
about 1866–1933
Anna Zimmer
1871–1953
Marriage: 29 September 1892
Catherine Witt
1894–1963
Anna M Witt
about 1910–
Julia R Witt
1897–1984
Agnes Gertrude Witt
1901–1995
Regina Mary Witt
1904–1984
Charles J Witt
1907–1984

Sources (23)

  • 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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1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition

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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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