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Lon Zimmer & Lottie Zimmer

Diaries

The Zimmer diaries (links & Surnames involved below) are on-line through the generosity of Cliff Zimmer who gave me permission to make these available to the Steuben Co., NY GenWeb page.  They may not be reproduced for any commercial gain - nor to other web pages without express permission of Cliff Zimmer. <cliffz@grove.net>.  

Cliff's Preface

Reference Note:

Alonzo (Lon) Zimmer was the son of George G., Zimmer, born in Cohocton on June 30, 1860, died in Avoca on August 4, 1934, and Julianna (Julia) Strick Zimmer, born in Wayland on August 27, 1862, died in Avoca on March 10, 1939. Lon was the grandson of Jacob Fredrich. Zimmer, born in Stennweiler, Germany on April 23, 1827, died November 26, 1896 in Cohocton, and Catherine Miller (Müeller) Zimmer, born in Germany in 1832, died in Sep 7, 1871, after Catherine died Jacob married Jacobina Schmidt b-Nov 25, 1837 in Germany; d-1893 in Cohocton, NY. Lon’s paternal great grandparents were Fredrich Georg Zimmer, born in Stennweiler, Germany on March 12, 1798, died September 2, 1882 in Cohocton, NY, and Barbary (Mary) Gebhardt, born in Germany in 1805. Fredrich and Barbary emigrated to the United States in 1846 with their children, thus establishing this branch of the Zimmer family in the United States, and became one of the first German settlers on “Dutch” Hill in Cohocton where they farmed. Charlotte (Lottie) McKibbin Zimmer’s parents were Charles McKibbin and Martha Edgett McKibbin. Lon lived on a 250-acre farm on Wagner Hill in the town of Wheeler, 3 miles from Avoca, NY from 1898 until his death in 1968. Lottie joined him at the farm upon their marriage December 26, 1910. (updated: 9/14/2000)

To The historian:

• The diaries of Lon and Lottie Zimmer provide a detailed, extended view of the life of a farm family in upstate New York in the early part of the 20th century.

To My Fellow Genealogist:

• A study of this material should provide valuable assistance in the search for names, dates and significant events.

To The Zimmer Family & Associates:

• These diaries should be richly rewarding reading experience and a family treasure to pass on to successor generations.

Acknowledgements:

Several people assisted in the effort to digitize these diaries and provide them to various Zimmer family members and to historical societies in upstate New York. I would especially like to thank my sister-in-law, Lee Wiley Zimmer, who, while the original diaries were briefly in her possession many years ago, laboriously copied each of the entries by hand. Without her extraordinary effort, this work would not have been possible. Moreover, she provided extended and valuable assistance in proofing drafts. My wife, Cynthia Swebilius Zimmer, spent many long hours over a number of months dictating each of the entries and then she expended an enormous amount of time in proofing the final copy. Without her loving and unstinting efforts, this work could not have been consummated. My cousin, Carl L. Zimmer, is also to be commended for his efforts with some of the proofing and with the proper spelling of some of the surnames in the diaries. Any mistakes remaining are, of course, my responsibility.

Clifford G. Zimmer, Jr.<cliffz@grove.net>
Electronic Transcriber
September 1999

*Note: Misc. Information is found at the end of many of the diaries.

In a e-mail from Cliff to me dated: Dec. 18, 1999:

...."Not only do you have my permission to post Lon and Lottie' s diaries, but I encourage you to do so. By your effort, 184 families may learn something about their ancestors. Any disclaimers you need from me, you have. " ....I have no problem with your listing my e-mail address, but I doubt I can contribute any more to the information contained in the diary."

Clifford G. Zimmer, Jr.<cliffz@grove.net>

Surnames found in the diaries

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