Individual Details
Jacob Schimmels
(Dec 19, 1831 - Nov 3, 1915)
BIOGRAPHY: The Schimmels ancestors originally hale from Hungary, and a re suppos edly of royal blood. As the story was told, someone in th e family married a gy psy and was disowned by the rest of the Schimmel s clan. As part of the "settle ment", they where forced to change the ir name from what it really was to Schimm els, which means White Horse . Source: As told to Steve Becker by a cousin.
Events
| Birth | Dec 19, 1831 | Europe | |||
| Immigration | 1849 | ||||
| Marriage | May 6, 1856 | Anna Marie Mauel | |||
| Death | Nov 3, 1915 |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Marie Mauel (1835 - 1916) |
| Child | Mary Christine Schimmels (1857 - 1934) |
| Child | Joseph Schimmels (1858 - 1925) |
| Child | Christine Mary Schimmels (1860 - 1937) |
| Child | John G Schimmels (1862 - 1945) |
| Child | Sophia E Schimmels (1864 - 1939) |
| Child | Anna Margarethe Schimmels (1867 - 1954) |
| Child | Henry C Schimmels (1871 - 1936) |
| Child | Elizabeth Schimmels (1876 - 1918) |