Individual Details
Friedrich Tjarks "Fred" Zimmerman
(3 Jul 1868 - 12 Feb 1944)
52 ZIMMERMAN MARY G 54 IA W TOBIASON, HENRY GER RICKELS, ANGELINA GER IA
53 ZIMMERMAN CLARA M 26 IA D IA
54 ZIMMERMAN FREDA I 18 IA D IA
55 ZIMMERMAN ESTER L 15 IA D IA
Events
Families
Spouse | Gesche Maria "Mary" Tobiassen (1870 - 1957) |
Child | Henry Zimmerman (1892 - 1901) |
Child | Lena M Zimmerman (1894 - ) |
Father | Heike Hinrich Zimmerman (1843 - 1880) |
Mother | Johanna Margaretha Zimmerman (1849 - 1898) |
Notes
Death
Fred ZimmermanJuly 3, 1868–February 12, 1944
F. Zimmerman Funeral Held Here Tuesday
Fred Zimmerman, 75, for many years a resident of Jones county, died Saturday morning at 1 o'clock at the John McDonald hospital. He had been in failing health for some time. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 o'clock at St. Matthew's Lutheran church from the Goettsch funeral home. Interment was made at Oakwood cemetery.
Zimmerman was a son of Henry and Johanna Zimmerman, a native of Germany, having been born there July 3, 1868. He came to this country with his family in 1872, settling at Monticello. He grew to manhood in Castle Grove township and attended nearby rural schools. He was married to Mary Tobiason at Zion Lutheran church in Wayne township February 12, 1891. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. Mardorf. He died on his 53rd wedding anniversary. Following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman lived on a farm in Castle Grove township for two years before moving to Wayne township where they made their home until they retired to Monticello in January, 1930, where they settled in a home on North Sycamore street.
Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman were the parents of four daughters, Mrs. Thomas Faust, Clara and Freda Zimmerman, and Mrs. Esther Hosford, all of Monticello. One son, Henry, was killed when he was nine years old. In addition to his widow and daughters, Zimmerman is survived by two grandchildren, Sgt. Frederick Faust of Boise, Idaho, and Ronald Hosford of Monticello. Mr. Zimmerman also has one sister, Mrs. Gesena Clark of Twin Falls, Idaho.
Endnotes
1. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
2. Jones Co. Iowa marriage books, online.
BOOK D 1877-1884 :: BOOK E 1884-1891 :: BOOK F 1891-1898 (USGenWeb
3. , Seventy-fifth anniversary of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Congregation 1872-1947. (Wayne Township, Jones Co. Monticello, Iowa.:, 1947), Feb 12, 1891 Friedrich Tjarks Zimmermann Gesche Maria Tobiassen .
4. Jones Co. Iowa Census, Jones Co. Iowa GenWeb online [http://iowajones.org/census/census.htm], accessed.
5. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
6. Oakwood Cemetery burial list, US Genweb and Jones Co. Genealogy Society online http://iowajones.org/cemetery/Oakwood03.htm], accessed March 2008.
7. "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, Family Search, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 December 2013), Harrison Lubben and Lena M Zimmerman, 1914.