Michael Zimmer^[1]

1790 - 1854  (64 years)

• Name	Michael Zimmer
  Born	8 Jan 1790	, Germany   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	farmer
  Land	Bef 1853	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario   [6]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-42639
  Died	18 Feb 1854	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 4, 7]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I42639	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret Stuber,   b. 10 Jul 1804, , Germany ,   d. 19 Aug 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1824	Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany   [8]
  Children	1. Johann Adam "Adam" Zimmer,   b. 19 Aug 1825, Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 25 May 1896, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)   2. Jacob Zimmer,   b. 9 Sep 1832, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 10 Feb 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)   3. Louisa Zimmer,   b. 24 Apr 1839,   d. 14 Jul 1901  (Age 62 years)   4. Daniel Zimmer,   b. 30 Jan 1844, Hütschenhausen, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany ,   d. 6 Sep 1919, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F37133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Michael Zimmer: Last Will and Testament of Michael Zimmer, of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman. …I Michael Zimmer, of the township of Waterloo, Yeoman, do make, constitute and publish these presents, dated the 26th December 1853, my Last Will and Testament, ordaining and directing concerning my worldly estate as follows ; (1) I desire my hereinafter named Executors in due time and times to collecty, receive, demand and me[sic] for my outstanding debts, dues, notes and bonds, and also to pay and discharge in due times all the debts due and owing by me. (2) My farm, consisting of the north half of Lot Number forty eight of the German Company Tract of the said Township of Waterloo, is to be carried on by my family unitedly as hitherto until it shall have been fully paid and freed from the incumberance resting thereon in favor of Christian Fray. After this be effected all my chattels and goods with the exceptions as hereinafter mentioned and provided shall be sold by public auction to the benefit of my estate, and then my eldest son Adam Zimmer is to have and take the farm, containing in the whole two hundred and twenty four acres - with exceptions for my second son Jacob as hereinafter provided at the price or payment and conditions as hereinafter mentioned, such exceptions to my son Jacob to contain about seventeen acres. (3) My son Adam is to give and pay out of the said farm to my beloved widow Margareth annually her regular widow third and allow her and the younger children in the free indwelling in our present dwelling house, but in case that circumstances arise which cause her to desire a dwelling place apart for herself, my said son Adam Zimmer is to build one for her on this place, in a suitable situation and in suitable dimensions on his own sole expenses and costs, and which she shall and may inhabit as long as she shall and doth remain my widow, but ceasing to be such, she shall have no further claim therein and in case she intermarries again, her widow third shall be computed and such computed sum be paid over to her by my said son Adam Zimmer, and she thus pay off all her further claims in and against my estate. (4) On my son Dadam Zimmer taking the farm as aforesaid, my beloved widow Margareth is to have and take as and for her own property for ever all and singular the house and kitchen furniture which she wants and doth desire to have, also two beds, bedding and bedsteads for herself and the younger children, also one cow, with the free run and pasturage and stabling on the place, along with the cattle of my son Adam. And my said son Adam is to have for his own property free out of my erstate, one span horses, one cow, one plough, one harrow, one wagon, one double horse harness, and one good fanning mill, and my half share in the threshing machine which I conjointly hold with Eli Clemens. And my son Jacob shall have and take out of my estate as his own property one horse and harness, one cow, one wagon, one plough and the old fanning mill. All the remainder of my chattels and goods is to be sold and the proceeds be laid up for my younger two children, and in case of need to be paid for and to them as occasions shall and may arise, and the balance thereof, each, his or her own share, be paid over to them when they do come on age, my daughter Louise Zimmer, when an age of twenty years, and my son Daniel Zimmer twenty one years old. My said son Adam Zimmer is further to pay out of the said place the sum of nine hundred dollars to my said two younger children, when they shall come on age…the first share to my daughter she being now about sixteen years old, and my said son Daniel being now about ten years old, is to receive his share after his said sister, but each of them shall receive her and his first installment of her or of his on their respective day of maturity, and from hence in yearly instalments, until the whole be paid, but without interedst until due, but in case either of them, or both, do die and depart life without leaving legal bodily issue, before she, or he, shall have received her or his respective share, in part of in full, then such unpaid portion and portions thereof shall fall back upon my estate, to be divided in equal shares amongst my surviving heirs, but the portion or portions which they, she or he actually had received, they may dispose of after their own mind and will, even if leaving no bodily issue and this shall be their respective portions out of my place. (5) My said son Jacob Zimmer shall have as his own property for ever free out of my land and estate all the parcels of land and premises which belong to this said lot number forty eight, - first, that which were formerly occupied by Franz Kraft and his wife, containing five acres, situate on the north side of the road leading to the Township line of Waterloo and Wilmot, with house and stable thereon. Secondly that field of eight or nine acres on the south side of the said road, adjoining Eli Clemens, as it is fenced in, and thirdly that piece of cedar land or swamp, adjoining Jacob Clemens land, containing about three acres, and which is butted and bounded - described as follows, viz: Commence at Jacob Clemens' land, thence along the south side of the said road eastward as far as one rod (or twenty five links) beyond the spring going amongst as by the name of "Krafts' Spring" thence backwards from the road to the fence bordering this cedar swamp, thence along this fence to the land and fence of Jacob Clemens aforesaid, and then this fence along to the beginning and of which lands he is to give and pay annually to my said Widow the sum of five shillings in place and lieu of her widow dower…My said daughter Louise shall after my demise go and try to earn her bread herself, but all her wages she shall and may keep and use herself. My said son Daniel shall be put out to learn a trade after his own liking my Executors to bind him out to some tradesman to the best of his advantage and interest, after he shall have attained his sixteenth year, up to such age he is to remain with my widow, or my son Adam, and be held to industry and work according to his abilities, not to forget however sufficient schooling. As Executors to my estate I hereby constitute and make my beloved son Adam Zimmer and my trusty friend Jacob Zoeller, of the said Township of Waterloo, Yeoman. Witnessed by Eli Clemens and Jacob Zimmer Will date 26 Dec 1853 Proved and Insinuated 1st March 1854 No Inventory amount Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber. A-1-27

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. John Adam Zimmer Birth Place: Germany RESIDENCE: Waterloo Age: 32 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1826 Father Name: Michael Mother Name: Margareth Stuber Spouse Name: Catherine Knechtel Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837 Spouse Birth Place: Waterloo Spouse Residence: Waterloo Spouse Father Name: Philip Spouse Mother Name: Eva Young Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1858 Marriage County: Waterloo [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library, #2 pg 163. Michael Zimmer, died 18 Feb 1854 aged 64y, 1m, 10d [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 29. Michael ZIMER Farmer Birthplace: Germany Age 53 Lutheran b. 8-Jan Margaretha ZIMER Birthplace: Germany Age 48 Lutheran b. 10-Jul Adam ZIMER Labourer Birthplace: Germany Age 27 Lutheran b. 19-Aug Jacob ZIMER Labourer Birthplace: Germany Age 21 Lutheran b. 9-Sep Daniel ZIMER Labourer Birthplace: Germany Age 9 Lutheran b. 27-Jan Louisa ZIMER Birthplace: Germany Age 13 Lutheran b. 2-Jun Nicolas GEIB Carpenter Birthplace: Germany Age 30 Lutheran b. 25-Dec Christian SHOEMAKER Carpenter Birthplace: Canada Age 13 Mennonite [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, M., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, M. (1799). Michael Zimmer (1799-1854) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 29 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163530384/michael-zimmer. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 29. [S1737] Probate - Wills of Waterloo Register A 1853-1871, Will of Michael Zimmer - A-1-27 dated 26 Dec 1853. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 23 Feb 1854 Page 8. Michael Zimmer, Died 18 Feb 1854 Waterloo. About 54 years old. [S2749] Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 - Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971. Name:Michael Zimmer Gender:männlich (Male) Marriage Age:24 Event Type:Heirat (Marriage) Birth Date:abt 1800 Marriage Date:28 Nov 1824 Marriage Place:Spesbach, Bayern (Bavaria), Deutschland (Germany) Father:Adam Zimmer Mother:Anna Elisabetha Zimmer Spouse:Margaretha Staber Father:Peter Stuber Mother:Juliane Stuber Spouse:Michael Zimmer Parish as it Appears:Pfalz. City or District:Spesbach Author:Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche Spesbach (BA. Homburg)

  
  

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  Born - 8 Jan 1790 - , Germany Married - 28 Nov 1824 - Spesbach, Bayern, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Occupation - farmer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Land - Bef 1853 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario Died - 18 Feb 1854 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth