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Descendants of Michael Zimmer
Thursday, February 24, 2000
Generation No. 1

1. Michael1 Zimmer He married Elizabeth ?.
Child of Michael Zimmer and Elizabeth ? is:
+ 2i.Christian2 Simmers, born 1798 in Pa.; died May 22, 1878 in Pine
Grove Cemetery, Linville, Va.

Generation No. 2

2. Christian2 Simmers (Michael1 Zimmer) was born 1798 in Pa., and died
May 22, 1878 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Lacey Spring, Va. He married (1)
Hannah Jane Spitzer February 1, 1836 in Rockingham county, Va., daughter
of Phillip Spitzer and Eve Holsinger. She was born June 8, 1805, and
died November 1861 in Lacey Spring ,Va. Pine Grove Cemetery. He married
(2) Mary Ellen Spicer Cunningham March 19, 1867 in Linville, Va.. She
was born Abt. 1832 in Orange County. Va., and died Unknown in Unknown.

Notes for Christian Simmers:
Christian Simmers as far as I was told is my Great, Great Grandfather.
His name was or came from the Name Zimmer. His name was Zimmer when
he came over from Germany-Irish territory. He was a Farmer and
affiliation with the Church of the Brethren. He arrived on a ship
named "Jenifer" out of Rotterdam on Nov. 5, 1764.

Notes for Mary Ellen Spicer Cunningham:
Mary Ellen's first husband was Killed in the Civil War.
When she was about 40 she married a Christian Simmers,
March 19, 1867 who was widowed. They were both widowed.
He was 69 when he married her.
Child of (?) Cunningham and Mary Cunningham is:
"Columbia Cunningham".

Children of Christian Simmers and Hannah Spitzer are:
+ 3i.Jacob C.3 Simmers, born 1837 in Simmers Valley ,Va.; died February
27, 1911 in Simmers Valley ,Va..
+ 4ii.Mary C. Simmers, born 1839 in Linville , Va..
+ 5iii.Susan (Susannah) Simmers, born March 10, 1841 in Rockingham
County, Va.; died January 9, 1910 in Pine Grove Cemetery, Linville,
Va..
+ 6iv.Noah Simmers, born February 11, 1845 in Near Harrisonburg, Va.;
died December 17, 1902 in Rockingham County, Va..

Generation No. 3

3. Jacob C.3 Simmers (Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was born 1837 in
Simmers Valley ,Va., and died February 27, 1911 in Simmers Valley ,Va..
He married Rebecca A. Layman August 24, 1865 in Rockingham County, Va. by
Jacob Miller, daughter of Joseph Layman and Drusilla. She was born
January 1, 1840 in Broadway,Va., and died December 18, 1912 in Simmers
Valley ,Va..

Notes for Jacob C. Simmers:
Jacob C. Simmers is a brother to Noah, and a Great Grandfather to Gary
Wayne Simmers. He had six children.

Children of Jacob Simmers and Rebecca Layman are:
+ 8i.Joseph Christian Elder4 Simmers, born 1866 in Simmers Valley ,Va.;
died July 10, 1928 in Simmers Valley ,Va..
9ii.Emma F. Simmers, born July 4, 1868; died December 23, 1895 in
Simmers Valley.
+ 10iii.John W. H. Simmers, born August 23, 1870 in Rockingham County,
Va.; died July 14, 1947 in Wengers Mill, Rockingham County, Va..
11iv.Bertie C. Simmers, born July 29, 1873; died March 10, 1899 in
Simmers Valley, Va..
+ 12v.Charles L. Simmers, born May 12, 1876 in Simmers Valley ,Va.; died
November 13, 1958 in Hyattsville, Md. burrial Linville C. C. C. Cemetery.
+ 13vi.Clark Jennings Simmers, born June 12, 1878 in Simmers Valley ,Va.;
died December 14, 1941 in Harrisonburg, Va..

4. Mary C.3 Simmers (Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was born 1839 in
Linville , Va.. She married (1) Erasmus Nieswander June 15, 1860. She
married (2) Erasmus Nieswander June 15, 1860.

Notes for Erasmus Nieswander:
They had seven children.

Children of Mary Simmers and Erasmus Nieswander are:
14i.Jacob4 Nieswander, born 1862.
15ii.Infant Nieswander, born 1864.
16iii.Mary E. C. Nieswander, born March 4, 1867.
17iv.James Franklin Nieswander, born December 1868.
18v.William D. Nieswander, born December 21, 1870.
19vi.Bertie Nieswander, born December 15, 1875.
20vii.Bessie S. Nieswander, born August 1, 1878.

5. Susan (Susannah)3 Simmers (Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was born
March 10, 1841 in Rockingham County, Va., and died January 9, 1910 in
Pine Grove Cemetery, Linville, Va.. She married John Frank Fitzsimons
January 20, 1867 in Rockingham County, Va. by Jacob Miller, son of James
Fitzsimon and Mary ?. He was born June 27, 1839 in New York , N. Y..

Marriage Notes for Susan Simmers and John Fitzsimons:
They were married by the Rev. Jacob Miller.

Children of Susan Simmers and John Fitzsimons are:
+ 21i.Christian Lee4 Fitzsimons, born September 22, 1867 in Near
Harrisonburg, Va.; died November 12, 1935 in West Virginia,- Burrial Pine
Grove Cemetery, Simmers Hollow.
+ 22ii.Lucy F. Fitzsimons, born 1872 in Simmers Valley, Va.; died March
10, 1936 in Simmers Valley, Va..
+ 23iii.Franklin Florida Fitzimons, born February 26, 1876; died November
28, 1957 in Linville, Va. Pine Grove Cemetery, Simmers Hollow.
+ 24iv.Ellen Sattie Fitzsimons, born March 24, 1880; died April 5, 1966
in Harrisonburg, Va..
25v.John Fitzsimons, born Unknown. He married Mary Kendrick

6. Noah3 Simmers (Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was born February 11,
1845 in Near Harrisonburg, Va., and died December 17, 1902 in Rockingham
County, Va.. He married Margaret Catherine Summers March 22, 1868 in
Rockingham County, Va., daughter of Abrahm Summers and Elizabeth. She
was born November 17, 1847 in Rockingham County, Va., and died December
18, 1892 in Rockingham County, Va..

Notes for Noah Simmers:
We belive Noah is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery in Lacey Spring,
Harrisonburg, Va.....
There are some graves there that don't have Headstones on them. We
really don't have any information on him as of today April 23, 1999.
All I know is that I have a death notice out of Lacey Spring Paper
that states Noah and Katie as William Henry Simmers parents. The year
is 1948 and the date of the paper is unknown.

Children of Noah Simmers and Margaret Summers are:
+ 26i.William Henry4 Simmers, born April 17, 1867 in Rockingham County,
Va.; died February 8, 1948 in Burial Place, Lacey Springs.
+ 27ii.Sally Elizabeth Simmers, born November 3, 1869 in Rockingham
County, Va.; died May 11, 1916 in Daphna, Va..
28iii.Charles L. Simmers, born January 9, 1872; died April 5, 1927 in
Lacey Springs, Va..
29iv.Cora L. Simmers, born October 29, 1874 in Lacey Spring ,Va.; died
September 18, 1930 in Lacey Spring ,Va..
30v.Infant Simmers, born November 1875 in Rockingham County, Va.; died
December 1875 in Rockingham County, Va..
31vi.Marry M. Simmers, born 1880; died 1939 in Lacey Spring Cemetery
,Va..
+ 32vii.Gertrude Simmers, born May 19, 1882 in Lacey Spring ,Va.; died
March 18, 1960 in Lacey Spring ,Va..
+ 33viii.Mrs Annie Bell Simmers, born March 5, 1885 in Lacey Spring
,Va.; died May 13, 1954.
34ix.Samuel Simmers, born Unknown in Lacey Spring ,Va.; died March 18,
1957 in Lacey Spring ,Va..

Notes for Samuel Simmers:
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death
Index: U.S., Date of Import: Aug 23, 1999, Internal Ref.
#1.112.6.78678.67]
Individual: Simmers, Sam
Social Security #: 374-07-9965
Issued in: Michigan
Birth date: Sep 6, 1892
Death date: Jun 1967
Residence code: Michigan
ZIP Code of last known residence: 48202
Detroit, Michigan

35x.Margaret Simmers, born Unknown.
36xi.Ned Simmers, born Unknown.
+ 37xii.Robert Simmers, born Unknown; died in Died Phoenix, Az..

7. Columbia3 Cunningham married Angus Strauderman.

Child of Columbia Cunningham and Angus Strauderman is:
38i.John W.4 Strauderman.

Generation No. 4

8. Joseph Christian Elder4 Simmers (Jacob C.3, Christian2, Michael1
Zimmer) was born 1866 in Simmers Valley ,Va., and died July 10, 1928 in
Simmers Valley ,Va.. He married Lucy F. Fitzsimons December 30, 1902,
daughter of John Fitzsimons and Susan Simmers. She was born 1872 in
Simmers Valley, Va., and died March 10, 1936 in Simmers Valley, Va..

Children of Joseph Simmers and Lucy Fitzsimons are:
39i.Carrie5 Simmers, born November 10, 1903.
+ 40ii.Grace Simmers, born December 29, 1905 in Simmers Valley ,Va.
Church of Brethren.
+ 41iii.Ralph Leroy Simmers, born August 15, 1912 in Simmers Valley ,Va.;
died May 23, 1972 in RMH, Harrisonburg, Va..

10. John W. H.4 Simmers (Jacob C.3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was
born August 23, 1870 in Rockingham County, Va., and died July 14, 1947 in
Wengers Mill, Rockingham County, Va.. He married (1) Harrie Louise
Davis. She was born December 14, 1879, and died August 18, 1919 in
Wengers Mill, Rockingham, Va.. He married (2) Mary Kratzer. She was
born September 17, 1886, and died January 26, 1957 in Linville
Congregational Christian Church Cemetery.

Child of John Simmers and Harrie Davis is:
+ 42i.Stanley Davis5 Simmers, born August 17, 1919 in Wengers Mill,
Rockingham County, Va.; died August 27, 1999 in Winchester Medical
Center, Va..

12. Charles L.4 Simmers (Jacob C.3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was
born May 12, 1876 in Simmers Valley ,Va., and died November 13, 1958 in
Hyattsville, Md. burrial Linville C. C. C. Cemetery. He married Deveda
Iris Rhinehart October 17, 1901 in Rockingham County, Va.. She was born
April 22, 1881 in Rockingham County, Va., and died 1943.

Children of Charles Simmers and Deveda Rhinehart are:
+ 43i.Oma Rebecca5 Simmers, born Abt. 1903.
44ii.Robert Merle Simmers, born March 12, 1907; died January 10, 1958 in
Simmers Valley, Linville Church Cemetery. He married Martha
L. Buhl December 24, 1931 in Frederick, Md.; born March 14, 1906 in
Athlone, Va..
45iii.Ella Maun Simmers, born October 11, 1909; died August 1, 1921 in
Linville Church Cemetery.
46iv.Janice D. Simmers, born June 3, 1919; died July 10, 1919.
47v.Janet D. Simmers, born June 3, 1919; died July 22, 1919.
48vi.Donald L. Simmers, born February 22, 1920.
49vii.Eldon W. Simmers, born April 4, 1921; died August 20, 1921 in
Simmers Valley, Va..

13. Clark Jennings4 Simmers (Jacob C.3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer)
was born June 12, 1878 in Simmers Valley ,Va., and died December 14, 1941
in Harrisonburg, Va.. He married Katie Mae Summers November 29, 1909 in
Rockingham County, Va.. She was born March 30, 1887 in Simmers Valley
,Va., and died February 18, 1958 in Harrisonburg, Va..

Notes for Clark Jennings Simmers:
[Michael Simmers.FTW]
Church Affiliation: Church of the Brethren, Burial place: Pine Grove
Cemetery, Simmers Hollow, Simmers Hollow Rd. Linville, Va

Children of Clark Simmers and Katie Summers are:
50i.Roxie Lee5 Simmers, born June 30, 1911; died August 11, 1921 in Pine
Grove Cemetery, Linville, Va.
+ 51ii.Meredith Sylvester Simmers, born August 5, 1914; died March 15,
1971 in Rt. 2 Harrisonburg, Va. Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.
+ 52iii.Clyde Nelson Simmers, born May 13, 1921.
+ 53iv.Ruth Ganelle Simmers, born June 29, 1924.

21. Christian Lee4 Fitzsimons (Susan (Susannah)3 Simmers, Christian2,
Michael1 Zimmer) was born September 22, 1867 in Near Harrisonburg, Va.,
and died November 12, 1935 in West Virginia,- Burrial Pine Grove
Cemetery, Simmers Hollow. He married Mintie D. Bricker. She was born
June 28, 1872, and died November 20, 1963.

Children of Christian Fitzsimons and Mintie Bricker are:
54i.Frankie5 Fitzsimons, born October 18, 1899; died March 24, 1908.
55ii.Floyd A. Fitzsimons, born April 4, 1901; died July 1, 1903.

22. Lucy F.4 Fitzsimons (Susan (Susannah)3 Simmers, Christian2,
Michael1 Zimmer) was born 1872 in Simmers Valley, Va., and died March 10,
1936 in Simmers Valley, Va.. She married Joseph Christian Elder Simmers
December 30, 1902, son of Jacob Simmers and Rebecca Layman. He was born
1866 in Simmers Valley ,Va., and died July 10, 1928 in Simmers Valley
,Va..

Children are listed above under (8) Joseph Christian Elder Simmers.

23. Franklin Florida4 Fitzimons (Susan (Susannah)3 Simmers, Christian2,
Michael1 Zimmer) was born February 26, 1876, and died November 28, 1957
in Linville, Va. Pine Grove Cemetery, Simmers Hollow. He married (1)
Mary Elsie Summers September 15, 1902. She was born August 5, 1880 in
Simmers Valley, and died May 26, 1914 in Charleston, W. Va.. He married
(2) Ida B. Thompson Aft. 1913.

Children of Franklin Fitzimons and Mary Summers are:
56i.Reba Ruth5 Fitzimons, born July 21, 1903; died October 31, 1909.
+ 57ii.Lillian Elizabeth Fitzimons, born June 28, 1905 in Simmers Valley;
died in Baptist.
+ 58iii.Martha Susan Fitzimons, born November 15, 1908 in Red House,
W.Va..
+ 59iv.William Ezra Fitzimons, born September 25, 1910 in Red House,
W.Va.; died in Pineville Cemetery.
+ 60v.Mary Virginia Fitzimons, born May 2, 1912 in West, Va.; died
February 27, 1996 in Harrisonburg, Va..
+ 61vi.Lenoard James Fitzimons, born October 13, 1913 in Windfield, W.
Va.; died May 31, 1997 in Harrisonburg, Va. Rest Haven Memorial
Gardens.

24. Ellen Sattie4 Fitzsimons (Susan (Susannah)3 Simmers, Christian2,
Michael1 Zimmer) was born March 24, 1880, and died April 5, 1966 in
Harrisonburg, Va.. She married David Daniel Summers November 26, 1911.
He was born October 24, 1881 in Maylan, Rockingham County, Va., and died
September 19, 1931 in Maylan, Rockingham County, Va. Lacey Spring
Cemetery, Va..

Children of Ellen Fitzsimons and David Summers are:
+ 62i.Welty Swanson5 Summers, born November 8, 1912; died March 23, 1993
in RMH Harrisonburg, Va..
+ 63ii.Virginia Susan Summers, born December 24, 1915 in Mayland,
Rockingham County, Va..
64iii.Rhea Florence Summers, born May 20, 1917 in Mayland, Rockingham
County, Va.; died 1958 in Lacey Spring, Va.. She married
Theodore Lee Tusing December 30, 1949; born June 25, 1907 in Hepners,
Va..
+ 65iv.Alfred Franklin Summers, born September 28, 1920 in Mayland,
Rockingham County, Va.; died October 27, 1996 in Harrisonburg, Va..

26. William Henry4 Simmers (Noah3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was
born April 17, 1867 in Rockingham County, Va., and died February 8, 1948
in Burial Place, Lacey Springs. He married (1) Josephine Glovier in
Lacey Springs ,Va.. She was born August 5, 1872 in Lacey Springs ,Va.,
and died 1924 in Cato Cemetery near Arab, Mo.. He married (2) Maggie
Ritchie.

Notes for William Henry Simmers:
When we visited the cemetery in April, 1999. We parked the truck and when
Wanda got out she was in front of his headstone. We couldn't belive that
we parked right beside of it. After traveling from TN. to Virginia for
seven and one half hours and just missing five minutes. from getting
into the Historical Museum. I thought we did pretty good.

Children of William Simmers and Josephine Glovier are:
+ 66i.Lillie Mae5 Simmers, born November 24, 1896; died 1960.
+ 67ii.Lelah Leona Simmers, born May 21, 1897; died April 8, 1978 in
Woodlawn Cemetery, Clio, Mi. 48420.
+ 68iii.Tracey Simmers, born February 14, 1898 in Illinois; died February
18, 1978 in Stoddard County, Mo..
+ 69iv.Margery Marie Simmers, born February 21, 1899; died October 6,
1985 in Gingellville,Mi..
+ 70v.Anna Rona Simmers, born January 13, 1904.
+ 71vi.Vernie R. Simmers, born January 23, 1905 in Illinois; died March
1969 in Dexter Hosp. Mo..
+ 72vii.Arlene Louise Simmers, born August 21, 1906 in Marshall, Ill;
died February 19, 1993 in Granite City,Ill.
+ 73viii.Ramond William Simmers, born September 17, 1910 in Paris, Ill.;
died November 6, 1988 in Cape Girardeau, Mo..
+ 74ix.Charles William Simmers, born September 6, 1912 in Wolfhill,Il.;
died September 14, 1993 in Lake Orion, Mi.
+ 75x.Clifford Paul Simmers, born December 16, 1917; died February 23,
1974 in Lake Orion, Mi..

27. Sally Elizabeth4 Simmers (Noah3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was
born November 3, 1869 in Rockingham County, Va., and died May 11, 1916 in
Daphna, Va.. She married Franklin Murry 1890. He was born December 5,
1870 in Naples, Italy, and died November 26, 1946 in Daphna, Va..

Notes for Sally Elizabeth Simmers:
I video taped the headstone at Linville Cemetery. She is the only one
that I might have wrong because she is older by 9 yrs. than the rest.

Children of Sally Simmers and Franklin Murry are:
76i.Lucy5 Murry, born in Daphna, Va..
+ 77ii.Lottie Murry, born in Daphna, Va.; died May 1964 in Gaithersburg,
Md..
78iii.Franklin Douglas Murry, born June 6, 1892; died August 5, 1892.
+ 79iv.Elsie A Murry, born October 1894 in Daphna, Va.; died August 1949
in Broadway, Va. Burial Place, Lacey Springs Cemetery.
+ 80v.William Bryan Murry, born February 17, 1900 in Lacey Spring, Va..
81vi.Mary Murry, born November 13, 1902 in Daphna, Va.; died February
14, 1967 in Rockingham County, Va..
+ 82vii.Ashby Clifford Murry, born December 14, 1904 in Daphna, Va.; died
May 30, 1967 in Harrisonburg, Va..
83viii.Infant Murry, born May 28, 1906.

32. Gertrude4 Simmers (Noah3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was born May
19, 1882 in Lacey Spring ,Va., and died March 18, 1960 in Lacey Spring
,Va.. She married John W. Strawderman November 16, 1902 in Rockingham
County, Va.. He was born August 5, 1876 in Lacey Spring ,Va., and died
June 12, 1945 in Lacey Spring Cemetery ,Va..

Children of Gertrude Simmers and John Strawderman are:
84i.Dorothy Louise5 Strauderman.
+ 85ii.Rosalie Strauderman, born in Lacey Spring, Va..
+ 86iii.Everett Auborne Strauderman, born April 4, 1904 in Lacey Spring,
Va..
+ 87iv.Alfred Leon Strauderman, born March 13, 1906 in Lacey Spring, Va.;
died October 23, 1987 in Harrisonburg, Va..
+ 88v.Paul Henry Strauderman, born December 1908 in Lacey Spring, Va.;
died September 2, 1956 in Harrisdonburg, Va..
+ 89vi.Helen Elizabeth Strauderman, born April 7, 1913 in Rockingham
County, Va.; died February 28, 1993 in Shenandoah, Va..
90vii.Mildred Lucille Strawderman, born November 27, 1918 in Lacey
Spring, Va.. She married Ernest Herman Blackwell; born July 1910 in
Rockingham County, Va..

33. Mrs Annie Bell4 Simmers (Noah3, Christian2, Michael1 Zimmer) was
born March 5, 1885 in Lacey Spring ,Va., and died May 13, 1954. She
married Charles Edward Grandle March 28, 1905 in Harrisonburg,
Va.-Rockingham Co.. He was born June 7, 1867 in Mauzy, Va., and died
July 12, 1957 in Lacey Spring ,Va..

Children of Annie Simmers and Charles Grandle are:
+ 91i.William C.5 Grandle, born January 19, 1906.
92ii.Kathleen Elizabeth Grandle, born November 19, 1908 in Lacey Spring,
Va.; died January 8, 1951 in Broadway, Va.. She married George
Miller 1927 in Frederick, Md.; born 1908 in Broadway, Va..
Notes for George Miller:
[Michael Simmers.FTW]
Occupation: Garage man, Church Affiliation: EUB Church

93iii.Mary Frances Grandle, born December 31, 1911 in Lacey Spring, Va.;
died January 8, 1951 in Broadway, Va.. She married Paul L. Oldfield
March 30, 1931 in Ellicott City, Md.; born October 1, 1908 in Glenmont,
Md..
Notes for Paul L. Oldfield:
[Michael Simmers.FTW]
Occupation: Fire Department Chief. Church Affiliation: EUB

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