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From: "BABE J FAIN" <>
Subject: Re: Zimmerman
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 11:13:46 -0700

I'm looking for the Zinnamons , my husband's mother maiden name and wonder
if the name Zinnamon come from the name Zimmerman? It sound the same. If it
is, would you happen to know when was changed?

Thanks
Babe Fain, Susanville, CA
Plankenbuhler, Plankenbuhle, Austria
Blankenbuhler, Baden, Germany
Blankenbeker, VA
Pickler, SC
Robbins, Clearfield, PA
Curry, Clearfield, PA
----- Original Message -----
From: John Blankenbaker <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, July 02, 1999 05:22 AM
Subject: Zimmerman


> There was a Christoph Zimmermann who came to Virginia in 1717 from
Sulzfeld.
> These Zimmermanns always kept the name Zimmerman (with one "n") and never
> used the name Carpenter. There was another Zimmermann family but they
> consisted used the name Carpenter even though at church they were often
> entered in the records as Zimmerman(n).
>
> I have the records of the male lines (with some gaps) down through the
> fourth generation. There is no Jacob but Jacob might have been a fifth
> generation Zimmerman. If the attempt to tie Jacob to Christopher is based
on
> the same last name of Zimmerman, it should be noted that Zimmerman is a
> common name. This is even shown by the fact there were two "Zimmerman"
> families in the Germanna community.
>
> John Blankenbaker, PO Box 120, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
> Beyond Germanna, A Newsletter/Journal of Germanna Information
> http://www.germanna.com/
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/johnsgermnotes/germhis1.html
> http://www.inficad.com/~genelea
> http://www.pretext.com/mar98/shorts/short3.htm
>
>

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