- Excerpts from a work in progress by Marcy
Leipard
All books must start somewhere, and this one starts in East Germany, 1/2 mile from Poland, in a little town called Silesea, 35 miles northeast of Breslave.
It starts with a man called Ernest F. Zimmerling, who was a farmer who loved to hunt. He met a lady who was a painter. They fell in love, got married, and eventually moved to America and on to Kansas. They had seven children while in Germany, and two later in Kansas. Not much is known about Ernest F. and Karoline (Paul) Zimmerling, but what is known about their children will keep you reading for a while.
Ernest and Karoline Zimmerling They were from Silisea, East Germany; capital, Breslave. They lived 35 miles northeast of the capital. All of our ancestors were hunters and farmers.
Ernest Zimmerling came from a farm of 60 acres, one of the largest farms in the neighborhood, 1/2 mile from Poland, yet there were no Polish people in the family, and the Germans didn't speak Polish.
Karoline was from another village. She was a painter, and some of the family still have some of her work. She married Christian Webber. He had a hotel and a farm. To this union one son was born -- Robert. Christian died, Karoline and her child ran the hotel. She later married Ernest Zimmerling, who was a farmer (but a hunter at heart).
He decided that the time was right to go to America, a new country with new opportunities.
After a few months in America, he returned to Germany where he sold his farm and brought his family to the new country. Karolines son by her first marriage remained in Germany with his grandparents. Later he visited his mother in Kansas, but returned to Germany. Ernest also had two children by his first wife.
The children
Augusta (married Herman Hahn)
Berthold (never married)
Ernest (married Louise Kramme)
Eda (married G. J. Tangeman)
Bertha (never married)
Tena (married Herman Ackerman)
Anna (never married)
Emma (married Henry Kossow)
Oscar (married Clara Brant)Note: Emma and Oscar were born in Kansas
Following are obituaries, Anniversary notices, misc. newspaper clippings, etc., for this family:Obituary for Ernest F. Zimmerling, 1833-1905
At the residence one-half mile north of Home City Tuesday, October 3rd at 11 p.m. Services for Ernest F. Zimmerling, Sr. , age 71 years, 10 months, and 8 days. Funeral will leave residence Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.(note: no date mentioned in obituary and was not included in submission).
Obituary for Karoline Zimmerling, 1837-1902
(Note: loosely translated from German)
Karoline Zimmerling
Sunday 6 April 1902 (either death or funeral date)
Age: 64 years, 9 months & 29 days
Obituary for Bertha Marie Zimmerling
Passed away at the farm home of Mrs. Henry Koscow Thursday, December three, 1953 at 7:30 A.M.
Bertha Marie Zimmerling
Age 85 years, 7 months and 2 daysFuneral services for Bertha Maria Zimmerling, 85, Carden community resident who who died Thursday, December 3, 1953, were held Sunday here at the Evangelical Church, the Rev. Howard Beer officiating and burial was in Home City Cemetery
She was born May 1, 1868 in Wehlige, Germany. She came to the Home City community at an early age and had resided with her sister, Mrs. Henry Kossow, near Carden since 1916. She never married.
Surviving are her brothers Ernest W. Zimmerling, Oscar Zimmerling, and sisters Emma Kossow and Edity Tangeman. She was preceded in death by her parents, her sister Augusta Hohn, her brother Berthold Zimmerling, and a half sister and two half brothers.Obituary for Anna M. Zimmerling
In Memory of
Anna M. Zimmerling
Born: May 16, 1873
Services From:
Kinsley Chapel
Final Resting Place:
Home City CemeteryObituary for Emma Zimmerling Tangeman
Memoriam
Emma H. Tangeman
Date of Birth:
September 1, 1886
Date of Death:
December 16, 1964
Services from:
Friedens Lutheran Church
Home City, Kansas
Saturday, December 19, 1964
Clergyman Officiating:
Rev. Vernon Swenson
Home City CemeteryObituary for Wilhelmine (Tena) Zimmerling Ackerman
Memoriam
Wilhelmine A. Ackerman
March 6, 1871
July 23, 1960
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Marysville, Kansas
Saturday, July 23, 1960
2:00 P.M.
Rev. Harry Hirsch
Marysville Church, Kansas
More to ComeCopyright 1999 by Marcy Leipard
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