Antonie Benesch, 1877-1923

• Born:  10 July 1877 (Austria or Czechoslovakia)
• Died:  27 June 1923 (Chatham, Morris, New Jersey)
• Parents:  John Beneś and Katrina ?
• Spouse:  Joseph Vohnoutka (md. 21 February 1903 in Manhattan, New York, New York)
• Children:  Josephine C. Vohnoutka, Joseph J. Vohnoutka

1877 July 10
Born in Austria or Czechoslovakia  [1]

1891
Age 14
Immigrates to United States from Czechoslovakia  [2]

1903 February 21
Age 26
Marries Joseph Vohnoutka in Manhattan, New York, New York  [3]

1903 November 6
Age. 26
Daughter Josephine C. is born at Stanley, Morris, New Jersey  [4]

1906 February 1
Age 28
Son Joseph J. is born in New Jersey [5]

1910 April 21
Age 32
Living in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts with husband Joseph and children Josephine (age 6) and Joseph (age 2)  [6]

1912
Age 35
Becomes naturalized citizen of the United States [2]

1920 January 5
Age 42
Living in Chatham Township, Morris, New Jersey with husband Joseph and children Josephine K (age 16) and Joseph J (age 13) [2]

1923 June 27
Age 45
Dies at Chatham, Morris, New Jersey [1]

* * *

Antonette “Nellie” Benesch, my grandmother, the oldest of 13 children, was born in Czechoslovakia and died in the U.S. when Mama was 18 years old. I knew three of the sisters: Emma Walton, Josephine “Josie” Jackson and Anna Getts. I have a picture of Emma and Josie. All three lived on Staten Island. Keeping up with the tradition of “fine cooks” in her home country, she became assistant cook for the Ford family. (I have a copy of Joseph and Nellie’s wedding picture.)
--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier
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[1]  Letter from Audrey Hiebel Mann to Joan Hiebel Farrier (date unknown).

[2]  “United States Census, 1920,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4TY-G8B : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka, , Morris, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED)_, sheet 2A, family 27, NARA microfiom publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821060.

[3]  “New York, Marriages, 1686-1980,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F64S-WMD : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka and Antonie Benesch, 21 Feb 1903; citing reference k FHL microfilm 1570970.

[4]  State of New Jersey, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Certificate and record of birth for Josephine Vohnoutka, stamped no. 35728.

[5]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VS6N-KMS : accessed 11 Nov 2012), Joseph Vohnoutka, 30 June 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[6]  “United States Census, 1910,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2NY-L5F : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutha, New Bedford Ward 2, Bristol, Massachusetts; citing sheet 7B, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1364591.

Joseph Vohnoutka, 1877-1966

•    Born:  27 August 1877 (Kardosova Vieska, Zilina, Slovakia)
•    Died:  7 July 1966 (Irvington, Essex, New Jersey)
•    Parents:  Jozef Vohnoutka and Katherine Slanec
•    Spouse:  Antonie Benesch (married 21 February 1903 in Manhattan, New York, New York)
•    Children:  Josephine C. Vohnoutka, Joseph J. Vohnoutka

1877 August 27
Born in Kardosova, Zilina, Slovakia. [1, 2, 3]

1891
Age 14
Emigrates to the United States.  [4]

1900 June
Age 22
Living in Summit, Union, New Jersey as a boarder in the house of Anna Carney, working as a silk weaver [4]

1903 February 21
Age 26
Marries Antonie Benesch in Manhattan, New York, New York  [5]

The wedding of Joseph Vohnoutka and Antonie Benesch.
To the right and left may be Josephine Mary Vohnouka and her husband, Everett T. Howard

1903 November 6

Age 26
Daughter Josephine C. is born at Stanley, Morris, New Jersey.  [6]

1905
Age 28
Living in Morris, New Jersey with wife “Nettie,” daughter Josephine (age 1), and niece Agnes Benesch (age 10).  [7]

1906 February 1
Age 28
Son Joseph J. is born in New Jersey.  [8]

Date unknown.

1910 April 21
Age 32
Living in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts with wife “Nettie” and children Josephine (age 6) and Joseph (age 2).  Working as a weaver in a cotton mill.  [9]

1912
Age 35
Becomes a naturalized citizen.  [10]

1920 January 5
Age 42
Living in Chatham Township, Morris, New Jersey with wife Antonia and children Josephine K. (age 16) and Joseph (age 13), working as a weaver at a silk mill. [9]

1930 April 22
Age 52
Living in Union Township, Union, New Jersey, a widower boarding with the Edward Skagel family, still working as a weaver at a silk mill.  [11]

1940 April 15
Age 62
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with daughter Josephine and son-in-law Frank Hiebel, and granddaughters Joan (age 8) and Audrey (age 3), and Frank’s mother Rosalie.  [12]

Age 67

Age 85

1966 July 7

Age 88

Dies at Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, of congestive heart failure and myodarditis.  Buried 11 July 1966 at Fair-Mount Cemetery in Chatham. [1, 3]

***

Joseph “Grandpa” Vohnoutka, born in Czechoslovakia, came to the U.S. when he was just 3 years old, but to the day he died he sounded as if he just got off the boat.

A silk weaver by trade, he had the most beautiful hands for a man. He refused to do anything that would injure the skin on his hands or fingers--even after the silk mill closed. (It never reopened, but he claimed he needed to keep his hands nice just in case it did.) Grandpa enjoyed reading cowboy-and-Indian stories, and when we got our first TV set (when I was 13) Grandpa would have the TV on with a cowboy movie and be reading at the same time. Grandpa taught me how to roll his cigarettes, sharpen his razor on a leather strap, and say a few swear words in Czech. I got into BIG trouble when I proudly said them to Daddy.

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier (his grand-daughter)
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[1]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Joseph Vohnoutka, dated July 7, 1966, filed 7/8/66

[2]  ""United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,"," digital image, Ancestry.com (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11060-88298-37?cc=1861144&wc=MMRW-YK7:n170077918 : viewed 15 October 2012); citing .

[3]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMGT-JJF : accessed 08 Nov 2012), Joseph Vohnoutka, July 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[4]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org
/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9V7-H2K : accessed 20 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka in household of Anna
Carney, ED 138 Summit city (north part), Union, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 24A,
family 474, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240997.

[5]  "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F64S-WMD : accessed 21 Oct 2012), Joseph Wohnoutka and Antonie Benesch, 21 Feb 1903; citing reference , FHL microfilm 1570970.

[6]  New Jersey Bureau of Vital Statistics birth certificate for Josephine C. Vohnoutka, no. 35728.

[7]  “New Jersey, State Census, 1905,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMHQ-SXD : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka in entry for Joseph Vohnoutka, 1905.

[8]  "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VS6N-KMS : accessed 11 Nov 2012), Joseph Vohnoutka, 30 June 1989; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

[9]  “United States Census, 1910,” index and images, FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2NY-L5F : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutha, New Bedford Ward 2, Bristol, Massachusetts; citing sheet 7B, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374591.

[10]  “United States Census, 1920,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4TY-G8B : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka, Morris, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 2A, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821060.

[11]  “United States Census, 1930,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4NQ-K7D : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka in household of Edward Skacel, Union, Union, New Jersey; citing enumberation district (ED) 0186, sheet 3A, family 56, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1390.

[12]  “United States Census, 1940,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K45Y-C1H : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Joseph Vohnoutka in household of Frank Hiebel, Ward 1, Irvington, Irvington Town, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-159A, sheet 6B, family 133, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2334.

Rozalie Sevcovic, 1866-1950

• Born:  6 December 1866 (Bohemia or Czechoslovakia)
• Died:  12 September 1950 (Irvington, Essex, New Jersey)
• Parents:  Vaclav Sevcovic and Anna Kotaur
• Spouse:  Henry Hiebl  (md. 20 January 1894  Manhattan, New York, New York)
• Children:  James Hiebl, Joseph Hiebl, Anna Hiebl, Mary Hiebl, Henry Hiebl,Frank Hiebl

1866 December 6
Born in Bohemia or Czechoslovakia  [1]

1887
Age 21
Emigrates to the United States. [2]

1889 December
Age 23
Daughter Anna born in New Jersey [2]

1892 May
Age 25
Daughter Mary born in New Jersey [2]

1894 January 20
Age 27
Marries Henry Hiebl in Manhattan, New York  []

1899 August
Age 32
Son Henry born in New Jersey [2]

1900 June 8
Age 33
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with Henry and children Anna (age 11), Mary (age 8), and Henry (age 1), working at a grocery store.  [2]

1905 April 5
Age 38
Youngest child, Frank, born at Newark, Essex, New Jersey.  [4]

1905
Age 38
Living in Essex, New Jersey with husband Henry and children Anna L. (age 15), Mary (age 13), and Frank (age 0).  [5]

1910 April 18
Age 43
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with Henry and children, Mary (age 18) and Frank age 5).  No longer listed with an occupation.  [6]

1920 January 7
Age 53
Still living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with Henry and son Frank (age 14).  [7]

1926 June 21
Age 59
Husband Henry dies.

1930 April 7
Age 63
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with son Frank and daughter-in-law Josephine.  [8]

1950 September 12
Age 83
Dies in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey of atena-carcinoma.  Cremated at Rosehill Crematory 15 Sept. 1950. [9]

* * *

"Rozie “Baba” Sevcovic had worked in her father’s shop in Czechoslovakia as a young girl, counting and taking care of money. I have a picture of Baba’s father taken in Czechoslovakia. Working in the shop she did not learn homemaking skills, but did make a great soup with beef bones. She did not like to cook!

"Baba came to the U.S. as a young woman to teach. It took her 2 weeks on a rough passage to cross the ocean and she said she would not do it again.

"Family was important, and Baba would help unite children left in Czechoslovakia after the parents came to the U.S. She was also part of the Suffrage movement going door to door, with Daddy in hand, trying to persuade
other women to join the movement.

"Baba (a Czech name for Grandma) met Henry at a dance where Henry and his orchestra were playing. Baba loved to dance and Henry asked hen to dance with him. With Henry holding the accordion over her head and playing, they danced. Henry was 6’4” Baba was under 5’. As a young girl, I remember being at a dance where Baba was sitting on a chair but her feet were dancing to polka music. One of her friends sat next to her and said, pointing to me, “Czeche holti.” (I’m not sure of the spelling, but it means “Does she understand Czech?”) I popped up saying, “YES I DO!” But the music started again, I was off dancing, and Baba was left in peace to talk to her friend without me listening. (I did not speak Czech but understood enough to know what most conversations were about.)

"Rozie and Henry had 9 children. Only 2 girls reached 35; Frank, the youngest, lived to 76 years.

"Baba was a fine knitter. As a young girl I would watch with fascination, seeing all of her fingers move and holding at least four needles. One evening when she was watching us while Momma and Daddy were out, I watched Baba knitting and sipping on her one glass of beer a day. I asked her what it tasted like, and she gave me a sip. I then went to bed, but made the mistake of telling Momma the next morning what happened. A neighbor girl stayed with us from then on. Daddy told Baba the girl wanted to earn some money. During WW II, I learned to knit in school making squares for blankets. I showed Baba what I was doing and hen comment was” You’re stabbing it!” She never did teach me or my sisters her craft. (The baby cap and doilies I have are examples of her work.)

"Some time after Henry died, Baba and Daddy moved from Newark to Irvington, N.J. Baba rented two of the second floor rooms to a young couple. Two days after Momma and Daddy were married they too moved into Baba’s house. (We’re talking about a 3-bedroom, 1-bath house.) The dining room became my parents’ bedroom. Grandpa Vohnoutka also moved in a few months after Momma and Daddy were married and so did John Vohnoutka Grandpa’s brother’s son. John and his wife were my godparents. I have a picture taken in 1980 of myself with John and his wife Honey."

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier
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[1]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Rozie Hiebel, dated 12 September 1950, filed 9/13/1950 .

[2]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JS-61T : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, ED 53 District 2 Newark city Ward 6, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240963.

[3]  City of New York, County of New York, State of New York marriage certificate no. 1105 , FHL US/Can Film 1439743.

[4]  State of New Jersey. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Department of Health. Birth certificate for Frank Hiebl, dated April 5, 1905, registered no. 006.

[5]  "New Jersey, State Census, 1905," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMW2-DGQ : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebel in entry for Henry Hiebel, 1905.

[6]  “United States Census, 1910," index and  images,  FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKT2-P7C : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, Newark Ward 7, Essex, New Jersey; citing sheet 5B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374891.

[7]  "United States Census, 1920," index and  images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M45T-VZP : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, , Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821033.

[8]  "United States Census, 1930," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4DX-QBC : accessed 16 Feb 2013), Frank Hiebel, Irvington, Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) 0449, sheet 7A, family 138, NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 1330.

[9]  Town of Irvington New Jersey Record of Death for Rozie Hiebel, dated 12 September 1950, filed 9/13/1950

Henry Hiebl, 1870 - 1926

•    Born:  April 1870 (Poland Austria)
•    Died:  21 June 1926 (Fairmont, Newark, New Jersey)
•    Parents:  Joseph Hübel and Anna Kozlivy (? surname unclear)
•    Spouse:  Rosie or Rozie Sevcovic (md. 20 January 1894  Manhattan, New York, New York)
•    Children:  Anna Hiebl, Mary Hiebl, Henry Hiebl, Frank Hiebl

April 1870
Born in Poland Austria  [1]

1887
Age 17
Emigrates to the United States.  [2]

1889 December
Age 19
Daughter Anna born in New Jersey  [3]

1892 May
Age 22
Daughter Mary born in New Jersey [3]

1894 January 20
Age 23
Marries Rosalie Sevcovic in Manhattan, New York, New York  [4]

1899 August
Age 29
Son Henry born in New Jersey [3]

1900 June 8
Age 30
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with wife Rosa and children Anna (age 11), Mary (age 8), and Henry (age 1), working as a butcher. [3]

1905 April 5
Age 35
Youngest child, Frank, born at Newark, Essex, New Jersey.  [5]

1905
Age 35
Living in Essex, New Jersey with wife Rose and children Anna L. (age 15), Mary (age 13), and Frank (age 0).  [6]

1910 April 18
Age 40
Living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with wife Rosie and children Mary (age 18) and Frank (age 5).  Still working as a butcher.  [7]

1920 January 7
Age 50
Still living in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, with wife Rose and son Frank (age 14).  Working as a watchman at a factory.  [8]

1926 June 21
Age 59
Dies at Fairmont, Newark, New Jersey.

* * *

"Henry Hubl was born in Czechoslovakia and became a veterinarian. A person not believing in war, he fled to the U.S. I was told, that to the day he died, he thought some day he would be sent back to his home country.

"In the U.S. he worked as a butcher. There he displayed his strength by walking the length of the shop with a steer on his back. I understand he earned extra money by doing it! He was 6’4”, strong, but not a heavy man. I have two pictures of Henry. One shows him with Daddy as a small boy with Daddy’s sister Anna and her husband; the other shows him with his wife Rozie. In both pictures he is wearing his pocket watch and chain.

"Henry played the accordion and had his own orchestra. (The accordion had all buttons, no keyboard for the right hand. These accordions are rare now, but occasionally I see one on an old TV program).

"Henry continued to helped people with animals when needed. Daddy said he saw his father kill an injured horse by hitting him on the nose with the back of his hand. Henry also believed in helping people, bringing home beef bones for his wife to make soup for the poor and hungry.

"When daddy was a young boy, his mother sent him to find his father, Henry. Daddy hitched up the horse to the wagon. Daddy started looking, but the horse insisted on stopping at every tavern on the way, finally finding his father in the last tavern on the route.

"Henry became a diabetic and eventually lost a leg. I don’t know if he knew, or any one knew, about diabetic diets. Anyway, he drank a lot of beer. Daddy told me that one day when his father came home drunk, his mother chased his father up the street waving a broom at him. Henry was 6’4”, Rozie was under 5’."

--Joan Carol Hiebel Farrier

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[1]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JS-61T : accessed 18Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, ED 53 District 2 Newark City Ward 6, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240963.

[2]  "United States Census, 1920," index and  images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M45T-VZP : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, , Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821033.

[3]  "United States Census, 1900," index and images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9JS-61T : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, ED 53 District 2 Newark city Ward 6, Essex, New Jersey, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1240963.

[4]  "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6W2-WJH : accessed 23 Oct 2012), Henry Hubel and Rozalie Sevcovic, 20
Jan 1894; citing reference , FHL microfilm 1439743.

[5]  State of New Jersey. Bureau of Vital Statistics. Department of Health. Birth certificate for Frank Hiebl, dated April 5, 1905, registered no. 006.

[6]  "New Jersey, State Census, 1905," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMW2-DGQ : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebel in entry for Henry Hiebel, 1905.

[7]  "United States Census, 1910," index and  images,  FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKT2-P7C : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, Newark Ward 7, Essex, New Jersey; citing sheet 5B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374891.

[8]  "United States Census, 1920," index and  images,  FamilySearch  (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M45T-VZP : accessed 18 Feb 2013), Henry Hiebl, , Essex, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 9A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821033.

Agnes Marie Benisch, abt. 1857 - abt. 1924

•    Born:  About 1857 (Germany)
•    Died:  About 1924/25
•    Parents: Friedrich Ernst Benisch and Christiana Henriette Ludwig
•    Spouse:  John Zimmermann
•    Children:  John Zimmermann, Rose Zimmermann, Anna Zimmermann, Marie Lillian Zimmermann

About 1857
Born near the Black Forest in Germany  [1]

1881
Age 24
Emigrated to the United States  [2]

1892 May 23
Age 35
Youngest child, Marie Lillian, is born at Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey  [3]

About 1895
Age 38
Left a widow when husband, John, died  [4]

1910 April 16
Age 53
Living in Acquackanonk, Passaic, New Jersey as widow with son John (age 24) and daughter Marie (age 17). [2]

1920 January 2
Age 65
Living in Clifton City, Passaic, New Jersey, with daughter, Marie, and son-in-law, Walter Halliday Farrier [Sr.] [5]

About 1924/25
About age 68
Dies.  [6]

* * *

"Agnes Banish was born near the Black Forest.  She was educated in the best finishing schools.  She married John, 20 years her elder.  She had 5 children.  John came to the U.S.A. first; Agnes followed later with children and a canary.  She was stranded in New York and found by John by putting an ad in a German Newspaper.

"Agnes was artistic and a fine seamstress.  She earned money, made a down payment on a house to get the family out of downtown Patterson, then told John.  John died when Marie (only child born in U.S.) was 3 years old.  Agnes loved America and education.  The local school board held their meetings in her parlor.  She forbade speaking German in her home.  Her son, John, became an architect, helped design the Lincoln Tunnel.  Agnes moved to New York City while daughter Marie attended Juliard School of Music for voice training."

--Claire-Jane Farrier Young

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[1] Birth record for daughter, Marie Lillian Zimmermann, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCTG-QMX : accessed 15 Feb 2013), John Zimmerman in entry for Marie L. Zimmerman, 23 May 1891; citing reference v 39 p 116, FHL microfilm 494221.

[2]  “United States Census, 1910,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKBJ-N6M : accessed 03 Jan 2013), Marie Zimmerman, Acquackanonk, Passaic, New Jersey; citing sheet 1B, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374917.

[3]  "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCTG-QMX : accessed 15 Feb 2013), John Zimmerman in entry for Marie L. Zimmerman, 23 May 1891; citing reference v 39 p 116, FHL microfilm 494221.

[4]  Notes from Claire-Jane Farrier Young (date unknown).

[5]  "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4Y9-5F2 : accessed 15 Feb 2013), Walter H Farrier, , Passaic, New Jersey; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821062.

[6]  Personal knowledge of grandson, Walter Halliday Farrier, Jr.

John Zimmermann, abt. 1837-

•    Born:  About 1837 (Germany)
•    Died:  About 1896
•    Parents: 
•    Spouse:  Agnes Marie Benisch
•    Children:  John Zimmermann, Rose Zimmermann, Anna Zimmermann, Marie Lillian Zimmermann

About 1837
Born somewhere in Germany  [1]

About 1881
Age 44
Emigrated to the United States, coming through the Castle Gardens immigration site.  [2]

1892 May 23
Age 55
Youngest child, Marie Lillian, is born at Clifton, Passaic, New Jersey. [1]

About 1896
Age 59
Dies of a strangulated hernia (Marie was three or four years old.) [2]

* * *

“John Zimmermann was a loom-builder.  He landed at Castle Gardens, the immigrant center before Ellis Island, in 1881.  He built looms for the Hugh milling industry in Patterson, N.J.

“Perry Zimmermann, son of John Zimmermann was a fine violinist.  His children, grandchildren won awards as  musicians or artists and Janine, Perry’s wife claimed all their talents came from the Zimmermanns because her side of the family ‘only produced businessmen.’”

--Clair-Jane FarrierYoung
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[1]  New Jersey State Dept. of Health birth cert. no. Z62 for Marie Lillian Zimmermann.

[2]  Letter from Clair Jane Farrier Young to Walter Farrier (both are grandchildren).