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Subject:          Ambroise ZIMMERMANN

Birth:                                 1 Jul 1826    Fellering, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.1

Immigratn:         before __ ___ 1850    2

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    Medina County, Texas; household #5 Castroville.2

Occupation:                   __ ___ 1850    Castroville, Medina County, Texas; barkeep.2

Deed:                              8 Sep 1851    Medina County, Texas; File 954, Section 355 (Abstract 1055) 320 acres; Grantee -  Ambrose Zimmermann.  Patentee - Ambrose Zimmermann.  CC Cert. #128.3

Marriage:                       12 Apr 1853    St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Census:                         __ ___ 1854    St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County; family #55 (no children).5

Death:                before __ ___ 1860    Medina County, Texas.6

Father:            Joseph ZIMMERMANN (3 Oct 1796-Dec 1850)

Mother:           Marie Anne LEHERR (14 Nov 1799-        )

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Spouse:          Marie Anne BIEDIGER

Birth:                             29 Dec 1836    Falkwiller, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France.7

Immigratn:                     27 Jan 1845    (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; New Orleans, Louisiana; departing Antwerp 6 Dec 1844 on the "Probus."8

Census:                         __ ___ 1850    (w); Jean BIEDIGER and Agathe Marie MARTINI; Medina County, Texas; household #24 Castroville.2

Death:                           27 Dec 1917    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                           28 Dec 1917    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4

Father:            Jean BIEDIGER (23 Oct 1807-4 Jul 1880)

Mother:           Agathe Marie MARTINI (9 Aug 1810-23 Jan 1886)

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Five Known Children

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F            Agathe ZIMMERMANN

Birth:                  before 14 Jan 1854    4

Death:                            __ ___ ____    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                            14 Jan 1854    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4

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F            Emalia Anastasia ZIMMERMANN

Birth:                                3 Feb 1855    Medina County, Texas.4

Marriage:                      30 Sep 1873    Louis SCHMIDT (14 Aug 1851-12 Aug 1924), son of Jean Martin SCHMIDT and Marie Therese DECKERT; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Death:                            21 Apr 1889    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                            22 Apr 1889    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.4

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F            Louise Mary ZIMMERMANN

Birth:                             22 May 1855    Castroville, Medina County, Texas.9

Marriage:                       25 Feb 1878    Peter RIHN (4 Sep 1857-25 Oct 1933), son of Laurent RIHN Jr and Marie Anne GRIMSINGER; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Death:                           17 Feb 1941    San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.9

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10

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M           Emil ZIMMERMANN

Birth:                             17 Sep 1857    Castroville, Medina County, Texas.4

Marriage:                        8 Nov 1881    Mary Theresa SCHMIDT (5 Sep 1861-5 Jul 1945), daughter of Jean Martin SCHMIDT and Marie Therese DECKERT; St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County.4

Daughter:                      10 Dec 1886    Helena ZIMMERMANN; Castroville, Medina County, Texas.4

Death:                           24 Nov 1946    Medina County, Texas.4

Burial:                            __ ___ ____    St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County.10

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F            Juliana ZIMMERMANN

Birth:                     circa __ ___ 1861    Medina County, Texas.11

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Endnotes 

1. Emigrants to North America from the Vallee de la Thur, online http://members.aol.com/rcbsuppl1/AlsaceA-Z/ThurImmig.htm. Hereinafter cited as Emigrants - Thur. 

2. Family Quest, 1850 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1850 Census

3. Texas General Land Office Land Grant Search, online http://wwwdb.glo.state.tx.us/central/LandGrants/LandGrantsWorklist.cfm. Hereinafter cited as TX GLO. 

4. LDS Microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Church, Castroville, Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church Gedcom

5. Ted Gittinger, Connie Rihn, Roberta Haby and Charlene Snavely, compiler, St Louis Church, Castroville, Texas (San Antonio, Texas: Graphic Arts, 1973). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Church

6. Family Quest, 1860 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1860 Census

7. Ralph Stenzel, "Descendants of Jean Biediger," e-mail message from rwstenzel@aol.com to Margaret Simpson, May 16, 2000. Hereinafter cited as "Biediger, Jean." 

8. Ocean, Jeanette Marie, Norwegian and Probus, Ship Passenger Lists, departing 1844, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin, Travis County, Texas. 

9. Family Search - Labs, online http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/#p=0. Hereinafter cited as Family Search - Labs. 

10. LDS microfilm, compiler, St Louis Catholic Cemetery, Castroville, Medina County, Texas (n.p.: GEDCOM by an unknown person). Hereinafter cited as St Louis Cem

11. Family Quest, 1870 Census of Medina and Other Counties in Texas., CD-ROM (n.p.: Family Quest), Medina County. Hereinafter cited as 1870 Census.

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