Zimmerman family.

Dates:
Active 0018

Biographical notes:

Family of Jacob and Lena (Schoepfel) Zimmerman, German immigrants who arrived in the U.S., in 1843, lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and in 1851 joined a wagon train and migrated to Oregon where they settled in Fairview where they farmed until 1869 when moved briefly to Portland where Jacob worked as a machinist for one year when they moved to a farm site in Gresham.

From the description of Papers, [18--]-[19--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70967689

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Subjects:

  • Agriculture
  • Cattle housing
  • Dairy farming
  • Dairy farms
  • Dwellings
  • Endowments
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • German Americans
  • Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
  • Historic buildings
  • Historic farms
  • Museums
  • Voyages and travels
  • Wagon trains
  • Women

Occupations:

  • Farmers
  • Farmers
  • Women benefactors

Places:

  • Cincinnati (Ohio) (as recorded)
  • Oregon--Fairview (as recorded)
  • Canada (as recorded)
  • Oregon--Gresham (as recorded)
  • Oregon--Multnomah County (as recorded)
  • Portland (Or.) (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Oregon (as recorded)
  • Rocky Mountains (as recorded)
  • Hawaii (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)