[Szt-newsletter] Fwd: SNELL ZIMMERMAN-TIMMERMAN Family Reunion FALL-WINTER 2019 NEWSLETTER

[Patrick Babcock]

From: sarah israel <sarahtisrael at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 10:08 PM
Subject: SNELL ZIMMERMAN-TIMMERMAN Family Reunion FALL-WINTER 2019
NEWSLETTER
To: <snellsbush at gmail.com>


SNELL ZIMMERMAN-TIMMERMAN Family Reunion
FALL-WINTER 2019 NEWSLETTER
It seems that winter has come early to the Mohawk Valley because we
had our first snow in the middle of November. We had our SZT board
meeting in late October and put the church to bed for the winter. We
reviewed our accomplishments for this year and made plans for 2020.
Here are some of the highlights from our meeting:
•       The new windows on the south side of the building look perfect and
it is fantastic that we can open the windows (it has been years since
we can open the windows).
•       Just before the reunion, the windows were correctly rehung with the
proper weights needed so the windows can open. The restored windows
with the original glass look great with the new wood frames, weights,
and ropes.
•       We also updated the mowing contract that will reduce our landscaping
cost that will keep our church looking great.
•       The painting will continue in the spring when it is warmer. Our
painter does a great job restoring the church by scraping off the old
paint without damaging the siding and applying the proper paint to the
building. The painting is complete for south, west, and north side of
building and the painter is scheduled to finish the east side  and
start work on the steeple in the 2020.
•       The front shutters were restored and rehung just before the reunion
this summer.
•       The building crawl space was sprayed to control the “Powder Puff
Beetle” (post beetles) infestation.
•       We also have a new flag which was hung on the flag pole for the
reunion and at the fall meeting the flag was taken down and stored for
the winter.
Projects for 2020
•       We will install a portable ramp at the entrance of the church that
can be used for all ours events. It is believed that many of our
members do not attend the reunion because they have difficulty
entering the church. One of our board members is a carpenter and he
will work on this project in the spring.

•       Our carpenter will also work on making an access point on the west
side of the church. This access point will allow us to change the
bulbs that light up the stain glass windows on the front of the
church. These windows came from the Old Yellow Church when it was torn
down in the 1960’s and Edith Timmerman (secretary of the reunion at
that time) had the windows installed them in the front of the church
sanctuary. These windows were donated to the Old Yellow Church at a
celebration in 1901 by the Feeter family, Goodell family and the
Pickett family whom are all members of the SZT family.

•       When the painter starts working on the steeple, we will need a lift
for him to reach the top on the steeple. While we have the lift for
the work on the steeple, we will also replace the bulbs in the
steeple.  The bulbs are eight car head lights in two separate levels
on the steeple.

•       We are planning on restoring another sanctuary window during the
winter months. In a few years, we will have them restored.  To restore
the window the cost is $3000.
It takes a lot of time and funds to keep our Snells Bush Church in
order and funds are always needed. Currently, the only way that we
receive funds is from donations from our family members and the ice
cream social.  There are two ways that you can donate to our church to
keep the reunion going every year.  The first is by sending in
donations and the second is to volunteer for a position or run a fund
raising event. We are always looking for new types of fund raisers we
are looking at our younger family members to organize and run the
event.
Future Projects
•       We need to restore both cemeteries their glory.  The stones need to
be cleaned, straightened, and reset.

•       We also looking into restoring our land grant patent that we
received from the Mohawk Indians in 1755, with the seal of King George
III. We are researching the estimated cost and of the patent and it
will be discussed in 2020.

•       The fence in the lower cemetery needs rebuilding, some trees have
fallen along the edge of the lower cemetery and in the upper cemetery,
and poison ivy is starting to grow in various places.  I remember when
I was a child I was not allowed to walk around the cemetery because it
was full of poison ivy and it seems it is still there.

•       Repair the inside walls of the church because some of the plaster
cracked when the building frame was repaired
As usual we have genealogy books available they hold a lot of
information on the early families that lived and worked and attended
Snells Bush Church those many years ago. The stories are wonderful in
these books and   every member needs to have copies of these genealogy
books.  Tell your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren
about these stories. This is your heritage be proud of it. Also we
need updates on your family history—who died—who got married—and who
is the new arrival in your immediate family. It is important to keep
this information up to date.
Kevin Jorrey our web master would like family stories to put on the
web. We need to put new items on the web—photos as always nice to send
to Kevin. Please also send updates on the genealogy of your family.
The information is only the name put on the web—no other information.
The SZT Family would like to wish everyone happy holidays and please
make plans to come to the family reunion on August 2, 2020 and if you
are in the area please contact us to visit Snells Bush, we will be
happy to open the church for you to visit.
Sincerely
Bill Timmerman President
Sarah Timmerman Israel Corresponding Secretary and Historian

We are always looking for updated contact and family information for
our extended family.  We are a family proud of our history and have to
keep younger family members involved. We are constantly getting people
who discover our family on the web, by DNA or people searching for
genealogy. They are very interested in how they are related to our
family.
Please contact us at our mailing address
Snell- Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Inc.
P O Box 623
Little Falls New York 13365
We are also on Facebook please look for us--- Snells Bush Church.
If you need to contact us, please e-mails or phone us at the following
contacts:
Sarah Timmerman Israel                  Nancy Timmerman Cioch
sarahtisrael at yahoo.com                  ncioch at yahoo.com
518-489-2725                                    315-866-3419
Kevin Jorrey--- our web master would like genealogy updates and
interesting stories to put on the web.
                                    szt-genealogy.org

The following books are available from the SZT Reunion, Inc. Price
does not include S&H, S&H is $5.50 unless otherwise noted. Checks
should be made payable to the SZT Reunion and mailed to: Treasurer,
SZT Reunion, Inc., P.O. Box 623, Little Falls, NY 13365.
Author  Title and Description           Price
David Kendall Martin    The 18th Century Zimmerman Family of the Mohawk
Valley, 1994. This book traces the descendants of Jacob and Margaretha
Jung Zimmerman for six generations (over nearly two hundred years)
from their German home village in the mid-1600's to the Mohawk Valley
and beyond. It is a handsome, indexed, 8.5" x 11" hard covered book
with over 300 pages heavily illustrated with photographs, maps, and
signatures. Among the many related family names in the book are:
Getman, Walrad, Petrie, Read, Bellinger, Smith, Fox, Failing, Van
Allen, Herder, Hutchins, Dockey, Sponable, Bauder, and others.
$22.50
David Kendall Martin    The 18th Century Snell Family of the Mohawk
Valley, 1982. The format and contents of this book are similar to the
above Zimmerman book. David Martin gives all available information on
those Snells born before 1800 in Germany and New York. The various
lines are carried well into the 1800's. The book is in 8.5" x 11"
format, with a soft cover.             $7.50
David Kendall Martin    The 18th Century Failing Family of the Mohawk
Valley, 1979. This soft cover book traces descendants of Henrich H.
and Anna Maria Kunigunda Failing from 1710 to 1900. The book is rich
with history, family lore, illustrations, documents and maps.
$10.00
        Four books complement David Martin’s 18th Century Zimmerman Family
by extending the known descendants of four sons of Jacob and
Margaretha Schutz Zimmerman (David, Lawrence, George, and Henry) into
the latter part of the 20th century. A fifth book extends David
Martin’s 18th Century Snell Family by continuing the descendants of
Peter Snell into the 20th century.

Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius      Descendants of David Timmerman of the
Mohawk Valley, NY, 1998. This book is based on the 1925 work by Manley
Timmerman, but is greatly expanded from that work. Family names found
within the 200 page book include Allison, Cronk, Durner, Fellows,
Gaylord, Smith, Spoor, Van Deusen, Wooledge, and Zoller. Soft cover.
     $9.00

Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius
Descendants of Lawrence Timmerman of the Mohawk Valley, NY, 1998.
Among the descendants of Lawrence covered by this book are those of
his granddaughter, Gertrude, who married John C. Timerman, a grandson
of Conrad Zimmerman (and brother to Lawrence, David, Henry, and
George) and moved to Perch Lake, Jefferson County, NY. This 150 page
genealogy (plus a 50 page index) also includes many descendants of
Henry Lawrence Timmerman who moved to Indiana. Family names in the
index include Snell (117), Bahar, Baker, Bowman, Broughton, Brown,
Cramer, Darling, Dunten, Hoover, Lobdell, Meyer, Mosher, Petrie, Van
Allen, and many others.

       $9.00
Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius      Descendants of George Timmerman (1734-1800)
of Mohawk Valley, NY, 1995. George, another son of the immigrant Jacob
Zimmerman, was baptized by an itinerant pastor on 20 Jan. 1734. His
wife was Anna Elizabeth Klock, a daughter of Johannes and Anna
Margaretha Fox Klock. George had 10 children. Their numerous
descendants have been ably documented in this 8.5" x 11" typed book of
almost 300 pages, with a soft but durable cover. The index of this
genealogy includes Bellingers (209 names) of Onondaga, Jefferson, and
St. Lawrence counties in New York; Billings; Broat (94); Fox, Frye,
Flanders; Hayes (339); Keyser/Kyser (78); Levee; Mason; Mosher;
Robinson; Snell; Van Gorder (70); and Williams.        $12.50












Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius      Descendants of Lt. Henry Timmerman of
Herkimer County, NY, 1988. Henry, son of the immigrant Jacob, was born
about 30 Dec. 1737 and died 18 May 1807. While born a Zimmerman, most
of the family changed to the Anglicized spelling of Timmerman after
the Revolution. He settled in what is now the town of Manheim in
Herkimer County. He was twice married - to Catherine Fox and then to
Margaret Bellinger. He had 19 children - 7 boys and 12 girls - of whom
15 were living at the time of his death. His numerous descendants are
found throughout the Mohawk Valley, New York state, and the U.S. and
Canada. This hard cover 8.5" x 11" book, with over 300 pages, follows
a great number of them into the 1980s. The index includes many Snells,
Getmans, Greens/Greenes, Handys, Herkimers, Klocks, Robinsons,
Vedders, Walraths, and others.












       $17.50




Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius
Descendants of Peter and Anna Kilts Snell of the Mohawk Valley, NY,
1992. Peter Snell (s/o Johan Jost and Maria Catharine Kraft Snell) was
born about 24 June 1730, probably in Schoharie County, NY, and died in
Snells Bush, Manheim, Herkimer County, NY, in 1804. He married Susanna
"Anna" Kilts (d/o Peter and Anna Maria Bellinger Kilts). At the time
of Anna’s death, she left 420 descendants. This 334 page typed book,
with a soft cover, traces over 3400 descendants, many into the 1990s.



       $35.00
        Other Publications
Frank C. Bellinger      The War Years in the Mohawk Valley. Articles
describe conditions, activities, and battles during the Revolution and
its aftermath. Pamphlet. 1983, 20 pp.          $2.00
Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius

Edith S. Timmerman      Fifty Years With the Faith of Our Fathers. A
history of our Reunion and church compiled for the Reunion’s 50th
Anniversary from newspaper accounts, early newsletters, and meeting
and reunion minutes. It is particularly informative for new members.
Pamphlet. 1988, 48pp.
               $2.00
Vera De Witt    American Patriots at the Battle of Oriskany. A register
of Tryon County Militia and New York volunteers in the Revolutionary
War. Soft covered. 1977, 60 pp.        $7.50
Ada L. F. Snell
With My Grandparents. Pamphlet. 1972, 2003 40 pp.              $1.50
The Enterprise and News, 1939
The Lawrence Zimmerman Papers. The SZT Reunion, Inc., 2003 Pamphlet.
1939, 2003 32 pp.              $3.00
Emma S. Timmerman
Homestead Notes. Soft cover. 1971, 2003, 28 pp.        $7.00

Ada L. F. Snell Palatines Along The Mohawk. Soft cover, 1948, 2002, 76
pp.            $12.00
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