[Szt-newsletter] Fwd: SZT Spring 2020 Newsletter

[Patrick Babcock]

*Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion*

*Spring 2020 Newsletter*

Hello family members

Our country is facing a new attack which has caused a lot of problems for
all of us. The entire country was shut down to mitigate the spread of the
virus so the healthcare system would not be overwhelmed. Our family and our
country faced difficult problems before and we will overcome this one as
well

We held a board meeting on Memorial Day weekend and discussed the annual
family reunion. We still have it scheduled for the first week in August but
we have to wait for out governor to approve of large gatherings in New York
State. The board also decided to not hold the profitable ice cream social
and luncheon because we want to adhere to the social distancing guidelines
and we are concerned for the health of our family. The board will meet
again in the beginning of July to finalize the reunion or decide to
postpone it.  Before the board meets in July, we are looking for input from
the entire family about holding our reunion this year or postponing it to
next year. If we do hold the reunion, we would only hold a church service
outside and spread out the chairs for the service. We could also have a
walking tour of our cemetery speaking about our ancestors and set up tours
of other local cemeteries and family sites

If you are in the area and would like to visit the Snells Bush Church, we
would be happy to open the church for you to visit. Just let us know.

*Let us know if you are planning to attend the reunion (if we are given
clearance to have it this summer).  *

*Email us at sarahtisrael at yahoo.com <sarahtisrael at yahoo.com> or call us at
518-489-2725    *

The board reviewed the below items in the meeting

   - Reviewed the 2020 Annual Reunion
      - Ice cream social and luncheon was canceled due to adhering to the
      social distancing guidelines
      - There may be a possibility for an outside church service and reunion
   - We removed a window on the north side of the building in early spring
   in order to replace the wood. It is expected to return by the fall and will
   be rehung.  It will be great to have more windows in the church operating
   correctly.
   - Our carpenter, who is on the board, in planning on constructing a
   handicap ramp and repair the lights in the stain glass windows at the front
   of the church.
   - The mowing contract was renewed because we were very pleased with the
   work they did last year.
   - We have four scheduled weddings for this year.
   - Painting of the church is still in process. The painter is planning to
   complete the scraping and painting of the front wall this year.  After the
   exterior painting is complete, we will start looking at bids for painting
   the interior.
   - 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.
   - 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 from 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 some fixing, 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

During the winter, I worked on the address list and scanned old photos and
documents and created an archival scrap book. I also have been going
through old notes and noticed the documents and pictures are fading. We
need to preserve these documents so our younger generations can truly
understand our family history. Most of these items are family genealogy
that we received from various family members and notes from Emma Timmerman
and Carolyn Sidenius. I also have been reviewing the booklet consisting of
newspaper notes on various people living in the town of Manheim (written by
Carolyn Sidenius and Mary Snell). The documents contain information on the
Snells living in town of Manheim and others that have a connection to the
Snells.

I received an interesting e-mail from Mr. Hicks, the new superintendent of
the North African American Cemetery located in Carthage, Tunisia. He wanted
to let the SZT family know that Lyman Stephen Timmerman is no longer buried
in Tehran, Iran and is now buried in a US military cemetery in Tunisia.

Lyman Stephen was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlin Timmerman (cousin to Emma
Timmerman). He was born in Little Falls New York on February 5, 1896 and
died on May 5, 1944 in Iran from heart complications. He was buried with
military honors both in US military cemetery in Iran and Tunisia. During
World War One, he served as an US Army Air Force pilot stationed in the
Middle East. When he returned home from the war, he married Katherine
Walrath (from Long Island) in November 15, 1920 and worked with the Bureau
of Municipal Research in New York City.

He was asked by the US State Department and Iranian government to work as
administrator to organize police system in large cities in Iran. He began
work there in 1942 and had been noted as an outstanding authority on the
establishment of law enforcement agencies.

Nancy Cioch received a phone call a few years ago about letters found at a
house sale in California. They were letters that Stephen wrote to a friend
in Texas during World War One.

Though out the years, the SZT family members have done many interesting
things that have improved America. These stories are outstanding, such as
living on the frontier, looking for gold in California, medical doctor on
the frontier, defending their homes from hostile Colonial Powers and
Indians, homesteading in Canada or Mexico and exploring the plains of our
country.

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 any updates on the genealogy of your family.  The only the
name is published to the web—no other information.

Please contact us either by email or snail mail with any updates and
stories that we can share with the family (births, marriages , and
deaths).  If you updated your mailing address or e-mail address please also
let us know.  We will also need to additional donations for this this year
because we will not have our profitable ice cream social.

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.

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.

The SZT Family would like to wish everyone a great summer 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

Please contact us at our mailing address



*Snell- Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Inc.   P O Box 623 Little Falls
New York 13365*

www.*szt-genealogy.org* <http://szt-genealogy.org>

*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
<sarahtisrael at yahoo.com>ncioch at yahoo.com
518-489-2725
315-866-3419



Patrick Babcock is our coordinator for our e-mail mail server.  If you have
changes to your e-mail address, please send them to us.



Kevin Jorrey--- our web master would like genealogy updates and interesting
stories to put on the web.




The following genealogy books are available from the SZT Reunion, Inc.
They were printed during the 1970’s with great information about the
family.  There stories about the life on the frontier and fighting off the
hostile British and Indians during those early years. Price does not
include the shipping cost ($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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