Zimmer Family History
Zimmer Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, either from
Middle High German zim(b)er, zimmer ‘wood’, ‘wooden
building’ or a shortening of Zimmermann.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Zimmer
Name Distribution of Zimmer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Zimmer families
 28 - 53  10 - 27 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Zimmer census records
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Zimmer Family Origin
Zimmer Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Zimmer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Zimmer census records
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Military Service by Zimmer
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