<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">sarah israel</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:sarahtisrael@gmail.com">sarahtisrael@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Sun, Dec 8, 2019 at 10:08 PM<br>Subject: SNELL ZIMMERMAN-TIMMERMAN Family Reunion FALL-WINTER 2019 NEWSLETTER<br>To: <<a href="mailto:snellsbush@gmail.com">snellsbush@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>SNELL ZIMMERMAN-TIMMERMAN Family Reunion<br>
FALL-WINTER 2019 NEWSLETTER<br>
It seems that winter has come early to the Mohawk Valley because we<br>
had our first snow in the middle of November. We had our SZT board<br>
meeting in late October and put the church to bed for the winter. We<br>
reviewed our accomplishments for this year and made plans for 2020.<br>
Here are some of the highlights from our meeting:<br>
• The new windows on the south side of the building look perfect and<br>
it is fantastic that we can open the windows (it has been years since<br>
we can open the windows).<br>
• Just before the reunion, the windows were correctly rehung with the<br>
proper weights needed so the windows can open. The restored windows<br>
with the original glass look great with the new wood frames, weights,<br>
and ropes.<br>
• We also updated the mowing contract that will reduce our landscaping<br>
cost that will keep our church looking great.<br>
• The painting will continue in the spring when it is warmer. Our<br>
painter does a great job restoring the church by scraping off the old<br>
paint without damaging the siding and applying the proper paint to the<br>
building. The painting is complete for south, west, and north side of<br>
building and the painter is scheduled to finish the east side and<br>
start work on the steeple in the 2020.<br>
• The front shutters were restored and rehung just before the reunion<br>
this summer.<br>
• The building crawl space was sprayed to control the “Powder Puff<br>
Beetle” (post beetles) infestation.<br>
• We also have a new flag which was hung on the flag pole for the<br>
reunion and at the fall meeting the flag was taken down and stored for<br>
the winter.<br>
Projects for 2020<br>
• We will install a portable ramp at the entrance of the church that<br>
can be used for all ours events. It is believed that many of our<br>
members do not attend the reunion because they have difficulty<br>
entering the church. One of our board members is a carpenter and he<br>
will work on this project in the spring.<br>
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• Our carpenter will also work on making an access point on the west<br>
side of the church. This access point will allow us to change the<br>
bulbs that light up the stain glass windows on the front of the<br>
church. These windows came from the Old Yellow Church when it was torn<br>
down in the 1960’s and Edith Timmerman (secretary of the reunion at<br>
that time) had the windows installed them in the front of the church<br>
sanctuary. These windows were donated to the Old Yellow Church at a<br>
celebration in 1901 by the Feeter family, Goodell family and the<br>
Pickett family whom are all members of the SZT family.<br>
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• When the painter starts working on the steeple, we will need a lift<br>
for him to reach the top on the steeple. While we have the lift for<br>
the work on the steeple, we will also replace the bulbs in the<br>
steeple. The bulbs are eight car head lights in two separate levels<br>
on the steeple.<br>
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• We are planning on restoring another sanctuary window during the<br>
winter months. In a few years, we will have them restored. To restore<br>
the window the cost is $3000.<br>
It takes a lot of time and funds to keep our Snells Bush Church in<br>
order and funds are always needed. Currently, the only way that we<br>
receive funds is from donations from our family members and the ice<br>
cream social. There are two ways that you can donate to our church to<br>
keep the reunion going every year. The first is by sending in<br>
donations and the second is to volunteer for a position or run a fund<br>
raising event. We are always looking for new types of fund raisers we<br>
are looking at our younger family members to organize and run the<br>
event.<br>
Future Projects<br>
• We need to restore both cemeteries their glory. The stones need to<br>
be cleaned, straightened, and reset.<br>
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• We also looking into restoring our land grant patent that we<br>
received from the Mohawk Indians in 1755, with the seal of King George<br>
III. We are researching the estimated cost and of the patent and it<br>
will be discussed in 2020.<br>
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• The fence in the lower cemetery needs rebuilding, some trees have<br>
fallen along the edge of the lower cemetery and in the upper cemetery,<br>
and poison ivy is starting to grow in various places. I remember when<br>
I was a child I was not allowed to walk around the cemetery because it<br>
was full of poison ivy and it seems it is still there.<br>
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• Repair the inside walls of the church because some of the plaster<br>
cracked when the building frame was repaired<br>
As usual we have genealogy books available they hold a lot of<br>
information on the early families that lived and worked and attended<br>
Snells Bush Church those many years ago. The stories are wonderful in<br>
these books and every member needs to have copies of these genealogy<br>
books. Tell your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren<br>
about these stories. This is your heritage be proud of it. Also we<br>
need updates on your family history—who died—who got married—and who<br>
is the new arrival in your immediate family. It is important to keep<br>
this information up to date.<br>
Kevin Jorrey our web master would like family stories to put on the<br>
web. We need to put new items on the web—photos as always nice to send<br>
to Kevin. Please also send updates on the genealogy of your family.<br>
The information is only the name put on the web—no other information.<br>
The SZT Family would like to wish everyone happy holidays and please<br>
make plans to come to the family reunion on August 2, 2020 and if you<br>
are in the area please contact us to visit Snells Bush, we will be<br>
happy to open the church for you to visit.<br>
Sincerely<br>
Bill Timmerman President<br>
Sarah Timmerman Israel Corresponding Secretary and Historian<br>
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We are always looking for updated contact and family information for<br>
our extended family. We are a family proud of our history and have to<br>
keep younger family members involved. We are constantly getting people<br>
who discover our family on the web, by DNA or people searching for<br>
genealogy. They are very interested in how they are related to our<br>
family.<br>
Please contact us at our mailing address <br>
Snell- Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Inc.<br>
P O Box 623<br>
Little Falls New York 13365<br>
We are also on Facebook please look for us--- Snells Bush Church.<br>
If you need to contact us, please e-mails or phone us at the following contacts:<br>
Sarah Timmerman Israel Nancy Timmerman Cioch<br>
<a href="mailto:sarahtisrael@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sarahtisrael@yahoo.com</a> <a href="mailto:ncioch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ncioch@yahoo.com</a><br>
518-489-2725 315-866-3419<br>
Kevin Jorrey--- our web master would like genealogy updates and<br>
interesting stories to put on the web.<br>
<a href="http://szt-genealogy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">szt-genealogy.org</a><br>
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The following books are available from the SZT Reunion, Inc. Price<br>
does not include S&H, S&H is $5.50 unless otherwise noted. Checks<br>
should be made payable to the SZT Reunion and mailed to: Treasurer,<br>
SZT Reunion, Inc., P.O. Box 623, Little Falls, NY 13365.<br>
Author Title and Description Price<br>
David Kendall Martin The 18th Century Zimmerman Family of the Mohawk<br>
Valley, 1994. This book traces the descendants of Jacob and Margaretha<br>
Jung Zimmerman for six generations (over nearly two hundred years)<br>
from their German home village in the mid-1600's to the Mohawk Valley<br>
and beyond. It is a handsome, indexed, 8.5" x 11" hard covered book<br>
with over 300 pages heavily illustrated with photographs, maps, and<br>
signatures. Among the many related family names in the book are:<br>
Getman, Walrad, Petrie, Read, Bellinger, Smith, Fox, Failing, Van<br>
Allen, Herder, Hutchins, Dockey, Sponable, Bauder, and others. <br>
$22.50<br>
David Kendall Martin The 18th Century Snell Family of the Mohawk<br>
Valley, 1982. The format and contents of this book are similar to the<br>
above Zimmerman book. David Martin gives all available information on<br>
those Snells born before 1800 in Germany and New York. The various<br>
lines are carried well into the 1800's. The book is in 8.5" x 11"<br>
format, with a soft cover. $7.50<br>
David Kendall Martin The 18th Century Failing Family of the Mohawk<br>
Valley, 1979. This soft cover book traces descendants of Henrich H.<br>
and Anna Maria Kunigunda Failing from 1710 to 1900. The book is rich<br>
with history, family lore, illustrations, documents and maps. <br>
$10.00<br>
Four books complement David Martin’s 18th Century Zimmerman Family<br>
by extending the known descendants of four sons of Jacob and<br>
Margaretha Schutz Zimmerman (David, Lawrence, George, and Henry) into<br>
the latter part of the 20th century. A fifth book extends David<br>
Martin’s 18th Century Snell Family by continuing the descendants of<br>
Peter Snell into the 20th century.<br>
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Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius Descendants of David Timmerman of the<br>
Mohawk Valley, NY, 1998. This book is based on the 1925 work by Manley<br>
Timmerman, but is greatly expanded from that work. Family names found<br>
within the 200 page book include Allison, Cronk, Durner, Fellows,<br>
Gaylord, Smith, Spoor, Van Deusen, Wooledge, and Zoller. Soft cover. <br>
$9.00<br>
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Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius <br>
Descendants of Lawrence Timmerman of the Mohawk Valley, NY, 1998.<br>
Among the descendants of Lawrence covered by this book are those of<br>
his granddaughter, Gertrude, who married John C. Timerman, a grandson<br>
of Conrad Zimmerman (and brother to Lawrence, David, Henry, and<br>
George) and moved to Perch Lake, Jefferson County, NY. This 150 page<br>
genealogy (plus a 50 page index) also includes many descendants of<br>
Henry Lawrence Timmerman who moved to Indiana. Family names in the<br>
index include Snell (117), Bahar, Baker, Bowman, Broughton, Brown,<br>
Cramer, Darling, Dunten, Hoover, Lobdell, Meyer, Mosher, Petrie, Van<br>
Allen, and many others.<br>
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$9.00<br>
Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius Descendants of George Timmerman (1734-1800)<br>
of Mohawk Valley, NY, 1995. George, another son of the immigrant Jacob<br>
Zimmerman, was baptized by an itinerant pastor on 20 Jan. 1734. His<br>
wife was Anna Elizabeth Klock, a daughter of Johannes and Anna<br>
Margaretha Fox Klock. George had 10 children. Their numerous<br>
descendants have been ably documented in this 8.5" x 11" typed book of<br>
almost 300 pages, with a soft but durable cover. The index of this<br>
genealogy includes Bellingers (209 names) of Onondaga, Jefferson, and<br>
St. Lawrence counties in New York; Billings; Broat (94); Fox, Frye,<br>
Flanders; Hayes (339); Keyser/Kyser (78); Levee; Mason; Mosher;<br>
Robinson; Snell; Van Gorder (70); and Williams. $12.50<br>
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Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius Descendants of Lt. Henry Timmerman of<br>
Herkimer County, NY, 1988. Henry, son of the immigrant Jacob, was born<br>
about 30 Dec. 1737 and died 18 May 1807. While born a Zimmerman, most<br>
of the family changed to the Anglicized spelling of Timmerman after<br>
the Revolution. He settled in what is now the town of Manheim in<br>
Herkimer County. He was twice married - to Catherine Fox and then to<br>
Margaret Bellinger. He had 19 children - 7 boys and 12 girls - of whom<br>
15 were living at the time of his death. His numerous descendants are<br>
found throughout the Mohawk Valley, New York state, and the U.S. and<br>
Canada. This hard cover 8.5" x 11" book, with over 300 pages, follows<br>
a great number of them into the 1980s. The index includes many Snells,<br>
Getmans, Greens/Greenes, Handys, Herkimers, Klocks, Robinsons,<br>
Vedders, Walraths, and others.<br>
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Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius <br>
Descendants of Peter and Anna Kilts Snell of the Mohawk Valley, NY,<br>
1992. Peter Snell (s/o Johan Jost and Maria Catharine Kraft Snell) was<br>
born about 24 June 1730, probably in Schoharie County, NY, and died in<br>
Snells Bush, Manheim, Herkimer County, NY, in 1804. He married Susanna<br>
"Anna" Kilts (d/o Peter and Anna Maria Bellinger Kilts). At the time<br>
of Anna’s death, she left 420 descendants. This 334 page typed book,<br>
with a soft cover, traces over 3400 descendants, many into the 1990s.<br>
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$35.00<br>
Other Publications <br>
Frank C. Bellinger The War Years in the Mohawk Valley. Articles<br>
describe conditions, activities, and battles during the Revolution and<br>
its aftermath. Pamphlet. 1983, 20 pp. $2.00<br>
Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius<br>
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Edith S. Timmerman Fifty Years With the Faith of Our Fathers. A<br>
history of our Reunion and church compiled for the Reunion’s 50th<br>
Anniversary from newspaper accounts, early newsletters, and meeting<br>
and reunion minutes. It is particularly informative for new members.<br>
Pamphlet. 1988, 48pp.<br>
$2.00<br>
Vera De Witt American Patriots at the Battle of Oriskany. A register<br>
of Tryon County Militia and New York volunteers in the Revolutionary<br>
War. Soft covered. 1977, 60 pp. $7.50<br>
Ada L. F. Snell <br>
With My Grandparents. Pamphlet. 1972, 2003 40 pp. $1.50<br>
The Enterprise and News, 1939 <br>
The Lawrence Zimmerman Papers. The SZT Reunion, Inc., 2003 Pamphlet.<br>
1939, 2003 32 pp. $3.00<br>
Emma S. Timmerman <br>
Homestead Notes. Soft cover. 1971, 2003, 28 pp. $7.00<br>
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Ada L. F. Snell Palatines Along The Mohawk. Soft cover, 1948, 2002, 76<br>
pp. $12.00<br>
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