<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>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, Jun 6, 2021 at 10:36 AM<br>Subject: Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion Spring 2021 Newsletter<br>To: snellsbush <<a href="mailto:snellsbush@gmail.com">snellsbush@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br>Snell-Zimmerman-Timmerman Family Reunion<br>
Spring 2021 Newsletter<br>
<br>
Hello Family members<br>
Save the date!<br>
We will hold our annual SZT family reunion at Snells Bush Church<br>
on August 1, 2021 with our fundraiser --Ice Cream Social on July<br>
31, 2021—<br>
I hope everyone is well and ok in this time of the covid virus.<br>
Hopefully we all are vaccinated and wear our masks and have distance<br>
between us. We will have a family reunion this year 2021 and will<br>
abide by all the current rules for gathering in groups. We have a lot<br>
of room at Snells Bush and will be able to distance ourselves<br>
correctly. It will be great to see all our cousins and neighbors and<br>
friends this year as we missed everyone last year when we could not<br>
hold the reunion.<br>
We will have our ice cream social for neighbors, friends, and family<br>
members on July 31, 2021 Saturday night 6 pm until dark. It is always<br>
a treat to see the sun set over the Mohawk Valley and to view the<br>
hills to the north. Distancing is possible – So enjoy ice cream<br>
sundaes and visit your ancestors grave site. There is lots of room to<br>
distance and view the cemetery and historic church.<br>
On Sunday August 1, 2021 we will have the traditional flag raising<br>
ceremony at 10 am followed by honoring our patriots buried at Snells<br>
Bush Cemetery. The bell will ring at 11 am to invite us to worship in<br>
our historic Snells Bush Church. After the service we will hold our<br>
annual business meeting which is short and a luncheon will follow----<br>
donations suggested. We will be planning some entertainment from<br>
re-enactors and a little history of the area. I hope to see you all at<br>
the reunion.<br>
On May 8, 2021 we held our Spring board meeting at Snells Bush Church.<br>
Since we were not able to hold our reunion in 2020 nothing was really<br>
completed. Painting is still going on and the front side is now<br>
complete so the entire church has now been scraped and painted. It<br>
looks very good and hopefully the paint job will last awhile. We will<br>
now be working on the steeple. For the steeple we will rent a lift to<br>
paint it and while we have the lift the lights in the steeple will be<br>
changed to LED lights which should last longer. Any one that would<br>
like to sponsor the funds for the lights in the steeple will be<br>
appreciated. There are 8 (car head lights now) which light up the<br>
steeple and they have not been on in a while. When they are lit the<br>
whole church is in a beautiful radiated light which actually glows. We<br>
also will use the lift to replace the rope on the flag pole. The winds<br>
are very strong and ropes don’t last long. We will start looking for<br>
bids on painting and patching some of the interior spots that need<br>
repair.<br>
One of our windows is out for repair and when it comes back we will<br>
send the next one out. The south side windows are all complete and<br>
open great. Now we are working on the north side. Our carpenter will<br>
be working on replacing the lights in the stained glass windows at the<br>
front of the sanctuary. These windows were originally placed in the<br>
Yellow Church by family members in 1900 and rescued and placed at<br>
Snells Bush when the Yellow Church was demolished. Our handicap ramp<br>
will have to wait a while as the price of lumber is very high. The<br>
patent also needs to be evaluated but again that will have to wait as<br>
any restoration is expensive. The cemeteries need to have some work<br>
done on some of the markers which need to be straightened and that<br>
will be addressed during the summer months. We will have two weddings<br>
this year. All the covid rules will be in effect for these weddings. A<br>
form was written up in the contract for the wedding last year and will<br>
continue this year.<br>
I have been working on the--- e-mail and snail mail lists----<br>
throughout the pandemic from 2020 to 2021 years. It is very difficult<br>
to get the correct addresses as everyone changes their e-mail and<br>
people are moving from one place to another and then the snail mail<br>
list is wrong. Please send us your change of addresses. It is hard to<br>
keep in contact with our members of SZT.<br>
We are also forming a list of friends of SZT or rather Friends of<br>
Snells Bush Historic church. Many locals want to support Snells Bush<br>
and feel that it is a private group and don’t want to get involved.<br>
That is not true as we welcome everyone to come to all of our events.<br>
We are an important part of the community and want to encourage<br>
everyone to come and support Snells Bush Church. Our 501c3 exempts all<br>
contributions and SZT Reunion Inc is a public charity.<br>
I plan to work on the files located at Snells Bush Church this summer.<br>
If anyone would like to help------ please let me know. We have 4 file<br>
cabinets which are full of the genealogy on the families. These are<br>
records of letters written to us from various family members and this<br>
information on the letters is fading from the old ink that was used.<br>
Every letter needs to be read and the information contained in these<br>
letters documented. Our files need to be organized so that in the<br>
future members can get access to these files. The late Barbara Massey<br>
worked on the genealogy of the Garlock family for over 50 years and we<br>
now have these records. Sue Vickery worked on some of this<br>
documentation this past winter and has done a great job organizing<br>
this data. More needs to be worked on of the Garlock family history.<br>
This family helped build the church and donated time and funds to the<br>
working of the Snells Bush Church.<br>
Nancy Cioch has been working on the diaries of Willard Broat who<br>
lived in the Town of Manheim NY in the 1860s. We have his diaries from<br>
1867, 1868, and 1879. He was a young man who married and then in 1879<br>
traveled to the plains of Nebraska and homesteaded in a sod house on<br>
the prairie. His wife traveled by train from New York to Nebraska with<br>
5 children under 10 and settled on the plains. Willard tells about the<br>
living conditions and day to day life experiences both in New York and<br>
on the plains in Nebraska, Kansas, and surrounding area. We would like<br>
to include these diaries on our web site. Nancy also wrote up the<br>
diaries of Willard Kilts living in Fairfield, NY in the 1890’s making<br>
cheese.<br>
The files at Snells Bush also tell the stories on many different<br>
families traveling to the west and homesteading in various places<br>
including Canada. Our genealogy books that have been written also tell<br>
the stories on different families living on the frontier in the 1700’s<br>
and 1800’s and 1900’s. We have a lot of history in these files and in<br>
those books.<br>
Please send us your updates or change of address- e-mail and snail<br>
mail. We love to receive updates of your family which include birth,<br>
marriages and deaths. Please notify us so we can correct our records.<br>
Talk to your children and try to get them interested in our history,<br>
come and visit Snells Bush Church. We need to get the younger<br>
generation interested in history. If we are to continue to have a<br>
reunion each year we need members to come and help us keep our great<br>
family together. The current members that run this reunion are<br>
getting old and we need new members to step up and help.<br>
Sincerely<br>
Bill Timmerman - president Sarah Timmermsn Israel----<br>
Corresponding secretary<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>
<a href="http://www.szt-genealogy.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.szt-genealogy.org</a><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>
Patrick Babcock is our coordinator for our e-mail mail server. If you<br>
have changes to your e-mail address, please send them to us.<br>
Kevin Jorrey--- our web master would like genealogy updates and<br>
interesting stories to put on the web.<br>
<br>
The following genealogy books are available from the SZT Reunion, Inc.<br>
They were printed during the 1970’s with great information about the<br>
family. There stories about the life on the frontier and fighting off<br>
the hostile British and Indians during those early years. Price does<br>
not include the shipping cost ($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>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
$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>
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. $17.50<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Carolyn Timmerman Sidenius <br>
<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>
<br>
<br>
<br>
$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>
<br>
Edith S. Timmerman <br>
Fifty Years With the Faith of Our Fathers. A history of our Reunion<br>
and church compiled for the Reunion’s 50th Anniversary from newspaper<br>
accounts, early newsletters, and meeting and reunion minutes. It is<br>
particularly informative for new members. 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.<br>
$7.00<br>
Ada L. F. Snell Palatines Along The Mohawk. Soft cover, 1948, 2002, 76<br>
pp. $12.00<br>
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