Zimmermann of Strackholt, Germany & Allied Families

Foske Juergens Helgens (1821-1901) was born in Strackholt, Germany. She married Jann Jannes Zimmermann in 1845, and they had three children before he died in 1850. Foske then married her brother-in-law, Harm Jannes Zimmermann, and they had at least five children. After his death she came to the United States about 1871 with at least one child. The other children had already arrived. The family settled chiefly in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois. Descendants and relatives lived in Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Arizona, Washington and elsewhere. Many descendants spelled the surname Zimmerman.