Detail From Kimmel-related DocumentsEach of the accounts below are followed
by a review of public documents that refer to the same details mentioned in
the accounts listed. These "reality checks" are documents
I'm currently aware of and I welcome the addition of other documents.
(Tim Kimmel-- timkimmel@comcast.net )
These transcripts are also listed on the web pages for each individual
family listed on the main menu. |
Letters...Pedigree of the Kimmel Family, written 1890 by Walter Garland Kimmel (1861-1940; AC-BAEBJ) of Union Co., Illinois for the descendants of Crawford and Anna Minerva (Kimmel) Trees. The letter gives a brief history of Michael Kimmel in Germany, his son Philip and grandson George as passed down to Walter.
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General Anthony Kimmel's Letter to Samuel Kimmel. Written by General Anthony
Kimmel (1798-1871; AC-KI) of Baltimore, son of Anthony who came to America with
his brothers and father Johann Philip Kimmel in 1755. Samuel was most likely the
Samuel Kimmel (1830-1912; AC-BBFJ) a dental surgeon in Philadelphia, PA who
was in possession of the German family Bible of his grandfather Jacob that is now
in the collection of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. General Kimmel tells the
story of the three Kimmel brothers Jacob, Valentine and Philip who came to
America in the 1750s. This text comes from one of Dr. H. K. Stoner's reports from
1937, "Genealogy of the family of John Philip Kimmel, b. Mar. 2-1724-d. Aug. 7-1796; Oldest of the six sons of Johann Philip Kimmel, 1695-1777"
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Anna
Mary (Kimmel) Rector Letter. Written about her great-grandfather
Philip Kimmel and grandfather Elijah Kimmel of Dubois County, Indiana.
Excerpt as published in the February 1977 issue of the "Laurel
Messenger," published by the Historical and Genealogical Society of
Somerset County.
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Harry
H. Ahrens' 1921 Report and Edna Viola Kimmel Wood 1940 Letter. Two
early family histories of Leonard Kimmel (1741-1825; AG-) an early settler
of Harrison County, Ohio. Plus a 1979 account by
Albert
Kimmel.
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Charles
Messner's letter to a cousin. A family history of the lineage
Johann Jacob Kimmel of Ephrata, his son Adam Kimmel of Philadelphia,
grandson Joseph Kimmel of Stark County, Ohio and great-grandson Jacob
Kimmel.
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Pastor August Kimmel.
Biography of this Cleveland pastor, written about 1888. This copy in
possession of his grandson Richard H. Kimmel of Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Published Accounts...Family History From "Kentucky Ante-bellum Portraiture." Accompanied a copy of the portrait of Philip Kimmel that was brought to Henderson, Kentucky by Marius Manning Kimmel, father of Admiral Husband E. Kimmel.
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| Biography of Jonathan Kimmel, pages 179-180 of "Commemorative Biographical Record, Harrison County, Ohio," 1891 (Beers). This has the earliest known printed account of the arrival in America of Leonard Kimmel who settled last in Harrison County, Ohio. |