Emma T. Zimmerman
(1859-1943)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Joseph W. Matz

Emma T. Zimmerman 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 12 Jun 1859, Brecknock Twp., Berks, PA 3 4 6
  • Marriage (1): Joseph W. Matz on 9 Apr 1881 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Died: 16 Jan 1943, Shillington, Berks, PA at age 83 4 6
  • Buried: 20 Jan 1943, Gouglersville: Wyomissing Cemetery, Berks, PA 4 6

   FamilySearch ID: 9NZ6-V8C.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Cumru Twp., Berks, PA. 3 The 1900 census recorded Lillie Beecher, 19, daughter, living with her parents, Joseph W. Matz, 45; and Emma, 41. Also in the home are Willie Matz, 18; Charles, 16; Maggie, 6, and Joseph's sister Lizzie Reitz, 47. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Cause of Death: coronary thromboses, arteriosclerosis, myocarditis, 16 Jan 1943, Shillington, Berks, PA. 6

3. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Mrs. Emma T. Matz on 16 Jan 1943 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 7 Mrs. Emma T. Matz
Emma T., widow of William Matz died at the home of her son, William Z. Matz, 206 North Miller St., Shillington, aged 83 years. She was a daughter of the late Anthony and Margaret (Trupp) Zimmerman, and was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church, Shillington.
Her husband died in 1921. Surviving are three children: Lillie, wife of John J. Beechert, Dormansville, N. Y.; Margaret, wife of O. G. Brown, Kane, Pa., and William Z., with whom she resided: five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral on Saturday at 1 p. m. from the Kindt Memorial Home in Shillington, where services will be conducted by the Rev. Victor A. Kroninger Interment in Gouglersville Cemetery.

4. Residence: 206 N. Miller St., Shillngton, PA on 16 Jan 1943 in Shillington, Berks, PA. 6


Emma married Joseph W. Matz on 9 Apr 1881 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Joseph W. Matz was born on 16 Mar 1857 in Shillington, Berks, PA,3 8 9 died on 12 Apr 1921 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 8 9 and was buried in Gouglersville: Wyomissing Cemetery, Berks, PA 8.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KMC8-GQK Joseph Matz and Emma Zimmerman, 1881.

2 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFMQ-5VF John J. Beechert and Lillie Matz, 1900.

3 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3ML-L3K Joseph W. Matz, 1900.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104560437.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, PA > Berks > Reading > Trinity Lutheran Church, baptism of Lillie Matz, parents Joseph & Emma nee Zimmerman.

6 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 11579 Emma T. Matz b. 12 Jun 1859 d. 16 Feb 1943 father Anthony Zimmerman mother Margaret Trupp spouse Joseph W. Matz.

7 Reading Eagle (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania.), 16 Feb 1943, page 18 Obituary of Emma T. Matz.

8 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104560008.

9 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 13 Apr 1921, page 3. Obituary of Joseph Matz.



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