Karl Zimmer 1863-1939

Karl Zimmer was born 7 Jan 1863 at Mirau colony (parish Ludwigsthal, Gouvernement Cherson) [Ludwigsthal, Kreis Aleksandrovsk, Gouvernement Jekaterinoslaw, Südrußland],
son of Johannes Zimmer, cabinet maker (Tischler). He died 19 Oct 1939 at Rohr [formerly Rohr, Neckarkreis, Württemberg; 1942 incorporated into Stuttgart,
Stadtkreis Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg] near Stuttgart. He married Julie Amalie Nilsson l5 Sep 1892 in the Krim [Crimea].
She was born 31 Jul 1870 at Pernau, daughter of watchmaker (Uhrmacher) Fredrik Nilsson and Alide Amalie Jürgens.
She died 4 Sep 1921 at Baku of typhus.


1882-1883 teacher at Kronsdorf (parish Grunau) [Grunau, Kreis Aleksandrovsk, Gouvernement Jekaterinoslaw, Südrußland];
5 Sep 1884 mission institution at Basel [Basel, Halb-Kanton Basel-Stadt, die Schweiz (Switzerland)];
13 Jul 1890 ordained at Ludwigsburg [Ludwigsburg, Neckarkreis, Württemberg];
1891-1904 pastor at Elisabethtal (Gouvernement Tiflis); 1904-1908 Riebensdorf (Gouvernement Voronez);
1908-1911 Schöntal (Gouvernement Samara);
1911-1919 Paulskoje (Gouvernement Samara);
from 1918 only still in the colony Nieder-Monjou;
1919-1921 Reinwald-Starica (formerly parish Reinhart / Ossinowka); Jul-Dec 1921 at Baku;
1921- 1923 Annenfeld (formerly Gouvernement Elisavetpol);
1923-1925 Alekseevka (formerly Gouvernement Elisavetpol);
1924 naturalized in Baden [Baden-Württemberg];
from 1926 in church service in Baden, substituting at Tennenbronn, Pforzheim, Liedolsheim, Hemsbach;
1928-1931 Zaisenhausen;
1931 retired; lived in Freiburg and Rohr near Stuttgart and from 1937 Mauersheim near Ludwigsburg [all locations in Baden-Württemberg]