The Timms of Waterloo County
The Timms of Waterloo County
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The emigrant ancestor, Ludwig Johann Christian Timm (1830-1906), the son of August Georg Heinrich Timm and Sophia Louisa Jenning, was born in Bansow, Mecklenburg, Germany, and died in Berlin, Ontario, Canada. He married Sophie Marie Elisabeth Graf (1832-1909) 1855 in Serrahn. She was the daughter of Joachim Christoph Friedrich Graf and Cathari- na Sophia Maria Rüter. She was born in Hinzenhagen, Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Germany, and died in Berlin, Ontario, Canada. This family immigrated to Canada in 1869, and first appears in 1871 census of Waterloo North Township. The earliest known ancestor, Johann Christian Timm (1722-1806), was of Rothspalk, Germany. He married Ilsabe Dorothea Meyers also of Rothspalk in 1747.