Born in Fosterburg, Madison County, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Harberd Harms Keiser
and Wubka Berns Post
Sister of
Martha M. (Keiser) Hayes, Ida Harberts (Keiser) Meyer, Hilka Harberts (Keiser) Essman, Charles Keiser, Wilhelmina (Keiser) Rowell, Samuel Harberts Keiser [half], Lydia E. (Keiser) Floreth [half], Hannah Lena (Keiser) Dole [half], Ella Ann (Keiser) Knecht [half], Emma Harberts (Keiser) Maxeiner [half], Louisa D. (Keiser) Dole [half], Herbert Keiser [half] and Harry Herbert Keiser [half]
Wife of
William Jansson Zimmerman
— married
9 Apr 1871 in Madison County, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Ida Zimmerman, John Franklin Zimmerman, Ella Zimmerman, Mary M. (Zimmerman) McCarty, Minnie Zimmerman, Herbert Zimmerman, Bertha Zimmerman, Frances Zimmerman, Anna Zimmerman, Arthur Zimmerman, Walter Zimmerman and [private son (1890s - unknown)]
Died
at age 82
in Madison County, Illinois, United States [uncertain]
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Biography
Mary Post Keiser was born on 1 December 1852 in Fosterburg, Madison County, Illinois, daughter of Herbert Harm (Keiser) Kaiser (1826 - 1903) and Wubka Berns Post (1824 - 1863).
Mary married William Jansson Zimmerman (born in Madison County, Illinois on 9 April 1847; died in Harvel, Montgomery County, Illinois on 23 June 1919), son of John Willms Zimmermann and Gesche Maria Janson Schlachter, on 9 April 1871 in Madison County. Their children were:
- Ida Zimmerman (1873 - 1938)
- John Franklin Zimmerman (1875 - 1929)
- Ella Zimmerman (1877 - 1920)
- Mary M. (Zimmerman) McCarty (1879 - 1974)
- Minnie Zimmerman (1882 - )
- Herbert Zimmerman (1883 - 1884)
- Bertha Zimmerman (1884 - )
- Frances Zimmerman (1887 - )
- Anna Zimmerman (1889 - )
- Arthur Zimmerman (1891 - )
- Walter Zimmerman (1894 - ).
1880 US Census: Harvel, Montgomery, Illinois County, Illinois. [1]
1900 US Census: Harvel, Montgomery County, Illinois. [2]
An obituary for Herbert H. Keiser of Fosterburg, Illinois (died 2 September 1903) mentions "Mrs. Mary Zimmerman" of Harvel, Illinois as his surviving daughter. [3]
Mary died on 14 January 1935 in Madison County, aged 82.
She is buried in Harvel Cemetery, King, Christian County, Illinois.
Sources
- ↑ 1880 US Census: Harvel, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
William, 33; Mary, 27; Ida, 7; John F., 5; Ella, 3; Mary M., 1; and servants Leander Mains, 20 and Burtie Beunt, 16 in Harvel 1880 - ↑ 1900 US Census: Harvel, Montgomery, Illinois, USA
William J, 54; Mary K, 47; Ella, 23; Mary, 21; Bertha, 16; Francis, 13; Anna, 11; Arthur, 9; Walter, 6; William 4 in Harvel, 1900 - ↑ Obituary for Herbert H. Keiser. From unknown newspaper.
Obituary for Herbert H. Keiser
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