Died
at age 37
in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
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Biography
Elizabeth was born in 1898. She is the daughter of Frederich Zimmermann and Elizabeth Tessman. She reportedly died in a tragic accident in 1936. While burning trash, something in the fire exploded and a glass shard cut her carotid artery. Death was swift. [1]
Some interesting facts about this woman and her marriage to Rudolph M. Heidenblut. They are both from Illinois, marrying before a Justice of the Peace in Ohio. The year is 1917 (WW1) and he is a 24 year-old bricklayer. (Her father, Frederick was a bricklayer). The marriage did not last. By July of 1920, Elizabeth was married to Frank Koch and living in Chicago, IL.
Rudy re-married in 1920 in Tennessee.
Sources
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDH7-WXS : 10 December 2017), Frank B Koch and Elizabeth Zimmerman, 10 Apr 1919; citing Porter, Indiana, United States, Marriage Registration, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014500.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJQK-S5P : accessed 10 June 2012), Frank B Koch, 58 Pricinct Chicago Ward 26, Cook, Illinois.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS5H-9WS : accessed 6 August 2019), Elizabeth Koch in household of Frank B Koch, Chicago (Districts 1501-1750), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1672, sheet 14B, line 64, family 351, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 487; FHL microfilm 2,340,222.
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34D-DP3 : 27 December 2014), Elizabeth Koch, 20 Feb 1936; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,926,850.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 06 August 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Zimmerman Koch (21 Apr 1898–20 Feb 1936), Find A Grave Memorial no. 60897604, citing Saint Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by LN (contributor 46594703) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elizabeth by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elizabeth: