Obituary of Angus A. Zimmerman, Jr.

Angus A. Zimmerman, Jr. was the son of June (Powers) Zimmerman; the grandson of William S. & Addie (More) Powers; and the great-grandson of James & Cynthia (Richmond) More. His obituary was published in the Flint [MI] Journal on April 19, 1948:


ZIMMERMAN---Angus A. Zimmerman, Jr., 709 Axford St., age 20, died April 18, 1948, at Bridgeport Township. Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M. Wednesday, April 21, 1948, from the Rose Chapel, Algoe-Gundry Mortuary, Dr. William O. Moulton, officiating. Burial in Flint Memorial Park Cemetery. Body will be at the Mortuary. Death was due to automobile accident. He was born in Flint, Mich., Feb. 21, 1928, the son of Angus A. and June Zimmerman, and lived his whole life in Flint. Was a student at Flint Junior College and a veteran of World War II. Surviving are: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Zimmerman; two sisters, Mrs. Patrick Callahan of Flint, Mrs. William Long of Monrovia, Calif.; two brothers, Robert J. Brown and Charles H. Zimmerman, both of Flint; cousin, Connie Desey of Flint; grandmother, Mrs. Louisa Zimmerman of Flint; 2 nieces and several aunts and uncles.

Addie (More) Powers - Richmond Descendant

Addie (More) Powers was the daughter of James & Cynthia (Richmond) More. Cynthia was the daughter of Thomas & Laura (Backus) Richmond:


POWERS--Addie M. Powers, age 83, died Wednesday, May 21, 1947, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Allen, Pomona, Calif. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, May 26, 1947, from the Reigle Funeral Home. She had been a resident of Flint for the last 30 years, visiting at home of daughter when she passed away. She married William S. Powers at Dryden, Mich., 1888. He preceded her in death in 1939. She was a member of Court Street Methodist Church. Surviving are: 3 sons, Ward of Phoenix, Arizona, Ralph and Marion of Flint; 2 daughters, Mrs. William Allen of Pomona, Calif., Mrs. Angus Zimmerman of Flint; 18 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.

[Note: Addie M. Powers was buried in Thornville Cemetery, Lapeer Co., Michigan]

A Letter From M. George Allen

M. George Allen (1924 - 2001), was Richmond descendant through his mother, Addie (Powers) Allen, his grandmother, Addie (More) Powers and then his great-grandmother, Cynthia (Richmond) More. He shared with me how and why he move from Flint, Michigan, to Los Angeles, California and then to Rough and Ready, CA. He also included information about his paternal Bostwick ancestry.


In a letter addressed to me (Cathy Palm) from M. George Allen dated August 1, 1995, excerpted above and transcribed below:

First let me answer the question of what are we doing out here. I came to Calif. in 1941 via Uncle Ward's home in Phoenix. Ward's son James, a friend of Jim's and I thought we would like to live in Los Angeles so the friend's car brought us to LA and we found jobs in the "Baby Line Furniture Co." and rented an apartment. As I was just 17 my parents didn't think I should be away from home so they got word to me to get back home or they would come after me. Therefore I returned to Mich., my dreams dashed and destroyed. When I was in the service (11-42 to 8-45) I was shipped to Los Angeles to attend B25 school at what is now LAX International Airport. At that time it was the air base for aircraft factories. Anyhow my folks, thinking I would be shipped out, they and my fiance came to Calif. to see me. While here they, my folks, made up their mind they would move as soon as possible, which they did (1944?). When we got out of the army I returned to Flint and went back to work in the Chevrolet factory. That lasted four weeks and I (we) decided to move to Calif. Southern Calif. got so crowded and smoggy that we decided to move to Northern Calif. which we did in 1959. Rough and Ready is a very small town now, used to be thick with miners, hotels and saloons. We are in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains at about 1600 ft. Lake Tahoe is about 80 miles and Reno 100 miles. Sacramento 50 miles and San Francisco 140 miles.

I will include a copy of a picture I have found of John and Mary Powers. Also a copy of a letter from Kezzie you might find interesting, and a copy of my ancestor chart as far as I have now. Number 19 on the chart, Anna Bostwick, I can trace back to "Osmer" owner of Shipbrook, Davenham, Bostok, Audlem, Crewe all in Chester (Cheshire) County, England as entered in the Doomsday [Domesday] Book, year 1080 as having held these places at time of conquest by William of Normandy. This is in the Bostwick family geology [sic] book which lists names to 1896 and my father's family is listed (and Father).

From an earlier post:

Marion George Allen found the genealogical chart (Page One) below in a family Bible several years ago and sent a copy to me. It was my template for researching the descendants of Thomas & Laura (Backus) Richmond, including Cynthia (Richmond) More.

The chart does not list any children for #13 Ward B. More (& Jean Lamond More, his wife), #14 Charles More, #15 Addie More (my great-grandmother whose descendants are listed on Page Two) and #16 Mary More.

James Levi More Obituary

James Levi More was the son of James & Cynthia (Richmond) More. Cynthia was #7426 in the J.B. Richmond book. See his place in my family tree here. His sister, Mrs. William S. Powers, was my great-grandmother, Addie More Powers. There is more information on his wife, Rosaltha (Farrar) More, but very little is known about his daughter, Mrs. Maud McLeod.


Obituary - Flint Journal, dated 21 March 1923. J.L. More died 15 March 1923.