August Ziemann & Lydia KnechtAugust Ziemann was born in 1886 in Bessarabia, South Russia, to Christian and Julianna (Priebe) Ziemann. He came with his parents to the United States in 1889, settled in Mercer County and farmed northeast of Hazen. Lydia Knecht was born in 1893 in South Russia to Christof and Christina (Machau) Knecht. She came with her parents to the United States in 1901 and lived in Bowdle, S.D. In 1902 they came to Mercer County to farm northwest of Hazen. August and Lydia were married in 1911. They farmed south of Golden Valley for about four years, then moved north of Hazen to farm there until 1945 when they moved to Hazen. August did cabinet making and carpentry. They had six children: Frieda (Arndt), Hilda (Arndt), Eugene, Harold, Arthur, and Lorina (Zuern.) ~Source: Hazen 1913-1988 Diamond Jubilee book, pgs. 361-362
ZIEMANN CELEBRATES 90 Mrs. Lydia Ziemann, Hazen, celebrated her 90th birthday Sunday, making her among only a handful of people in the area entering the tenth decade. She celebrated the day with a large cake and nearly 50 guests at her small home in Hazen. How has she lived so long and in such good health? Her children say it was because “she was needed so often” and Lydia, too, talks of traveling to live with her grown children to help them through unexpected misfortunes. The mother of six children, she has lived in Hazen since 1945. She moved from Krem, a small community that once existed about 10 miles north of Hazen. She and her husband moved to Krem from their homestead in Golden Valley in about 1915 and her husband died in 1955. She lives alone, although a neighbor or relative will assist her occasionally with cooking and cleaning. Before her eyesight began to deteriorate, she kept busy crocheting and quilting. In the summer months, she can still be seen out behind her house “making a garden” and says she intends to do it again this year. Her health, while not perfect, seems to be satisfactory for a woman of her age. When asked how she’s done so well, she says, “The good Lord kept me that way.” ~Source: Unknown North Dakota publication, dated January 1983 ~News article and photograph submitted by family researcher, Jacquelin Knecht August Ziemann ~~~~~ Lydia Knecht Ziemann
Children August & Lydia Ziemann
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Freida Edna Ziemann Arndt 1913-