Simmerman

Simmerman
Family name
Meaning	Carpenter, room builder, variant of Zimmerman
Related names	Zimmer (surname), Zimmermann, Zimmerman, Carpenter, Charpentier, Carpentier

Simmerman derives from the German last name Zimmerman which means carpenter. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 15,664st-most common surname.^[1]

Simmerman is often confused with Zimmerman and Zimmermann. The "S" was often written or translated into English at hearing the German "Z."^[2]

• Zimmerman - a variant of Simmerman.
• A Y-DNA Project exists for this surname.

Simmerman may refer to:

People

• Harold Simmerman was the 1951 and 1952 president of the The American Academy of Optometry.
• Jack Simmerman was a top scorer in the 1934-35 St. Louis Soccer League with the Marre's club.
• Jake Simmerman (Simmon Jack) served as the miller for The Bollinger County Milling Co. in Zalma, Missouri.
• Jim Simmerman (March 5, 1952 — June 29, 2006) was a poet and editor from the United States.
• James B. Simmerman (Born November 19, 1944) in St. Louis, Mo., was a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer and Homicide Detective, U.S. Army Military Policeman, Chief Legal Investigator for the St. Louis Medical Examiner, and Management Consultant for the APC Skills Co. He was Chief of Police in Marshall, MO from Oct., 1983 until retiring in May, 2008, and is currently the Owner and director of Creative Management Consultants; and Deer Creek Law Enforcement Training Center located in Crawford County, MO.

Fictional characters

• James Simmerman as Bank Manager in the movie, Bronco Billy a 1980 film starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke.

References

1. U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995; <http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last>
2. Zimmerman - Zimmermann name history - http://www.ancestry.com/facts/simmerman-family-history.ashx