Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameWilhelmine Fredricka Ernestina ZELLAR
Birth12 Oct 1874, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan1045,1446,1476
Death31 Aug 1963, South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California1805,7426 Age: 88
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California1805
MemoLawn Crypt 1-B, Block 1584
NicknameMinnie80
Individual Notes
• I knew your Mother, Aunt Minnie, and she used to say that “Pasadena is God’s Country.”4356

• Sayings: “There’s enough blue sky to make a Dutchman’s britches.”
Source: Florence Martin, January 1995

• HAWKINS - Minnie Fredericka Hawkins, South Pasadena, passed away August 31, 1963. A native of Michigan, she had been a resident of this area 41 years. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Hoyt Martin of South Pasadena; Mrs. Donald Gardner of San Diego; one son, Frederick Hawkins of Woodside, Calif.; three granddaughters, Mrs. John Schuehle of Los Angeles, Mrs. David Mills of New York, and Mrs. Maurice Shuvetter [sic] and one grandson, Charles Hawkins, both of Woodside. Private services were conducted at the chapel of Turner & Stevens Co., Pasadena.7426
Census
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 5, b MI. Listed as Minnie Seller.1697
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Oct 1874, MI. Parents b Germany.1736
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b MI. Parents b Germany.1771
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b MI. Parents b Germany.1787
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b MI. Parents b Germany. Age 21 at 1st marriage.3632
• 1940 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b MI. Mother-in-Law in household of Hoyt F. Martin.6716
Spouses
Birth21 Sep 1874, Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden1802,1803
Immigration18863632 Age: 11
Removal124 Jun 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois1804 Age: 12
Memothrough Hull, England
Naturalization18961787 Age: 21
Death28 Dec 1957, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California1805,7824 Age: 83
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California1805
MemoLawn Crypt 1-A, Block 1584
Occupationcoffee salesman; coffee & tea merchant1045,1502
ResidenceEvanston, IL (1907)1045
FatherViktor Herman HAKANSSON (1835-1907)
MotherEmelie Charlotte BRUNBERG (1838-1879)
Individual Notes
• Sixth child of Viktor Herman Hakansson and Emelie Charlotte Brunberg.1803

• Fred Hawkins of South Pasadena passed away Dec. 28, 1957. A native of Sweden and a resident of South Pasadena for 17 years. He was a member of the South Pasadena Lodge No. 367 F. & A. M., South Pasadena Chapter No. 112 Royal Arch Masons and Calvary Commandery No. 62 Knights Templar. He is survived by his wife, Minnie Hawkins, a son, Fred Hawkins of Woodside, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Hoyt F. Martin of South Pasadena, and Mrs. Donald Gardner of San Diego; four grandchildren, Kris and Gretchen Martin and Alison and Charles Hawkins. Services were held at chapel of Turner, Stevens and Eggleston, 1000 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena. South Pasadena Lodge No. 367 F. & A. M., officiating.8426
Census
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Sep 1874, Sweden. Tea salesman. Parents b Sweden.1736
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b Sweden. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.1771
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b Sweden. Merchant, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.1787
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b Sweden. Alien. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.3632
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 63, b Sweden. Salesman. Head.7167
• 1950 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b Sweden. Head. Separated. Residing at 1026 Fair Oaks Avenue.7825
Directories
Pasadena City Directories
1923: Fred (Minnie) 1775 Rose Villa
1924: Fred C. (Minnie F.) slsmn A. J. Casey h 1775 Rose Villa
1929: Hawkins Fred, Fred H, Gert. 1775 Rose Villa2678
1930: Hawkins, Fred (Minnie) Fred jr. Gert. 89 Bellfontaine
1931: Hawkins, Fred (Minnie) 1775 Rose Villa
1932: Hawkins, Fred 847 Mar Vista
1933: Hawkins, Fredk H (Alice) distributor Crown City Ice Co. r 85 Bellefontaine (no Fred C.)
1934: Hawkins, Fred slmn r 40 Valley2678
Marriage23 Sep 1896, Evanston, Cook, Illinois851
Separationbef 19507825
Marriage Notes
• Married four years in 1900.1736
ChildrenGertrude Francis (1906-1973)
 Florence Elizabeth (1907-1996)
 Fredrick Henry (1909-1985)
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