Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameWilhelmine Fredricka Ernestina ZELLAR 
Birth12 Oct 1874, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan74, p 3; place only,279, date only,280, date only
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California272
MemoLawn Crypt 1-B, Block 1584
NicknameMinnie282, p 2
FatherHeinrich Albert Techner ZELLE (1849-1925)
MotherKaroline Christiane Auguste SCHLÜTER (1850-1911)
Individual Notes
• I knew your Mother, Aunt Minnie, and she used to say that “Pasadena is God’s Country.”283, pp 1-2
• And Grandma came to live us there too. And we put a couch in the dining room for her. But Grandma wanted to visit friends and relatives every once in a while. I didn’t tell you that part. She had a lot of relatives back in Michigan, and she would get on a bus and trot off to Michigan every now and then. Then she’d come back and we’d meet her at the bus, and bring her home, then she would go over to her friends in Burbank and visit them. And so...it was kind of nice to have her going someplace every once in a while, it was a good change for her, and it was a good change for us. And we were always glad to see her come back. When she came back, she was always very useful because she liked to cook and clean and all that stuff. I was glad to get out of those chores because I was working hard and we were having a lot of fun. And it was nice to have her living with us when we moved to Alta Vista because she was a good baby-sitter. And she liked the babies and enjoyed them. So we rarely had to have a baby-sitter.64, p 11
• 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.281
• And Grandma came to live us there too. And we put a couch in the dining room for her. But Grandma wanted to visit friends and relatives every once in a while. I didn’t tell you that part. She had a lot of relatives back in Michigan, and she would get on a bus and trot off to Michigan every now and then. Then she’d come back and we’d meet her at the bus, and bring her home, then she would go over to her friends in Burbank and visit them. And so...it was kind of nice to have her going someplace every once in a while, it was a good change for her, and it was a good change for us. And we were always glad to see her come back. When she came back, she was always very useful because she liked to cook and clean and all that stuff. I was glad to get out of those chores because I was working hard and we were having a lot of fun. And it was nice to have her living with us when we moved to Alta Vista because she was a good baby-sitter. And she liked the babies and enjoyed them. So we rarely had to have a baby-sitter.64, p 11
• 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.281
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 5, b MI. Listed as Minnie Seller.284
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Oct 1874, MI. Parents b Germany.275
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b MI. Parents b Germany.87
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b MI. Parents b Germany.88
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b MI. Parents b Germany. Age 21 at 1st marriage.270
• 1940 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b MI. Mother-in-Law in household of Hoyt F. Martin.71
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Oct 1874, MI. Parents b Germany.275
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b MI. Parents b Germany.87
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b MI. Parents b Germany.88
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b MI. Parents b Germany. Age 21 at 1st marriage.270
• 1940 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b MI. Mother-in-Law in household of Hoyt F. Martin.71
Spouses
Immigration1886270 Age: 11
Removal24 Jun 1887, Chicago, Cook, Illinois271 Age: 12
Memothrough Hull, England
Naturalization189688 Age: 21
Death28 Dec 1957, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California272, date only,273 Age: 83
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California272
MemoLawn Crypt 1 A-B, Block 1584, Brotherly Love section
ResidenceEvanston, IL (1907)74, p 3
FatherViktor Herman HAKANSSON (1835-1907)
MotherEmelie Charlotte BRUNBERG (1838-1879)
Individual Notes
• Sixth child of Viktor Herman Hakansson and Emelie Charlotte Brunberg.269
• My father, Fred, came over here when he was six years old as I recall from Sweden. He went through Ellis Island.
His last name was Hakensson. I don’t know if they changed it at Ellis Island, or you know they did so many people, they Anglicized their names. And then he lived in Chicago with my aunt until he grew up.64, p 1
• Park Ridge is a little town, 14 miles northwest of Chicago, on the northwestern line, and my father went into the coffee business then. He had worked for...can’t remember...what coffee company, but he had driven a delivery wagon for this company, and then he decided he wanted to have his own business, so he moved over to Park Ridge. They bought a house, and they built a store in back of the house. They lived on the corner, and this was Meecham Avenue and this was Hastings Street, and they built the little store back of the house, facing Hastings Street. And it was not a store where people came and bought things, it was just a place where they put up their loads of coffee. They buy big sacks of coffee, and then the men would go out through the countryside and through the towns around there, and take orders and then come back with the orders and they’d load ‘em all up, they’d put them in bags.
M: Like a warehouse?
F: Yes. But they’d have all these orders to put up. My mother helped with this. They’d mark all the bags with what they were to have in them. And then they’d put up this load and put them in great, huge boxes, and put them on the truck, er...the wagons, with the horses. And there’s a picture of that at Kris’s in her hallway of the coffee wagon...you’ll have to see that. In the wintertime they used sleds that had a big box in the front and then a place for the man to stand and then a big box in the back. And the man was out there with nothing over his head or anything, and snow and sleet and all that sort of thing. My father delivered all through the countryside up into Arlington Heights, and Barrington, and Des Plaines, and all those towns. And the farmers would stay in their houses until he’d come through and break the trail...sometimes he’d have to shovel his way to get the horses through. And then they’d go out and go to town because there would be a broken trail. But the farmers were very good to him, and they treated him like one of the family. If he happened to arrive at their house at mealtime, why they’d always feed him. Sometimes he’d get stuck up there and couldn’t come home, so they’d put him up for the night. They were really good to him. Then when they’d have a wedding, they’d invite all of us, and we would go to the wedding.64, p 3
• And then we went to the wedding, and they had marvelous weddings out in the country. So much to eat and so much to drink. Really big to-dos, and everybody went to the weddings. It was a big deal. And that’s where we would always get our hired girl from to come and work for us, because my father would ask the farmers, you know, do you want Sophie or Ellie or whomever she was to come and live with us for a while, and so they would send her, then we’d pay her, and she was the hired girl, but she was not like a maid at all, she ate with us and would help my mother with the work. Then my father finally got trucks, automobiles came in, so then they had delivery trucks, and they always said on the outside, “Trade with Hawkins, the Coffee-man.” And that was his logo. He had a very good business, and everything was going fine, until the Jewel T company started coffee stores in the towns, where you could get special kinds of coffee. And then automobiles came in about that time, and so the people would drive to town in their automobiles, and they’d buy their coffee there. So, they didn’t need a coffee-man.64, p 4
• 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.274
• My father, Fred, came over here when he was six years old as I recall from Sweden. He went through Ellis Island.
His last name was Hakensson. I don’t know if they changed it at Ellis Island, or you know they did so many people, they Anglicized their names. And then he lived in Chicago with my aunt until he grew up.64, p 1
• Park Ridge is a little town, 14 miles northwest of Chicago, on the northwestern line, and my father went into the coffee business then. He had worked for...can’t remember...what coffee company, but he had driven a delivery wagon for this company, and then he decided he wanted to have his own business, so he moved over to Park Ridge. They bought a house, and they built a store in back of the house. They lived on the corner, and this was Meecham Avenue and this was Hastings Street, and they built the little store back of the house, facing Hastings Street. And it was not a store where people came and bought things, it was just a place where they put up their loads of coffee. They buy big sacks of coffee, and then the men would go out through the countryside and through the towns around there, and take orders and then come back with the orders and they’d load ‘em all up, they’d put them in bags.
M: Like a warehouse?
F: Yes. But they’d have all these orders to put up. My mother helped with this. They’d mark all the bags with what they were to have in them. And then they’d put up this load and put them in great, huge boxes, and put them on the truck, er...the wagons, with the horses. And there’s a picture of that at Kris’s in her hallway of the coffee wagon...you’ll have to see that. In the wintertime they used sleds that had a big box in the front and then a place for the man to stand and then a big box in the back. And the man was out there with nothing over his head or anything, and snow and sleet and all that sort of thing. My father delivered all through the countryside up into Arlington Heights, and Barrington, and Des Plaines, and all those towns. And the farmers would stay in their houses until he’d come through and break the trail...sometimes he’d have to shovel his way to get the horses through. And then they’d go out and go to town because there would be a broken trail. But the farmers were very good to him, and they treated him like one of the family. If he happened to arrive at their house at mealtime, why they’d always feed him. Sometimes he’d get stuck up there and couldn’t come home, so they’d put him up for the night. They were really good to him. Then when they’d have a wedding, they’d invite all of us, and we would go to the wedding.64, p 3
• And then we went to the wedding, and they had marvelous weddings out in the country. So much to eat and so much to drink. Really big to-dos, and everybody went to the weddings. It was a big deal. And that’s where we would always get our hired girl from to come and work for us, because my father would ask the farmers, you know, do you want Sophie or Ellie or whomever she was to come and live with us for a while, and so they would send her, then we’d pay her, and she was the hired girl, but she was not like a maid at all, she ate with us and would help my mother with the work. Then my father finally got trucks, automobiles came in, so then they had delivery trucks, and they always said on the outside, “Trade with Hawkins, the Coffee-man.” And that was his logo. He had a very good business, and everything was going fine, until the Jewel T company started coffee stores in the towns, where you could get special kinds of coffee. And then automobiles came in about that time, and so the people would drive to town in their automobiles, and they’d buy their coffee there. So, they didn’t need a coffee-man.64, p 4
• 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.274
Census Data
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Sep 1874, Sweden. Tea salesman. Parents b Sweden.275
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b Sweden. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.87
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b Sweden. Merchant, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.88
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b Sweden. Alien. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.270
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 63, b Sweden. Salesman. Head.276
• 1950 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b Sweden. Head. Separated. Residing at 1026 Fair Oaks Avenue.277
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b Sweden. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.87
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b Sweden. Merchant, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.88
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b Sweden. Alien. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.270
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 63, b Sweden. Salesman. Head.276
• 1950 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b Sweden. Head. Separated. Residing at 1026 Fair Oaks Avenue.277
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 Villa278
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 Valley278, p 6
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 Villa278
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 Valley278, p 6
Marriage Notes
• Married four years in 1900.275
• Yes, she and my father split up, they never got divorced. But they broke up. And she came to live with us.64, p 10
• Yes, she and my father split up, they never got divorced. But they broke up. And she came to live with us.64, p 10