Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameHeinrich Albert Techner ZELLE 
Birth21 Apr 1849, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany [25, p 2], [1364, p 9], [1450]
Baptism1849, Frankenbergweg, 38685 Langelsheim, Germany [25, p 2], [1364, p 9] Age: <1
Removal1868, Chicago, Cook, Illinois [1449] Age: 18
Naturalization7 Nov 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois [1995] Age: 22
Removal1872, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan [2648, p 2] Age: 22
Death27 Jan 1925, Fruitland, Muskegon, Michigan [1446, date only], [1449], [1483] Age: 75
Memoae 75y 9m 7d
Burial31 Jan 1925, Oakhurst Cemetery, Whitehall, Michigan [1445, p 166; place only], [2645, place only]
Occupationcurrier [1443]
ResidenceChicago; Whitehall, Michigan [1443]
FatherJohann Heinrich Ludewig ZELLE (1821-1877)
MotherJohanna Friederike Sophie TECHNER (1826-1853)
Individual Notes
• Mr. Zellar was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to this country direct to Chicago in 1868. He was employed at the Eagle Tanning Works until 1911. [1449]
• Henry A. Zeller, currier, Whitehall, was born in Germany in 1849, and at 19 immigrated to Chicago, where he remained six years, learning his trade at the Union Hide and Leather Co. He came to Whitehall in 1874 and has worked ever since in the Eagle Tanning Co. He married Miss Augusta Schlater [sic], formerly of Hanover, by whom he has had five children, one of whom is dead. Residence Lake street. [1443]
• They lived on a farm [in Whitehall]. There is a road named Zellar Road where the farm was located. He was a tanner by trade. [2648, p 2]
• The story handed down to us was that Henry (Heinrich Albert Techner Zelle) Zellar was sent or brought to the U.S. by an aunt and her sons (number unknown) because his mother did not want him to have to serve in the war like his older brothers did. How could that be when his mother died (1853) when Henry was just 4 years old? Could it have been the step-mother said that and not his own mother? [3557]
• Henry A. Zeller, currier, Whitehall, was born in Germany in 1849, and at 19 immigrated to Chicago, where he remained six years, learning his trade at the Union Hide and Leather Co. He came to Whitehall in 1874 and has worked ever since in the Eagle Tanning Co. He married Miss Augusta Schlater [sic], formerly of Hanover, by whom he has had five children, one of whom is dead. Residence Lake street. [1443]
• They lived on a farm [in Whitehall]. There is a road named Zellar Road where the farm was located. He was a tanner by trade. [2648, p 2]
• The story handed down to us was that Henry (Heinrich Albert Techner Zelle) Zellar was sent or brought to the U.S. by an aunt and her sons (number unknown) because his mother did not want him to have to serve in the war like his older brothers did. How could that be when his mother died (1853) when Henry was just 4 years old? Could it have been the step-mother said that and not his own mother? [3557]
Census
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 31, b England [sic]. Tanner. Listed as Henry Seller. [1697]
• 1910 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 61, b Germany. Tanner. Parents b Germany. [5222]
• 1920 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 70, b Germany. Widowed. Farmer, Home Farm. Parents b Germany. [5223]
• 1910 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 61, b Germany. Tanner. Parents b Germany. [5222]
• 1920 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 70, b Germany. Widowed. Farmer, Home Farm. Parents b Germany. [5223]
Spouses
Birth8 Aug 1850, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany [25, p 2 & p 9], [1446, date only], [1448, date only]
Baptism1850, St. Stephanie, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany [25, p 2 & p 9] Age: <1
Removal1854, Chicago, Cook, Illinois [1447] Age: 3
Settlement1874, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan [1447] Age: 23
Death20 May 1911, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan [1331], [1447, date only], [1449] Age: 60
BurialOakhurst Cemetery, Whitehall, Michigan [1445, p 166; place only], [2645, place only]
FatherJohann Heinrich Theodor SCHLÜTER (1815->1883)
MotherJohanna Friederike Elisabeth WÄGENER (1824->1901)
Census
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 29, b England [sic]. Listed as Augusta Seller [1697]
• 1910 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 59, b Germany. Parents b Germany. Mother of 12 children; 10 living. [5222]
• 1910 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 59, b Germany. Parents b Germany. Mother of 12 children; 10 living. [5222]
ChildrenJennie (1873-1952)
Wilhelmine Fredricka Ernestina (1874-1963)
Amanda (1876-1924)
Henry Albert (1878-1946)
William August (1879-1951)
Mabel (Died as Infant) (1881-1881)
Frederick James (1885-1959)
Charles Samuel (1886-1954)
Harry Emanuel (1888-1964)
Hattie Mae (1889-1973)
Mary (Died as Infant) (1890-1890)
Walter Russell (1893-)