Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameAmanda ZELLAR 
Birth29 Oct 1876, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan282, p 3,779,279, date only,280, date only
Death12 May 1924, Chicago, Cook, Illinois282, p 3,779,757, gives Park Ridge as death place Age: 47
BurialMaine Township Cemetery, Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois780, p 1
NicknameMandy765
FatherHeinrich Albert Techner ZELLE (1849-1925)
MotherKaroline Christiane Auguste SCHLÜTER (1850-1911)
Individual Notes
• Who were your aunt and uncle?
F: That’s my mother’s sister, Amanda Zellar. And there were twelve children in her family, so if you get that family straight you really got to be something.
M: What was their last name?
F: Berquist was their name. She had married this Swede named Lewis Berquist and they had five children and they came to live with us in our house and while she was there she had another baby, so there were six children in their family and three in ours, that made nine children in the family and the two fathers and the two mothers and the hired girl. So we had 13.
M: All in the same building?
F: ...all in the same house. But we had a great big sleeping porch and that took care of all the extra people. And we needed that hired girl, believe me, ‘cause there was a lot of work, but my mother...64, pp 4-5
F: That’s my mother’s sister, Amanda Zellar. And there were twelve children in her family, so if you get that family straight you really got to be something.
M: What was their last name?
F: Berquist was their name. She had married this Swede named Lewis Berquist and they had five children and they came to live with us in our house and while she was there she had another baby, so there were six children in their family and three in ours, that made nine children in the family and the two fathers and the two mothers and the hired girl. So we had 13.
M: All in the same building?
F: ...all in the same house. But we had a great big sleeping porch and that took care of all the extra people. And we needed that hired girl, believe me, ‘cause there was a lot of work, but my mother...64, pp 4-5
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 3, b MI. Listed as Amanda Seller.284
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 42, b MI. Parents b Germany.781
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 42, b MI. Parents b Germany.781
Spouses
Death27 May 1928, Chicago, Cook, Illinois282, p 2 Age: 52
BurialMaine Township Cemetery, Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois779
NicknameLewis779
FatherCharles BERQUIST (1845-1919)
MotherIda Elizabeth NELSON (1847-1916)
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 4, b MI. Parents b Sweden. Enumerated as Gust Balcrest.782
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 42, b MI. Coffee salesman. Parents b Sweden.781
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 42, b MI. Coffee salesman. Parents b Sweden.781
Marriage8 May 1901, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin282, p 3,779, states 8 May 1900
ChildrenRuth Elizabeth (1902-1995)
Henry Charles (1903-1977)
Frank Edward (1907-1989)
Charlotte Helen (1910-1995)
Florence L. (1912-1968)
Walter Frederick (1914-1998)