Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameWilliam August ZELLAR 
Death27 Dec 1951, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan284, p 1,789, p 1; date only,792,793, p 1 Age: 72
Burial30 Apr 1952, Oakhurst Cemetery, Whitehall, Michigan284, p 1,766, p 165,767,793, p 1
NicknameWillie769
FatherHeinrich Albert Techner ZELLE (1849-1925)
MotherKaroline Christiane Auguste SCHLÜTER (1850-1911)
Individual Notes
• From 1896 to 1918 he served in the Navy as a chief petty officer. Later he was employed as a millwright at Campbell, Wyant and Cannon Foundry Company until 1931, when he retired.772
• [He] was on ship Whipple, Great White Fleet bound for the Pacific, 16 December 1907.794
• From enlistment registers 1889 [sic] [1899?], Willie August Zellar enlisted on August 1, 1899 in Chicago for 4 years. He was rated a landsman. He served on USS Independence, USS Hartford and USS Massachusetts before 1900. A notation on the register indicates he may have served with the Michigan Naval Militia (National Guard) before his enlistment in the US Navy.792, p 2
• [He] was on ship Whipple, Great White Fleet bound for the Pacific, 16 December 1907.794
• From enlistment registers 1889 [sic] [1899?], Willie August Zellar enlisted on August 1, 1899 in Chicago for 4 years. He was rated a landsman. He served on USS Independence, USS Hartford and USS Massachusetts before 1900. A notation on the register indicates he may have served with the Michigan Naval Militia (National Guard) before his enlistment in the US Navy.792, p 2
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 9/12ths, b Oct, b MI.286
• 1920 Census: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S.S. Florida, ED #3.794
• 1920 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 40, b MI. Officer, U.S. Navy. Parents b Germany. Living in household of his father.771
• 1920 Census: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. U.S.S. Florida, ED #3.794
• 1920 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 40, b MI. Officer, U.S. Navy. Parents b Germany. Living in household of his father.771
Spouses
Census Data
• 1930 Census: Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 38, b MI. Father b Sweden; mother b MI. Age 26 at 1st marriage.795
Marriage Notes
• I don’t have their divorce decree, but she did sue William for some stock and half-interest in some property they were given at their marriage. I have copies of this suit.303, p 1
No Children
Census Data
• 1920 Census: Fruitland Twp, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 24, b WA. Parents b MO. Living in household of her father-in-law.771
Marriagebtwn 1917-19284, p 1; marriage only,303, p 1
ChildrenWilliam August (Adopted) (1923-1983)