Rev. Paul Frederick ZELLER

1820 - 1903  (83 years)

• Name	Paul Frederick ZELLER
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	3 Jul 1820	Weiden, Württemberg, Germany   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	2 May 1843	New York City, New York, New York, United States   [1, 3]
  	Address: Duchesse d'Orleans from Le Havre, France
  	According to "River Hills to Sand Hills - A History of the Pennant District of Saskatchewan" Frederick Zeller immigrated to the United States to avoid conscription in the army. On the immigration document, he was listed as Paul Zeller from Wurttemburg, and his name appears in the list just above that of his wife, Christiane.
  Naturalization	15 Oct 1859	Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	Address: U. S. District Court
  Residence	8 Jun 1900	West Main Cross St, Mt Cory, Hancock County, Ohio   [1]
  	Minister
  	He had been in the United States for 59 years and was naturalized in 1841. He was listed as a widower, and his unmarried daughter, Hannah, was living with him.
  Death	7 Sep 1903	Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	"Rev. Paul Frederick Zeller, father of Supt. Zellers, of the Findlay Public schools, died Tuesday, aged eighty years [sic]. J. F. Zeller and two sons, William and John, of Tiffin, attended the funeral." ------------- SOURCE: Tiffin Daily Tribune, September 10, 1903, page 5, column 2 ------------- Read his more complete story here!
  Burial	Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	Address: Clymer Cemetery
  Notes	Surname may originally have been spelled Zöller
  Person ID	I72	Watkins
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Jacob ZELLER,   b. 17 Jan 1776, Dürrenmetstetten, Württemberg, Germany d. 30 Aug 1839, Württemberg, Germany (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Anna HEINZELMANN,   b. 19 Nov 1792, Württemberg, Germany d. 1855, Württemberg, Germany (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1811	Weiden, Württemberg, Germany   [2]
  Family ID	F4122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Christina Barbara KOERNER,   b. 28 Nov 1819, Aistaig, Württemberg, Germany d. 4 Nov 1896, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	18 Mar 1842	Weiden, Württemberg, Germany   [6]
  Residence	28 Sep 1850	Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as Frederick and Barbara Seller
  Residence	6 Aug 1860	Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Farmer
  	Listed as Frederic and Christiana Selers
  Residence	11 Jun 1870	McComb, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [9]
  	Ministry
  	Listed as Frederick and Barbara Zellers
  Residence	1 Jun 1880	Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States   [10]
  Children	1. Mary Ann ZELLER,   b. 17 Nov 1842, Weiden. Württemberg, Germany d. 14 Sep 1908, Hancock County, Ohio, United States (Age 65 years)   2. Christian ZELLER,   b. 19 Nov 1844, Pennsylvania, United States d. 3 Aug 1868, Hancock County, Ohio, United States (Age 23 years)   3. Jacob ZELLER,   b. 19 Jan 1846, Putnam County, Ohio, United States d. 8 Dec 1931, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States (Age 85 years)   4. John William ZELLER,   b. 22 Jan 1849, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 17 Apr 1926, Grandview Heights, Franklin, Ohio, United States (Age 77 years)   5. Hannah ZELLER,   b. 7 Dec 1851, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 18 Dec 1916, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States (Age 65 years)   6. Caroline Christina ZELLER,   b. 2 Aug 1854, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 20 Jun 1935, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States (Age 80 years)   7. Susanna ZELLER,   b. 3 Oct 1857, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 26 Nov 1945, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States (Age 88 years)   8. Rosann ZELLER,   b. 30 Sep 1857, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 17 Feb 1858, Hancock County, Ohio, United States (Age 0 years)   9. Mathilda (Lilla) ZELLER,   b. 8 Jul 1860, Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States d. 2 Feb 1946, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Farmer - 28 Sep 1850 - Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States Naturalization - Address: U. S. District Court - 15 Oct 1859 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 6 Aug 1860 - Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States Residence - 1 Jun 1880 - Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States Residence - Minister - 8 Jun 1900 - West Main Cross St, Mt Cory, Hancock County, Ohio Death - 7 Sep 1903 - Union Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States Burial - Address: Clymer Cemetery - - Mount Cory, Hancock, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  ZELLER - Excerpts from a History of Mount Cory, Ohio Contains references or pictures of various people found in this genealogy.

  
  

  Headstones

  Rev. Frederick C. Zeller and Barbara Christina Koerner Zeller Frederick (1820 - 1903) Barbara (1819 - 1896)

  
  

  Histories

  ZELLER - Obituaries of Rev. Paul Frederick Zeller and Christina Barbara Koerner Zeller

  
  

• Sources

  [S414] T, Union Twp, Hancock County, OH ED 75 Sheet 7B. [S86] ua, Wurttemburg, Germany, Family Tables, 1550-1985, for Paul Friedrich Zeller. [S387] Ship Manifest - Duchesse d Orleans. Listed as Paul Zeller, male, age 21, from Wurtemburg and Christiane Koerner, female, age 22, also from Wurtemburg. [S86] ua, U.S. District Court, Cleveland, OH Certificate 3106. [S91] Gravestone, Clymer Cemetery, Union Township, Hancock County, OH. [S126] Obituary, Bluffton News, Nov. 14, 1896. [S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Union Township, Hancock County, Ohio Ancestry Page 9 of 28 Dwelling 65. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census, Union Township, Hancock County, Ohio Page 40 Dwelling 287. [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census, Union Township, Hancock, Ohio Page 9 Dwelling 68. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Union Township, Hancock County, ED 181, Page 1 Dwelling 8.