Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameWilhelmine Fredricka Ernestina ZELLAR 
Birth12 Oct 1874, Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan63, p 3; place only,241, date only,242, date only
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California235
MemoLawn Crypt 1-B, Block 1584
NicknameMinnie244, 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.”245, pp 1-2
• 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.243
• 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.243
Census
• 1880 Census: Whitehall, Muskegon, Michigan. Age 5, b MI. Listed as Minnie Seller.246
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Oct 1874, MI. Parents b Germany.237
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b MI. Parents b Germany.72
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b MI. Parents b Germany.73
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b MI. Parents b Germany. Age 21 at 1st marriage.233
• 1940 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b MI. Mother-in-Law in household of Hoyt F. Martin.60
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Oct 1874, MI. Parents b Germany.237
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b MI. Parents b Germany.72
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b MI. Parents b Germany.73
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b MI. Parents b Germany. Age 21 at 1st marriage.233
• 1940 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 65, b MI. Mother-in-Law in household of Hoyt F. Martin.60
Spouses
Immigration1886233 Age: 11
Naturalization189673 Age: 21
Death28 Dec 1957, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, California235, date only,236 Age: 83
BurialForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California235
MemoLawn Crypt 1-A, Block 1584
Ancestral File #N42W-QN82
ResidenceEvanston, IL (1907)63, p 3
FatherViktor Herman HAKANSSON (1835-1907)
MotherEmelie Charlotte BRUNBERG (1838-1879)
Individual Notes
• Sixth child of Viktor Herman Hakansson and Emelie Charlotte Brunberg.232
Census
• 1900 Census: Evanston, Cook, Illinois. Age 25, b Sep 1874, Sweden. Tea salesman. Parents b Sweden.237
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b Sweden. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.72
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b Sweden. Merchant, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.73
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b Sweden. Alien. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.233
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 63, b Sweden. Salesman. Head.238
• 1950 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b Sweden. Head. Separated. Resideing at 1026 Fair Oaks Avenue.239
• 1910 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 35, b Sweden. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.72
• 1920 Census: Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. Age 44, b Sweden. Merchant, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.73
• 1930 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 55, b Sweden. Alien. Salesman, tea & coffee. Parents b Sweden.233
• 1940 Census: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 63, b Sweden. Salesman. Head.238
• 1950 Census: South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. Age 75, b Sweden. Head. Separated. Resideing at 1026 Fair Oaks Avenue.239
Marriage Notes
• Married four years in 1900.237