Second Generation


4. Emilie Auguste "Amelia" GRAEWIN was born on 10 November 1878 in Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,2,13 She emigrated in 1892 from Preussen (Prussia). She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.12 Amelia appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She died in 1948 at the age of 70.1 She was buried in 1948 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.22 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Emilie Auguste "Amelia" GRAEWIN and Herman Julius ZELLMER were married on 7 January 1897 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.13,16,23 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Herman Julius ZELLMER, son of Ludwig Johann ZELLMER and Juliana STELTER, was born on 30 October 1868 in Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).13,23,24 (He may have been born in 1867.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.11 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.12 Herman appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He died on 6 May 1958 at the age of 89 in Belle Plaine, Scott County, MN.23 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.22 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Emilie Auguste "Amelia" GRAEWIN and Herman Julius ZELLMER had the following children:

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Captain Ernest William Robert "Zeke" ZELLMER was born on 18 May 1898 in Monroe County, WI.18 He graduated in 1916 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.25 from Tomah High School. He graduated in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD.26 from the U.S. Naval Academy.

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Ella Anna Elsa ZELLMER was born on 4 November 1899 in Monroe County, WI.18 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.12 She died before 1984 at the age of 85.27

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Gertrude Emma Amelia "Gertie" ZELLMER was born on 24 October 1901 in Monroe County, WI.18,23 (Her name may have been "Gertrude Emilie.") She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.12 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.6 Gertie died before 1984 at the age of 83.27

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Edwin Erwin Herman ZELLMER.