Heinrich [Henry] Zellar (1849-1925) immigrated from Goslar, Hanover in 1868 (according to family stories, as a stow-away with an aunt). He lived in Chicago for a while (where he married his wife) before moving to Whitehall, Michigan.
Outline of the Zellar Family
1 Johann Heinrich Ludewig Zelle (1821-1877) +Johanne Friederike Sophie Techner (1826-1853) ..2 [Herman]Heinrich Albert Techner Zellar (1849-1925) +[Karoline Christiane] Auguste Schluter (1850-1911) ....3 Jennie M. Zellar (1873-1952) +Albert Linquist (1871-1955) ......4 Ralph Linquist (1908-1909) ....3 Wilhelmina Fredericka Zellar (1875-1963) +Frederick Carl Hawkins (1874-1957) ......4 Gertrude Francis Hawkins (1906-1973) +Donald Scott Gardner (1903-1968) ......4 Florence Elizabeth Hawkins (1907-1996) +Hoyt Fellows Martin (1904-1985) ........5 Kristin Martin (1940) +John Schuchle (1939) ..........6 Neil Christopher Schuchle ..........6 Jennifer Joanne Schuchle ..........6 Samantha Lynn Schuchle ........5 Gretchen Martin (1942) +David William Mills (1939) ..........6 Margaret Louise Mills (1967) +Andrew John Anderson (1968) ............7 Abigail Joy Anderson (1996) ............7 Benjamin Samuel Anderson (1999) ............7 Caleb Kristopher Anderson (2001) ..........6 Nelson Martin Mills (1970) +Lori Anne Schaeffer ............7 ? Mills (2001) ......4 Frederick Henry Hawkins (1909-1985) +Alice Neff (1910-1973) ........5 Alison Lee Hawkins (1940) +Maurice Duyvetter ..........6 Gretchen Duyvetter ..........6 Jacques Duyvetter +Lynda ? Second husband of Alison Hawkins: +Grayson J. Manjarrez ........5 Charles Frederick Hawkins (1943) +Linda ? ..........6 Laura Hawkins ..........6 Gregory Hawkins Second wife of Frederick Hawkins: +Betsey West (?-1978) ....3 Amanda Zellar (1876-1924) +Lewis Berquist (1876) ......4 Ruth E. Berquist (1902-1995) ......4 Henry Charles Berquist (1903-1977) +Frances Lucille Benson ........5 Henry Charles Berquist ........5 Charles Henry Berquist ........5 Susan Eleanore Berquist Second wife of Henry Berquist: +? ........5 Vivian Berquist ......4 Frank Edward Berquist (1907-1989) +Catherine Morrison (1915-1997) ........5 [Margaret] Jean Berquist (1942) +Ken Dopp ..........6 Stephen Dopp ..........6 David Dopp ..........6 Terry Dopp Second husband of Jean Berquist: +James Schiflett ........5 William Lewis Berquist +Diane Rosa ..........6 William Berquist ..........6 Scott Berquist ..........6 Patti Berquist ........5 Mary Anne Berquist +Christopher Jackson ..........6 Jeffrey Jackson ..........6 Jonathan Jackson ..........6 Jason Jackson ......4 Charlotte Helen Berquist (1910-1995) +Kurt Meyer (1911-1972) ........5 Kurt William Meyer ......4 Florence L. Berquist (1912-1968) +Norman Samuel Weber (1911-1988) ........5 Richard Norman Weber +Lynn Stegmair ........5 Janice Maralyn Weber +Ted Lewis Nichols ..........6 Kristi Lyn Nichols ..........6 Bryan Lewis Nichols ......4 Walter Frederick Berquist (1914-1998) +Grace Catherine Stewart (1913-1993) ....3 Henry Albert Zellar (1878-1946) +Ella L. Heming (1881-1957) ......4 Arthur Henry Zellar (1901-1968) +Dorothy Rudd (1898-1973) ......4 Edward H. Zellar (1910-1995) +Phyllis Dargeil (1909-1978) ....3 William August Zellar (1879-1951) +[Martha] LucyBelle Johnson (1891-1966) Second wife of William Zellar: +Olga Pearl {Hackkett?} Hockett (1896) ......4 William August Zellar (1923-1983) +Pauline M. Adams ....3 Mabel Zellar (1881-1881) ....3 Frederick James Zellar (1885-1959) +Mary Agnes Merz (1884-1938) ......4 Caroline Agnes Zellar (1906-1930) +LeRoy Joseph Hommer (1906-1994) ......4 Louis James Zellar (1910-1986) +Emily Arbutus Hall (1914) ........5 Kenneth Fred Zellar (1933) +Jean McCarthy Second wife of Kenneth Zellar: +Karen Joyce Lee (1933) ..........6 Kenneth Fred Zellar, Jr. (1962) ..........6 Brenda Lee Zellar (1963) ..........6 Brad Allen Zellar (1965) ........5 Paul Eugene Zellar (1936) +Lillian Rose Wheeler (1937) ..........6 Christine Estelle Zellar (1956) +Russel Church ............7 Caleb Russel Church (1982) ............7 Zachary Paul Church (1987) ............7 Hannah Rose Church (1990) ..........6 Paul Louis Zellar (1957) +Patricia Ann Fletcher [Sestili] (1951) ..........6 Julia Emily Zellar (1959) +James Markey ............7 Jill Kurston Markey (1981) ............7 Nathan James Markey (1981) Second husband of Julia Zellar: +Larry Scott Demerau (1961) ............7 Cory Scott Demerau (1989) ............7 Lucas Paul Demerau (1993) ..........6 Laura June Zellar (1962) +? ............7 Jeremiah Paul Zellar (1986) Second partner of Laura Zellar: +? ............7 Jessica Rose Zellar (1988) Husband of Laura Zellar: +Greg Moore ............7 Rachel Ann Moore (1991) ..........6 David Clair Zellar (1963) ........Second wife of Louis Zellar: +Wilhelmina Suttorp ......4 Dorothy Marie Zellar (1913-1935) +Joseph John Bessinger (1907-1991) ......4 John Zellar (1914-c.1925) ....3 Charles Samuel Zellar (1886-1954) +Gertrude Matilda Turns (1890-1966) ......4 HuWeen Veletta Reasoner Zellar (1920) [adopted] +John Marcus Hart (1920) ........5 [HuWeen]Phyllis Hart (1937) +Gerald Clement Leedhom (1924) ........5 John Marcus Hart (1939) +Dorothy Ann Hill (1940) ..........6 Theresa Dawn Hart (1960) ..........6 Rebecca Diane Hart (1962) ..........6 John Gilbert Hart (1966) ..........6 Melody Jo Hart (1968) +Scott Schrecker ............7 Samantha Jo Schrecker (2000) ........5 Robert Roger Hart (1944) +Peggy A. Waugh (1942) ..........6 Wendy Ann Hart (1968) ..........6 Robert Wesley Hart (1970) ........5 Charles William Hart (1947) +Susan Pearl Hurst (1949) ..........6 Roger Alan Hart (1976) ..........6 Steven Michael Hart (1977) ..........6 Jennifer Suzanne Hart (1979) ........5 Diana Kay Hart (1948) +William Molinar (1924-1983) ..........6 Sherry Lynn Molinar (1973) ..........6 William John Molinar (1975) ........5 Vivian Jean Hart (1950) +Jerry Lee Glass (1947) Second husband of Vivian Hart: +Stephen Randall Hardacre (1950) ..........6 Clayton Paul Hardacre (1985) ..........6 Cole Marcus Hardacre (1989) ..........6 Curt Richard Hardacre (1993) ....3 Harry Emmanuel Zellar (1888-1964) +Ruth Olive Sedekar (1891-1964) ......4 Harry Emmanuel Zellar (1910-1989) +Iva Flood (1917-1978) ......4 John Henry Zellar (1911-1990) +Hilda Goldthorpe (1914) ......4 Lovina Jane Zellar (1917-1986) +Emil St. Jean (1912-1988) ......4 Cecil Kurkum Zellar (1920-1999) +Bertha Miller (1919) ......4 Russell Edward Zellar (1923-1981) +Doris Denman (1936-1967) ......4 Ralph Edwin Zellar (1923) ......4 George Arthur Zellar (1925-1975) +Nellie Alice Kelly (1921) ......4 Mary Elizabeth Zellar (1929) +Daniel Howard Weidner (1921) ....3 Hattie Mae Zellar (1889-1973) +William G. Veihl (1886-1954) ......4 William James Veihl (1913-1994) +Lorraine Ethel Moss ......4 Dorene Augusta Veihl (1915) +Frank Scott (1914-1977) ........5 Judith Ann Scott (1942) +Donald Edward Benninger (1942) ..........6 Brenda Lee Benninger (1959) +Mark Hozee (1955) ..........6 Kimberly Kay Benninger (1962) +Darl Nelson (1962) ..........6 Tammy Ann Benninger (1965) +David Walsh ..........6 Kathy Lynn Benninger (1971) +Kevin Fite ..........6 Kelly Jo Benninger (1971) +Joe Cleveland ........5 Gerald Frank Scott (1946) +Nancy VanderVere (1947) ......4 Ernest F. Veihl (1918-1991) +Betty George (1922-1996) ......4 Louella Mae Veihl (1921-1987) +Maxwell Horton (1917-1987) ......4 Christian Veihl (1923-1980) +Esther Mier ......4 Paul Julius Veihl (1925) ......4 Virgil Edgar Veihl (1927-1995) +Donna Cartwright (1930-1996) ......4 Elizabeth Veihl (1930) +Clarence Karchinski (1920-1979) ....3 Mary Zellar (1890-1890) ....3 Walter Russell Zellar (1892) +Georgia Thelma Teegarden Cooley (1898-1981) ......4 Ethel May Zellar (1920) +William Edgar Melton ........5 William Edgar Melton, Jr. (1941) +Linda Grace Douglass (1947) ..........6 Terri Lynn Melton (1963) +Shawn B. Eckwielen ..........6 Steven Howard Melton (1965) +Bonni Slagh ..........6 Michael Ryan Melton (1968) +Sharon Strinlee ......4 Walter Mitchel Zellar (1923) +Alice Schaub ......4 Clair Henry Zellar (1924-1998) +Ruth ? Second wife of Clair Zellar: +Marge ? ......4 Ina Rose Zellar (1926) +Bert Murphy ......4 Pearl Louise Zellar (1928) +Dewey Walker ......4 Elma June Zellar (1930) +George Theodore Ferguson ......4 Russell Zellar (1932-1932) ......4 Helen Marie Zellar (1933) +Clyde Howe ......4 Mary Ann Zellar (1935) +James Kelley (Second?)Wife of Johann Zelle: +Amalie Sussemilich ..2 ? Zelle +? ....3 Minna Zelle + ? Weissensee ......4 Gustav Weissensee