Sixth Generation

255. Emma Louise ZELLMER was born on 12 March 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,19,21,27,49,61,148,149} She was baptized on 25 April 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in June 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ Emma was confirmed on 18 March 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴⁹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ Emma appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁰ She died on 13 August 1969 at the age of 89 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,27,75,148 Emma was buried on 15 August 1969 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,148,150 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Emma Louise ZELLMER and Rudolph Franz Richard AFFELDT were married on 6 June 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,27,64,83,145,146,147} at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. (They were 2nd cousins.) Rudolph Franz Richard AFFELDT, son of Karl Friedrich Wilhelm AFFELDT and Anna ZELLMER, was born on 12 April 1872 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.^{1,21,27,49,50,70,143} (His gravestone lists his year of birth as 1872, while church records list it as 1873. The 1900 Census also listed it as 1873.) He appeared in the census in 1880 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.⁴⁸ He was confirmed on 3 April 1887 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rudolph appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ He was Lutheran in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁵ and was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ Rudolph appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁰ His occupation was "Farmer, Dairy Farm." He died on 14 April 1934 at the age of 62 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,75,143,144 Rudolph was buried on 18 April 1934 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^143,144 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Emma Louise ZELLMER and Rudolph Franz Richard AFFELDT had the following children: