Third Generation

7. Eliza Helena "Liza" VINCENZ was born in 1861 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,5,8,22,41 (Her given name may have been Eliza. It was spelled Elisa in the Monroe County marriage records, and Eliza in the 1880 Census. Her and her father's surname is spelled "Vinzenz" in her church marriage record.)

. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ Liza died on 26 September 1904 at the age of 43 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,27,41 (Her husband's obituary listed her death date as 20 October 1903.) She was buried in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.⁸ in the Pilgrim's Home Cemetery.

Eliza Helena "Liza" VINCENZ and Julius Gustav ZELLMER were married on 19 March 1882 in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.^14,22,33,41 at the home of Ferdinand Vincenz. Julius Gustav ZELLMER, son of Wilhelm Christoph ZELLMER and Anna Gustina Auguste MEIER, was born on 7 July 1857 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.^22,33,41,42 (His obituary listed his birth place as Watertown, but that is believed to be incorrect.) He appeared in the census in 1860 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.⁴³ He and his parents were living with his older sister Louisa and her family. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ Julius was confirmed on 24 March 1872 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He died on 16 January 1947 at the age of 89 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN.^33,41,44

Obituary Notes: "Funeral services for Julius Zellmer will be held at the Johnson Chapel, Monday, Jan. 20, at 2 p.m. The body will be buried beside that of his wife in the Southside cemetery. Death occurred at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 16 from heart trouble and complications.

Julius Zellmer was born July 7, 1857, at Watertown, Wisc. He was 89 years, 6 months and 9 days old. As a young man he railroaded in South Dakota when that state was still a territory, and was employed on a snowplow in the terrible blizzard of 1888. Later, he took a homestead in South Dakota.

Mr. Zellmer was twice married. The first marriage was to Liza Vincenz at Norwalk, Wisc., in 1880. She died Oct. 20, 1903. To this union was born five children, of whom three are living--Lillie Brill of Glammis, Ontario; Myrtle Knapp of Glenfield, N.D., and Herbert Zellmer of this city.

Mr. Zellmer's second marriage was to Zynthia Dilley, who died in this city in 1933. In 1919, Mr. and Mrs. Zellmer and their son Herbert moved to this city, and in 1925 purchased a home at 807 Linden west, in which the family has resided ever since.

Mr. Zellmer was blessed with a pleasant disposition. He was always willing to help others, and took a keen interest in political affairs. He enjoyed hunting and fishing." He was buried on 20 January 1947 in Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, MN.³³

Eliza Helena "Liza" VINCENZ and Julius Gustav ZELLMER had the following children: