Fifth Generation

149. Christoph Hildburt "Christ" ZELLMER²¹ was born on 21 January 1864 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{19,21,25,78,83} (His given name was listed as "Christian" in the 1870 Census, and his middle name was listed as "Hildbert" in the church records; it may have been "Hilbert.") He was baptized on 14 February 1864 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. His sponsors were Christoph Hoffmann, Wilhelm Waegner, Sophia Bartels and Henriette Reichert. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ He was listed as "Christian." Christ was confirmed on 14 April 1878 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.¹³⁸ Christ lived in Fessenden, West Norway Township, Wells County, ND in February 1912.⁷⁵ He died on 17 November 1944 at the age of 80 in New Rockford, Eddy County, ND.⁸³ He was buried on 21 November 1944 in Hamburg, Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.⁸³ in the Concordia Cemetery.

Christoph Hildburt "Christ" ZELLMER and Caroline Louise "Carrie" LENSCHNER were married on 8 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^64,78,83 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Caroline Louise "Carrie" LENSCHNER, daughter of August Julius LENSCHNER and Christiane WAEGNER, was born on 20 September 1871 in Schlottau, Kreis Trebnitz, Niederschlesien (Lower Silesia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^78,83 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.¹³⁸ She died on 30 August 1961 at the age of 89 in Wells County, ND.⁸³ Carrie was buried on 2 September 1961 in Hamburg, Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.⁸³ in the Concordia Cemetery.

Christoph Hildburt "Christ" ZELLMER and Caroline Louise "Carrie" LENSCHNER had the following children: