Fifth Generation

134. Justine Therese Sophia "Theresa" ZELLMER was born on 13 August 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,19,21,61,63,87,162,163} (Her name was listed as "Juliane Theresa Sophia" in the church Family Register in 1890.) She was baptized on 31 August 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ Theresa was confirmed on 25 March 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ Theresa appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁰ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶⁴ She died on 25 February 1959 at the age of 85 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,87,162,163,165} She died at the home of her daughter, Alice, on Lake Street. Theresa was buried on 28 February 1959 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{87,143,162,163} in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Justine Therese Sophia "Theresa" ZELLMER and Heinrich Ludwig "Henry" BREHMER were married on 26 March 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,13,63,64,87,166} at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. (His surname is spelled "Bremer" in the Monroe County marriage records.) Heinrich Ludwig "Henry" BREHMER, son of Johannes Friederich Wilhelm BREHMER and Dorothea Sophia PERGANDE, was born on 7 March 1867 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{21,63,87,135,166,167} (His birth date was listed as 7 March in the church record of his marriage and in the church Family Register. Other sources list it as 15 March.) He was baptized on 14 April 1867 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. His baptism sponsors were Mrs. Wilhelm Kuhl and August Wilde. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Henry was confirmed on 21 March 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ 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. Henry appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰

(He and his family could not be located in the 1920 Census; it is not known where they lived at the time.) He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ He lived at his home in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI in October 1925.⁷⁵ Henry appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁰ He appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶⁴ He died on 10 July 1942 at the age of 75 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^87,167 Henry was buried on 13 July 1942 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^87,143,167 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. He has Ancestral File Number 2WXL-P7F.

Justine Therese Sophia "Theresa" ZELLMER and Heinrich Ludwig "Henry" BREHMER had the following children: