Philip Zeller

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• Eby ID Number: 00048-3626.1

Philip married Elizabeth Hallman 15 Nov 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Wendell Hallman and Nancy Schlichter) was born 3 Feb 1851, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

1. Arthur Zeller
2. Oscar Zeller
3. Nancy Zeller
4. Roy Zeller

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24014
• Occupation: 1881, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Biography of Michael Zeller, written in his 74th year.
(taken from his own writing)

I am a son of Theobald Zeller and Margaret his wife, born Zimmer. I was born in the village of Huerschenhausen, Rhine Province, called Islulinate, belonging to the kingdom of Bavaria, on the 28th day of April, 1825. I went to common school in my sixth year. My teacher's name was Daniel Bartel. I went to my eleventh year.

In 1836 we emigrated to America; we left our home in Germany sometime in June in said year. We travelled by wagon through France; the first town we entered in France was Forbach, then Metz, Verdun, Shallow, Paris, Rowan to Havre de Grasse a seaport on the Atlantic. The voyage from home to Havre de Grasse per team took us two weeks. In Havre we stayed eight or nine days before the vessel had her full cargo and passengers. The name of the ship was Franzwere Premier, a French three mast sailing ship, manned by an English crew, only two French sailors and one Dane. We had 276 passengers on board, excluding sailors. We had to cook and furnish our own board. The voyage on the Atlantic took us from Havre de Grasse to New York 35 days. After staying one day and one night, we sailed up the Hudson River to Albany, from Albany to Shenectady, from Schenetady to Utica, a distance of 30 miles per railroad, the only one at that time in America.

I will give you a description of the cars to give you and idea of the railroad cars between then and now; the cars we travelled in (of course emigrant cars) were about 16 feet long, 4 wheels only, no seats; we all had to stand and had to support one another, shaking awfully. Cars were boarded up and down like bank barns, two holes sawed out, one on each side, about 14 inches square, for the purpose to let in fresh air, and foul air out, no windows panes.

From Utica we took the Erie Canal boat drawn by two horses, to Buffalo, the journey requiring, I think, five days. Stayed a few days in Buffalo and then took passage on a small steamer Emerald to Chippawa, on the Canadian side of the river St. Lawrence: from Chippawa, we hired a team to St. Catharines, to the home of my uncle, Philip Zeller, who at that time owned a 100 acre farm now in the corporation of St. Catharines, staying with him a fortnight.

The uncle Dan Zeller came from Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, with a large span of Pennsylvania horses, owned by a man, John Bechtel, and brought us to the village of Preston, where we moved in an old log house on the top of the hill, north of Preston. After we lived there for two months, we moved within one mile of Berlin, where father had rented a farm from a man by the name of John Eby, but they could not agree and they threw up the bargain after a three months stay on the place, and we moved to Berlin. From Eby's son George, I learned the English A.B.C. I went one month to the English school with an old Pennsylvania German by name of Wenger. He was also a pump maker and fond of drinking whiskey, but not to excess. After two weeks going to school, he allowed me to read in the Testament

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Daniel — Anna Baetz. Anna was born Dec 1819, , Germany; died 24 Nov 1898, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Peters Lutheran Cemetery, Zurich, Huron Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Anna Zeller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-24015

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-28061

Johann married Maria Katharina Berndt 3 Oct 1802, Glan-Münchweiler, , Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Maria was born 2 May 1776, , Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria Katharina Zeller
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-146901

Notes:

Maria is reported on Ancestry Public Member Trees as dying in 13 Feb 1877 in New Hamburg, no evidence found.