In a message dated 6/7/2004 6:09:29 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:[OHHURON-L] August A. Zeller > Date:6/7/2004 6:09:29 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:[email protected] > Reply-to:[email protected] > To:[email protected] > Sent from the Internet > > > > I am looking for information about August A. Zeller. He was born In > Ridgefield Township, Huron Co. on March 12, 1841. I have come to a brick > wall trying to find out who his parents were. August’s death certificated > listed his father as John Zeller but this is not enough to go on to find out > about them. Does anyone know if there are any records from that time that > might have listed this family (churches, schools, directories)? I have found > nothing on the census records. They must have lived in the area for some > time because he married Dorothy Bahr in Monroeville, Ohio in October, 1864. > I have no idea what kind of work his father did. Thanks to anyone who can > give me information or tell me where to look. There is only limited > information in Birmingham about Ohio genealogy. > > Mary Prinz, Birmingham, Alabama Hi Mary, In our Huron County,Ohio publications I found only two references to August Zeller. Our Huron County, Ohio Marriages, 1815-1900, published by Scheuer Publications, shows the marriage record for August A. Zeller as follows: August A. Zeller m. Dorothy Bahr 23 Oct 1864, Book 1, Page 448. Our Huron County Probate Court Naturalization Records Index, 1859-1903, published by HCC/OGS, 2003 lists the following: August Zeller Germany 1902 FP4/437. The information was compiled by Henry R. Timman in 2001, when he was Chief Deputy Clerk in the Probate Court Office. There are no column headings for this list. My assumption is that they are: name, country of birth, year of naturalization action, and comments "FP4" is stated as meaning "First Papers 1886-1906." I assume the "437" could be a page number. If "Germany" actually means country of birth, then this would be at odds with your August's birthplace as Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio. Further, If August A. Zeller was born in this country, I believe he would gain automatic citizenship and have no need to apply for citizenship. It would seem that this August Zeller is not the same person as your August A. Zeller. I found more on the internet about August A. Zeller regarding his family, but they match what you have already reported. One source, Ancestry.com's Family Trees, has the following record: August A. Zeller, b. 12 Aiug 1841, Ridgefield Township, Huron County, Ohio. Father: John Zeller. Spouse: Dorothy Bahr. I couldn't find anything more on August's parentage. Regards, Ken Shute ([email protected])