Zellhoefer, Johann Leonhart-[121] ^{3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Other names for Johann were Gallhafer, Leonhard, Selefer, Leonhard and Zellhoefer, Leonhard.

   User ID: OAB 1497d.

  General Notes:

GGZauto: the last mention of JLZ was when he & Charlotte married and went off to JLZ's farm. It seems there may have been a permanent rift between JLZ and his brother George, which has been seen too often within the family thru later generations.

From Wayne Morris:
Certificate of Death. Lienord Zellhoefer, white, male, race: German. Occupation: retired farmer. Birthplace Germany. Name of wife: Christina Pheffer. Date of birth: Feb 28, 1815. Date of death: March (unreadable), 1901. Residence at time of death: Romewis. Place of death: Rome Wis. Cause of death: Primary - Old age, Secondary Rheumatism. Duration of disease: about one week. Place of burial: Lutheran Cemetery, Rome, Wis.
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  Research Notes:

DJCGS quotes the Palmyra Enterprise as they having 8 children but listed 9 children, yet somehow we have found 13! ¹¹

  Noted events:

• Alt. Birth, 28 Feb 1815, Brachbach, Obernzenn, NEA. the 28 Jan 1815 date is of the Obernzenn church records & would seem the better source

• Immigration: ship Constitution from Bremen, 24 Jun 1844, Port NewYork. Per source GGZ; migration 1843/1844; believed via Port of New York, with his brother Frederick. They had planned to continue on to Wisconsin, and to look for their brother Jacob on the way, but Frederick chose to stay and settle in Newark, NJ, much to the chagrin of Leonhart.
* in 1900 census stated migration was 1844, never became a citizen.

• Residence: Settled, Jul 1844, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI.

• Property: patented 40 acres, 12 Jun 1847, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI. Leonhart patented for $50 on 12 Jul 1847 40 acres, being the SW4, SE4, Sec 17, Sullivan Township, Jefferson County, that being south of Rome, near Sanz's Mill & near the Riverview Cemetery. In that purchase his name was recorded as Leonard Zellhoefer.

If GGZ was correct in his autobiography, after Leonhart married Charlotte they went off to his farm. This would indicate he had purchased/patented other land before this.

• Property: land patent to Leonard TELLHOOFER, 3 Jan 1850, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI. 40 acres NW4 SE4 Sec 12, T6N R15E

• Census: farmer w/family, 1860, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI. Image page 363; name indexed as TELLHOOFER, age 45, gives birthplace as Prussia, but much matches. The actual image surname reads SELLHEIFER.
wife Catherine/Catherina age 34
6 children:
George age 12 so 1847/1848
John age 10 so 1849/1850
Mary age 8 so 1851/1852
Emma age 6 so 1853/1854
Mina age 4 so 1855/1856
Anne? age 1 so 1858/1859

lists Michael Hannar 15 & Christopher Brell 13 living with them, apparently farm help. Their last names may be somewhat different. This family was listed next after George & Frederika Z.

• Census: farmer, w/wife & 9 children, 1870, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI. Page 10, 4 Jun 1870, PO Palmyra
Leonhard age 45 b.Bavaria
wife Christina age 44 b.Bavaria
9 children:
[missing = George b.1848]
John age 20 so 1849/1850
Meary age 18 so 1851/1852 [= Mary Margaret]
[missing = Anna Margaretha b.est.1854]
Emma age 16 so 1853/1854
[missing = Maria b.1855]
Amelia age 13 so 1856/1857
Christina age 11 so 1858/59 [= Christianna Marilla]
Henry age 9 so 1860/1861 [= Johann Heinrich]
Margaret age 8 so 1861/1862
Anna/Enna age 5 so 1864/65
[missing = Caroline b.aft 1866]
Elizabeth age 1 so 1868/69

household sequence:
Pohlman, Andrew/Mary
Friedel, John/Frederica
Rauber, JM/Barbara
Friedel, JohnJ/Katharine

• Census: farmer, w/wife & 4 children at home, 1880, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI. FHL Film 1255430; Page 233B
L Zellhoefer, farmer, age 65 b.Bavaria
wife Christine age 54 b.Bavaria
4 children all b.Wisconsin
Amelia age 23
Henry age 19
Anna age 13
Marilla age 11
* also lists William Krantz, single, age 18, b.Wurtberg, laborer

Neighbors
KOCI, John & Mary
FREIDEL, John W & Frederecke, w/4 children
ZELLHOEFER
POHLMAN, Chris & Margret, w/4 children
RAUBER, John, Caroline, w/1 son
Cris & Margret POHLMAN w/4 children

• Census: retired, 1900, Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI. image 22/25
with wife Christina & daughter Marilla
he could not read or write but could speak English
now living in house, not on farm
next door was widower Arr??? Pfeiffer b.Nov 1867 Wisconsin and daughter Blanch Pfeiffer b.Jan 1888 Wisconsin
Also on that image were Friedel and Quick

Johann married Margaretha 'Charlotte' Benz-[1819] [MRIN: 170], daughter of Johann Konrad Benz-[972] and Anna Margaretha Helm-[3106], on 1 Sep 1846 in Rome, Jefferson, WI.¹ (Margaretha 'Charlotte' Benz-[1819] was born about 1822 in Kotzenaurach b.Markt Erllbach, NEA,¹² died in 1846-1847 in Sullivan Twp, Jeff Co WI and was buried in Riverview East, Rome WI.)

  Marriage Notes:

According to GGZ autobiography, this last group of the Zellhoefer family & the future brides of Leonhart & George arrived in New York in late September 1846. This conflicts with their marriage dates of 1 Sep 1846, which is much more likely to be correct, documentation being found in several sources.

Johann next married Christina Pfeifer-[1546] [MRIN: 233] on 13 Apr 1847 in Milwaukee WI.² (Christina Pfeifer-[1546] was born on 11 Jun 1826 in Egenhausen, NEA,^{11 13} died on 10 Sep 1901 in Palmyra, Jefferson, WI ¹¹ and was buried in 1901 in St Luke's cemetery Jefferson WI ¹¹.)

  Marriage Notes:

An IGI record states m.<1840> in Germany, which is incorrect. GGZauto sates he was single at time of migration in 1844, and a record is found of this marriage in Milwaukee, which one might surmise that marriage plans were already made; that Christine came from Bavaria, Leonhart met her in Milwaukee where they were married, and then to Leonhart's home farm near Rome.