Heinrich [Henry] Zellar (1849-1925) immigrated from Goslar, Hanover in 1868 (according to family stories, as a stow-away with an aunt). He lived in Chicago for a while (where he married his wife) before moving to Whitehall, Michigan.
Outline of the Zellar Family
1 Johann Heinrich Ludewig Zelle (1821-1877)
+Johanne Friederike Sophie Techner (1826-1853)
..2 [Herman]Heinrich Albert Techner Zellar (1849-1925)
+[Karoline Christiane] Auguste Schluter (1850-1911)
....3 Jennie M. Zellar (1873-1952)
+Albert Linquist (1871-1955)
......4 Ralph Linquist (1908-1909)
....3 Wilhelmina Fredericka Zellar (1875-1963)
+Frederick Carl Hawkins (1874-1957)
......4 Gertrude Francis Hawkins (1906-1973)
+Donald Scott Gardner (1903-1968)
......4 Florence Elizabeth Hawkins (1907-1996)
+Hoyt Fellows Martin (1904-1985)
........5 Kristin Martin (1940)
+John Schuchle (1939)
..........6 Neil Christopher Schuchle
..........6 Jennifer Joanne Schuchle
..........6 Samantha Lynn Schuchle
........5 Gretchen Martin (1942)
+David William Mills (1939)
..........6 Margaret Louise Mills (1967)
+Andrew John Anderson (1968)
............7 Abigail Joy Anderson (1996)
............7 Benjamin Samuel Anderson (1999)
............7 Caleb Kristopher Anderson (2001)
..........6 Nelson Martin Mills (1970)
+Lori Anne Schaeffer
............7 ? Mills (2001)
......4 Frederick Henry Hawkins (1909-1985)
+Alice Neff (1910-1973)
........5 Alison Lee Hawkins (1940)
+Maurice Duyvetter
..........6 Gretchen Duyvetter
..........6 Jacques Duyvetter
+Lynda ?
Second husband of Alison Hawkins:
+Grayson J. Manjarrez
........5 Charles Frederick Hawkins (1943)
+Linda ?
..........6 Laura Hawkins
..........6 Gregory Hawkins
Second wife of Frederick Hawkins:
+Betsey West (?-1978)
....3 Amanda Zellar (1876-1924)
+Lewis Berquist (1876)
......4 Ruth E. Berquist (1902-1995)
......4 Henry Charles Berquist (1903-1977)
+Frances Lucille Benson
........5 Henry Charles Berquist
........5 Charles Henry Berquist
........5 Susan Eleanore Berquist
Second wife of Henry Berquist:
+?
........5 Vivian Berquist
......4 Frank Edward Berquist (1907-1989)
+Catherine Morrison (1915-1997)
........5 [Margaret] Jean Berquist (1942)
+Ken Dopp
..........6 Stephen Dopp
..........6 David Dopp
..........6 Terry Dopp
Second husband of Jean Berquist:
+James Schiflett
........5 William Lewis Berquist
+Diane Rosa
..........6 William Berquist
..........6 Scott Berquist
..........6 Patti Berquist
........5 Mary Anne Berquist
+Christopher Jackson
..........6 Jeffrey Jackson
..........6 Jonathan Jackson
..........6 Jason Jackson
......4 Charlotte Helen Berquist (1910-1995)
+Kurt Meyer (1911-1972)
........5 Kurt William Meyer
......4 Florence L. Berquist (1912-1968)
+Norman Samuel Weber (1911-1988)
........5 Richard Norman Weber
+Lynn Stegmair
........5 Janice Maralyn Weber
+Ted Lewis Nichols
..........6 Kristi Lyn Nichols
..........6 Bryan Lewis Nichols
......4 Walter Frederick Berquist (1914-1998)
+Grace Catherine Stewart (1913-1993)
....3 Henry Albert Zellar (1878-1946)
+Ella L. Heming (1881-1957)
......4 Arthur Henry Zellar (1901-1968)
+Dorothy Rudd (1898-1973)
......4 Edward H. Zellar (1910-1995)
+Phyllis Dargeil (1909-1978)
....3 William August Zellar (1879-1951)
+[Martha] LucyBelle Johnson (1891-1966)
Second wife of William Zellar:
+Olga Pearl {Hackkett?} Hockett (1896)
......4 William August Zellar (1923-1983)
+Pauline M. Adams
....3 Mabel Zellar (1881-1881)
....3 Frederick James Zellar (1885-1959)
+Mary Agnes Merz (1884-1938)
......4 Caroline Agnes Zellar (1906-1930)
+LeRoy Joseph Hommer (1906-1994)
......4 Louis James Zellar (1910-1986)
+Emily Arbutus Hall (1914)
........5 Kenneth Fred Zellar (1933)
+Jean McCarthy
Second wife of Kenneth Zellar:
+Karen Joyce Lee (1933)
..........6 Kenneth Fred Zellar, Jr. (1962)
..........6 Brenda Lee Zellar (1963)
..........6 Brad Allen Zellar (1965)
........5 Paul Eugene Zellar (1936)
+Lillian Rose Wheeler (1937)
..........6 Christine Estelle Zellar (1956)
+Russel Church
............7 Caleb Russel Church (1982)
............7 Zachary Paul Church (1987)
............7 Hannah Rose Church (1990)
..........6 Paul Louis Zellar (1957)
+Patricia Ann Fletcher [Sestili] (1951)
..........6 Julia Emily Zellar (1959)
+James Markey
............7 Jill Kurston Markey (1981)
............7 Nathan James Markey (1981)
Second husband of Julia Zellar:
+Larry Scott Demerau (1961)
............7 Cory Scott Demerau (1989)
............7 Lucas Paul Demerau (1993)
..........6 Laura June Zellar (1962)
+?
............7 Jeremiah Paul Zellar (1986)
Second partner of Laura Zellar:
+?
............7 Jessica Rose Zellar (1988)
Husband of Laura Zellar:
+Greg Moore
............7 Rachel Ann Moore (1991)
..........6 David Clair Zellar (1963)
........Second wife of Louis Zellar:
+Wilhelmina Suttorp
......4 Dorothy Marie Zellar (1913-1935)
+Joseph John Bessinger (1907-1991)
......4 John Zellar (1914-c.1925)
....3 Charles Samuel Zellar (1886-1954)
+Gertrude Matilda Turns (1890-1966)
......4 HuWeen Veletta Reasoner Zellar (1920) [adopted]
+John Marcus Hart (1920)
........5 [HuWeen]Phyllis Hart (1937)
+Gerald Clement Leedhom (1924)
........5 John Marcus Hart (1939)
+Dorothy Ann Hill (1940)
..........6 Theresa Dawn Hart (1960)
..........6 Rebecca Diane Hart (1962)
..........6 John Gilbert Hart (1966)
..........6 Melody Jo Hart (1968)
+Scott Schrecker
............7 Samantha Jo Schrecker (2000)
........5 Robert Roger Hart (1944)
+Peggy A. Waugh (1942)
..........6 Wendy Ann Hart (1968)
..........6 Robert Wesley Hart (1970)
........5 Charles William Hart (1947)
+Susan Pearl Hurst (1949)
..........6 Roger Alan Hart (1976)
..........6 Steven Michael Hart (1977)
..........6 Jennifer Suzanne Hart (1979)
........5 Diana Kay Hart (1948)
+William Molinar (1924-1983)
..........6 Sherry Lynn Molinar (1973)
..........6 William John Molinar (1975)
........5 Vivian Jean Hart (1950)
+Jerry Lee Glass (1947)
Second husband of Vivian Hart:
+Stephen Randall Hardacre (1950)
..........6 Clayton Paul Hardacre (1985)
..........6 Cole Marcus Hardacre (1989)
..........6 Curt Richard Hardacre (1993)
....3 Harry Emmanuel Zellar (1888-1964)
+Ruth Olive Sedekar (1891-1964)
......4 Harry Emmanuel Zellar (1910-1989)
+Iva Flood (1917-1978)
......4 John Henry Zellar (1911-1990)
+Hilda Goldthorpe (1914)
......4 Lovina Jane Zellar (1917-1986)
+Emil St. Jean (1912-1988)
......4 Cecil Kurkum Zellar (1920-1999)
+Bertha Miller (1919)
......4 Russell Edward Zellar (1923-1981)
+Doris Denman (1936-1967)
......4 Ralph Edwin Zellar (1923)
......4 George Arthur Zellar (1925-1975)
+Nellie Alice Kelly (1921)
......4 Mary Elizabeth Zellar (1929)
+Daniel Howard Weidner (1921)
....3 Hattie Mae Zellar (1889-1973)
+William G. Veihl (1886-1954)
......4 William James Veihl (1913-1994)
+Lorraine Ethel Moss
......4 Dorene Augusta Veihl (1915)
+Frank Scott (1914-1977)
........5 Judith Ann Scott (1942)
+Donald Edward Benninger (1942)
..........6 Brenda Lee Benninger (1959)
+Mark Hozee (1955)
..........6 Kimberly Kay Benninger (1962)
+Darl Nelson (1962)
..........6 Tammy Ann Benninger (1965)
+David Walsh
..........6 Kathy Lynn Benninger (1971)
+Kevin Fite
..........6 Kelly Jo Benninger (1971)
+Joe Cleveland
........5 Gerald Frank Scott (1946)
+Nancy VanderVere (1947)
......4 Ernest F. Veihl (1918-1991)
+Betty George (1922-1996)
......4 Louella Mae Veihl (1921-1987)
+Maxwell Horton (1917-1987)
......4 Christian Veihl (1923-1980)
+Esther Mier
......4 Paul Julius Veihl (1925)
......4 Virgil Edgar Veihl (1927-1995)
+Donna Cartwright (1930-1996)
......4 Elizabeth Veihl (1930)
+Clarence Karchinski (1920-1979)
....3 Mary Zellar (1890-1890)
....3 Walter Russell Zellar (1892)
+Georgia Thelma Teegarden Cooley (1898-1981)
......4 Ethel May Zellar (1920)
+William Edgar Melton
........5 William Edgar Melton, Jr. (1941)
+Linda Grace Douglass (1947)
..........6 Terri Lynn Melton (1963)
+Shawn B. Eckwielen
..........6 Steven Howard Melton (1965)
+Bonni Slagh
..........6 Michael Ryan Melton (1968)
+Sharon Strinlee
......4 Walter Mitchel Zellar (1923)
+Alice Schaub
......4 Clair Henry Zellar (1924-1998)
+Ruth ?
Second wife of Clair Zellar:
+Marge ?
......4 Ina Rose Zellar (1926)
+Bert Murphy
......4 Pearl Louise Zellar (1928)
+Dewey Walker
......4 Elma June Zellar (1930)
+George Theodore Ferguson
......4 Russell Zellar (1932-1932)
......4 Helen Marie Zellar (1933)
+Clyde Howe
......4 Mary Ann Zellar (1935)
+James Kelley
(Second?)Wife of Johann Zelle:
+Amalie Sussemilich
..2 ? Zelle
+?
....3 Minna Zelle
+ ? Weissensee
......4 Gustav Weissensee