Ludwig
"Louie"
Zeller
Born in Klöstitz, Bessarabia, Russia
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Zeller
and Anna Maria (Kuest) Zeller
Brother of
Jacob J Zeller Jr and Gottfried Friedrich Zeller
Husband of
Katharina (Will) Zeller
— married
18 Nov 1888 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Magdaline (Zeller) Bleick, Albert J Zeller, Theodore L Zeller, Clara Katharine (Zeller) Stradtman, Wilhelm Zeller, Ella Christine (Zeller) Creighton, Julius Zeller, Carl William Zeller and Linda Concordia (Zeller) Kuebler
Died
at age 72
in Heil, Grant, North Dakota
Profile last modified
| Created 10 May 2014
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Biography
Ludwig Zeller was a Black Sea German.
Ludwig was born in Kloestitz, Bessarabia, Russia (46.331637, 28.945863) and came to America with his parents (Jacob Zeller and Maria Kuest) in 1874 and settled in Yankton, South Dakota. In the spring of 1875 his father, Jacob, homesteaded near Menno, South Dakota and continued farming until he moved into Menno in 1894. On June 11, 1899, Ludwig brought his family to Glen Ullin, North Dakota and then settled on a farm north of Heil. They lived in a frame house with his uncle, Christ Kuest, until their stone house was completed. In 1901, the Zeller family moved to New Leipzig, North Dakota where Mr. Zeller built a store and operated a general merchandise business for a few years. He was also postmaster and the Post Office was located in the store. In 1904, he sold the store to John Wolf, and the family again returned to the farm. Ludwig purchased one of the first gas engines propelled by its own power on this side of the Missouri River. In 1924 they retired and moved into the town of Heil.
Sources
- Carson, North Dakota: 50th Anniversary, 1910 - 1960
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http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/h/i/Bonnie-Whillock-CA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0143.html
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ludwig by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ludwig:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ludwig by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ludwig:
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~6.25%
Dominic Sternhagen
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