Fourth Generation

34. Esther Ora ARNDT was born on 5 September 1903 in Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ Esther appeared in the census in 1930 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ She appeared in the census in 1940 in South Ridge, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ She died before August 2008 at the age of 104.³² Esther was buried in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.

Esther Ora ARNDT and Elmer Friedrich BRANDAU were married on 30 May 1923.³⁸ Elmer Friedrich BRANDAU, son of Heinrich Adam BRANDAU and Katharina Dorothea EHMER, was born on 17 August 1897 in Wells Township, Monroe County, WI.^38,39 He was baptized on 26 September 1897 in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.³⁹ at St. Jacob's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Elmer appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ He was living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ He appeared in the census in 1940 in South Ridge, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁷ Elmer died in June 1960 at the age of 62.³⁸ He was buried in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^38,40 in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.