Third Generation

47. Johannes Heinrich Carl "John" GERKE was born on 18 April 1896 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^14,23,130 He was baptized on 3 May 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ Johannes appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ Johannes died in 1946 at the age of 50.³³ He was buried in 1946 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Johannes Heinrich Carl "John" GERKE and Mabel M. UNKNOWN (GERKE) were married about 1920.²⁸ Mabel M. UNKNOWN (GERKE) was born about 1902 in Wisconsin.²⁸ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸