Sixth Generation

20. Johann Friedrich "Fred" BERNHARDT was born on 12 July 1866 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,13,18,42 (The church record of his marriage and the Family Register listed his birth year as 1867; other sources list it as 1866.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ Fred was confirmed on 18 March 1883 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1895 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ He was listed as Married, age 28, and a member of the Militia. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Fred was Lutheran in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ and was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²² Fred appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ He died on 28 December 1946 at the age of 80 in West Bend, Washington County, WI.¹³ He was buried on 31 December 1946 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,14 in the Oak Grove Cemetery

Johann Friedrich "Fred" BERNHARDT and Maria Dorothea "Mary" KLINGE were married on 25 December 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,29 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Maria Dorothea "Mary" KLINGE, daughter of Johannes Heinrich KLINGE and Maria HOLM, was born on 28 October 1874 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^{7,9,18,22,44,45,46} (This could be the same person as the Maria Klinge, #2930.) She was baptized on 9 November 1874 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was confirmed on 14 April 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁶ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mary appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ Mary died on 29 October 1946 at the age of 72.^31,37 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^14,37 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Johann Friedrich "Fred" BERNHARDT and Maria Dorothea "Mary" KLINGE had the following children: