Sixth Generation

23. Bertha Ernestine Wilhelmine "Minnie" BERNHARDT was born on 16 March 1872 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,16,42 in the Old Cemetery. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ She was listed as "Mina." She was confirmed on 25 March 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Minnie lived at her home in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI in April 1926.³¹ She died in April 1959 at the age of 87 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.¹⁶ She was buried in Hartford, Washington County, WI.⁶¹

Bertha Ernestine Wilhelmine "Minnie" BERNHARDT and Wilhelm Carl "William" SCHWALBE were married on 28 October 1895 in Monroe County, WI.^16,29,37 They had six children. Wilhelm Carl "William" SCHWALBE was born on 15 October 1871.³⁷