Fourth Generation

17. Earl BRANDENBURG was born on 11 November 1897 in Wisconsin.^24,31,47 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ Earl appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴ His occupation was "Farming, Dairy." He died on 1 December 1972 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,36 He was buried in 1972 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Earl BRANDENBURG and Anitha Maria "Nita" HELMKE were married on 3 May 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^47,55,56 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Anitha Maria "Nita" HELMKE, daughter of Karl Christian HELMKE and Johanna PASCH, was born on 15 September 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^7,24,57,58 She was baptized on 22 October 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁸ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ Nita appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴ She was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Earl BRANDENBURG and Anitha Maria "Nita" HELMKE had the following children: