Third Generation

3. Wilhelmine Fredericke Albertine "Minnie" BRANDENBURG was born on 3 February 1858 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^{2,3,9,11,25,27,33} (The 1900 Census listed her birth date as February 1859 and the Oak Grove Cemetery records list it as 1859. Church records list it as 1858.) She was baptized on 28 February 1858 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^2,34 She emigrated on 14 June 1870 from Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^8,11,31 (She and her parents emigrated on the ship "Helene" from the port of Bremerhaven, and arrived in New York City. The 1920 Census listed her year of emigration as 1872.) Minnie was confirmed on 6 April 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,27 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

(She could not be located anywhere in Wisconsin in the 1880 Census; she was not living with her parents.) She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ (She was listed as "Mary.") She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Minnie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ Her household was in the 2nd Ward. She died on 31 July 1934 at the age of 76 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,36 Minnie was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery. She has Ancestral File Number LTTX-4FX.

Wilhelmine Fredericke Albertine "Minnie" BRANDENBURG and Hermann C. BONGERS were married on 11 May 1884.^3,11,37 Hermann C. BONGERS, son of Albert BONGERS and Amelia KRUEGER, was born on 18 September 1860 in Grossgruenow, Preussen (Prussia).^4,27,31,33 He emigrated in 1866 from Germany.^11,31 He was confirmed on 29 March 1874 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hermann appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ He was living with his parents and his occupation was listed as "Works in flour mill." On 1 May 1886 he was a liquor store owner in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ He applied for a retail liquor license. About 1895 he was a shoe store part-owner with Peter Johnson in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁹ Mr. Johnson had started the business in about 1890, went into partnership with Mr. Bongers for a few years, and later bought back Mr. Bongers' share and operated it on his own until Mr. Johnson died in 1919. Hermann appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ His household was on Saratoga Street in the 2nd Ward and his occupation was "Merchant, Show." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ His household was on Monroe Street in the 2nd Ward and his occupation was "Merchant, Shoe Store." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ He lived at 121 Saratoga Street. Hermann died in 1921 at the age of 61.³³ He was buried in 1921 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Wilhelmine Fredericke Albertine "Minnie" BRANDENBURG and Hermann C. BONGERS had the following children:

11	i.	Josephine Auguste BONGERS was born on 8 December 1885 in Monroe County, WI.⁴⁰ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She was living with her parents. Josephine appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ She was living with her parents and her occupation was "Sales Lady, Shoe Store." She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ She was living with her mother and her occupation was "Saleslady, Ready-to-Wear Shop." She died in 1969 at the age of 84.⁴¹ Josephine was buried in 1969 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
12	ii.	Alford G. BONGERS was born in August 1894 in Wisconsin.^11,31,35 (He was listed as "Alford" in the 1900 and 1920 Census' records, as "Albert" in 1910, and as "Alfred" in 1930.) He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Alford appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ He was listed as a "Lodger" in the household of Charles S. Smith on Oak Street in the 4th Ward and his occupation was "... Clerk." He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ He was living with his mother and his occupation was "Clerk, Drug Store."
13	iii.	Lorena Lucille BONGERS was born on 9 July 1900 in Monroe County, WI.^31,40,41 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ She was living with her parents and her occupation was "Sales Lady, Shoe Store." Lorena appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ She was living with her mother and her occupation was "Saleslady, Ready-to-Wear Shop." She died in 1961 at the age of 61.⁴¹ She was buried in 1961 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.