Third Generation

7. Hermann Friedrich "Herman" BRANDENBURG¹⁶ was born on 14 June 1865 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^2,3,7,9,18 He was baptized on 27 June 1865 in Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^2,18 He emigrated on 14 June 1870 from Alt Damerow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^7,8 (He and his parents emigrated on the ship "Helene" from the port of Bremerhaven, and arrived in New York City.) Herman appeared in the census in 1880 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ 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 Herman appeared in the census in 1930 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ He appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴ He was living with his son Earl and his family. He died in 1944 at the age of 79.³ Herman was buried in 1944 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,45 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery. (His middle name is listed as Gustav on MyHeritage.com.)

Hermann Friedrich "Herman" BRANDENBURG and Ernestine Emma Mathilde Bertha "Tena" BARFKNECHT were married about 1892.^3,7 Ernestine Emma Mathilde Bertha "Tena" BARFKNECHT was born on 15 March 1872 in Germany.^{3,7,27,31,45,46,47} (Her surname is listed as "Barfknecht" in her confirmation record and in the church marriage record of her daughter Nita, as "Barfreight" in the Birth Registration record of her daughter Gladys, and as "Barsknecht" in an article in the Monroe County Heritage Book.) She was confirmed on 18 April 1886 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Tena appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵ She died in 1940 at the age of 68.⁴⁵ Tena was buried in 1940 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,45 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Hermann Friedrich "Herman" BRANDENBURG and Ernestine Emma Mathilde Bertha "Tena" BARFKNECHT had the following children: