Fourth Generation

59. Leona Elna GERWING was born on 26 February 1908 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^37,58,59,60 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ Leona appeared in the census in 1930 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ She died in October 1985 at the age of 77.^59,60 She was buried in Forest Township, Vernon County, WI.^58,59,61 in the Burr Cemetery. (Her gravestone is also listed as being in the Glendale Township Cemetery in Kendall.)

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Leona Elna GERWING and Barnett Joy "Barney" STANDIFORD were married about 1923.^23,35

Notes from her son, Sterling: "My mother was a full-blooded German. When she got angry with the kids, she would scold us in German. My mother could speak German before she learned English."

. Barnett Joy "Barney" STANDIFORD, son of Jarred Theodore STANDIFORD and Emzy E. BEARD, was born on 19 December 1898 in La Farge, Vernon County, WI.^58,59,60,62 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Webster Township, Vernon County, WI.⁶² He appeared in the census in 1910 in Webster Township, Vernon County, WI.⁶³ Barney appeared in the census in 1920 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ He was living with his parents and his occupation was "Laborer, Common." He appeared in the census in 1930 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ His household was on a "Branch of County Trunk G" and his occupation was "Farmer, General Farm." He died on 2 December 1986 at the age of 87.^59,60 Barney was buried in Forest Township, Vernon County, WI.^58,59,61 in the Burr Cemetery (His gravestone is also listed as being in the Glendale Township Cemetery in Kendall.)

Leona Elna GERWING and Barnett Joy "Barney" STANDIFORD had the following children: