Second Generation

2. August GABOWER Sr. was born on 13 February 1857 in Preussen (Prussia).^2,13 (The family surname was listed as "Gabauer" in the 1880 Census.) He emigrated on 16 September 1857 from Obershasdorf (??), Germany.⁴ He appeared in the census in 1860 in Germantown Township, Juneau County, WI.³ August appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.² He was living with his mother and step-father. He died on 12 May 1902 at the age of 45 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,14 of tuberculosis. He was buried in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,13 in the Oakdale Township Cemetery (next to his baby boy).

August GABOWER Sr. and Louisa A. "Louise" KAPLAN were married on 4 November 1896 in Monroe County, WI.^8,13,15 (Her surname may have been spelled "Koplan" or "Caplan.") Louisa A. "Louise" KAPLAN, daughter of Wencl Henry KAPLAN and Anna SLAMER, was born on 3 May 1875 in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,8,9,11,16

. She appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ Louise appeared in the census in 1930 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ She appeared in the census in 1940 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She died in 1952 at the age of 77.¹¹ Louise was buried in 1952 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.

August GABOWER Sr. and Louisa A. "Louise" KAPLAN had the following children: