Third Generation

6. August Ludwig Gottlieb GEHRKE Jr.¹ was born on 7 December 1878 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,5,9,10,41 He was baptized on 25 December 1878 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ August was confirmed on 18 March 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ He was living with his parents. He died in October 1918 at the age of 39.² August was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

August Ludwig Gottlieb GEHRKE Jr. and Bertha KIRKHOF were married on 23 March 1911.² Bertha KIRKHOF¹ was born on 29 June 1886.² She died in 1971 at the age of 85.²⁴ She was buried in 1971 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.