Third Generation


11. Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm "Eddie" GEHRKE1 was born on 10 March 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.3,9,10,62 He was baptized on 21 April 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.63 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.10 Eddie was confirmed on 5 April 1903 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.62 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.21 He was living in the household of his brother, August. He died on 9 June 1918 at the age of 29.2 Eddie was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.64 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm "Eddie" GEHRKE and Marie Louise Anna "Mary" GRAEWIN were married on 24 November 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.2,65 Marie Louise Anna "Mary" GRAEWIN1, daughter of August Julius Edgar GRAEWIN and Johanne Louise Ernestine ROSENOW, was born on 7 November 1885 in Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2,3,10,66,67 (She may have married a Gehrke.) She emigrated in 1892 from Preussen (Prussia). She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.10 Mary appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.21 She died on 20 December 1950 at the age of 65.2,66 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.68 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm "Eddie" GEHRKE and Marie Louise Anna "Mary" GRAEWIN had the following children:

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Frieda Martha Maria GEHRKE was born on 13 August 1911 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.40,64,69 She was baptized on 24 September 1911 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.69 She died on 26 April 1924 at the age of 12.64 Frieda was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.64 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.