| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation4. Wilhelm Johann "William" GEHRKE1 was born in May 1850 in Preussen (Prussia).3,5 He emigrated in 1875 from Germany.10 He was Lutheran in 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.22 He is listed in the Communion Register of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. William appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.10 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.21 He and his wife were living with their daughter, Alvina, and her family. He died in July 1929 at the age of 79.2 Wilhelm Johann "William" GEHRKE and Wilhelmine Henriette BORUCKE were married on 5 September 1886 in Monroe County, WI.5,9,10,21 at the home of the groom. (According to the 1900 Census, they had 6 children, of whom all six were living at the time. Three of them were from her first marriage. According to the 1910, they had 10 children, of whom 6 were living at the time.) Wilhelmine Henriette BORUCKE1, daughter of Martin BORUCKE and Julianna KRENZ, was born on 3 December 1849 in Preussen (Prussia).2,5,10 She emigrated in 1885 from Germany.10 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.10 Wilhelmine appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.21 She died on 14 December 1914 at the age of 65.2 Wilhelm Johann "William" GEHRKE and Wilhelmine Henriette BORUCKE had the following children:
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