Seventh Generation

54. Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) was born on 21 January 1903 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^{11,15,23,24,38,48,49} in Union Valley.

(This is a picture of Hugh, his wife Meta, and her parents.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ Hugh graduated in 1924 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ He was baptized on 23 July 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ Hugh died on 24 March 1997 at the age of 94 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.^23,24 He was buried on 27 March 1997 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.²³ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. This is a picture of Hugh and Meta's family: Back row, left to right: Hugh, Meta, and Otho; Front row: Bernard, Karen, Darrell, Marceida, and Ortwin.

Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) and Meta Helena WILDE were married on 4 May 1927 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^23,50 Meta Helena WILDE, daughter of Franz Friedrich Karl WILDE and Emma Ernestine Adedhied REETZ, was born on 19 August 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,22,23,51 She was baptized on 13 September 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² Meta appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ She was confirmed in 1922 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ Meta appeared in the census in 1940 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ She died on 17 December 1989 at the age of 81 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.²³ She was buried on 20 December 1989 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.²³ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens in South Beloit

Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) and Meta Helena WILDE had the following children: