| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourth Generation13. Myrtle Maria LUDEKING was born on 25 October 1886 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.19,38,41,42 She was confirmed on 8 April 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.42 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.23 Myrtle appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.13 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.15 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.24 Myrtle died on 31 October 1981 at the age of 95 in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI.19,38 She was buried on 4 November 1981 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.19,36,38 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Myrtle Maria LUDEKING and August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE were married on 13 April 1904 in Monroe County, WI.3,12,19,41,43 (The Monroe County marriage record shows his name as August Gerke. Although no date is shown for the marriage, it is assumed to be the marriage to Rudolph.) August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE, son of Heinrich Friedrich GERKE and Dorothea WINZENBERG, was born on 8 November 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.3,10,41,44 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.10 He was confirmed on 22 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.44 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rudolph appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.13 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.15 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.24 Rudolph died on 13 March 1957 at the age of 80.3,18 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.36 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Myrtle Maria LUDEKING and August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE had the following children:
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