Third Generation

8. Emma Margarethe Caroline HELMKE was born on 22 March 1867 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,3,4,15,16 She was baptized on 2 April 1867 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Emma appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ She was confirmed on 10 April 1881 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was Lutheran on 25 November 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ when she became a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Emma died on 5 December 1894 at the age of 27 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,16,18 She was buried on 7 December 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,16 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Emma Margarethe Caroline HELMKE and Hermann Heinrich LUDEKING were married on 31 December 1885 in Monroe County, WI.^12,19 Hermann Heinrich LUDEKING, son of August LUDEKING and Karoline Marie Sophie WEINECKE, was born on 7 April 1859 in Preussen (Prussia).^15,19,20 He emigrated in 1879 from Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).²¹ He was Lutheran about 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,22 He was listed in the Church Register as member number 97 of the first 100 members of the congregation of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and was listed on the Memberbership Roster in 1900. Hermann appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ Hermann appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He died on 20 November 1950 at the age of 91 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,25 He was buried on 22 November 1950 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,26 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Emma Margarethe Caroline HELMKE and Hermann Heinrich LUDEKING had the following children:

+13	i.	Myrtle Maria LUDEKING.
+14	ii.	Pearl Minna Sophia LUDEKING.
15	iii.	Carl Friedrich Herman LUDEKING was born on 3 September 1891 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,28 He was baptized on 17 October 1891 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ He died on 30 December 1891 at the age of 0.²⁷ Carl was buried on 3 January 1892 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.