Sources


  1. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Church Register copied by Gary Griggs, 8/6/2004.
  2. Marie Drescher, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, Gravestone List, Oak Grove Cemetery, Tomah, WI, From Marie Drescher's database, sent to Gary Griggs 11/2002.
  3. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  4. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Communion Register, Page 262.
  5. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.
  6. Obituary.
  7. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  8. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death Records, Page 372.
  9. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 414.
  10. Gravestone Marker.
  11. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 4.
  12. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1930 Census.
  13. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  14. Thelma May Vandervort Research of the May, Sonnenberg and Vandervort Families, May 7, 2001.
  15. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  16. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information researched by Gary Griggs, 8/24/2006.
  17. Stanley Meyers Research of the Meyer/Meyers Family, "Descendants of Erdmann Meyer" report, mailed to Gary Griggs 7/15/2006.
  18. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889).
  19. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.
  20. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1880 Census.
  21. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 202.
  22. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death and Burial Register, Page 381.
  23. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted 9/18/2003.
  24. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 8.
  25. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death and Burial Records, Page 384.
  26. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  27. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 68.
  28. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1928 edition.
  29. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 65.
  30. Cheryl Schultz Colletti Research of the Organ and Jens Families, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/20/2003.
  31. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/17/2003.
  32. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 67.
  33. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 67.
  34. U.S. Social Security Death Index, Researched by Gary Griggs, 3/31/2010.
  35. Doris Waege, Family Group Sheet, Monroe County, WI, in possession of Gary Griggs.
  36. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death and Burial Records, Page 389.
  37. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 328 and 329.
  38. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 62.
  39. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Register, Page 70.
  40. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 8/30/2012.
  41. Birth Registration Records, Monroe County Local History Room Microfilm, viewed by Gary Griggs, 6/21/2003.
  42. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1923 Edition.
  43. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume III, Article 443.
  44. Stanley Meyers Research of the Meyer/Meyers Family
    , "The Meyers Family" report, mailed to Gary Griggs 7/15/2006.
  45. Funeral Memorial Card.
  46. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/16/2003 .
  47. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1926 edition.
  48. Bill Meyers Research of the Meyers Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 2/18/2012.
  49. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 58.
  50. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 59.
  51. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Register, Page 68.
  52. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI.
  53. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 66.
  54. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 8/27/2009.
  55. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 8/27/2009.
  56. Nilles, Dave Research of the Nilles Family, Email to Gary Griggs, 4/17/2023.
  57. Lona (Johnson) Adams Research of the Johnson Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 3/31/2010.
  58. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 5/9/2011.
  59. Bill Scheer Research of the Kortbein, Noth and Kuthlow Families, e-mailed from Arlyn Bernhardt, 9/14/2003.
  60. Scheer, Bill Research of the Zellmer Family, "Descendants of John Daniel Zellmer" report mailed to Gary Griggs, 9/2004.
  61. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984).
  62. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Page 316.
  63. Confirmation Picture from Arlyn Bernhardt.
  64. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 10/23/2014.
  65. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 324 and 325.
  66. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 10/23/2014.
  67. Juneau County (WI) Marriage Index
    <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wijuneau/marriage.htm>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 5/19/2007.
  68. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 8/30/2012.
  69. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 8/27/2012.
  70. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 5/24/2014.
  71. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Clifton Township, Page 18.
  72. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 4/8/2023.
  73. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article about 50th Anniversary Class Reunion, 6/2/2005.
  74. Stanley Meyers Research of the Meyer/Meyers Family
    , e-mail to Gary Griggs, 7/11/2006.
  75. Alwine L. Verick Research entitled "Records of The Descendants of Joachim Vierig", mailed to Gary Griggs, 7/15/2006.
  76. Stanley Meyers Research of the Meyer/Meyers Family
    , e-mail to Gary Griggs, 7/25/2006.
  77. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Article about the 45th Class Reunion, 12/9/2002.
  78. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 322 and 323.
  79. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 4/22/2010.
  80. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper.
  81. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Register, Page 69.
  82. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion Picture, 9/7/2006.
  83. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 404.
  84. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 3/7/2011.
  85. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Reunion article and picture, 9/25/2003.
  86. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, 55th Reunion article and picture, 7/10/2008.
  87. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 340 and 341.
  88. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Ridgeville Township, Page 86.
  89. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1246.
  90. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 5/24/2014.
  91. Dr. Irving H. Tesmer Research of the Hubert Family, "Descendants of Ferdinand Hubert" report, mailed to Gary Griggs, 7/7/2008.
  92. Bill Meyers Research of the Meyers Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 2/15/2012.