Third Generation

11. Wilhelmine Ernestine "Minnie" KUCKUCK was born on 23 May 1876 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,22 (She is not mentioned in his mother's obituary notice.) She was baptized on 15 October 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Her sponsors were Catherine Boetcher and Johann Eckleberg. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴

Wilhelmine Ernestine "Minnie" KUCKUCK and William Herman DROWATZKY were married on 12 January 1898 in Monroe County, WI.^13,14,23 Their witnesses were Martha Kuckuck (one of her sisters) and Albert Drowatzky (a first cousin of his). William Herman DROWATZKY²⁴, son of Friedrich DROWATZKY and Bertha HOLTZ, was born on 12 October 1873 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^14,24 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ In 1898 he was a photographer in Augusta, Eau Claire County, WI.¹⁴ William died on 5 February 1953 at the age of 79 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.²⁴ (He eventually changed his surname to "Drow.")