Fifth Generation

59. Irene Dorothea GERKE was born on 27 November 1898 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{67,101,105,225} She was baptized on 1 January 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²²⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ Irene appeared in the census in January 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ She died on 9 September 1970 at the age of 71.⁶⁷ She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Irene Dorothea GERKE and Clarence Frederick DAMEROW were married on 10 October 1919 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Clarence Frederick DAMEROW, son of Gottlieb Wilhelm Erdmann DAMEROW and Auguste M. L. LENZ, was born on 9 April 1895 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^29,32,50,227 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ Clarence appeared in the census in January 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He died on 12 March 1966 at the age of 70.^32,72 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²²⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.