Second Generation

2. Christoph "Christopher" LIEFKE Sr. was born on 14 January 1839 in Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^3,4,5 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ He was Lutheran in 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ He and his family were listed in the Communion Records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in the early-1890's. Christopher died on 26 November 1914 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,5 He was buried on 29 November 1914 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,5,7 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Christoph "Christopher" LIEFKE Sr. and Henriette Louisa "Louise" SITZ were married on 18 February 1867 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,8 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Henriette Louisa "Louise" SITZ, daughter of August SITZ and Dorothea UTKE, was born on 3 March 1847 in Schneidemuhl bei Juchow, Neustettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^3,7,9,10,11 (Her given name is spelled "Loise" on ther gravestone marker. Her parents may have been August and Dorothea Sitz, who are buried in the St. John's cemetery.)

(Her birth date may have been 2 March 1842.) She was baptized on 5 March 1847 in Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).¹¹ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ Louise died on 21 November 1896 at the age of 49 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,9 She was buried on 22 November 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,7,9 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Christoph "Christopher" LIEFKE Sr. and Henriette Louisa "Louise" SITZ had the following children:

+4	i.	Emilie Sophie "Amelia" LIEFKE.
5	ii.	Ida Auguste LIEFKE was born on 11 February 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,7 She was baptized on 21 March 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She died on 21 April 1877 at the age of 1.^2,7 Ida was buried on 23 April 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,7 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.
+6	iii.	Louise Emma LIEFKE.
7	iv.	Dorothea Alwina LIEFKE was born on 24 September 1871 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,12 She was baptized on 5 November 1871 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was confirmed on 18 April 1886 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
+8	v.	Mathilde Juliane LIEFKE.
+9	vi.	Marie "Bertha" LIEFKE.
10	vii.	Christoph August Eduard LIEFKE Jr. was born on 27 November 1877.^2,7 He was baptized on 1 January 1878 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He died on 25 April 1882 at the age of 4.^2,7 Christoph was buried on 28 April 1882 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,7 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.
11	viii.	Karl Louis Walther "Walter" LIEFKE was born on 8 October 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,12,13,14 He was baptized on 7 November 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was confirmed on 29 March 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Walter appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³
12	ix.	Hulda Eleonore "Norah" LIEFKE was born on 21 October 1882 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,12,13,15 She was baptized on 3 December 1882 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was confirmed on 11 April 1897 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Norah appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³
13	x.	Wilhelm Rudolph LIEFKE was born on 13 August 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,12,13,16 He was baptized on 23 August 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ Wilhelm was confirmed on 5 April 1903 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.