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  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), Marriages, Page 1.
  2. 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.
  3. Gravestone Marker.
  4. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.
  5. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death Records, Page 371.
  6. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Communion Register, Page 265.
  7. Gravestone List, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.
  8. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to Gary Griggs, 4/18/2003.
  9. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Death and Burial Records, Page 7.
  10. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/20/2023.
  11. FamilySearch.org/Search Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/20/2023.
  12. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 6.
  13. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  14. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 210.
  15. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Record, Page 211.
  16. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Records, Page 218.
  17. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  18. Gravestone List, St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, WI, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 9/21/2003.
  19. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 1.
  20. 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), Confirmation Records.
  21. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 3.
  22. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Membership, Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI, 1900.
  23. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  24. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang.
  25. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 51.
  26. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Death and Burial Records, Page 11.
  27. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 11.
  28. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  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 64.
  30. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wilton Township, Page 129.
  31. Obituary.
  32. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1930 Census.
  33. Gravestone List, St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, WI.
  34. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 3/25/2010.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944", Researched by Gary Griggs, 12/30/2013.
  38. Schoonover, Debra Research of the Prechel Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 12/30/2013.
  39. Irene Wadephul Smith Conversation with Gary Griggs, 8/6/2002.
  40. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  41. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 12/30/2018.
  42. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article entitled "Five Generations on the Land" on Page 470.
  43. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wilton Township, Page 128.
  44. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1950 Census.