Third Generation

3. Johann Christian Stoffel "Christoph" LINKE was born on 23 May 1815 in Blievenstorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2 (His surname is spelled "Liencke" on his gravestone.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³ He was Lutheran on 20 September 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,5 when he became a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was listed in the Church Register as member number 78 of the first 100 members of the congregation. He was listed in the church Communion Records in 1889. Christoph appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ His surname was listed as "Link" and his household consisted of him, his wife and their daughter Matilda. He died on 24 May 1890 at the age of 75 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,2 He was buried on 25 May 1890 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,7 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Johann Christian Stoffel "Christoph" LINKE and Katharina Maria Dorothea "Mary" RABE were married on 22 April 1842 in Brenz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,8 Katharina Maria Dorothea "Mary" RABE, daughter of Johann Joachim Christian RABE and Katherina Dorothea Elisabeth EGGERT, was born on 5 August 1821 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,6,9,10 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ Mary died on 26 September 1888 at the age of 67 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,7,9 She was buried on 28 September 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^7,9 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Johann Christian Stoffel "Christoph" LINKE and Katharina Maria Dorothea "Mary" RABE had the following children: