Fifth Generation

32. Lilla Emilie "Lela" SOMMERFIELD was born on 25 June 1895 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,54,110 She was baptized on 21 July 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ Lela appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ She died on 4 June 1986 at the age of 90 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,54 She was buried on 9 June 1986 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,51 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Lilla Emilie "Lela" SOMMERFIELD and Walter BIRR were married before 1920.^17,54 (She was not living with her parents during the 1920 Census.) Walter BIRR, son of Karl BIRR and Louise HENKE, was born on 9 February 1892 in Wisconsin.^15,50 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ Walter died on 24 March 1959 at the age of 67.⁵⁰ He was buried on 28 March 1959 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,51 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.