Third Generation

6. Maria Dorthea "Mary" MARTEN was born on 18 September 1858 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{5,13,15,20,22,25,27,34} (The 1880 Census lists her birth place as Mecklenburg, Germany.) She appeared in the census in 1860 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Mary was confirmed on 24 March 1872 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Mary died on 1 December 1947 at the age of 89 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^15,27,34 She was buried on 4 December 1947 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,34,35 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Maria Dorthea "Mary" MARTEN and Ernst Heinrich Friedrich BEHRENS Sr. were married on 5 October 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{5,13,15,21,22,34} at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ernst Heinrich Friedrich BEHRENS Sr., son of Friedrich H. BEHRENS and Wilhelmine U. RINGE, was born on 3 November 1853 in Alverdissen, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^{5,13,15,20,22,27} (His surname was spelled "Behrends" in the baptism record of his daughter Caroline.) He emigrated in 1867 from Alverdissen, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).¹⁵ He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ About 1880 Ernst was a farmer in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ Ernst appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He died on 2 August 1932 at the age of 78 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^15,23,27,36 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list his date of death as 1 Mar 1932.) He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,36 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Maria Dorthea "Mary" MARTEN and Ernst Heinrich Friedrich BEHRENS Sr. had the following children:

+34	i.	Caroline Lisette Wilhelmine "Lena" BEHRENS.
+35	ii.	Emma Hulda Maria BEHRENS.
+36	iii.	Ernst Heinrich Friedrich "Ernie" BEHRENS Jr..
+37	iv.	Gustav Ludwig August "Louie" BEHRENS.
+38	v.	Friedrich Christian David "Fred" BEHRENS Sr..
+39	vi.	Lydia Hulda BEHRENS.
40	vii.	Elmer BEHRENS was born on 11 September 1898.²⁷ He died on 1 March 1899 at the age of 0.^23,27,35 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,36 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
41	viii.	Myrtie BEHRENS was born about 1900 in Wisconsin.¹² She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²