Second Generation

4. Wilhelmine "Mina" MARTEN was born on 17 April 1850 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Province, Preussen (Prussia).^20,22,25 in Altbring. She emigrated in 1868 from Germany.^8,26 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Mina appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ She was living with her daughter Lizzie. Mina died on 15 May 1923 at the age of 73.⁶ She was buried in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,27 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Wilhelmine "Mina" MARTEN and Heinrich "Henry" BEHRENS were married on 23 September 1869 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,12,22,28 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. According to the 1910 Census, they had 11 children, of whom all 11 were living at the time of the census.

They^3,12,22,28 were married on 14 November 1894 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ Heinrich "Henry" BEHRENS, son of Friedrich H. BEHRENS and Wilhelmine U. RINGE, was born on 13 April 1844 in Alverdissen, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^{6,10,20,22,29} in Alberdissen. (His surname was spelled "Behrends" in the baptism record of his daughter Wilhelmine.) He emigrated in 1867 from Germany.^8,15 (The 1900 Census indicates that he emigrated in 1869.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Henry was Lutheran about 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ He was listed in the Church Register as member number 36 of the first 100 members of the congregation of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

He was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1900. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ Henry died on 9 November 1905 at the age of 61 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,6,29 He was buried on 11 November 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,27,29 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Wilhelmine "Mina" MARTEN and Heinrich "Henry" BEHRENS had the following children: