Third Generation

13. Anna Marie MARTEN was born on 9 January 1876 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{17,20,22,36,65,66,67} She was baptized on 18 January 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²² at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was confirmed on 30 March 1890 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Anna appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Anna died on 24 January 1960 at the age of 84 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^62,66 She was buried on 27 June 1960 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^36,66,68 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

CENSUS1880: Wilton Twp. Monroe Co, WI

CENSUS1900: Wilton Twp. Monroe Co, WI

CENSUS1910: Wilton Twp. Monroe Co, WI

Anna Marie MARTEN and Johanus Ludwig George "Louie" BERNHARDT Sr. were married on 22 December 1896 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^5,21,65 Johanus Ludwig George "Louie" BERNHARDT Sr., son of Konrad BERNHARDT and Ernestine Karolina ROEDER, was born on 28 May 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{10,25,36,65,69,70} (The church record of his marriage, the church Family Register, the church record of his death, and the Oak Grove Cemetery records list his birth year as 1871. Other sources list it as 1870. It must have been 1870 because his birth month was listed as "May" in the 1870 Census, conducted 10 Aug 1870.) He appeared in the census in August 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ (He was listed as "Ludwig.") He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ He was listed as "Lewis." Louie appeared in the census in 1895 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ He was listed as Single, age 23, and a member of the MIlitia. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² Louie appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ He died on 15 December 1956 at the age of 86 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^62,70 of heart failure. He was buried on 17 December 1956 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^36,68,70 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Anna Marie MARTEN and Johanus Ludwig George "Louie" BERNHARDT Sr. had the following children:

71	i.	Ewald Louis "Avalt" BERNHARDT was born on 8 August 1898 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^8,72,73,74 (He was listed as "Oswald" in the 1900 Census.) He was baptized on 11 September 1898 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷³ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He was listed as "Oswald." Ewald appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ He was living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Ewald died on 11 March 1985 at the age of 86 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^72,74 He was buried on 14 March 1985 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^36,72,74 at Oak Grove Cemetery.
+72	ii.	Etta Hulda BERNHARDT.
+73	iii.	Leonhard Christian "Leonard" BERNHARDT.
+74	iv.	Gordon Wilburt BERNHARDT.
+75	v.	Marvin Ludwig BERNHARDT.
+76	vi.	Louis Alva BERNHARDT Jr..
+77	vii.	Wilbert Clarence Carl BERNHARDT.
78	viii.	Merlin Lloyd BERNHARDT was born on 21 December 1922 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^62,75,76 He was baptized on 1 January 1923 in Monroe County, WI.⁷⁶ He died on 17 January 1923 at the age of 0 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^62,75 Merlin was buried on 20 January 1923 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^36,68,75 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.