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  1. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/26/2023.
  2. Church Records, Protestant Reformed Church, Alverdissen, Germany (records researched and translated by Virginia Nicolai James), supplemented by additional research notes and given to Sandra Arndt Noth., Received by Sandy Noth and mailed to Gary Griggs, 12/28/2005.
  3. Germany, Select Marriages, 1558-1929, Researched by Gary Griggs, 1/18/2022.
  4. Della Kuthlow Kortbein, 12/2000, Kuthlow Family History.
  5. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article 1075.
  6. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1880 Census.
  7. Gladys Kewit, Gladys Kewit Notes on Kewit Families, 1986.
  8. Bill Scheer Research of the Kortbein, Noth and Kuthlow Families, e-mailed "Descendants of Fred Noth" report to Gary Griggs, 11/1/2003.
  9. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.
  10. Scheer, Bill Research of the Zellmer Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/3/2006.
  11. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889).
  12. Gravestone List, Noth Family Cemetery, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.
  13. Gravestone Marker.
  14. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  15. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  16. Death Registration Records, Monroe County Local History Room Microfilm Records, viewed by Gary Griggs, 6/19/2003.
  17. Bill Scheer Research of the Kortbein, Noth and Kuthlow Families, e-mailed "Descendants of Fred Noth" report to Gary Griggs, 11/4/2003.
  18. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Church Register copied by Gary Griggs, 8/6/2004.
  19. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Marriages, Page 1.
  20. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Deaths, 1856 to 1907".
  21. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1860 Census.
  22. Monroe County Local History Room, Sparta, WI, Microfilm Records., e-mailed info from their child's Marriage Registration Records to Gary Griggs, 3/26/2003.
  23. Bill Scheer Research of the Kortbein, Noth and Kuthlow Families, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/5/2006.
  24. "Standard Atlas of Monroe County" (Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Publishers and Engravers, 1897), 1897 Edition.
  25. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.
  26. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907", Marriage Registration Record viewed by Gary Griggs, 8/5/2004.
  27. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  28. Gravestone List, Wilton Hillside Cemetery, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.
  29. Della Kuthlow Kortbein, 12/2000, Kuthlow Family History, Phone Conversation with Gary Griggs, 11/4/2003.
  30. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 774.
  31. Obituary, Scrapbook of Mattie Griggs Vandervort in the possession of Gary Griggs.
  32. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume II, Article 674.
  33. History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County (C.R. Cooper & Co., Chicago, 1912), Page 822.
  34. History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, Pages 823 and 824.
  35. Immigrant Ships Transcriber Guild Passenger Lists, Researched by Gary Griggs, 5/25/2005.
  36. Bernice Pergande Griggs Notes, 1992 Griggs Family Tree Booklet, Notes in the Noth Family History pages.
  37. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1895 Census.
  38. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper.
  39. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, History Article, June 17, 2004.
  40. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Membership, Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI, 1900.
  41. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1905 Census.
  42. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Excerpts from an August 23, 1907 article, re-printed August 23, 2007.
  43. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI.
  44. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 10.
  45. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 306 and 307.
  46. Scheer, Bill Research of the Zellmer Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 12/28/2005.
  47. Odiene Zellmer Research of the Zellmer Family, primarily as found in the Mormon Genealogy Library microfilms of the Jankendorf, Posen church registers., "Descendants of Zellmer" report, mailed to Gary Griggs, 3/18/2006.
  48. U.S. Census, Dodge County, WI, 1870 Census.
  49. Bill Scheer Research of the Kortbein, Noth and Kuthlow Families, "Descendants of Christian Scheer & Catharina Broetzmann" report e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 9/10/2004.
  50. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  51. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1930 Census.
  52. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/24/2023.
  53. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  54. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 69.
  55. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 590.
  56. Karen McCann Hett Research of the Behrens Family, e-mail to Arlyn Bernhardt, 8/31/2010, forwarded to Gary Griggs.
  57. Descendants of Johann Peter Hett report, by Karen McCann Hett, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 10/2/2010.
  58. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1179.
  59. Karen McCann Hett Research of the Behrens Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 9/1/2010.
  60. Carolyn Habelman, "Monroe Juneau Jackson County (WI) Genealogy Workshop Newsletter", November 2004, Page 4.
  61. U.S. Census, St. Croix County, WI, 1910 Census.
  62. U.S. Census, Wayne County, MI, 1930 Census.
  63. Obituary.
  64. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 6.
  65. Registration of Marriages, Monroe County, WI, located in the Registrar of Deeds Office, Sparta, WI., Information researched by Gary Griggs, 8/16/2006.
  66. History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, Pages 822 and 823.
  67. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/16/2003 .
  68. "Genealogical Branches From Monroe County, Wisconsin", Volume I, Article 230.
  69. Auguste Lydia Kewit Pergande Book of Dates (in possession of Gary Griggs).
  70. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper.
  71. Auguste Lydia Pergande Research of the Pergande Family, Letter to Kenneth Schamens, June 1969, copy forwarded to Gary Griggs, 9/1/2014.
  72. Doris Waege, Family Group Sheet, Monroe County, WI, in possession of Gary Griggs.
  73. Bill Scheer Research of the Kortbein, Noth and Kuthlow Families, e-mailed "Kuthlow Descendants Report" to Gary Griggs, 10/31/2003.
  74. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Record, Page 5.
  75. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 204.
  76. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1885 Census on FamilySearch.org.
  77. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1940 Census.
  78. Find A Grave Index Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 1/25/2022.
  79. History of Monroe County, Wisconsin--Past and Present, Including an acccount of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County, Page 823.
  80. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 5.
  81. "Standard Atlas of Monroe County", 1915 Edition.
  82. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1925.
  83. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1926.
  84. Auguste Lydia Pergande Research of the Pergande Family.
  85. Sparta Newspaper Index, 1867-1961.
  86. Funeral Memorial Card.
  87. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 202.
  88. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1875 Census on FamilySearch.org.
  89. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, "Journal Entry from Ridgeville" article by Lyda Lanier, 6/28/2007.
  90. Bernice Pergande Griggs Notes, 1992 Griggs Family Tree Booklet, (Noth Family pages.).
  91. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 8.
  92. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 92.
  93. Bernice Pergande Griggs Notes, 1992 Griggs Family Tree Booklet.
  94. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 6.
  95. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Extracted by Gary Griggs, 9/7/2003.
  96. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 2/3/2021.
  97. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1923's edition alumni list.
  98. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1922 Edition.
  99. Carolyn Habelman, "Monroe Juneau Jackson County (WI) Genealogy Workshop Newsletter", February 2003.
  100. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 310.
  101. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 66.
  102. Gravestone List, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.
  103. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Death and Burial Records, Page 15.
  104. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 9.
  105. Scheer, Bill Research of the Zellmer Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 1/5/2005.
  106. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 52.
  107. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 3.
  108. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Records, Page 217.
  109. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 54.
  110. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 58.
  111. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 59.
  112. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Ridgeville Township, Page 89.
  113. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Tomah Township, Page 114.
  114. Jim Dezotell e-mail to the VDV Gang, 6/2/2009.
  115. U.S. Census, Dane County, WI, 1930 Census.
  116. U.S. Social Security Death Index, Researched by Gary Griggs, 9/2/2010.
  117. Gravestone List, St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, WI, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 9/21/2003.
  118. Gravestone List, St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, WI.
  119. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 53.
  120. Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families, 7/11/2007.
  121. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 51.
  122. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death and Burial Records, Page 385.
  123. FamilySearch.org/Search Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/16/2023.
  124. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 58.
  125. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 64.
  126. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wilton Township, Page 129.
  127. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 67.
  128. U.S. Social Security Death Index , Information researched by Gary Griggs, 12/8/2007.
  129. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 50.
  130. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information excerpted, 9/18/2003.
  131. Monroe County, WI, Cemetery Database developed by Gary Griggs, 8/2007, Researched by Gary Griggs, 4/29/2009.
  132. Ancestry.com/Family-Tree Website
    https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/, KHS SLS Family Tree, researched by Gary Griggs, 1/28/2022.
  133. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 53.
  134. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1931 edition.
  135. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article, 6 Feb 2003.
  136. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 52.
  137. Gravestone List, Mount Vernon-Jacksonville Cemetery, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI, Information downloaded by Gary Griggs, 4/17/2004.
  138. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 747.
  139. Barbara Reisenauer Smith Research of the Reisenauer Family, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 12/28/2001.
  140. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1920 Edition.
  141. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/17/2003.
  142. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 101.
  143. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 68.
  144. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1926 edition.
  145. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1923 Edition.
  146. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 51.
  147. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 4/30/2014.
  148. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 4/30/2014.
  149. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/15/2021.
  150. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Ridgeville Township, Page 90.
  151. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 87.
  152. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944", Researched by Gary Griggs, 9/2/2010.
  153. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 4/8/2023.
  154. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1324.
  155. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death and Burial Records, Page 394.
  156. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted 9/21/2003.
  157. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wilton Township, Page 130.
  158. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Article about the 45th Class Reunion, 12/9/2002.
  159. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 1/4/2022.
  160. Sandra (Arndt) Noth Research of the Arndt Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 3/13/2010.
  161. Barbara Reisenauer Smith Research of the Reisenauer Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 8/18/2003.
  162. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Fifty-year Class Reunion and Picture, 10/11/2007.
  163. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Tomah Township, Page 111.
  164. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", LaGrange Township, Page 45.
  165. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", LaGrange Township, Page 46.
  166. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Lincoln Township, Page 62.
  167. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1434.
  168. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article about 1965 40th Class Reunion, dated 8/11/2005.
  169. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 221.
  170. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1138.
  171. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 336 and 337.
  172. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 338 and 339.
  173. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 2/26/2016.
  174. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 4/2/2015.
  175. Birth Announcement, Tomah Memorial Birth Center pictures in the Tomah Monitor-Herald, 11/5/2007.
  176. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 4/3/2014.