Third Generation

17. Paul Friedrich Wilhelm KEWIT was born on 26 January 1879 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{1,25,27,38,45,46,77,89} He was baptized on 23 February 1879 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,27 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church as Friedrich Wilhelm Paul Jaskewitz. His sponsors were Ludwig Friske (her father's mother's brother), Friedrich Jaskewitz (her father's brother) and Maria Albrecht (relationship unknown). He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Paul appeared in the census in 1885 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He was confirmed on 18 March 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸⁹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ Paul appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ He was living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴² He was living with his parents and his occupation was "Farm Laborer." Between 1906 and 1942 he was a farmer in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ His 75-acre farm was immediately to the south of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School. Five acres of his property had been donated to the church when it was originally built in the 1860's. Paul appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ Before 1937 Paul was a storeowner in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ of the Ridgeville Store. He appeared in the census in 1940 in Little Falls Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ He died on 4 August 1949 at the age of 70 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,52,77 Obituary Notes: "Frederick Paul Kewit was born on January 26, 1879 in the town of Ridgeville, Monroe County, Wisconsin, and lived in this vicinity all of his life. He passed away at his home in Sparta on August 4, 1949. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Ridgeville.

In 1906 he was united in marriage with Anna Marquardt and settled on his parents' farm in the town of Ridgeville. In 1922 he moved to Clifton with his family, where he operated a department store for one year. He then moved back to the farm at Ridgeville. His wife preceded him in death March 8, 1936. Twelve children were born to this union, one of whom preceded him in death in infancy.

In 1938 he bought a farm in the town of Little Falls, which he operated for five years. On Dec. 30, 1939, he was united in marriage with Susan Schulz, the former Susan Meyer. In 1942 they moved to Sparta and he spent the remainder of his life in that city.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Susan Kewit; eight daughters and three sons, Mrs. Harry (Helen) Westpfahl, Mrs. Carl (Ada) Miller, Mrs. Robert (Gertrude) Giraud, Mrs. Curtis (Violet) Farmer, Mrs. Roland (Beatrice) Wakefield, Mrs. Carl (Margaret) Drew, Mrs. Edward (Jeanette) Becker, Mrs. Allan (Ardella) Gerke, Harold, Kenneth, and Marvin Kewit; eight sons-in-law; 17 grandchildren, and four sisters, Mrs. Fred Noth, Mrs. Amelia Noth, Mrs. George Vincenz and Mrs. Lydia Pergande; also one step-son, Willard Schulz, and three step-daughters.

Funeral services were held at the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Sparta on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 7, and interment was in Oak Grove Cemetery at Tomah." Paul was buried on 7 August 1949 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^16,25,77,120 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (His surname is spelled "Kewitt" in the Oak Grove Cemetery records.)
He has Ancestral File Number L2N2-G3H.

Paul Friedrich Wilhelm KEWIT and Annie Maria "Anna" MARQUARDT were married on 5 June 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{25,31,77,107,121,122} at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Their witnesses were August Marquardt (one of her brothers) and Meta Kewit (one of his sisters). (His given name was listed as "Friedrich" in the Marriage Registration Index.) Annie Maria "Anna" MARQUARDT, daughter of Albert Gustav MARQUARDT and Augustine Alwine BREHMER, was born on 25 September 1886 in New York Mills, Otter Tail County, MN.^{1,25,77,122,123,124} in Newton Township. (Her birth date is listed as 13 Sep 1886 in her church confirmation record.) She was confirmed on 8 April 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in June 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ Anna appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ Anna died on 8 March 1936 at the age of 49 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,77,123 Obituary Notes: "Anna Marie Marquardt was born on September 25, 1886, at Newton, Minnesota, and came to Ridgeville, south of Tomah, with her parents in 1887. In 1907 she was united in marriage with Paul Kewit in Ridgeville and has since resided in that community. Twelve children were born to this union.

After a lingering illness (asthma), Mrs. Kewit passed away at her home on last Sunday morning, March 9, at the age of 49 years, five months and 13 days.

One daughter, Ruth Ada, her mother, Mrs. Augusta Marquardt, and two sisters, Mrs. John Dittman and Tressa Marquardt, preceded her in death. Deceased is survived by her husband, Paul Kewit, eight daughters, Mrs. Harry Westphal, Mrs. Carl Miller, Mrs. Robert Giraud, Mrs. Curtis Farmer, Beatrice, Margaret, Jeanette and Ardella Kewit; three sons, Harold, Kenneth and Marion Kewit; her father, Albert Marquardt; four sisters, Mrs. Fred Albrecht, Mrs. George Libke, Mrs. Henry Gnewikow, all of Sparta, and Mrs. Ed Rice of Waukegan, Ill.; one brother, August Marquardt, Sparta; her mother-in-law, Mrs. Ernestine Kewit; two grandchildren, Duane Giraud and Beverly Ann Farmer, besides many other relatives and a host of friends.

Funeral services were held at the home in Ridgeville on Tuesday afternoon, Rev. C. E. Berg officiating. Interment was in the Oak Grove Cemetery." She was buried on 10 March 1936 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{16,25,120,123}

Paul Friedrich Wilhelm KEWIT and Annie Maria "Anna" MARQUARDT had the following children:

Paul Friedrich Wilhelm KEWIT and Suzanna "Susan" MEYER were married on 30 December 1939 in Little Falls Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,43,51 (He and his wife cannot be located in the 1940 Census, although he lived on a farm in Little Falls Township, Monroe County, between 1938 and 1942.) Suzanna "Susan" MEYER was born on 12 July 1896 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI. She died on 10 December 1964 at the age of 68 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI. She was buried on 14 December 1964 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI. at Woodlawn Cemetery.