Third Generation

9. Gottlieb Friedrich Wilhelm "William" GNEWIKOW was born on 22 August 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,4,27,28,68 (His confirmation record lists his name as "Wilhelm Friedrich Gottlieb.") He was baptized on 18 September 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ William was confirmed on 29 March 1885 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He 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 William appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ He died on 26 February 1941 at the age of 70 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^4,69 He was buried in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ in the Pilgrim's Home Cemetery.

Gottlieb Friedrich Wilhelm "William" GNEWIKOW and Alwine Emilie Ernestine "Vena" KUTHLOW were married on 12 June 1899 in Monroe County, WI.^{1,31,68,71,72} (They were second cousins.) Alwine Emilie Ernestine "Vena" KUTHLOW, daughter of Friedrich KUTHLOW and Wilhelmine KUTHLOW, was born on 21 April 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,4,10,27,73 (Her name was listed as "Vena" in the 1880 Census.) She was baptized on 6 May 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Vena was confirmed on 22 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She 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 Vena appeared in the census in 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ She died on 1 February 1955 at the age of 77 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,4,25

(Her obituary is not dated, but it lists her age as 79. With a birth year of 1877, that would have meant that she died in 1956. But, her obituary indicates that she died on a Tuesday; that could not have been in February of 1956, because Tuesday was the 3rd. She probably died on February 1, 1955, which was a Tuesday, at the age of 78. Family research lists her year of death as 1953.)

Gottlieb Friedrich Wilhelm "William" GNEWIKOW and Alwine Emilie Ernestine "Vena" KUTHLOW had the following children: