Fourth Generation

19. Carl Bernhard "Charles" DROWATZKY was born on 31 December 1871 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^8,10 He was baptized on 19 June 1872 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was confirmed on 12 April 1894 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁸ Charles appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² His wife's sister Minnie was living in his household and his occupation was listed as "Assistant Cashier, Bank." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ His household was at 123 West Monowau Street and his occupation was "President, Bank." Charles died in 1940 at the age of 69.⁸ He was buried in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^8,15 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. He was a banker in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ Charles was Mayor of Tomah, president of the Bank of Tomah, and active in the Tomah community.

Carl Bernhard "Charles" DROWATZKY and Ida Emilie Alwine "Edith" PINGEL were married on 11 April 1894 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^12,13,59 (The 1900 Census indicates that they had 3 children, of whom all were living at the time; only two were listed in their household.) Ida Emilie Alwine "Edith" PINGEL, daughter of Joachim C. C. PINGEL and Emilie Auguste L. UTTECH, was born on 30 July 1875 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^10,12,60,61 She was baptized on 12 September 1875 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ Edith was confirmed on 14 April 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ She was listed as "Eda." She appeared in the census in 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² Edith appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She lived at her home in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI in December 1946.⁶² She died in 1980 at the age of 105.¹⁵ Edith was buried in 1980 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Carl Bernhard "Charles" DROWATZKY and Ida Emilie Alwine "Edith" PINGEL had the following children:

+51	i.	Leon Charles DROWATZKY.
52	ii.	Florence Beatrice DROWATZKY was born on 3 September 1898 in Monroe County, WI.^15,23 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² Florence graduated in 1917 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶³ from Tomah High School. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She was living with her parents. She died on 13 February 1995 at the age of 96.¹⁵ Florence was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (Her gravestone lists her surname as "Drow.")
53	iii.	John Theodore DROWATZKY was born on 27 December 1909 in Monroe County, WI.^12,23 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴