Second Generation

2. Gottlieb KIRST was born on 2 June 1808 in Sachsen (Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2,3 He emigrated in 1855 from Altenburg, Sachsen (Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,4 After living in Illinois, they migrated to Lafayette Township, Monroe County, WI in 1859. He was Lutheran on 28 February 1869 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ He became a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Gottlieb appeared in the census in 1870 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.² He died on 2 February 1896 at the age of 87 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,6 He was buried on 5 February 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,7,8 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Gottlieb KIRST and Sophia WIEDEMANN were married in 1837 in Sachsen (Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).¹ Sophia WIEDEMANN, daughter of (Unknown) WIEDEMANN and (Unknown) UNKNOWN (WIEDEMANN), was born on 8 September 1814 in Sachsen (Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2,9,10 (Her surname may have been spelled "Wiedenmann," but her burial record lists it as "Stietmann.")

(According to her burial record, she was born in "Stolitz Altenburg Sachten Herzogshinn.") She appeared in the census in 1870 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.² She died on 16 March 1871 at the age of 56.^6,10 Sophia was buried on 19 March 1871 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,10 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Gottlieb KIRST and Sophia WIEDEMANN had the following children: