Tenth Generation

513. Ethel May GETMAN was born on 10 April 1887 in Wisconsin.^{65,138,361,363} She appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁵ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁶ Ethel appeared in the census in 1940 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷⁰ She was listed as a "Maid" in the household of her future husband, Fred Taft. She was buried in 1960 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^211,361,362 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. She died in 1960 at the age of 73.^361,363

Ethel May GETMAN and Wallace Frederich "Fred" TAFT were married after 1942.^107,363,364 Wallace Frederich "Fred" TAFT, son of Charles Wright TAFT and Ida Elizabeth CRAPP, was born on 19 January 1876 in Wisconsin.^{57,268,357,358,359} He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Grand Rapids Township, Wood County, WI.³⁶⁰ His occupation was "Miller, Flour Mill." Fred lived at his home in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI about 1902. About 1905 he was a hearse driver in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸¹ and he owned one of the first cars in Tomah. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁵ Fred appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁶ His household was at 1121 Oak Street in the second ward. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁷ His household was at 517 Pearl Street and consisted of Wallace, age 53; his wife, Nellie, age 53; and his son, Howard, age 13. His occupation was "Live Stock Buyer."

. He appeared in the census in 1940 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷⁰ His household was at 517 Pear Street and his occupation was "Buyer, Livestock Shipper." Fred died on 16 November 1946 at the age of 70.^268,359 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^361,362 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.