Third Generation


7. Emma A. BOETTCHER was born on 6 November 1888 in Wisconsin.4,17 (The Greenfield Cemetery records list her birth year as 1887.) She appeared in the census in 1900 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.3 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.6 Emma appeared in the census in 1920 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.4 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.7 She was buried in 1939 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.17,18 in ghe Greenfield Cemetery. Emma died in 1939 at the age of 51 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.17,18 She died from burns suffered when a lantern exploded.

Emma A. BOETTCHER and Frederick Paul "Fred" SONNENBURG III were married about October 1909.4,6,7,18 (According to the Census record, they had been married 6 months when the Census was conducted in April 1910.) Frederick Paul "Fred" SONNENBURG III, son of Friedrich August SONNENBURG and Bertha A. TESSMAN, was born on 27 July 1882 in Monroe County, WI.4,7,9 (His surname was spelled "Sonnenburg" in both the 1920 and 1930 Census'.) (According to the 1920 Census, his parents were born in Germany.) He appeared in the census in 1900 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.3 He appeared in the census in 1905 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.19 He was living with his parents and his occupation was "Farm Laborer." Fred appeared in the census in April 1910 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.4 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.7 Fred was buried in 1967 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.17,18 in the Greenfield Cemetery. He died in 1967 at the age of 85.17,18

Emma A. BOETTCHER and Frederick Paul "Fred" SONNENBURG III had the following children:

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Dahlia Leona "Della" SONNENBURG.

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Leo Paul SONNENBURG.

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Amelia Emma SONNENBURG.

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Dorothy M. SONNENBURG.

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Arnold Dorward SONNENBURG.