Fourth Generation

26. Loisa "Louise" BREHMER²⁰³ was born on 18 November 1855 in Rossow, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^57,77,84 (The 1880 Census listed her birth place as Wisconsin; that was an error.) She emigrated on 2 May 1857 from Sassenhagen, Kreis Saatzig, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).⁸² She appeared in the census in 1860 in Menomonee Township, Waukesha County, WI.⁴⁰ Louise was confirmed on 21 April 1869 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁵ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ Louise died before 1916 at the age of 61.⁵⁹ She was not mentioned as a survivor in the church death record of her mother. She has Ancestral File Number G3Z9-V6M. Her full name is listed in the "Evangelische Kirche Rossow" record of her birth as "Auguste Frederike Louise." Her birth date is listed as 19 August and her baptism date as 2 September.

Loisa "Louise" BREHMER and Johann Joachim Heinrich "John" LIEBKE were married on 30 May 1871 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^5,77,84,150 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. (His surname, and that of his father, is spelled "Luebke" in the church record of his marriage.) Johann Joachim Heinrich "John" LIEBKE, son of Johann Joachim Casper LUEBCKE and Anna Maria Sophia FRIEMANN, was born on 8 November 1848 in Neu Herzfelt, Mecklenburg-Schwerin Province, Preussen (Prussia).^5,57,77 (The 1880 Census listed his birth place as "Mecklenburg.") He appeared in the census in 1860 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁹ (He was listed as "John.") He was confirmed on 21 May 1865 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. John was Lutheran about 1865 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁵ He is listed as member number 79 of the first 100 members of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in the church records. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁵ He was living with his father. Their surname was spelled "Libek" and their birth place was listed as "Schwerin Meckelberg." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ His household consisted of him and his wife, Louise. His surname was spelled "Leibke" and his occupation was "Farmer." John died on 2 November 1882 at the age of 33 in Plankinton, Aurora County, SD.⁵

Loisa "Louise" BREHMER and Johann Joachim Heinrich "John" LIEBKE had the following children: