Fourth Generation

35. Ida Emilie BREHMER was born on 17 September 1873 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{57,77,84,86,206,221,233} She was baptized on 6 October 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Her sponsors were Wilhelmine Kuhn and Johann Bartels. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ Ida was confirmed on 3 April 1887 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1910 in West Norway Township, Wells County, ND.²¹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1920 in West Norway Township, Wells County, ND.²³⁴ Ida lived at her home in Fessenden, West Norway Township, Wells County, ND in October 1925.¹¹³ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Hamburg, Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.²³⁵ She died on 21 November 1953 at the age of 80 in Fargo, Cass County, ND.^{83,84,206,221} Ida was buried on 25 November 1953 in Hamburg, Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.^83,206 in the Concordia Cemetery. This beautiful cemetery is situated one mile west and south from the Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church. All of the stones are in perfect lines; beautiful trees surround three sides and a fence borders the fourth side. All of this cemetery is very well kept and well loved. Stones are in excellent shape and the grass is perfectly mown. The people buried here, for the most part, are German Lutherans. This cemetery dates back to the early-1900s and is still in use occasionally.

Ida Emilie BREHMER and Ernst August Carl AFFELDT were married on 24 March 1897 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{84,150,206,220,221,233} at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. (Her surname is spelled "Bremer" in the marriage records.) They had five children. Ernst August Carl AFFELDT²³⁶, son of Karl Friedrich Wilhelm AFFELDT and Anna ZELLMER, was born on 10 January 1868 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.^{206,221,233,236} He appeared in the census in 1870 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.²³⁷ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Lebanon Township, Dodge County, WI.²³⁸ Ernst appeared in the census in 1910 in West Norway Township, Wells County, ND.²¹⁰ He appeared in the census in 1920 in West Norway Township, Wells County, ND.²³⁴ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He appeared in the census in 1930 in Hamburg, Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.²³⁵ Ernst died on 11 January 1936 at the age of 68 in Fessenden, West Norway Township, Wells County, ND.^206,221 He was buried in Hamburg, Hamburg Township, Wells County, ND.²⁰⁶ in the Concordia Cemetery.

Ida Emilie BREHMER and Ernst August Carl AFFELDT had the following children: