Thirteenth Generation

137. Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) was born on 21 January 1903 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.^{26,27,57,86,177,184,185} in Union Valley.

(This is a picture of Hugh, his wife Meta, and her parents.) He appeared in the census in 1910 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ Hugh graduated in 1924 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁶ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ He was baptized on 23 July 1930 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁵ Hugh died on 24 March 1997 at the age of 94 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.^27,57 He was buried on 27 March 1997 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.⁵⁷ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens. This is a picture of Hugh and Meta's family: Back row, left to right: Hugh, Meta, and Otho; Front row: Bernard, Karen, Darrell, Marceida, and Ortwin.

Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) and Meta Helena WILDE were married on 4 May 1927 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^57,187 Meta Helena WILDE, daughter of Franz Friedrich Karl WILDE and Emma Ernestine Adedhied REETZ, was born on 19 August 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^57,84,86,188 She was baptized on 13 September 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁸ Meta appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ She was confirmed in 1922 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ Meta appeared in the census in 1940 in Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹⁰ She died on 17 December 1989 at the age of 81 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.⁵⁷ She was buried on 20 December 1989 in Beloit, Beloit Township, Rock County, WI.⁵⁷ in the Floral Lawns Memorial Gardens in South Beloit

Hugh Phillip PURDY (~) and Meta Helena WILDE had the following children:

285	i.	Marceida Mary Lou PURDY (~) was born on 13 May 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,84,86,191 She was baptized on 16 June 1928 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ Marceida died before February 2017 at the age of 88.⁴⁵
+286	ii.	Otho Hugh PURDY (~).
+287	iii.	Bernard Lee PURDY (~).
+288	iv.	Ortwin Laverne PURDY (~).
+289	v.	Darrel Phillip PURDY (~).
+290	vi.	Karen Irene PURDY (~).