Fourth Generation

41. Wilhelmine Sophia "Minnie" BIRKHOLZ was born on 9 March 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^18,50,121 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ Minnie appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ She appeared in the census in 1940 in South Ridge, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁷ Minnie died on 8 March 1943 at the age of 47 in Arlington, Northampton County, VA.^50,121 (She may have died in 1942.) She was buried in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²¹ in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.

Wilhelmine Sophia "Minnie" BIRKHOLZ and Henry George BRANDAU Jr. were married on 15 October 1913 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,121 Henry George BRANDAU Jr., son of Heinrich Adam BRANDAU and Katharina Dorothea EHMER, was born on 3 October 1886 in Weissenhasel, Kreis Rotenburg, Hessen (Hesse) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^18,121 (According to the 1900 Census, he was born in October 1887.) He emigrated in March 1895 from Weissenhasel, Kreis Rotenburg, Hessen (Hesse) Province, Preussen (Prussia).²⁹ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ Henry appeared in the census in 1910 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ Between 1913 and 1963 he was a farmer in Monroe County, WI.⁵⁰ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ Henry appeared in the census in 1930 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴³ He appeared in the census in 1940 in South Ridge, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁷ His occupation was "Farmer, Farm." He died on 1 August 1964 at the age of 77 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^50,121,122 (He may have died on 2 Aug 1964.) Henry was buried in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²¹ in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.

Wilhelmine Sophia "Minnie" BIRKHOLZ and Henry George BRANDAU Jr. had the following children:

+115	i.	Lt. Col. Otto Henry BRANDAU.
+116	ii.	Harvey Martin BRANDAU.
+117	iii.	Edna Dorothea BRANDAU.
+118	iv.	Harold Rudolph "Dick" BRANDAU.
119	v.	Irene Marie BRANDAU was born on 24 April 1922 in Monroe County, WI.^50,92 She died on 9 December 1929 at the age of 7.^50,121 She was buried in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹²¹ in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.
+120	vi.	Carl Ludwig BRANDAU.