| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Third Generation8. Amelia Mathilde M. "Mathilda" SCHMALZ was born on 11 December 1856 in Pawlowko, Kreis Wongrowitz, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,40,49 She was baptized on 26 December 1856.40 Her sponsors were Gottlieb Zawall (?), Gottfried Mittelstaedt and Henriette Zawall (?). She emigrated in 1882 from Preussen (Prussia).18,50 They resided in Warrens, Lincoln Township, for a few years. They then bought a farm in Ridgeville Township. Mathilda 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 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.41 Mathilda appeared in the census in 1940 in South Ridge, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.47 She was living in the household of her daughter Minnie and her family. She died on 10 March 1943 at the age of 86 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.1,49,50 She was buried on 12 March 1943 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.51 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery. Amelia Mathilde M. "Mathilda" SCHMALZ and Ludwig Louis BIRKHOLZ were married on 7 October 1877 in Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).1,49,50,52 Ludwig Louis BIRKHOLZ, son of Martin BIRKHOLZ and Anna Elisabeth JESSE, was born on 25 February 1855 in Sypniewo, Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).18,49,50 (His birth place was listed as "Calmar" in the Monroe County Heritage Book.) He was baptized on 11 March 1855 in Sypniewo, Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).49 He emigrated in 1882 from Germany.18,50 Between 1882 and 1910 Ludwig was a farmer in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.50 He was Lutheran in 1889 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.53 He is listed in the Communion Register at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.18 Ludwig appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.29 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.41 He died on 17 January 1938 at the age of 82 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.49,50 (He may have died on 23 Jan 1938.) Ludwig was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.51 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery. Amelia Mathilde M. "Mathilda" SCHMALZ and Ludwig Louis BIRKHOLZ had the following children:
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