Second Generation

2. Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" SEVERLOH Sr.¹ was born on 27 October 1834 in Repke, Kreis Uelzen, Hannover Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2 He emigrated in 1872 from Hannover Province, Preussen (Prussia).¹ About 1880 he was a railroad section hand in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ Henry appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ (His surname was spelled as "Selflowgh." That is believed to have been a spelling error by the census enumerator.) He appeared in the census in 1900 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ He died on 12 December 1914 at the age of 80 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,2 Henry was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,5 in the Lincoln Township Cemetery.

Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" SEVERLOH Sr. and Catherine Dorothee Maria "Mary" ZAHRTE were married on 13 December 1863 in Nettelkamp, Kreis Uelzen, Hannover Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,4,6 (According to the 1900 Census, they had 10 children, of whom 8 were living at the time.) Catherine Dorothee Maria "Mary" ZAHRTE, daughter of Joachim Heinrich ZAHRTE and Catherine Sophia LEHMKER, was born on 30 September 1842 in Nienwohlde, Kreis Uelzen, Hannover Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2,3 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ Mary was buried in 1927 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,5 in the Lincoln Township Cemetery. She died in 1927 at the age of 85 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,2

Johann Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" SEVERLOH Sr. and Catherine Dorothee Maria "Mary" ZAHRTE had the following children:

+3	i.	Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry" SEVERLOH Jr..
+4	ii.	Maria Dorothea Elisabeth SEVERLOH.
+5	iii.	Dorothea Henriette Elisabeth "Dora" SEVERLOH.
+6	iv.	Anna SEVERLOH.
+7	v.	Emma Marie Dorothea SEVERLOH.
+8	vi.	Sophia Maria Wilhelmine Elise "Minnie" SEVERLOH.
9	vii.	Auguste Elisabeth Sophia SEVERLOH was born on 2 May 1876 in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,7 (The 1880 Census listed her birth place as Germany; that was an error.) She was baptized on 14 May 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.³ Auguste appeared in the census in 1900 in Grant Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ She was living with her parents. She died on 21 August 1954 at the age of 78.¹
+10	viii.	Juliana Mathilde "Julia" SEVERLOH.
11	ix.	Sophia Louise Dorothea "Lizzie" SEVERLOH was born on 6 September 1880 in Rudds Mill, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,7 She was baptized on 12 December 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She died on 18 December 1888 at the age of 8.² Lizzie was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.² in the Lincoln Township Cemetery.
12	x.	William "Willie" SEVERLOH was born on 12 January 1884.^1,2 He died on 19 December 1888 at the age of 4.² He was buried in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.² in the Lincoln Township Cemetery.