Fourth Generation

41. Laurella Marieta VON HADEN³⁶ was born in 1921 in Wisconsin.^22,66 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²² She was a "Boarder" at the home of John Von Haden, a granduncle.

. She appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶ She and her family were living with her father.

. Laurella died on 17 August 1970 at the age of 49 in Wisconsin.^66,67 She was buried in August 1970 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (She was listed as "Laurella" in the 1940 Census and on her Minnesota marriage certificate in 1962.)

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Laurella Marieta VON HADEN and William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\) were married on 8 August 1962 in Winona, Winona County, MN.^47,68 William "Howard" TAFT Sr. (\), son of Wallace Frederich TAFT and Minnie Etta ROOT, was born on 23 May 1917 in Monroe County, WI.^23,43,68,69 (The Monroe County Birth Registration Index lists his year of birth as 1917, but other sources list it as 1916.)

One of his hobbies was genealogy. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.²² Howard appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶ His household was at 1611 Superior Avenue and his occupation was "Livestock Dealer, Buying and Selling Livestock." He died of tuberculosis on 25 August 1980 at the age of 63.^68,70 He was buried on 28 August 1980 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^26,71 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Laurella Marieta VON HADEN and Leland Delano "Toland" PURDY were married on 2 October 1937.^39,43,72 They^39,43,72 were divorced in August 1951 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^43,67 Leland Delano "Toland" PURDY, son of Floyd Pearl PURDY and Nita Margie DICKINSON, was born on 28 January 1918 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.^9,43,67,73 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.²² He appeared in the census in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶ He and his family were living with his wife's father and his occupation was "Assistant Weight Man, Cooperative Creamery." Toland died on 31 December 1963 at the age of 45 in Rochester, Olmstead County, MN.^39,67,73 He was buried in Rochester, Olmstead County, MN.⁶⁷

Laurella Marieta VON HADEN and Leland Delano "Toland" PURDY had the following children: