Third Generation

8. Rudolph Adolph Wilhelm SOMMERFIELD was born on 4 June 1890 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^8,20,52,53 He was baptized on 29 June 1890 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³ Rudolph was confirmed on 16 April 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵³ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General." He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." Rudolph died in 1972 at the age of 82.¹³ He was buried in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵² in the Mount Vernon Cemetery.

Rudolph Adolph Wilhelm SOMMERFIELD and Anna Matilda "Annie" NEAS were married on 14 May 1913 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,55 Anna Matilda "Annie" NEAS, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm NEAS and Emilie Emma ZELLMER, was born on 8 November 1888 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,32,55 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.³ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She was living with her parents. Annie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰ She died on 12 April 1988 at the age of 99 in Belvidere, Boone County, IL.³² Annie was buried in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵² in the Mount Vernon Cemetery.

Rudolph Adolph Wilhelm SOMMERFIELD and Anna Matilda "Annie" NEAS had the following children: