Third Generation

10. Lilla Emilie "Lela" SOMMERFIELD was born on 25 June 1895 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,33,60 She was baptized on 21 July 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³ Lela appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ She died on 4 June 1986 at the age of 90 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,33 She was buried on 9 June 1986 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^33,61 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Lilla Emilie "Lela" SOMMERFIELD and Walter BIRR were married before 1920.^19,32 (She was not living with her parents during the 1920 Census.) Walter BIRR, son of Karl BIRR and Louise HENKE, was born on 9 February 1892 in Wisconsin.^14,33 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ Walter died on 24 March 1959 at the age of 67.³³ He was buried on 28 March 1959 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^33,61 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.