Second Generation


7. Emilie Emma "Amelia" SOMMERFELDT was born on 1 April 1873 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.7,8,32,39 She was baptized on 5 November 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.7 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.12 Amelia was confirmed on 18 April 1886 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.7 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.3 (She was listed as "Millie.") She died on 18 August 1951 at the age of 78 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.32 Amelia was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.31,51 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Emilie Emma "Amelia" SOMMERFELDT and Emil Ludwig HOFFMANN were married on 6 May 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.22,32,39 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

(Her surname is listed as "Sommerfeld" in the church and Monroe County marriage records.) Emil Ludwig HOFFMANN, son of Christoph HOFFMANN and Anna Louisa PFARR, was born on 12 May 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.2,7,32,34 (He was listed as "Ludwig Emil" in his baptism reocrd and as "Amiel" in the 1870 Census.) He was baptized on 5 June 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.7 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in June 1870 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.2 Emil was confirmed on 6 April 1884 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.7 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.3 He was Lutheran in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.5 and was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Emil died on 12 July 1965 at the age of 95 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.32 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.31,51 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.