Third Generation

27. Friedrich Wilhelm "Bill" SONNENBERG was born on 2 May 1883.^9,24,47 (Some family records list his birth place as Germay, but his parents were married in Buffalo and it is believed that he was born in either New York or Wisconsin.) He appeared in the census in 1895 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1905 in Kendall, Glendale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ He was living alone and his occupation was "Laborer." Bill died on 18 March 1946 at the age of 62.^24,48

Friedrich Wilhelm "Bill" SONNENBERG and Bertha NEUENDORF were married on 5 January 1909.^24,49 Bertha NEUENDORF, daughter of Johann August NEUENDORF and Frances FISCHER, was born (date unknown).

Friedrich Wilhelm "Bill" SONNENBERG and Bertha NEUENDORF had the following children:

+94	i.	Raymond M. J. SONNENBERG.
+95	ii.	Mildred SONNENBERG.
96	iii.	Erwin William "Ervin" SONNENBERG was born on 21 January 1916 in Monroe County, WI.^24,50 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ (He was living in the household of his uncle and aunt, Ed and Ida Nuendorf.) He died in 1994 at the age of 78.²⁴
97	iv.	Kenneth Earl SONNENBERG was born on 10 May 1919 in Monroe County, WI.⁵⁰ He appeared in the census in 1930 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ He was listed as a "nephew" in the John and Tillie Pergande household. Tillie was a sister of his father. He died before 2001 at the age of 82.^24,28 (He was not listed with his parents in the 1930 Census.)