Third Generation

9. Carl Wilhelm "Charlie" PERGANDE was born on 26 October 1893 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{2,5,11,53,54,55} (The birth registration index lists his name as "Charles William.") He was baptized on 24 December 1893 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ Charlie appeared in the census in 1905 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ He was confirmed on 12 April 1908 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁵ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ Between 1920 and 1960 Charlie was a farmer in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,56 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ He appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ Charlie appeared in the census in 1940 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ He appeared in the census in 1950 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ His occupation was "Farmer, Farm." He died on 1 June 1971 at the age of 77 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^2,11 He is listed as Charles Pergande in his Social Security records (SSN 387-36-7370). Charlie was buried in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁸ in the Mount Vernon Cemetery.

Carl Wilhelm "Charlie" PERGANDE and Alma Frieda Edna KOEHLER were married on 1 October 1919 in Monroe County, WI.^11,56,59 Alma Frieda Edna KOEHLER, daughter of Franz Wilhelm KOEHLER and Maria Regina SCHAPPE, was born on 31 October 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,53,60 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ Alma appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ She appeared in the census in 1940 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁷ She appeared in the census in 1950 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ Alma died on 22 February 2001 at the age of 100 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,60

Obituary Notes: "Alma F. Pergande, 100, of Tomah, died Thursday, Feb 22, 2001, at the Tomah Healthcare Center. She was born Oct. 31, 1900, one of 10 daughters to Frank and Mary (Schappa) Koehler in the Town of Wilton on Dorset Ridge. She was united in marriage to Charles Pergande on Oct. 1, 1919. They farmed in the Town of Wilton for 38 years until they moved to Tomah in 1960. Her husband Charles preceded her in death on June 1, 1971. Alma was a past member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Wilton and a current member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Tomah.

She is survived by a daughter, Arlene Baerwald of Tomah; two sisters, Edna Dinger of Milwaukee and Wilma Kohl of New London; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; a son-in-law, Arthur Baerwald; seven sisters, Anna Faulkner, Elsie Wappler, Cecil Noth, Margaret Cole, Clara Labombarde and infant sisters Freida and Ida." She was buried on 26 February 2001 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,58 in the Mount Vernon Cemetery.

Carl Wilhelm "Charlie" PERGANDE and Alma Frieda Edna KOEHLER had the following children: