First Generation

1. Wilhelm "William" WESTPHAL Sr. was born in 1851 in Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^1,2,3,4,5 (His surname was spelled "Westphal" in the baptism record of his daughter Ida and in the 1910 Census. In the 1880 Census, it was listed as "Westfall.") He emigrated in 1877 from Preussen (Prussia).^2,5 About 1880 he was a railroad worker in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹ William appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ His household was on Jackson Street in the 3rd Ward and his occupation was "Farmer, Retired." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ His household was on Jackson Street. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.² William died on 15 December 1935 at the age of 84.⁷ He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Wilhelm "William" WESTPHAL Sr. and Wilhelmine "Minna" MARKS were married in October 1873 in Germany.⁸ Wilhelmine "Minna" MARKS was born on 21 October 1853 in Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).⁸ She emigrated in 1877 from Germany.^5,8 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ Minna appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.² She died on 7 June 1946 at the age of 92 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸

Wilhelm "William" WESTPHAL Sr. and Wilhelmine "Minna" MARKS had the following children:

2	i.	Wilhelm W. "William" WESTPHAL Jr. died before January 1965.⁷
3	ii.	Edward "Ed" WESTPHAL was born in 1876 in Preussen (Prussia).^1,3 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list his surname as "Westphal.") He died in 1940 at the age of 64.³ He was buried in 1940 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
+4	iii.	Ida Wilhelmine Augustine WESTPHAL.
5	iv.	Hulda WESTPHAL was born in 1879 in Wisconsin.^1,3 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list her surname as "Westphal.") She died in 1881 at the age of 2.³ She was buried in 1881 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
+6	v.	August WESTPHAL.
+7	vi.	Emil A. WESTPHAL.
+8	vii.	Anna WESTPHAL.
9	viii.	Minnie WESTPHAL was born on 29 July 1893 in Tunnel City, Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ She was living with her parents. Minnie appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.² She was living with her parents. She died on 15 January 1965 at the age of 71 in Madison, Dane County, WI.⁸ She was buried on 18 January 1965 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
10	ix.	(Unknown Infant Son) WESTPHAL was born (date unknown).