Third Generation


3. Caroline "Carrie" WURSTER was born in 1873 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.3,13,14 (Her given name is listed in some sources as "Karlene," but in the cemetery records as "Caroline.") She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.3 She died in 1893 at the age of 20.13 She must have died before June 1900 because her daughter, Carrie, was living with the child's grandmother, Kate Ferris, during the 1900 Census. Carrie was buried in 1893 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.13 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Caroline "Carrie" WURSTER and Charles Henry FERRIES were married on 31 August 1892 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.3,7,14,15 (Her surname is listed as "Wurster" in the Marriage Record Index, but as "Worster" in the Genealogical Branches article about their marriage. There were no "Worster" families in Monroe County about that time, but there were several by the name of "Wurster."

Their witnesses were George Howard and Ernestina Switz Howard.
Charles Henry FERRIES16, son of William H. FERRIES and Margaret HARLAND, was born on 25 March 1872 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.3,6,10,14,17 His surname was spelled "Ferries" on his Marriage Registration Certificate. He appeared in the census in 1875 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.18 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.3 He was living with his parents during the Census. In 1892 Charles was a clerk in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.14 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He was living by himself. His wife Carrie had died, but it is not known why their daughter Carrie was not living with him; she was with her grandmother, "Kate Ferris." He appeared in the census in 1905 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.19 Charles appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.5 His household consisted of himself; his wife, Emma; his daughter, Carrie; and his sons, Herbert, Irvin, Lester and Harvey. (His surname was listed as "Feris.") He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.10 (His surname was listed as "Ferris.") He appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.11 His occupation was "Farmer, General Farming." Charles appeared in the census in 1940 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.20 He was living with his son Ervin. He died on 26 April 1942 at the age of 70.17,21 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.22 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Caroline "Carrie" WURSTER and Charles Henry FERRIES had the following children:

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Carrie Eva FERRIES was born on 25 January 1893 in Monroe County, WI.6,12 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She was living in the household of her grandmother, "Kate Ferris" along with Kate's son John Pratt and her sister Mary Evans. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.5 She was living with her father and step-mother and their family.