Seventh Generation

270. Emilie Auguste Louise "Amelia" GNEWIKOW was born on 7 February 1863 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,21,87 (Her confirmation record lists her birth date as 7 Jan 1863.) She was baptized on 29 March 1863 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Her sponsors were Wilhelm Albrecht, Maria Gnewikow and Louise Jaskewitz. She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Amelia was confirmed on 25 March 1877 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ She died on 21 March 1895 at the age of 32 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸³ Amelia died upon the birth of her son Ferdinand. Amelia was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸⁷ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church cemetery.

Emilie Auguste Louise "Amelia" GNEWIKOW and Carl Ferdinand Eduard WAEGE Sr. were married on 8 December 1881 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^64,77 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Carl Ferdinand Eduard WAEGE Sr., son of August Friedrich Ferdinand WAEGE and Dorothea Wilhelmine Friederike KAMRATH, was born on 14 October 1855 in Kreis Naugard, Regierungsbezirk Stettin, Pommern (Pomerania) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^19,21,87,236 (He was listed as " Ferdinand Carl" when he became a U.S. Citizen in 1914.) He emigrated in 1863 from Preussen (Prussia).^70,310 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ He was living with his parents. Carl appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ His occupation was listed as "Insurance Agent." He was naturalized on 6 November 1914 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.²³⁶ He was granted his U.S. citizenship at the Circuit Court. Carl appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ He died on 21 May 1927 at the age of 71. He was buried in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^87,183 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church cemetery.

Emilie Auguste Louise "Amelia" GNEWIKOW and Carl Ferdinand Eduard WAEGE Sr. had the following children: