| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation96. Johann Ludwig "Louis" FRIESKE was born on 12 January 1828 in Aschenforth, Kreis Kolmar, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).25,49,116 He was baptized on 20 January 1828 in Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).38 He emigrated in 1854 from Preussen (Prussia).49 The 1900 Census indicated that he emigrated in 1854 and had been in America for 45 years. (He cannot be located in the 1860 Census.) Louis appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.25 His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.49 He was a widower, living alone, and his occupation appears to be "Agent (?), Nursery Stock." He appeared in the census in 1905 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.117 He was listed as "Louie" and was a "Boarder" in the household of Fred and Minnie Gnewikow. He was listed as Married, but it believed that his wife had died before then. Louis died on 14 August 1905 at the age of 77 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.74,116 At the time of his death, he was 77 years, 7 months and 2 days old. He was buried on 16 August 1905 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.116 He has Ancestral File Number GCDX-JLN.88 (He spelled his surname as "Friske" when he served as a witness for the Will of Gottfried Jaskewicz in 1881.) . Johann Ludwig "Louis" FRIESKE and Margrate "Margaret" UNKNOWN (FRIESKE) were married about 1850.25 Margrate "Margaret" UNKNOWN (FRIESKE) was born about 1830 in Preussen (Prussia).25 (Her given name is not clear in the 1870 Census; it appears to be spelled "Margrate," but it may have been "Margaret.") She appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.25 She died before June 1900 at the age of 70.49 Her husband was listed as a Widower in the 1900 Census. Johann Ludwig "Louis" FRIESKE and Margrate "Margaret" UNKNOWN (FRIESKE) had the following children:
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