Sixth Generation

256. Sophia Auguste "Sophie" ZELLMER⁸⁴ was born on 18 December 1881 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{21,49,61,69,87,289} She was baptized on 22 January 1882 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She was confirmed on 29 May 1896 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸⁹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Sophie appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷¹ Sophie died on 14 October 1971 at the age of 89 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁹ She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^69,87 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. The couple had two children and both died in infancy.

Sophia Auguste "Sophie" ZELLMER and Louis Alexander "Alex" GNEWIKOW were married on 26 May 1907 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^64,69,290 Louis Alexander "Alex" GNEWIKOW, son of Friedrich Karl GNEWIKOW and Wilhelmine Julianna JASKIEWICZ, was born on 23 March 1876 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^21,71,181 (He was listed as "Alexander L." in the 1920 Census.) He was baptized on 29 April 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹ Alex was confirmed on 22 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹¹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁹ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ Alex appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^71,120 His household was at 1812 Superior Avenue and his occupation was "Laborer, Tobacco Factory."

(He and his wife could not be located in the 1930 Census.) He died on 2 April 1936 at the age of 60 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^83,292 of Bright's Disease. He was buried on 4 April 1936 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^87,292 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Sophia Auguste "Sophie" ZELLMER and Louis Alexander "Alex" GNEWIKOW had the following children:

387	i.	Ardella Helena "Della" GNEWIKOW was born on 5 February 1908 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,130,293 She was baptized on 1 March 1908 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹³ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷⁰ Della died on 18 July 1910 at the age of 2 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,87,294 as an infant. She was buried on 21 July 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,87,294 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.
388	ii.	Harold Friedrich GNEWIKOW⁸⁷ was born on 3 January 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^71,130,281 (He was not listed with his parents in the 1920 Census, which was conducted on January 6th; it is not known why he was omitted.) He was baptized on 25 January 1920 in Monroe County, WI.²⁸¹ He died on 11 February 1923 at the age of 3.^83,150 Harold was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵⁰ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.