Seventh Generation

277. Louis Alexander "Alex" GNEWIKOW 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.

Louis Alexander "Alex" GNEWIKOW and Sophia Auguste "Sophie" ZELLMER were married on 26 May 1907 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^64,69,290 Sophia Auguste "Sophie" ZELLMER⁸⁴, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm ZELLMER and Louisa Emilie GIESLER, 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.

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