Fifth Generation

30. Gottlieb Louis "Louie" BIRKHOLZ was born on 14 April 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,7,13,17,27 The Cemetery records list him as "G. Louis.") He was baptized on 20 May 1888 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Louie appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ He was living with his parents. He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ He died in 1959 at the age of 71.^6,38 Louie was buried in 1959 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery.

Gottlieb Louis "Louie" BIRKHOLZ and Lela S. SEFLOW were married in 1912.^6,38 Lela S. SEFLOW, daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm SEVERLOH and Emilie E. FICK, was born in 1893.³⁸ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁹ Lela died in 1954 at the age of 61.^6,38 She was buried in 1954 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery.

Gottlieb Louis "Louie" BIRKHOLZ and Lela S. SEFLOW had the following children:

+61	i.	Freda BIRKHOLZ.
+62	ii.	Hilda Mathilda BIRKHOLZ.
63	iii.	Anna Lela "Annie" BIRKHOLZ was born on 4 April 1916 in Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She died in 1916 at the age of 0.^6,17 She was buried in 1916 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery.
64	iv.	Henry Louis BIRKHOLZ was born on 5 May 1917 in Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He died before 1984 at the age of 67.⁶
65	v.	Kenneth BIRKHOLZ was born (date unknown).
66	vi.	Martin William BIRKHOLZ was born on 24 March 1919 in Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He died before 1984 at the age of 65.⁶
67	vii.	Harvey BIRKHOLZ was born (date unknown).
+68	viii.	Margaret BIRKHOLZ.
69	ix.	Karl Eduard "Carl" BIRKHOLZ was born on 20 January 1922 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.^24,39 He was baptized on 26 February 1922 in Monroe County, WI.³⁹ He died on 23 January 2003 at the age of 81 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶ at the VA Medical Center. Carl was buried in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶ in the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery.
+70	x.	Gertrude Irene BIRKHOLZ.
+71	xi.	Bernice BIRKHOLZ.
72	xii.	Donald BIRKHOLZ died before 1984.⁶
73	xiii.	Alvin Leonard BIRKHOLZ was born on 9 June 1926 in Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He died in 1974 at the age of 48.^6,11 He was buried in 1974 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.