Sources


  1. A. John Birkholz Research of the Birkholz Family
    <brotherjohn@imt.net>, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/19/2003.
  2. FamilySearch.org/Search Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 2/1/2022.
  3. Judy Birkholz Kortbein Research of the Kortbein Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 10/4/2003.
  4. Philip Tesch Genealogy Webpage
    <http://people.csp.edu/tesch/>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 9/25/2003.
  5. Judy Birkholz Kortbein Research of the Kortbein Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 11/24/2003.
  6. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article 211.
  7. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  8. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Communion Records, Page 261.
  9. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.
  10. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  11. Gravestone List, St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, WI, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 9/21/2003.
  12. Della Kuthlow Kortbein, 12/2000, Kuthlow Family History.
  13. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 1.
  14. Mittelstaedt, Matthew Research of the Mittelstaedt Family, email to Gary Griggs 8/14/2017.
  15. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1940 Census.
  16. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 208.
  17. Gravestone List, St. Paul's German Lutheran Cemetery, Wilton, WI.
  18. Gravestone List, Warren Mills Cemetery, Warrens, WI; developed by Rose Baldwin, Carolyn Habelman, Charlotte Preuss, Helen Cronick and Jean Habelman, September 1979., e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 4/9/2002.
  19. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 829.
  20. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  21. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  22. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 950.
  23. U.S. Census, Green Lake County, WI, 1880 Census.
  24. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  25. Doris Waege, Family Group Sheet, Monroe County, WI, in possession of Gary Griggs.
  26. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1235.
  27. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Church Register copied by Gary Griggs, 8/6/2004.
  28. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 204.
  29. Carolyn Habelman, "Monroe Juneau Jackson County (WI) Genealogy Workshop Newsletter", November 2004, Page 4.
  30. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 207.
  31. Philip Tesch Genealogy Webpage
    <http://people.csp.edu/tesch/>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 10/19/2003.
  32. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1895 Census.
  33. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wilton, Monroe County, WI, Messenger Magazine, Volume 2, May and June 1932 (Copy in possession of Gary Griggs).
  34. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 312 and 313.
  35. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1449.
  36. Obituary.
  37. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 65.
  38. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 212.
  39. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 63.
  40. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Register, Page 4.
  41. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1178.
  42. Jacqueline Gelly e-mail to Gary Griggs, Descendants of Martin Adam Brandau GEDCOM file and report, 7/14/01.
  43. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1930 Census.
  44. Find A Grave Index Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 3/10/2023.
  45. Birth Registration Records, Monroe County Local History Room Microfilm, viewed by Gary Griggs, 6/21/2003.
  46. Gravestone List, WIGenWeb Project (Internet), St. Matthews Cemetery Page.
  47. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 485.
  48. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wellington Township, Page 116.
  49. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 17.
  50. Gravestone List, Warren Mills Cemetery, Warrens, WI; developed by Rose Baldwin, Carolyn Habelman, Charlotte Preuss, Helen Cronick and Jean Habelman, September 1979.
  51. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Lincoln Township, Page 58.
  52. U.S. Census, Jackson County, WI, 1900 Census.
  53. U.S. Census, Jackson County, WI, 1910 Census.
  54. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 514.
  55. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 970.
  56. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 2/27/2012.
  57. Funeral Memorial Card.
  58. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1923's edition alumni list.
  59. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/17/2003.
  60. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 55.
  61. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Extracted by Gary Griggs, 9/7/2003.
  62. Arlyn Bernhardt VDV Gang GEDCOM File, 6/12/01.
  63. Arlyn Bernhardt VDV Gang GEDCOM File, 6/12/01, 6/12/01.
  64. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang, 10/16/2003.
  65. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1930 edition.
  66. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1931 edition.
  67. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , 3/31/01.
  68. U.S. Social Security Death Index, Informaton Researched by Gary Griggs, 4/21/2007.
  69. Vera Purdy Wilde, Vera Purdy Wilde Research of the James R. Vandervort Family.
  70. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 283.
  71. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1927 edition.
  72. Arlyn Bernhardt e-mail to VDV Gang
    , Descendants of James Robert VDV, e-mail 7/13/01.
  73. Gary Griggs Research of the Griggs, Pergande and Related Families.
  74. Find A Grave Index Website

    , Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/16/2020.

  75. Darrel Yates Research of the Brandau Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/6/2011.
  76. U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/16/2020.
  77. Texas Birth Index, 1903-1957
    <http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8781&iid=TXBTH_1950_0009c02&fn=James+Patrick&ln=McDaniel&st=d&ssrc=&pid=3651535>, Researched by Gary Griggs, 11/16/2020.
  78. U.S. Census, Bexar County, TX, 1930 Census.
  79. U.S. Census, Bexar County, TX, 1940 Census.
  80. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, South Ridge news article by Alice Brandau, 4/22/2004.
  81. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 11/9/2009.
  82. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 4/8/2009.
  83. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 2/11/2010.
  84. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1274.
  85. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Lyda Lanier Article, 9/13/2001.
  86. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 490.
  87. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, South Ridge article by Alice Brandau, 9/12/2002.
  88. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, South Ridge article by Alice Brandau, 9/11/2003.
  89. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, South Ridge News article by Alice Brandau, 7/28/2005.
  90. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper.
  91. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class reunion article and picture, 8/26/2004 .
  92. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, 65th Class Reunion Article, 7/31/2006.
  93. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 5/26/2022.
  94. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 5/26/2022.
  95. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion article, 8/27/2007.
  96. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Lincoln Township, Page 63.
  97. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 2/27/2012.
  98. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion article and picture, dated 24 July 2003.
  99. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion article and picture, dated 4 September 2008.
  100. Internet source, RootsWeb.com
    <http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=henselkp1&id=I1216.
  101. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, Article and picture about the 50th Class Reunion, 9/27/2004.
  102. Romanoski, Donald Research of the Romanoski Family, email to Gary Griggs, 6/24/2019.
  103. Barbara Brandau Research of the Brandau Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/1/2011.
  104. Barbara Brandau Research of the Brandau Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/2/2011.
  105. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article and picture about the 45th class reunion in Orange County, CA, 11/9/2006.
  106. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, "South Ridge" news article, 10/12/2006.
  107. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article about 1965 40th Class Reunion, dated 8/11/2005.
  108. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 2/15/2010.
  109. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Adrian Township, Page 1.
  110. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 7/16/2023.
  111. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Glendale Township, Page 21.
  112. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Alice Brandau Article, 4/18/2002.
  113. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Oakdale Township, Page 74.
  114. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, South Ridge News article by Alice Brandau, 11/6/2003.