Fourth Generation

9. Wenzel Joseph BLASKEY III was born on 26 November 1867 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^{3,5,10,12,13,15,21,27} (His surname was listed as "Blaschke" in the Marriage Registration Index.)

(The cemetery records list his year of birth as 1863.) (The 1880 Census listed his birth place as Bohemia, but the 1900, 1910, and 1920 listed it as Wisconsin, with his parents having been born in Germany.) He appeared in the census in 1870 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ He appeared in the census in 1880 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ Wenzel appeared in the census in 1900 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² He appeared in the census in 1910 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ Wenzel appeared in the census in 1930 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ His occupation was listed as "Retired." He died on 18 July 1942 at the age of 74 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,10,27 (The cemetery records list his year of death as 1945.) He was buried at St. Michaels Cemetery in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷

Wenzel Joseph BLASKEY III and Mary Helena SCHMIEDER were married on 21 November 1893 in Oakdale, Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.^12,21,28 The 1900 Census listed them as married 6 six years and having 2 children, of whom both were living at the time. Mary Helena SCHMIEDER, daughter of Franklen SCHMIEDER and Frances TRABERT, was born on 1 April 1875 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,7,10,28 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹² Mary appeared in the census in 1910 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁵ Mary died on 1 June 1955 at the age of 80 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^3,10

Wenzel Joseph BLASKEY III and Mary Helena SCHMIEDER had the following children: