Third Generation

44. Blandine Iola "Dena" FRIESKE⁶ was born in January 1886 in Wisconsin.¹⁰ She appeared in the census in 1895 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ Dena appeared in the census in 1905 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ Dena died in 1935 at the age of 49.³⁰ She was buried in 1935 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Blandine Iola "Dena" FRIESKE and Wilhelm Emil "William" DREWS were married about 1907 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ (Her given name is listed as "Blondme Ida" in the Monroe County marriage records.) Wilhelm Emil "William" DREWS⁶, son of Emil G. DREWS and Karoline Henrietta SONNENBERG, was born on 28 September 1883 in New York.^6,11,49,50 He was christened on 11 November 1883 in Amherst, Erie County, NY.⁶ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ William appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²³ He was Lutheran about 1932 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ He served as a member of the Church Board for the Congregation in 1932. He died on 20 July 1964 at the age of 80 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ William was buried on 22 July 1964 in Wilton, Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^30,49 in the St. Paul's German Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Blandine Iola "Dena" FRIESKE and Wilhelm Emil "William" DREWS had the following children: