Fifth Generation

33. Hermine Christine GERKE was born on 21 August 1878 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,33,54,136 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ She was confirmed on 10 April 1892 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hermine appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Hermine died on 5 July 1968 at the age of 89 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³³

Hermine Christine GERKE and Karl Louis "Charles" KORTBEIN were married on 12 October 1898 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^32,33,136 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Karl Louis "Charles" KORTBEIN, son of Michael Friedrich KORTBEIN and Auguste Christiane Friederike WEBER, was born on 7 January 1866 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{6,8,33,110,136} He was baptized on 29 April 1866 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ Charles appeared in the census in 1875 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹¹ He was confirmed on 2 April 1882 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Charles appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He died on 28 November 1946 at the age of 80 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³³

Hermine Christine GERKE and Karl Louis "Charles" KORTBEIN had the following children: