Fifth Generation

56. Albert Carl Heinrich "Bert" GERKE was born on 12 October 1891 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{24,25,39,176,177} He was baptized on 8 November 1891 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁶ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Bert was confirmed on 8 April 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Bert died on 26 December 1980 at the age of 89.^39,130 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Albert Carl Heinrich "Bert" GERKE and Edna Sarah HANCOCK were married on 22 October 1916 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^130,178,179 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Edna Sarah HANCOCK, daughter of Alvin Henry HANCOCK and Louisa Maria MARTEN, was born on 10 January 1898 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{64,130,178,180} She was baptized on 13 February 1898 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁰ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ Edna died on 21 December 1923 at the age of 25.^130,178 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Albert Carl Heinrich "Bert" GERKE and Edna Sarah HANCOCK had the following children: