Fourth Generation

10. Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" GERKE Jr. was born on 12 September 1846 in Dransfeld, nach Gottingen, Hanover, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^{4,6,24,25,26,39} (The church Family Register and the 1880 and 1920 Census' list his birth place as "Hanover.") He emigrated in January 1867 from Dransfeld, nach Gottingen, Hanover, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) Province, Preussen (Prussia).⁵ He arrived at the port in Baltimore with his older brother, August. He was Lutheran about 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^19,40 He is listed as member number 60 in the church records of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church and was listed on the Memberbership Roster of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1900. Henry appeared in the census in 1870 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ He was living in the household of August Schultz, a "Hotel Keeper," and his occupation was listed as "Laborer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ His household was next door to his brother August. About 1897 he was a farmer in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁰ He owned a 132.5-acre farm in the southeast corner of Section 11. Henry appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ He 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 Henry died on 18 December 1925 at the age of 79 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^5,27,39 He was buried on 23 December 1925 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^27,39 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" GERKE Jr. and Dorothea WINZENBERG were married on 3 October 1871 in Oconomowoc Township, Waukesha County, WI.^5,26,28 Dorothea WINZENBERG, daughter of Heinrich Christian WINZENBERG and Maria Friederike KLINGE, was born on 19 July 1844 in Dresden, Sachsen (Saxony) Province, German Republic.^{6,24,25,39,41} (Her surname may have been Wingenberg.) (The 1920 Census and the church record of her death list her birth place as "Hanover.") She emigrated in 1869 from Germany.²⁸ She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ Dorothea 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 Dorothea died on 27 May 1928 at the age of 83.^39,41 She was buried on 31 May 1928 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^39,41 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Heinrich Friedrich "Henry" GERKE Jr. and Dorothea WINZENBERG had the following children:

30	i.	Karoline "Lena" GERKE was born on 23 December 1872 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^6,8,24,25,26 She was baptized on 23 February 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶ Lena was confirmed on 3 April 1887 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ She was living with her parents. She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ She was living with her parents. Lena appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She was living with her parents. She died on 28 January 1923 at the age of 50 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, WI.^21,42,43 She was buried on 31 January 1923 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^42,43 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
+31	ii.	Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm "Henry" GERKE III.
+32	iii.	August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE.
+33	iv.	Hermine Christine GERKE.
34	v.	Friedrich Herman "Fred" GERKE was born on 11 December 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ He was confirmed on 7 April 1895 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Fred 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 was living with his parents. He died on 26 October 1946 at the age of 65 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.³³ Fred was buried on 29 October 1946 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^33,39 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
+35	vi.	Maria Bertha "Marie" GERKE.
36	vii.	Johann "Ferdinand" GERKE was born on 1 April 1886 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{8,24,25,26,45,46} He was baptized on 9 May 1886 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was confirmed on 8 April 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁶ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ferdinand appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ He 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 was living with his parents. Ferdinand died on 25 June 1969 at the age of 83.⁴⁵ He was buried on 28 June 1969 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁵ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.
+37	viii.	Julius Karl GERKE.