Sixth Generation

137. Irene Dorothea GERKE was born on 27 November 1898 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{33,64,225,238} She was baptized on 1 January 1899 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²³⁸ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ Irene appeared in the census in January 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ She died on 9 September 1970 at the age of 71.³³ She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴² in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Irene Dorothea GERKE and Clarence Frederick DAMEROW were married on 10 October 1919 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷⁹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Clarence Frederick DAMEROW, son of Gottlieb Wilhelm Erdmann DAMEROW and Auguste M. L. LENZ, was born on 9 April 1895 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^{25,39,179,239} He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁵ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁸ Clarence appeared in the census in January 1920 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ His occupation was listed as "Farmer, General Farm." He died on 12 March 1966 at the age of 70.^21,39 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴² in the Oak Grove Cemetery.