| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fifth Generation32. August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE was born on 8 November 1876 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.6,130,131,132 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He was confirmed on 22 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.132 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rudolph appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.28 He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.24 He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.49 Rudolph died on 13 March 1957 at the age of 80.21,130 He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.39 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE and Myrtle Maria LUDEKING were married on 13 April 1904 in Monroe County, WI.32,33,130,131,133 (The Monroe County marriage record shows his name as August Gerke. Although no date is shown for the marriage, it is assumed to be the marriage to Rudolph.) Myrtle Maria LUDEKING, daughter of Hermann Heinrich LUDEKING and Emma Margarethe Caroline HELMKE, was born on 25 October 1886 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.33,46,128,131 She was confirmed on 8 April 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.46 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.25 Myrtle appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.28 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.24 She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.49 Myrtle died on 31 October 1981 at the age of 95 in West Salem, La Crosse County, WI.33,128 She was buried on 4 November 1981 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.33,39,128 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. August Julius "Rudolph" GERKE and Myrtle Maria LUDEKING had the following children:
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