Fifth Generation


35. Maria Bertha "Marie" GERKE was born on 29 December 1882 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.8,25,26,137 She was baptized on 20 February 1883 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.8 at the home of her parents. She was confirmed on 11 April 1897 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.137 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Marie 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 was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.39 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Maria Bertha "Marie" GERKE and Otto Karl HOFFMANN were married on 27 June 1911 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.33,138 Otto Karl HOFFMANN, son of Christoph HOFFMANN and Anna Louisa PFARR, was born on 3 October 1872 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.33,76,139,140 (He was listed as "Georg Karl" in the church baptism record for his son, Georg.) He was confirmed on 18 April 1886 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.8 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He died on 28 August 1951 at the age of 78 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.33,76,141 (His obituary does not indicate the year of his death or his age.) Otto was buried on 31 August 1951 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.39,76 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Maria Bertha "Marie" GERKE and Otto Karl HOFFMANN had the following children:

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Luella Emilia HOFFMAN was born on 2 September 1912 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.64,74 She was baptized on 29 September 1912 in Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.74 She died on 15 October 1977 at the age of 65 in Madison, Dane County, WI.

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Edna Hermine HOFFMAN.

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Dora Christine HOFFMAN.

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Ruth Otelia HOFFMAN was born on 9 May 1919 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.64,105 She was baptized on 19 June 1919 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.105

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Ruby Maria HOFFMAN was born on 9 May 1919 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.105 She was baptized on 15 June 1919 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.105

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Georg Karl HOFFMAN was born on 16 February 1922 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.64,140 He was baptized on 19 February 1922 in Monroe County, WI.140

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Otto Raymond GERKE was born on 16 December 1923 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.142 He was baptized on 7 January 1924 in Monroe County, WI.142