Second Generation

2. Wilhelm Friedrich "William" KASTENS Sr. was born on 10 April 1864 in Sulinger, Hannover (now Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^2,3 He emigrated in 1882 from Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen Province, Preussen (Prussia).² He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴ He was living with his daughter Sophia and her husband and family. William died on 3 November 1934 at the age of 70 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ He was buried in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Wilhelm Friedrich "William" KASTENS Sr. and Maria Sophia "Elise" RIECKMAN were married on 7 December 1888 in Barre Mills, Barre Township, La Crosse County, WI.^2,3,6 Maria Sophia "Elise" RIECKMAN was born on 7 January 1866 in Kirchdorf, Hannover (now Neidersachsen (Lower Saxony)) Province, Preussen (Prussia).^2,3 She emigrated in 1866 from Kirchdorf, Hannover (now Neidersachsen (Lower Saxony)) Province, Preussen (Prussia).² She died in 1919 at the age of 53.⁵ Elise was buried in Warrens, Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ in the Warren Mills Cemetery.

Wilhelm Friedrich "William" KASTENS Sr. and Maria Sophia "Elise" RIECKMAN had the following children:

3	i.	Elise Maria "Lizzie" KASTENS was born on 26 February 1888.³ (She was actually the daughter of William's sister, Minnie.) She died on 2 March 1976 at the age of 88.³
+4	ii.	Sophia Marie KASTENS.
5	iii.	Maria Sophia "Mayme" KASTENS was born on 7 March 1893.³ She died on 22 July 1966 at the age of 73.³
+6	iv.	William Frederich KASTENS Jr..
+7	v.	Emma Ella KASTENS.