Second Generation

8. Elizabeth Barbara "Lizzie" KOENINGER was born in December 1870 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI.^2,4,25 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ Lizzie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ She died on 10 January 1936 at the age of 65 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^25,27 Lizzie was buried in 1936 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Elizabeth Barbara "Lizzie" KOENINGER and Rudolph Wilhelm "Willie" VIERECK were married on 8 April 1896 in Monroe County, WI.^10,13,16 (She was listed as "Elsie Koeniger" in the Marriage Registration Index, and he was listed as "William Rudolf Viereck.") (According to the 1910 Census, they had 5 children, of whom all were living at the time.) Rudolph Wilhelm "Willie" VIERECK, son of Johann Joachim Heinrich VIERIG and Sophia Dorothea Elizabeth BERG, was born on 4 February 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^17,25,27,28 He was baptized on 22 June 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁹ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was listed as "Rudolph Wilhelm Viereck" and his sponsors were Wilhelm Waegner and Elisabeth Brunner. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.² Willie appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ He and his wife and daughter were living with his parents and his occupation was "Farm Laborer." (His surname was spelled "Verick.") He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ His household was on Glendale Avenue and his occupation was "Carpenter, Ry Br Yards." His surname was spelled "Verick." He appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁶ His household was at 219 Glendale Avenue and his occupation was "Janitor, School." His surname was spelled "Verick." Willie appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ His household was at 219 Glendale Avenue and his occupation was "Laborer, Grain Elevator." His surname was spelled "Vierick." He died in 1946 at the age of 73.²⁷ He was buried in 1946 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Elizabeth Barbara "Lizzie" KOENINGER and Rudolph Wilhelm "Willie" VIERECK had the following children: