Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation5. Wilhelm Ernest "William" KUPPER was born in January 1871 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.1,2,8 (The Oak Grove Cemetery records list his birth year as 1870.) He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.8 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.7 William died in 1933 at the age of 62.1,2 He was buried in 1933 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.2 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Wilhelm Ernest "William" KUPPER and Ida Theresa HOLTZ were married on 13 August 1892 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.1,10,17 Ida Theresa HOLTZ, daughter of Christian HOLTZ and Elizabeth A. OERKWITZ, was born on 16 September 1877 in Monroe County, WI.18 (The church records of her baptism list her parents as "Christian Holz" and "Louise Oerkwitz," but they are believed to have been her maternal grandparents. Her sponsors were Friedrich Erdmann and Louise Holz.) . She appeared in the census in 1880 in Adrian Township, Monroe County, WI.4 (She was listed as a "Bastard Grand-daughter" and was apparently the daughter of Matilda, who was living with her parents. Her birth father was born in Prussia, but was not listed with the family in the census.) She was baptized on 20 August 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.18 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ida appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.7 She died on 31 July 1964 at the age of 86.19 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.2 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. Wilhelm Ernest "William" KUPPER and Ida Theresa HOLTZ had the following children:
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