Second Generation

7. Bertha Louise KUPPER was born on 25 August 1875 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^1,5,8,21 (The 1900 Census lists her birth date as September 1873, and the Oak Grove Cemetery records also list her birth year as 1873.)

. She was baptized on 31 October 1875 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ Bertha died in 1936 at the age of 61.^1,21 She was buried in 1936 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Bertha Louise KUPPER and Wilhelm "William" TESKE were married on 27 February 1892 in Monroe County, WI.^1,10 Wilhelm "William" TESKE was born in April 1856 in Germany.^1,8 (He may have been born in 1853.)

. He emigrated in 1884 from Germany.⁸

. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ His household was on La Crosse Street and his occupation was listed as "Baker." His surname was spelled "Tesky."

. Wilhelm died on 25 August 1901 at the age of 45 in Monroe County, WI.²² He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.²¹ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Bertha Louise KUPPER and Wilhelm "William" TESKE had the following children:

+22	i.	Anna Auguste Maria "Annie" TESKE.
+23	ii.	Martha TESKE.
24	iii.	Herman TESKE was born in May 1897 in Wisconsin.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1900 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁷ He was listed as a 13 year old "Hired Man" in the household of Fred Kuthlow.
25	iv.	Frank Robert Gustave TESKE was born on 30 September 1898 in Monroe County, WI.^1,12 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 He was listed as a "Nephew" in the household of Charles Kupper, a brother of his mother.