Sources


  1. MyHeritage.com Website, Reserched by Gary Griggs, 4/8/2023.
  2. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Church Register copied by Gary Griggs, 8/6/2004.
  3. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 1.
  4. Gravestone List, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.
  5. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Death and Burial Records, Page 2.
  6. MyHeritage.com Website, Researched by Gary Griggs, 10/24/2023.
  7. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 6.
  8. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Communion Register, Page 264.
  9. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book" (Taylor Publishing Company, 1984), Article 162.
  10. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Membership, Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI, 1900.
  11. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 202.
  12. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 206.
  13. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Record, Page 213.
  14. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Register, Page 5.
  15. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Register, Page 9.
  16. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Communion Register, Page 266.
  17. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Early Marriage Registrations, 1855 to 1907".
  18. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889), Confirmation Records, Page 24.
  19. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 203.
  20. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Family Record, Page 5.
  21. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1440.
  22. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Communion Register, Page 263.
  23. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1870 Census.
  24. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/10/2003.
  25. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Record, Page 211.
  26. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Death and Burial Records, Page 1.
  27. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Register, Page 2.
  28. Birth Registration Records, Information Researched by Gary Griggs, 8/18/2008.
  29. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 14.
  30. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted 9/16/2003.
  31. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1930 Census.
  32. Obituary.
  33. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Marriage Records, Page 6.
  34. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 208.
  35. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Information extracted, 9/17/2003.
  36. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 163.
  37. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Register, Page 204.
  38. Records researched by Gary Griggs October 6, 2000 and August 10, 2002, and scanned August 6, 2004, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 1--1862-1889).
  39. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 161.
  40. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Confirmation Record, Page 212.
  41. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1900 Census.
  42. Amelia Sonnenburg Gilner Research of the Sonnenburg Family, Phone conversation with Gary Griggs, 1/16/2004.
  43. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 6/7/2012.
  44. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 6/7/2012.
  45. Monroe, Juneau, Jackson Counties Genealogical Workshop, Inc., "Monroe County (WI) Index to Birth Registrations, 1850-1944".
  46. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Death and Burial Records, Page 392.
  47. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Register, Page 69.
  48. Lillian, John and Luann Marten, 1984, "A Genealogical Survey of the Marten Family".
  49. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1910 Census.
  50. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 63.
  51. Wisconsin State Census, Monroe County, WI, 1905 Census.
  52. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Register, Page 70.
  53. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 55.
  54. Philip Tesch Genealogy Webpage
    <http://people.csp.edu/tesch/>, Downloaded by Gary Griggs, 9/25/2003.
  55. Funeral Memorial Card.
  56. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1923's edition alumni list.
  57. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 58.
  58. Gravestone List, Mount Vernon-Jacksonville Cemetery, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI, Information downloaded by Gary Griggs, 4/17/2004.
  59. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper.
  60. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 2--1889-1909), Baptism Records, Page 59.
  61. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1920 Census.
  62. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild.
  63. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Lincoln Township, Page 60.
  64. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 4/9/2014.
  65. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 166.
  66. Tomah (WI) High School "Hamot" Yearbook, 1925 edition.
  67. Gravestone Marker.
  68. Gravestone List, LaGrange Township Cemetery, Monroe County, WI; developed by Jean and Carolyn Habelman and Claire Deniels, September 1973., e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 4/9/2002.
  69. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1950 Census.
  70. Orlin Root, Sr., Phone Conversation with Gary Griggs, 9/9/2002.
  71. Harold Ira Root Research of the Root Family, Compiled 1992.
  72. U.S. Census, La Crosse County, WI, 1940 Census.
  73. Developed by Gary Griggs, with infomation from Marie Drescher and Bonnie Dana, July 2003, Oak Grove Cemetery Association Database, Extracted by Gary Griggs, 9/8/2003.
  74. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion Picture, 9/7/2006.
  75. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 322 and 323.
  76. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 4/8/2023.
  77. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 3/21/2016.
  78. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wilton Township, Page 129.
  79. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Baptism Records, Page 64.
  80. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 1/14/2016.
  81. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 1-26-2012.
  82. Margaret Schaller, Doris Pergande Waege Research of the Waege Family.
  83. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Lincoln Township, Page 64.
  84. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Wilton Township, Page 131.
  85. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 1314.
  86. U.S. Census, Monroe County, WI, 1940 Census.
  87. Judi Betthauser De Witt Research of the Waege Family, Family Tree mailed to Gary Griggs, 12/1/2004.
  88. Obituary, Tomah Monitor-Herald, 1-26-2012.
  89. Bob Roscovius Research of the Roscovius Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 2/25/2010.
  90. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion article and picture, dated 24 July 2003.
  91. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 5/4/2015.
  92. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Class Reunion article and picture, dated 4 September 2008.
  93. Marlys Olson Waege Research of the Olson Family, Information given to Gary Griggs, 4/30/2003.
  94. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 11/28/2011.
  95. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 724.
  96. Monroe County Heritage Book Committee, Jeanette Kenyon Storkel, "Monroe County, Wisconsin Heritage Book", Article 725.
  97. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, 55th Reunion article and picture, 7/10/2008.
  98. "Monroe County (WI) Pictorial Atlas, 1994", Clifton Township, Page 16.
  99. Muriel Bernhardt Tillman Research of the Bernhardt Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 3/14/2005.
  100. Pages photographed by Bill Scheer, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgeville, Monroe County, WI, Church Register (Book 3--1909-1996), Marriage Records, Pages 330 and 331.
  101. Doris Waege, Family Group Sheet, Monroe County, WI, in possession of Gary Griggs.
  102. Della Kuthlow Kortbein, 12/2000, Kuthlow Family History.
  103. Obituary, Sonnenburg Family Funeral Home Website, 2/18/2022.
  104. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 1/21/2020.
  105. Class Reunion News Article, Tomah Journal, 10/25/2001.
  106. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, 50th Class Reunion Picture, 6/26/2006.
  107. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 1/21/2020.
  108. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 4/9/2014.
  109. Irene Wadephul Smith Conversation with Gary Griggs, 8/6/2002.
  110. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Torkelson Funeral Home Website Obituaries, 10/1/2020.
  111. Tomah (WI) Monitor-Herald Newspaper, 6/5/2006.
  112. Tomah (WI Journal Newspaper, Article about the Roscovius Family Reunion, 9/6/2004.
  113. Wedding Announcement.
  114. Jennifer Waege Tiber Research of the Waege Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/17/2004.
  115. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 12/17/2012.
  116. Muriel Bernhardt Research of the Bernhardt Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 2/26/2005.
  117. Sue Storkel Pfaff GEDCOM File of the Storkel and Pergande Families, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 8/28/2004.
  118. Sue Storkel Pfaff GEDCOM File of the Storkel and Pergande Families, e-mailed to Gary Griggs, 8.28/2004.
  119. Carol Kortbein Ferge Research of the Kortbein Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 12/19/2007.
  120. Obituary, Tomah Journal, 4/24/2014.
  121. Obituary of Grandparent, Parent, Sibling, Spouse, Child or Grandchild, Tomah Journal, 4/24/2014.
  122. Marriage License, Tomah Journal, 5/2/2009.
  123. Muriel Bernhardt Research of the Bernhardt Family, e-mail to Gary Griggs, 6/25/2006.