Fifth Generation


28. Wilhelmina "Minna" NOTH was born in July 1846 in Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).5,6,15,27 (Her name is listed as "Minnie" in the 1880 Census.) She emigrated in 1864 from Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).5 She appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.9 Minna appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.25 She appeared in the census in 1920 in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI.27 She was living by herself during the 1920 Census; Anton must have died previously.

Wilhelmina "Minna" NOTH and Herman Heinrich Anton "Anton" NOTH were married on 24 January 1868 in Sheldon Township, Monroe County, WI.5,26 (They were first cousins.) Their witnesses were Heinrich Fred and Maria Noth.

. Herman Heinrich Anton "Anton" NOTH, son of Johann Friedrich NOTH and Marie Wilhelmina Sophie BUNTE, was born on 27 February 1842 in Alverdissen, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).2,5,6,15 He emigrated about 1860 from Detmold, Kreis Lippe, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia) Province, Preussen (Prussia).5 About 1869 he was a wagon maker in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.5 Between 1870 and 1900 Anton was a farmer in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.5,24 In addition to the farm on which he built a log house in 1860, he bought 160 acres in the Township of Sheldon and 120 acres in the Township in Ridgeville in 1867 from Henry Esch. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.9 About 1880 he was a farmer in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.5,6 He eventually suffered a stroke and gradually lost the use of his legs and sat in a chair for 26 years. Anton appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.6 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.15 He and his wife were living with their son Fred and his family. He lived at their home in Norwalk, Monroe County, WI about 1904.5 Anton appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.25

Wilhelmina "Minna" NOTH and Herman Heinrich Anton "Anton" NOTH had the following children:

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Louise M. NOTH.

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ii.

Frederick "Fred" NOTH.

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Mary NOTH.

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Paulena "Pauline" NOTH.

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Elizabeth "Lizzie" NOTH.

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Wilhelmina "Minnie" NOTH.