Fifth Generation

72. August Heinrich GERKE was born on 13 February 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{22,26,59,108,128,197,198} He was baptized on 29 March 1891 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^197,199 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶ August was confirmed on 8 April 1906 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^128,197 He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁷ He appeared in the census in 1920 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴⁸ August appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ He died on 22 June 1978 at the age of 87 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^{26,108,197,198} He was buried on 25 June 1978 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^{108,148,197,198} in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.

August Heinrich GERKE and Mathilda Louise RADLOFF were married on 12 June 1918 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^{26,35,197,200,201} Mathilda Louise RADLOFF, daughter of Carl RADLOFF and Mathilda Adeline Caroline TOPEL, was born on 15 September 1895 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^{35,197,200,202} She appeared in the census in 1930 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶⁶ She died on 10 April 1949 at the age of 53 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^{35,197,200,202} Mathilda was buried on 13 April 1949 in Wellington Township, Monroe County, WI.^{35,148,197,202} in the St. Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, South Ridge.

August Heinrich GERKE and Mathilda Louise RADLOFF had the following children: