Fifth Generation

142. Wilhelm Heinrich "Will" BREHMER was born on 30 July 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^{54,84,152,183,355} He was baptized on 3 September 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁵⁵ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁶² Will appeared in the census in 1920 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁹ He graduated in 1924 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁶⁴ from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶⁷ He and his family were living with his parents. Will died on 24 June 1991 at the age of 85 in Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ.⁵⁴ He was buried on 26 June 1991 in Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ.²²⁰

Wilhelm Heinrich "Will" BREHMER and Eleanor SCHULZ were married about 1926 in Monroe County, WI.^84,85,415

During the Great Depression, they moved to Arizona because he had contracted pneumonia and had trouble breathing in Wisconsin. They once lived near Lake Tomah, and later on The Ridge. He was afraid to go back to the Tomah area, but did return in the early-1950's for a visit. Eleanor SCHULZ was born on 6 September 1906 in Wisconsin.^167,220,415 She was born in the Shawano, WI area. She appeared in the census in 1940 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁶⁷ She died on 4 July 1989 at the age of 82 in Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ.²²⁰