Carl Wilhelm E. Gerks1

M, #5523, b. circa 1859
     Carl Wilhelm E. Gerks was born circa 1859 at Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, USAB,G.2,3

     Carl Wilhelm E. Gerks married Louise Emilie Auguste Wrasse, daughter of Johann Friedrich Siegfried Wrasse and Hanne Henriette Emilie Krueger, on 25 March 1899 at Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USAB,G; his third marriage, her second.1,3 Carl Wilhelm E. Gerks was a truckman for Lovitt and Co. on 5 June 1917.2
     Carl Wilhelm E. Gerks was registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 at 852 Williamson St, Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USAB,G; Carl is described as tall, medium build, brown eyes, dark hair.2 He was an operator for a telephone company on 8 January 1920.4

Locations

cen.8 January 1920Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, USAB,G,4

Citations

  1. [S29] Descendants of Johann Friedrich Siegfried Wrasse, FTM output, 10 Oct 2003, updated privately 15 Mar 2005, http://www.myfamily.com/isapi.dll, Collection of Barbara Zanzig, Bothell, King, Washington, USA, Louisa Amelia Wrase/Wrasse entry.
  2. [S31] "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database and images, National Archives and Records Administration. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, Ancestry.com, URL http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6482: 2005, Carl W. E. Gerks, Roll: 1674750, citing Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 United States.
  3. [S1798] "Illinois, Cook County Marriages 1871-1920", index, Cook County, Illinois County Clerk and Familysearch, Ancestry.com, URL https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/… 2011, Charles W. Gerks-Louise Sandek, FHL film no. 1030295, accessed 7 Jun 2019, citing Cook County Marriages 1871-1920 Illinois.
  4. [S198] 1920 US Census WI, Dane Co. 1981, Dane Co., Wisconsin, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (www.ancestry.com), Jennie Carden, 1940 Railroad St., 2nd precinct, Madison, 52, 7B (0737) (Anc. image 14/32), 135, 164; citing Roll T625_1981.