Bertha Louise Scheer

Bertha - b. 2 Oct 1879, d. 11 July 1965; August - b. 18 March 1876, d. 22 Nov 1932

Bertha Scheer was born in Heidekafel Germany. She traveled to the U.S. with her parents and brother Frank in 1883. Bertha married August Dahlke in Ripon, WI on Feb 16, 1898. She was 18 at the time. They lived in Green Lake initially, but in 1902 moved to South Dakota.

Witnesses at their wedding include Bertha's brother Frank (Franz) and Theo Hamburger (Fred Keehl's uncle. Fred married Bertha & August Sheer's daughter Violet...Fred & Viola Keehl).

Bertha and August had 12 children:

• Arthur Frank Dahlke (1899-1900)
• George Ferdinand Dahlke (1903-1979)
• Elisa Amelia Dahlke (1905-1912)
• Ida Bertha Dahlke (1906-1975)
• Elmer Willie Dahlke (1908-1991)
• Emma Dahlke (1910-1984)
• Lawrence Ludwig Dahlke (1911-1987)
• Anna Dahlke (1913-?)
• Harry Walter Dahlke (1915-1983)
• Elinora Dahlke (1917-1937)
• Viola Alice Dahlke (1919-2013)
• Evelyn Dahlke (1922-?)

Bertha Scheer Dahlke (left) Viola (Dahlke) and Fred Keehl (right)

References

• Hamburg Passenger List
• Bertha Scheer Family Tree

Frank (Franz) William Scheer

Frank b. 4 Oct 1881, d. 14 July 1939; Dora Louise Werth b. 10 April 1877, d. 24 April 1947

Frank Scheer was born in Heidekafel Germany. He traveled to the U.S. with his parents and sister Bertha in 1883. Frank married Dora Werth at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairwater, WI on Feb 18th, 1903.

Witnesses at their wedding include Frank's brother Charles Scheer, his sister Anna Scheer, Ludwig Moderaff, and Ella Draegn (sp?).

Frank and Dora lived and farmed in Green Lake and had one child, Laura Marie. Frank and Dora are buried in the Fairwater Cemetery.

References

• Hamburg Passenger List

Emma Louisa Scheer

Emma b. 11 September 1883, d. 7 June 1968; Charles (Carl) Edward Dahlke b. 29 September 1880, d. 11 June 1935

Emma Scheer was born in Green Lake, WI. She married Charles Dahlke at Central House in Green Lake, WI on December 10th, 1902 at age 19. Witnesses at their wedding were: Minnie Dahlke, Fred Dahlke, Emma Prellwitz, and Charles Scheer.

Emma and Charles farmed in the Grren Lake/Ripon area. They had seven children

• William C. Dahlke (1903-1997)
• Lillian E. Dahlke (1905-2002)
• Ella Minna Dahlke (1907-1997)
• Lewis Albert Dahlke (1910-1995)
• Edward Dahlke (1910-1985)
• Alice Dahlke (1920-?)
• Walter F. Dahlke (1922-2002)

Emma (Scheer) and Charles Dahlke Headstone

Charles Julius Scheer

Charles Scheer b. 1 March 1885, d. 7 April 1973; Louise Bierman b. 15 August 1885, d. 26 March 1960

Charles Scheer was born in Green Lake, WI in 1885. He married Louise Bierman on Sept 23, 1908 at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairwater. Their attendants were: Albert Scheer, Reinholdt Wilke, Dora Biermann, Else Hanemann, Hy Schimmel, and Laura Hanemann.

Charles and Louise had one dauger Lucille Marie, born in 1919. Louise died of a heart attack in 1960.

Charles and Louise celebrated their Golden (50th) wedding anniversary in 1958:

Anna Scheer

b. 21 February 1887, d. 24 July 1951

Anna was born in Green Lake, WI in 1887. She was married three times:

• Herman Brusch, m. 9 July 1907 when Anna was 20 years old. They were married in the Lutheran Parsonage in Green Lake. Witnesses were: Anna's sister Ella Scheer and her soon-to-be husband Herman Jahns. Herman Brusch and Anna moved to a farm in Temvik North Dakota, not far from Anna's sister Bertha. They had 3 daughters: Viola, Sadie, and Clara. Herman died in 1922.
• Anna then married John Blasen, in about 1923, when she was 36 years old. John died in 1932.
• On 20 April 1934, Anna married John Riedlinger (Anna was 46 years old). John died in 1957, 6 years after Anna's death.

Anna Scheer Brusch Riedlinger Photos

Anna Scheer (left), Anna's first husband Herman Brusch (right)

Anna & Herman's Daughters: Viola, Sadie, and Clara

Anna Scheer and third husband John Riedlinger

Albert Scheer Photos

Albert Scheer, right (?) b. 25 March 1888, d. 18 October 1962

Albert was born in Green Lake, WI in 1888. He married Helen Louise Lichtenberg on 23 Sep 1914 when he was 26 years old. They lived in Green Lake, and then later Ripon, WI. They had no children as far as I can tell.

Ella Marie Scheer

b. 4 January 1890, d. 6 December 1969

Ida (?), Martha, Ella Scheer

Ella Scheer was born in Green Lake WI in 1890. She married Herman August Jahns on 23 October 1907 when Ella was 17 years old and Herman was 23. They lived in Green Lake when they were first married, and then by 1920 they had moved to Joliet Illinois. In Joliet, they owned a large house and took in boarders. (Herman may have worked outside the home as well). Ella's sister Martha moved with Lloyd to Joliet for a time. At first Marth and Lloyd lived with them, but later Martha bought or rented a house of her own, and also took on boarders.

Herman and Ella had two daughters, Esther and Alberta. Herman and Ella died within a year of each other, 1968 and 1969 respectively.

Ida Albertina Scheer

b. 30 October 1891, d. 12 March 1993

Ida (?), Martha, Ella Scheer

Ida Scheer was born in Centerhouse, Green Lake WI in 1891. She married Frank Heller on 27 September 1917 when Ida was 25 years old and Frank was 33. They settled in Appleton, WI and had one daughter Grace (Grace Burmeister Frei). Ida was 101 years old when she died in 1993. Frank had died 32 years earlier in 1961.

Martha Amanda Scheer

b. 1 September 1893, d. 15 January 1986

Visit Martha's page for her story.

Paul Scheer

b. 25 Sept 1896, d. 26 Nov 1897