Wisconsin

1. Hermann Schmerse born 22 Dec 1846, Kernein,¹⁾ Farmer,²⁾ married 15 May 1868, in Dechsel,³⁾ Louise Grassmann, born 27 Nov 1844, Dechsel, died 2 Jul 1932, Monroe, Wisconsin 53566. Hermann died 8 Feb 1925, Monroe, Wisconsin 53566, lives 1876, Schönow, Kr. Pyritz (Pom.).⁴⁾ Son of Friedrich Ludwig Schmerse of Kernein. Er heiratet 1868 nach Dechsel, geht um 1870 nach Posen und um 1875 zu seinem Bruder August nach Schönow (Kr. Pyritz, Pommern). Da seine Landwirtschaft hier nicht so groß und ertragreich ist, wandert er am 2 Mai 1881 aus nach Wisconsin, eine hügelige, wald- und seenreiche, fruchtbare Landschaft im Norden Amerikas zwischen Michigan-See und dem Mississippi.
They first lived near Browntown, Wisconsin. In 1883 they bought a farm in Washington Township. It was 122 acres and cost them $22 an acre. In 1888 he built a barn of logs. The roof was made of straw. Each year, when they threshed grain, they put a new straw roof on it. Soon after the turn of the century, Herman and Louise retired and moved to Monroe, Wisconsin to a house in the west part of the town. They later lived in a very nice red brick house at 2202, 12th Street. They are both buried in Greenwood Cemetary in Monroe.
Children:
i Augusta Schmerse born 13 Jul 1869.
ii Gustave Henry (Heinrich) Schmerse born 17 Mar 1873.
iii Ida Schmerse born 24 Apr 1874.
iv William (Wilhelm) Schmerse born 18 Oct 1876.
v Hermann R. Schmerse born 18 Oct 1878.
vi Emil Schmerse born 19 Feb 1881.
vii Hulda Schmerse born 2 Apr 1883.
viii George Schmerse born 6 Aug 1888, Browntown, Wisconsin, Farmer, died 15 Nov 1960, Monroe, Wisconsin 53566. Unmarried.