Gerhard S. Scharenbroch
Heinrich And Catharina Scharenbroch’s third child was Gerhard S. born May 22, 1838 in School Hill, Meeme Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. On Aug 21, 1862, he enlisted in the Wisconsin 27th Volunteer Infantry Regiment-Company D and mustered out on July 31, 1863 due to disability. He fought in the War of the Rebellion better known as the Civil War. He was the only one who had to enlist.
On May 20, 1872, he married Anna Katharina Steudt and they lived in Menominee, Michigan where their four children were born. There were three girls: Anna Catherine b. 1873—married Andrew Joseph Leonhard, Elisibeth
b. 1874—never married, Mary b. 1877—never married, and Peter b. 1878—married Theresa Jackle. Gerhard died in Menominee almost seven months after Peter’s birth, leaving Catharina with four children under five years old to raise. According to the 1880 US Census, Catharina moved in with her father-in-law, Heinrich Scharenbroch, in School Hill, Wisconsin. For some reason, Heinrich’s wife, Catharina, is not listed nor is she listed in any other location. Yet, she lived until 1888, the same year that Heinrich died.
b. 1874—never married, Mary b. 1877—never married, and Peter b. 1878—married Theresa Jackle. Gerhard died in Menominee almost seven months after Peter’s birth, leaving Catharina with four children under five years old to raise. According to the 1880 US Census, Catharina moved in with her father-in-law, Heinrich Scharenbroch, in School Hill, Wisconsin. For some reason, Heinrich’s wife, Catharina, is not listed nor is she listed in any other location. Yet, she lived until 1888, the same year that Heinrich died.
Gerhard’s widow, Anna Katharina, is listed in the Wisconsin State Census of 1905 as living with her daughter, Anna Leonhard, daughter’s husband, Andrew Leonhard, and their family in Centerville, Wisconsin. In 1910, she is still living in Centerville, but this time she is living by herself. She died November 6, 1917 and is buried in St. Wendel Catholic Cemetery in Cleveland, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
Gerhard’s body was brought back to School Hill and buried in the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery.
Gerhard probably has the fewest descendants of all of Heinrich’s children because he had only four children where the others had eight or more children. The other exception was Mary, who had 5 children.
This will give you a clue as to why there are so many people with the name Scharenbroch. And this doesn’t even figure in those of us whose last name is not Scharenbroch.
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