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  • ID: P2903
  • Birth: 27 Dec 1906 in Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Residence: 1910 Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin 8
  • Name: Eva Leona Hilker 1 2 9 3 4 5 6 7 8
  • Residence: 1920 Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin 7
  • Residence: Fort Atkinson, WI 4
  • Residence: 1 Apr 1940 Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States 3
  • Death: 29 Dec 2008 in Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin 1 9 10
  • Residence: Fort Atkinson 9
  • Residence: 1930 Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin 2
  • Sex: F



    Marriage 1 Gilbert W Melcher b: 24 May 1903 in Wisconsin
    • Married: Y
    Children
    1. Has Children Living Melcher

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        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: Social Security Death Index
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.Origin al data: Social Security Administration. Social Security
      Page: Number: 395-44-9956; Issue State: Wisconsin; Issue Date: 1961-1962.
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=ssdi&h=84075466&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: 27 Dec 1906 Birth place: Death date: 29 Dec 2008 Death place: Whitewater, Walworth, Wisconsin
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      Title: 1930 United States Federal Census
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626
      Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: 2576; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 44; Image: 783.0.
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1930usfedcen&h=59277507&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: abt 1907 Birth place: Residence date: 1930 Residence place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin
    3. Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: 1940 United States Federal Census
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1940usfedcen&h=77202951&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: abt 1907 Birth place: Wisconsin Residence date: 1 Apr 1940 Residence place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States
    4. Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 2
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Voter Registration Lists, Public Record Filings, Historical Residenti al Records, and Other Household Database Listings. Merli
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=uspublicrecords2&h=358810534&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: 27 Dec 1906 Birth place: Residence date: 1935-1993 Residence place: Fort Atkinson, WI
    5. Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826–1926." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Inde x entries derived from digital copies of original and compil
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=fswisconsinbirth&h=509008&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: 27 Dec 1906 Birth place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin
    6. Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000.Original data - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI, USA: W isconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=wibirth1820&h=356468&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: 27 Dec 1906 Birth place: Jefferson, Wisconsin
    7. Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: 1920 United States Federal Census
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-83 9 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States
      Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_1989; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 101; Image: .
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1920usfedcen&h=23976267&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: abt 1907 Birth place: Wisconsin Residence date: 1920 Residence place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin
    8. Repository:
        Name: Ancestry.com

      Title: 1910 United States Federal Census
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of Amer ica, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit
      Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1910uscenindex&h=158435261&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Birth date: 1907 Birth place: Wisconsin Residence date: 1910 Residence place: Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin
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      Title: United States Obituary Collection
      Author: Ancestry.com
      Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - See newspaper information provided with each entry.Original data: See newspaper information provided with eac h entry.
      Page: Newspaper: Shelbyville Daily Union; Publication Date: 29 Dec 2008; Publication Place: Shelbyville , IL , USA.
      Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=web-obituary&h=20250846&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      Text: Death date: 12/29/2008 Death place: Fort Atkinson Residence date: Residence place: Fort Atkinson
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        Name: Various
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        I have paper copies of some of these articles, many obtained from the Dodge/Jefferson Counties Genealogical Society, some copied from microfilm, some from other sources. Others were found online, fo r example at http://nl.newsbank.com/mwsb/ or other newspaper archive sites.

      Title: Newspaper
      Page: Watertown (WI) Daily Times
      Note: http://wdtimes.com/articles/2009/01/03/obituaries/obit11.txt
      Text: Eva L. MelcherFORT ATKINSON - Eva L. Melcher, formerly of Watertown, passed away Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at the age of 102.The former Eva Hilker was born on Dec. 27, 1906, in the town of Watertown, dau ghter of Herman and Minnie (Deegan) Hilker. She was raised on the family homestead and continued to live there after her marriage to Gilbert Melcher at St. Paul's Church in the town of Ixonia in 1928. Eva and Gilbert farmed the Hilker homestead in the town of Watertown until his death in 1962. Eva remained on the farm with her son, Dean, until 1969 when she made her home with her eldest daughter, J udith, and her husband, Earl Reu, in the Hebron area.Eva had been a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Watertown and then a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson. She was a 1922 g raduate of Watertown High School, attended Hoffman's Business College in Milwaukee, and was a graduate of Whitewater Normal School, now the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She had been a one roo m school teacher for many years and is still fondly remembered by former pupils.Eva was a founding member of the Pipersville Home-makers, past chairman of the town of Watertown Cancer Drive, and a lon gtime 4-H leader in the Farmington All-Stars 4-H Club and in Jefferson County, including past president of the Jefferson County 4-H Leaders' Association. She was also a member of the Bark River Wood s Historical Society, Fort Atkinson Historical Society where her family's restored cutter is displayed, Jefferson County Retired Educators, AARP Chapter No. 1682, and SHHH at the University of Wiscons in-Whitewater.Eva loved her award winning flower gardens, and presented many of her handmade quilled wedding invitation gifts to newly married couples. Eva was very proud of her heritage and had a rem arkable memory of people and events that she readily shared with her family and friends. Despite her profound deafness for most of her adult life, she kept well informed by reading and closed captione d TV, with a keen interest in people, places and events.She is survived by three children, Judith (Earl) Reu of Fort Atkinson, G. Dean Melcher of the town of Watertown and Susan (Larry) Schultz of Wat ertown; six grandchildren, James (Maribel) Reu, and Laureen (Allan) Reu-Liu, and Greg (Kristie) Melcher, Gary (Kris) Melcher, Grant (Carole) Melcher and Greta Melcher; 11 great-grandchildren, Marie (P eter) Stoker, Matthew (Heather) Reu, Aria and Marcus Liu, Tyler, Luke and Ryan Melcher, Lyndsey, Stephanie and Nicole Melcher and Ashley Melcher; numerous nieces and nephews, including Russell Hilke r of Safety Harbor, Fla.; great-nieces and -nephews; a sister-in-law, Velma Melcher of Watertown; and special friend, Lucille Hoge Redman of Fond du Lac.Eva was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbe rt; her sister, Carrie Hamann; and her daughter-in-law, Kathleen Melcher.Relatives and friends may call on Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Fort Atkinson.Funeral services wil l be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Watertown, with visitation from 9 a.m. until the time of service. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Watertown.Those wishing to expr ess condolences through donations may direct them to St. Paul's Lutheran Church Stained Glass Window Fund, St. Mark's Hearing Assistance Fund or Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills.A special t hank you is extended to the staff at Fairhaven Retirement Community in Whitewater for the compassionate care extended to Eva these past four years.The Nitardy Funeral Home in Fort Atkinson is assistin g the family, nitardyfuneralhome.com.Nitardy Funeral Home 1008 Madison St. Fort Atkinson
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