Hedwig is Henry and Elizabeth’s sixth child and fourth daughter.

1910 US Census: Hedwig [9] is living with Henry and Elizabeth and presumably attending school.

1920 US Census: I have yet to find this record.

1930 US Census: Hedwig [28] and her husband Elmer [29] are living in Lancaster, Nebraska with their three young sons, Virgil [4], Leroy [1], and Elmer [2mo]. Elmer is working as a furnace installer.

1940 US Census: Hedwig [38] and her husband Elmer [39] are living in Clinton, Iowa. Their four children, Virgil [14], Leroy [11], and Elmer [10], Verlee [8] are presumably attending school and a nephew [possibly Keneth] is also listed. Elmer is a manager for a furnace retailer.

1950 US Census: Hedwig [48] and her husband Elmer [49] are living in Clinton, Iowa with two of their children, Leroy [22] and Verlee [18]. Elmer is a salesman for a furnace repair/installation business. Verlee for a water softener sales/service business. Verlee has no listed occupation, but Delmer Patz tells us that at some point she becomes a Nun.

Elmer dies in 1963 aged 61. Hedwig dies in 1988 aged 87.