Sophie, as she was commonly called, was born on 11 March 1907 at Fremont, Waupaca County, Wisconsin and was baptized on 24 March 1907 according to her baptismal certificate. The certificate (original in possession of a relative) does not give the name of the church but the pastors name looks to be Theo R__. It is very possible that her baptism took place at the same location as her confirmation in the Lutheran Church, and my copy of that certificate refers to the church as St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church at Fremont, WI. Her father is named as Wilhelm Ploeger and her mother as Ida Marquardt. Witnesses named are Paul Hanke, Emilie Steinke and Emma Marquardt.
She was born the third of 10 children to Christian August Wilhelm Ploeger (aka William or Bill) and his wife Ida Amanda Marie nee Marquardt. The photo below, shows the father, William holding the horse, while the 7 living children from left to right back row are Sylvia, Lily, Sophia, Gilbert, Edward and in front Alvin and Frieda. The birth order of the living children is Sylvia, Sophia, Gilbert, Edward, Lily, Alvin, Frieda and Willard the last born in 1918. Two infants did not survive and they were a son born prior to Sylvia in 1904 and another, the fifth child in 1909.
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