Herman G. Mertens was an only child born in Germany in February 1875 who emigrated to the United States as a child in 1881 or 1884 with his widowed mother, Minnie C. Mertens. On 30 June 1895 he lived in Ashland, Wisconsin with his mother, Minnie, who was the head of the household of 1 female and 1 male. 1438 His son Raymond was born in Washburn, Wisconsin on 18 October 1895. 1183 On 21 June 1898 at age 23 years and 4 months Herman G. Mertens, resident physician, enlisted in the U. S. Army at Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota. He was 5 feet and 7 and ¼ inches tall, with a fair complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. 1073 He served in the Hospital Corps U. S. Army . 1074 On 1 June 1900 Hermann Mertens was a single 25 year old physician who boarded with the Andrus family on Second Street in Ashland, Wisconsin. He had emigrated in 1884 and was not a naturalized citizen. 1070On 1 June 1905 Herman G. Mertens was a 31 year old single physician who lived with his mother Minnie, 50, in the Third Ward of Washburn, Wisconsin. 1071On 1 January 1920 Herman Mertens, a 46 year old physician, lived on Third Street in Bayfield, Wisconsin. His home was mortgaged, he had emigrated in 1881 and was a naturalized citizen. His wife Carrie P., 50, children, Dorothy W., 9, Mary Jane, 6, and Ruth E., 4, and his mother Minnie C., a 65 year old widow lived with him. 661On 1 April 1930 Dr. H. G. Mertens, a 55 year old physician, lived on Third Street in Bayfield, Wisconsin. He owned the house which was worth $5000 and lived there with his wife Carrie, 54, and children Dorothy, 19, Mary Jane, 16, Ruth, 13 and his 77 year old mother, Minnie C. Dr. Mertens’ first marriage was at age 32 and Carrie’s first marriage at age 20. H. G. had emigrated in 1884 and was a naturalized citizen. 1069 He died in 1931 and was buried in Bayfield.384

Her parents had been born in Norway. 1069 She died in Bayfield in 1936, 5 years after her husband.384