Ernst Gerhardt Peter Timme, b. 12 Jun 1843 in Werden, Prussia (now Essen, Stadtkreis Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany), chr. 9 Jul 1843 in Werden, Rheinland, Prussia, d. 1 Apr 1923 in Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin, son of Hermann Theodor Timme & Helena Henriette Stuerznickel. He married Caroline J. Maas on March 25, 1867 in Wheatland, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.