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Katherine Friesen

Female 1892 - 1979  (86 years)


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  • Name Katherine Friesen  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Born 11 Oct 1892  Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9] 
    Gender Female 
    Race White  [1, 4, 7, 10] 
    Residence 1900  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1910  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 11] 
    Residence 1920  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Age: 27; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1930  Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Age: 37; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife 
    Residence 1935  Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Hopkins, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Age: 47; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother 
    Residence 1954  Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Died 25 Feb 1979  Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5] 
    Buried Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Reformed Mennonite Churchyard Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 84314486
    Person ID I9406  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Father Isaac Braun Friesen,   b. 14 Sep 1858, Neukirch, Molotschna, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Mar 1929, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Katharina Jansen Classen,   b. 16 Feb 1860, Southern Russia, Near the Black Sea, at Nikopol Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1937, Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 26 Dec 1879  Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F2536  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family David F Ratzlaff,   b. 2 Sep 1888, Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1937  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 4 Jun 1914 
    Children 
     1. I.F. Ratzlaff
     2. Helen Irene Ratzlaff,   b. 24 Nov 1915, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1981  (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     3. H.R. Ratzlaff
     4. Grayce Frances Ratzlaff,   b. 6 Dec 1920, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1962  (Age 41 years)  [natural]
     5. Harold James Ratzlaff,   b. 17 Nov 1926, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1985  (Age 58 years)  [natural]
     6. Elmer Dave Ratzlaff,   b. 20 Mar 1923, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1985  (Age 61 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F2219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 11 Oct 1892 - Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 47; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother - 1 Apr 1940 - Hopkins, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1954 - Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Feb 1979 - Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Sterling; Katherine Friesen Ratzlaff, 86, died Sunday.[25 Feb.1979] at the Sterling Care Center.

      The Daughter of Isaac & Catherine Friesen. Wife of David F. Ratzlaff, who died May 26, 1937, in Jansen Neb.

      Survivors: four sons, Elmer, Harold, Howard, Irvin, and one daughter Helen Breitwiser; 19 Grandchildren and eight Great grandchildren.

      Preceded in Death by her Parents, Husband and Daughter Grayce.

      Funeral Services were held Tuesday 27 Feb. 1979. at Melvin-Shilling Funeral Home Sterling, with burial in The Reformed Mennonite Churchyard Cemetery Sterling.

      A Memorial has been established.

      Rockford Register-Star
      Monday 26 February 1979 pg.3

  • Sources 
    1. [S48] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: 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;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Hopkins, Whiteside, Illinois; Roll: T627_905; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 98-20.

    2. [S93] Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    3. [S776] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Number: 346-40-7794; Issue State: Illinois; Issue Date: 1963-1964.

    4. [S784] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska.

    5. [S775] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Database online.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen

    6. [S787] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0090; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374861.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen

    7. [S49] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations 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,;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: 1283; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 866.0; FHL microfilm: 2341018.

    8. [S789] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    9. [S149] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Database online. Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska, ED , roll , page .
      Record for Isaac O Friessen

    10. [S50] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska.

    11. [S118] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Cub Creek, Jefferson, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0090; Image: ; FHL microfilm: 1374861.
      Record for Isaac B Friesen


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