Andreas Ratzlaff census information

I really don’t know much about the early days of the Andreas Ratzlaff family’s life in Marion County, KS.  As far as I know, the family’s first farm was located at the southeast corner of Section 24, Menno Township, Marion County.  In 1914, the family moved directly south 1 mile to the southeast corner of Section 25.  Andreas and the boys together worked fields including the southeast corner of Section 25 and the southeast corner of Section 22.  By the mid-1930s, Susanna had completed the purchase of the northeast corner of Section 25. 

Following are the US Federal Census entries for the Andreas Ratzlaff family:

1910 US census:
Name:	Andrew Ratzlaff
Birthplace:	Russia
Relationship to Head of Household:	Self
Residence:	Menno, Marion, Kansas
Marital Status:	Married
Race :	White
Gender:	Male
Immigration Year:	1907
Father's Birthplace:	Russia
Mother's Birthplace:	Russia
Family Number:	128
Page Number:	8
	Household	Gender	Age
	Andrew Ratzlaff	M	40y
Spouse	Susanna Ratzlaff	F	36y
Child	Mary Ratzlaff	F	12y
Child	Carrie Patzlaff Ratzlaff	F	11y
Child	Katherine Ratzlaff	F	8y
Child	John Ratzlaff	M	7y
Child	Florentina Ratzlaff	F	5y
Child	Susanna Ratzlaff	F	4y
Child	Albert Ratzlaff	M	1y 9m
Child	Abraham Ratzlaff	M	y 4m

1920 US census:
Name:	Andrew Ratzlof
Residence:	, Marion, Kansas
Estimated Birth Year:	1870
Age:	50
Birthplace:	Russia
Relationship to Head of Household:	Self
Gender:	Male
Race:	White
Marital Status:	Married
Father's Birthplace:	Russia
Mother's Birthplace:	Russia
Film Number:	1820539
Digital Folder Number:	4300864
Image Number:	942
Sheet Number:	3
	Household	Gender	Age
	Andrew Ratzlof	M	50y
Spouse	Susie Ratzlof	F	46y
Child	Mary Ratzlof	F	22y
Child	Katrena Ratzlof	F	17y
Child	John Ratzlof	M	16y
Child	Florentine Ratzlof	F	15y
Child	Susie Ratzlof	F	13y
Child	Aberat Ratzlof	M	11y
Child	Abraham Ratzlof	M	10y
Child	Jacob Ratzlof	M	7y
Child	Isaac Ratzlof	M	5y

Karoline is absent from this census family list as, like Susanna (Ratzlaff) Wilson said in her biographical notes, she was living with another family at the time.

1930 US census:
Name:	Andreas Ratzlaff
Event:	Census
Event Date:	1930
Event Place:	Menno, Marion, Kansas
Gender:	Male
Age:	60
Marital Status:	Married
Race:	White
Birthplace:	Russia
Estimated Birth Year:	1870
Immigration Year:	1907
Relationship to Head of Household:	Head
Father's Birthplace:	Russia
Mother's Birthplace:	Russia
Enumeration District Number:	26
Family Number:	3
Sheet Number and Letter:	1A
Line Number:	13
NARA Publication:	T626, roll 710
Film Number:	2340445
Digital Folder Number:	4584466
Image Number:	332
	Household	Gender	Age
	Andreas Ratzlaff	M	60
Spouse	Susanna Ratzlaff	F	56
Child	John Ratzlaff	M	27
Child	Albert Ratzlaff	M	21
Child	Abraham Ratzlaff	M	19
Child	Jacob Ratzlaff	M	18
Child	Isaac Ratzlaff	M	16

By the mid-30s, most of the Ratzlaff girls married and moved to their husbands’ residences.  John, who may not have been too healthy, later lived in Hillsboro.  Albert Ratzlaff lived on a farm at the northeast corner of Menno Township, Section 25, which was owned by FM Goosen.  Jacob lived in the southeast corner of Section 23, and Abraham lived at the southeast corner of section 22 before moving to Colby, KS.  After Andreas' death in 1934, Susanna lived with Albert for a time.  Maps of Menno Township, KS, can be seen here:See: http://www.kshs.org/p/county-atlases-or-plat-books/13859 or http://www.historicmapworks.com/Browse/United_States/Kansas/Page/10/