Family: Bernhard RATZLAFF / Katharina PENNER (F11868)

• Father | Male Bernhard RATZLAFF

  
  

  Born	10 Sep 1835	South Russia
  Died	13 Jan 1918	Meade, Meade, Kansas
  Buried	Abt Jan 1918	Jansen Cemetery, Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska
  Married	23 Feb 1861  [1]	Ohrloff, Molotschna Colony, South Russia  [1]
  Other Spouse	Susanna F. THIESSEN | F5766
  Married	21 Jan 1879
  Father	Benjamin RATZLAFF | F11869 Group Sheet
  Mother	Helen BULLER | F11869 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Katharina PENNER

  
  

  Born	Abt Jul 1839	South Russia
  Died	27 Apr 1878	Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska
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  Child 1 | Female + Katharina RATZLAFF

  
  

  Born	26 Jan 1863	Friedensdorf, Molotschna Colony, South Russia
  Died	23 Dec 1938	Meade, Meade, Kansas
  Buried	Abt Dec 1938	Emmanuel Mennonite Church Cemetery, Meade, Meade, Kansas
  Spouse	Rev. Abraham K. FRIESEN | F12490
  Married	20 Mar 1881	Jansen, Jefferson, Nebraska
  Spouse	Johann Isaac FRIESEN | F5802
  Married	23 May 1917	Meade, Meade, Kansas

  
  

• Ships

  S.S. Vaderland-1873 Built by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow-on-Tyne. She was a 2,748 gross ton ship, length 320.5ft x beam 38.5ft, one funnel, three masts, iron construction, single screw and a speed of 13 knots. Launched on 21st Aug.1872 for the Red Star Line of Antwerp, she sailed from Antwerp on her maiden voyage to Falmouth, Halifax and Philadelphia on 20th Jan.1873. On 25th Mar.1873 she started her first Antwerp - Philadelphia direct sailing and on 29th Nov.1876 commenced her first Antwerp - New York voyage. Between 1877-87 she sailed between Antwerp and New York or Philadelphia, starting her last New York voyage on 26th Oct.1887, subsequently sailing to Philadelphia until in March 1889 she was sold to French owners and renamed GEOGRAPHIQUE. She was sunk in collision in Oct.1889.

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] Family Record Books; Vol. VIII, by Alan F. Peters, Pg. 322.