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Josephine ("Josie") Jahn

Parents

• Josephine ("Josie") Jahn was born about 1880 in Bohemia.^1,2
• She immigrated in 1889 to Nebraska, United States. reportedly immigrated to the US with a wealthy family in 1889 when she was only 9 years old. Her family followed in 1900. On her father's passenger manifest, he lists that he has a daughter already living in Nebraska.^3,1,2
• She and Fred James Ratay, Sr., were married about 1900.^3,1,2
• Josephine was enumerated on the 1910 census in the household of her spouse in Highland, Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated in this household were:
  1. Ratay, Fred, age 30, works as a laborer in a packing company for wages, owns his house "free."
  2. -----, Josie, age 30.
  3. -----, Mary, age 9, attends school.
  4. -----, Joseph, age 8, attends school.
  5. -----, Fred, age 7, attends school.
  6. -----, James, age 5.
  7. -----, Anna, age 3.²
• Josephine was enumerated on the 1920 census in the household of her spouse in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. Enumerated at 1334 Drexel Street were:
  1. Ratay, Fred, head, owns his house "free", age 40, works as a millwright for a packing house for wages.
  2. -----, Josie, wife, age 40.
  3. -----, Mary E., daughter, age 19, works as a forelady for a cracker company.
  4. -----, Joseph, son, age 18, works as an office clerk for a packing house.
  5. -----, Fred, son, age 16, attends school, works as an office clerk for a packing house.
  6. -----, James, son, 15, attends school.
  7. -----, Anna, daughter, age 13, attends school.
  8.-----, Helen, daughter, age 9, attends school.
  9. -----, Edward, son 4 1/12.
  10. Jahn, Frank, brother in law, age 29, works as a janitor for a "cost office." [note: it transcribed as cost house but I suspect it may be post office.].³
• Josephine was enumerated on the 1930 census in the household of her spouse in Highland, Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States. Living in this household were:
  1. Ratay, Fred J., owns his house which was valued at $7000, age 50, works as a carpenter in the stock yards.
  2. -----, Josephine, age 50.
  3. -----, Joe F.,age 28, works as a laborer on a fruit farm.
  4. -----, Helen, age 19, works as a musician on the concert stage.
  5. -----, Edward, age 14, attends school.
  6. ----, Alice, age 7, attends school.¹

• Last Edited: 9 July 2019

Citations

1. [S305] Nebraska, Sarpy County, 1930 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T626, roll 1292, Highland, enumeration district (ED) 77-8, sheet 16B, dwelling 380, family 380, Fred J. Ratay, accessed 4 Apr 2017
2. [S308] Nebraska, Sarpy County, 1910 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T624, roll 854, Highland, enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 15B, dwelling 16, family 17, Fred Ratay, accessed 3 Apr 2017
3. [S11] Nebraska, Douglas County, 1920 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images, T625, roll 989, Omaha, enumeration district (ED) 69, sheet 11B, dwelling 223, family 224, Fred Ratay, accessed 4 Apr 2017