Person Page 178

Frank Jahn

Parents

• Frank Jahn was born about 1890 in Bohemia.^1,2
• He immigrated with his parents from Bremen on 5 Aug 1900 onboard the Koenigin Luise and arrived at Ellis Island, New York, United States, on 15 August 1900.³
• He appeared on the 1920 census as an in-law to Fred James Ratay, Sr., 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.]²
• Frank Jahn died in 1944 in Fort Meade, Meade County, South Dakota, United States.

• Last Edited: 8 July 2019

Citations

1. [S23] T715. Online images., gives age as 10 in 1900., "Passenger Manifests" (http://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html : accessed 26 Mar 2016), manifest, Koenigin Luise, 15 Aug 1900, Adam Fank [JAHN]
2. [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
3. [S23] T715. Online images., "Passenger Manifests" (http://stevemorse.org/ellis2/ellisgold.html : accessed 26 Mar 2016), manifest, Koenigin Luise, 15 Aug 1900, Adam Fank [JAHN]