1929: Miss Gladys Fry of Garnavillo and Rollin Seifert of Elkader were married at St Paul's Church in Garnavillo. At the time he was employed by the Elkader Lumber Company.

Suggested edit: Clayton County Register, IA, Thursday, July 30, 1931, pg. 1, cols. 7-8
He was drown in Pony Creek near the Charles Gottschalk farm in Boardman Township.
Contributor: Jane Marie Morrison (46857866)

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Rollin Seifert
Age in 1910: 5
Estimated birth year: 1905
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of family: son
Home in 1910: Read Township, Clayton, Iowa
Marital status: single
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: none
Sibling living at home: Herold (age 4)
Census place: Read Township, Clayton, Iowa; Series: T624; Roll: 397; Page: 259B; Enumeration District: 71; Part: 2; Line: 24
Date: 30 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Rollin Seifert
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: 1904
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Home in 1920: Read, Clayton, Iowa
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Herold (age 14) and Carl (5)
Census place: Read, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: T625_484; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 79; Image: 470
Date: 9 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1925 Iowa State Census:
Name: Rollin Seifert
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: 1905
Birth location: Iowa
Race: white
Gender: male
Residence county: Clayton
Residence state: Iowa
Locality: Read
Relation to head of house: son
Marital status: single
Highest grade completed: 12
Father: Otto Seifert
Father's age: 43
Father's estimated birth year: 1882
Father's birth location: Iowa
Mother: Amelia Theodor
Mother's age: 43
Mother's estimated birth year: 1882
Mother's birth location: Iowa
Parents' marriage location: Read, Iowa
Religion: Ev. Lutheran
Census date: 1 Jan 1925
Roll: IA1925_1666
Line: 27

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Rollin Seifert
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: 1905
Birthplace: Iowa
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Boardman, Clayton, Iowa
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 24
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Father's birthplace: Iowa
Mother's birthplace: Iowa
Military service: no
Rent/home value: rents; $20
Owned a radio: no
Occupation: bookkeeper
Industry: lumberyard
Salary or wage worker: wages
Census place: Boardman, Clayton, Iowa; Roll: 649; Page: ; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 20.0
Date: 23 Apr 1930

Extract from Iowa Death Certificate:
Name: Rollin F Seifert
Age at death: 27 years 2 months 4 days
Birth date: 23 May 1904
Birth place: Iowa
Gender: male
Race: white
Marital status: married
Spouse: Gladys Fry Seifert
Father: Otto Seifert
Birth place: Iowa
Mother: Amelia Theodor
Birth place: Iowa
Occupation: truck driver - Elkader Lumber Company
Date last worked at this occupation: July
Total years spent in this occupation: 4
Death date: 27 Jul 1931
Death place: Elkader, Clayton, Iowa
Cause of death: accidental drowning
Burial, cremation, removal: burial 30 Jul 1931
Location of cemetery: Clayton Center, Iowa
Informant: Otto Seifert, Elkader, Iowa
Certificate date: 30 Jul 1931

He married Gladys N Fry 6 Apr 1929 in Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Garnavillo, Clayton, Iowa.