Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Erich Ahrens
Age at last birthday: 8
Date of birth: July 1891
Birthplace: Nebraska
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: son
Parents: Letol and Lissil Ahrens, ages 37 and 37
Home in 1900: Gardner, Buffalo, Nebraska
Marital status: single
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Germany
Mother's birthplace: Germany
Father's occupation: farmer
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Letol (age 12), Minnie (10), Otto (6), Earnest (4), and Emma (2)
Census place: Gardner, Buffalo, Nebraska; Roll: T623 917; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 25
Date: 25 Jun 1900

Extract from World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918:
Name: Erich O Ahrens [sic[
City: Gardner
County: Buffalo
State: Nebraska
Birthplace: Staplehurst, Nebraska
Birth date: 12 Jun 1892 [sic]
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1711449
Draft board: 0
Address: Shelton, Nebraska
Occupation: farmer
Employer: self-employed
Where employed: on rented ground
Dependents: sister
Marital status: single
Military service: none
Age: 25
Height: rather tall
Build: medium
Eyes: grey
Hair: dark
Date: 5 Jun 1917

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Erich Ahrens
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: 1892
Birthplace: Nebraska
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1930: Township F, Seward, Nebraska
Marital status: married
Age at first marriage: 27
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Mother's birth place: Germany
Father's birth place: Germany
Rent/home value: rented
Military service: no
Owned a radio: yes
Occupation: farmer
Industry: general farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Census place: Township F, Seward, Nebraska; Roll: 1292; Page: ; Enumeration District: 10
Date: 22 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Erich Ahrens
Age: 41
Estimated birth year: 1891
Birthplace: Nebraska
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: F township, Seward, Nebraska
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: 5
Living on farm: yes
Home owned or rented: rented
Monthly rental: $6
Place of residence in 1935: same house
Occupation: farmer
Industry: farm
Salary or wage worker: working on own account
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $200
Has other income of more than $50: yes
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 64
Census place: F, Seward, Nebraska; Roll: T627_2265; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 80-10
Date: 9 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942:
Name: Erich Carl Ahrens
Age: 51
Birth date: 12 Jun 1891
Birth place: Seward, Nebraska
Race: white
Address: Seward, Nebraska
Telephone: Staplehurst F-83
Name of person who will always know your address: Clara Ahrens
Occupation: farmer
Place of employment: RFD 3, Seward, Nebraska
Height: 6 feet 0 inches
Weight: 195
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown and gray
Complexion: ruddy
Other characteristics: two fingers gone on right hand
Date: 27 Apr 1942

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Erich Ahrens
Age: 57
Estimated birth year: 1893
Birthplace: Nebraska
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Seward, Seward, Nebraska
Address: block 1
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: common labor on farm
Industry: farm
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 48
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Ward 3, Seward City, Seward, Nebraska
Date: 12 Apr 1950

He married (1) Anna Clara Sophie Suhr 20 Apr 1919.
He married (2) Martha Anna Lena Bartels 25 Jan 1948 in Seward, Seward, Nebraska.