Extract from the 1900 Census:

Name: Clara Suhr

Age at last birthday: 2

Date of birth: Jan 1898

Birthplace: Nebraska

Race: white

Sex: female

Relationship to head-of-house: daughter

Home in 1900: C Precinct, Seward, Nebraska

Marital status: single

Father's birthplace: Iowa

Mother's birthplace: Nebraska

Occupation: none

Siblings living at home: Henry (age 4), Sophia (3), and Herbert (4/12)

Census place: C Precinct, Seward, Nebraska; Roll: T623 940; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 142

Date: 8 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:

Name: Clara Suhr

Age in 1910: 12

Estimated birth year: 1898

Birthplace: Nebraska

Race: white

Sex: female

Relationship to head of family: daughter

Home in 1910: Precinct C, Seward, Nebraska

Marital status: single

Able to speak English: yes

Able to read and write: yes

Father's birthplace: Iowa

Mother's birthplace: Nebraska

Occupation: attending school

Siblings living at home: Henry (age 15), Sophia (13), Herbert (10), Arnold (8), Martha (6), Alma (4), Franz (2), and Anna (4/12)

Census place: Precinct E, Seward, Nebraska; Roll: T624_855; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 162; Image: 562

Date: 21 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:

Name: Clara Ahrens

Age: 22

Estimated birth year: 1898

Birthplace: Nebraska

Race: white

Sex: female

Relationship to head of house: wife

Home in 1920: Gardner, Buffalo, Nebraska

Address: farm

Marital status: married

Able to speak English: yes

Able to read and write: yes

Father's birthplace: Iowa

Mother's birthplace: Nebraska

Occupation: none

Census place: Gardner, Buffalo, Nebraska; Roll: T625_980; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 38; Image: 691

Date: 25 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:

Name: Clara Ahrens

Age: 32

Estimated birth year: 1898

Birthplace: Nebraska

Race: white

Sex: female

Relation to head-of-house: wife

Home in 1930: Township F, Seward, Nebraska

Marital status: married

Age at first marriage: 21

Education: able to speak English

Education: able to read and write

Father's birthplace: Iowa

Mother's birthplace: Nebraska

Occupation: none

Census place: Township F, Seward, Nebraska; Roll: 1292; Page: ; Enumeration District: 10

Date: 22 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:

Name: Clara Ahrens

Age: 42

Estimated birth year: 1898

Birthplace: Nebraska

Race: white

Sex: female

Relation to head-of-house: wife

Home in 1940: F township, Seward, Nebraska

Marital status: married

Highest grade of school completed: 7

Living on farm: yes

Place of residence in 1935: same house

Occupation: housework

Has other income of more than $50: yes

Census place: F, Seward, Nebraska; Roll: T627_2265; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 80-10

Date: 9 Apr 1940

Obituary from the "Evening State Journal" of Lincoln, Nebraska dated 25 Feb 1944:

Services at Seward

for Mrs. Ahrens, 46

Seward. - Funeral services and burial for Mrs. Clara Ahrens, 46, who died Thursday at a Lincoln hospital, will be held here. Born and reared in this county, her home was six miles west of Seward.

She is survived by her husband, Erich; five children, Victor, in military service in Hawaii, Elwin, Merlin, Leona and Geraldyne, all at home; mother, Mrs. Marie Suhr, Staplehurst; and six brothers and five sisters.

Children:

(1) Victor Franz Ahrens

(2) Elwin Ahrens

(3) Leona Ahrens

(4) Geraldine Ahrens

(5) Merlin Ahrens.