[Shakerpedia] [Memoirs]
Entries for Retzlaff, Agnes

Photos:Mt Lebanon Hancock Hamilton Richmond

Village:Hancock, MA Source:bios:249

id 249
firstname Agnes
lastname Retzlaff
birthyr 1871
deathyr 1913
bio Retzlaff, Agnes (1871-1913), of the Church F., Hancock, MA, was born in Germany. She was a relative of Von Floto, a German composer. Her mother was blind and she was brought up by her aunt in New York. Her father brought her to the Hancock Shakers, where she went to school in 1885, at age 13, and he paid for her education and stay until she turned 18, when she decided to become a Shaker. She signed the Church F. covenant in October, 1892, but she moved to Brooklyn, NY, in May, 1901, to live with relatives, due to problems with her eyes. She went between her relatives and the Shakers twice, but ultimately returned to the Shakers. She reappeared in the June, 1910, US Census at the Church F., listed as .widow." She died at Hancock, MA, in December, 1913, at age 42.
villageplus the Church F.. Hancock

	id	249
	firstname	Agnes
	lastname	Retzlaff
	birthyr	1871
	deathyr	1913
	bio	Retzlaff, Agnes (1871-1913), of the Church F., Hancock, MA, was born in Germany. She was a relative of Von Floto, a German composer. Her mother was blind and she was brought up by her aunt in New York. Her father brought her to the Hancock Shakers, where she went to school in 1885, at age 13, and he paid for her education and stay until she turned 18, when she decided to become a Shaker. She signed the Church F. covenant in October, 1892, but she moved to Brooklyn, NY, in May, 1901, to live with relatives, due to problems with her eyes. She went between her relatives and the Shakers twice, but ultimately returned to the Shakers. She reappeared in the June, 1910, US Census at the Church F., listed as .widow." She died at Hancock, MA, in December, 1913, at age 42.
	villageplus	the Church F.. Hancock

Village:Hancock, MA Source:hsvcensus:1005

Full

Last

First

id 1005
lastname Retzlaff
firstname Agnes A.
sex f
birth_date 1871.07.00
birth_place 1892.10.03
date_admitted Hancock 1885, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1900-1901, 1904-1905, 1910, 1913.
covenant_signed Deaconess? 1905. Guardian for a girl Nov 1908, MPH.1008.
shaker_residences 1905.11.11
health Age 13, in Hancock school 1885, MPH.1003d. Res Hancock Chh 1890, NOC.13.361. Signed covenant at Hancock 1892.10.03, NOC.10,345; MPH.370, p88. Res Hancock Church Family 1895.01.01, NOC.10,345. 1900 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 6: age 28, born Germany July 1871. Moved to Brooklyn, NY to live with relatives due to eye problems, 1901.05.12, MPH.370 p94. 'Emoretta and Agnes were absent all of last week at the Chatham Fair, where they had a booth for selling wares,' Fidella Estabrook letter to J.P. MacLean 1904.09.04, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Severed her relationship with Hancock Chh after 21 years, 1905.11.11, NOC.10,345. Evidently returned: 1910 U.S. census, Hancock MA family 92: age 38, born Germany, immigrated 1874, no trade. Died 1913.12.15, age 42, MPH.5218.
occupation 1913.12.15
departure_apostasy Hancock
notes MPH.5218.

	id	1005
	lastname	Retzlaff
	firstname	Agnes A.
	sex	f
	birth_date	1871.07.00
	birth_place	1892.10.03
	date_admitted	Hancock 1885, 1890, 1892, 1895, 1900-1901, 1904-1905, 1910, 1913.
	covenant_signed	Deaconess? 1905. Guardian for a girl Nov 1908, MPH.1008.
	shaker_residences	1905.11.11
	health	Age 13, in Hancock school 1885, MPH.1003d. Res Hancock Chh 1890, NOC.13.361. Signed covenant at Hancock 1892.10.03, NOC.10,345; MPH.370, p88. Res Hancock Church Family 1895.01.01, NOC.10,345. 1900 U.S. census, Hancock, MA, family 6: age 28, born Germany July 1871. Moved to Brooklyn, NY to live with relatives due to eye problems, 1901.05.12, MPH.370 p94. 'Emoretta and Agnes were absent all of last week at the Chatham Fair, where they had a booth for selling wares,' Fidella Estabrook letter to J.P. MacLean 1904.09.04, OClWHi.IV:A-20. Severed her relationship with Hancock Chh after 21 years, 1905.11.11, NOC.10,345. Evidently returned: 1910 U.S. census, Hancock MA family 92: age 38, born Germany, immigrated 1874, no trade. Died 1913.12.15, age 42, MPH.5218.
	occupation	1913.12.15
	departure_apostasy	Hancock
	notes	MPH.5218.