Charles Retzlaff and Marie were married in Casselton, in 1882. They moved to Griggs County the same year and occupied South half of Section 30 and SW 1/2 of Section 29 in Tyrol Township.
They had five children:
Emil, Adolph, Ella, Emma, and Alvina.
Emil was married to Elizabeth Rickford of Pekin, in 1907. They farmed for a while, but then they moved to Jessie - Barney Cunningham built their home, which is still owned by their son, Harvey. Emil was employed by the State Bank of Jessie for 17 years, was County Commissioner, and was Township clerk for many years. They had three children, Vivian who was married to Christopher Anagnostakis of Athens Greece, who had two children
Cleona, who married Otto Knutson - now live in Aneta and have two children
Harvey who married Olive - now live in Fargo, and have three children.
Adolph lived in Wisconsin. Emma in Florida, Alvina was married to Otto Christensen and made her home on the farm where Wayne Fiebiger now lives until 1950, when they moved to California. Ella Rothert lives in Cooperstown and her story appears elsewhere in this book.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 462