RATZBURG, Frederick, D. D. S., Corsicana, Texas, then Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000



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Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and
Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 369-370.  Edited by Alc‚e
Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.

Ratzburg, Frederick, D. D. S., Shreveport, was born in Corsicana, Tex., Dec.
12, 1883, and is a son of the late Dr. Charles Ratzburg, of Shreveport.  The
father was born in Prussia, Germany, and came to the United States at the age
of 13 years. His education was completed in Pennsylvania schools, and then he
studied dentistry at the Philadelphia dental college, and after graduating
therefrom went to Texas where he began the practice of his profession and
there remained until 1890, in which year he located in Shreveport, La., where
for 12 years he continuously remained in active practice until he was called
in death to the great beyond.  He died in 1902, at the age of 53 years.  Soon
after he went to Texas, Dr. Charles Ratzburg married Miss Willie Betts, a
native of Texas, and unto them were born the subject of this sketch, and a
sister, Nellie, who is the wife of George S. Wing, of New York City.  The
mother is still living and spends her time mostly in Shreveport.  Frederick
Ratzburg was but 7 years of age when his parents removed from Texas to the
city of Shreveport.  After attending the public schools he entered the
Louisiana state university, from which he obtained his degree of bachelor of
arts in 1903.  He then entered the University of Pennsylvania to study D. D.
S., and immediately after he began the practice of dentistry in Shreveport,
where he has built up a very desirable practice, and has won a place among the
leading dentists of northern Louisiana.  Dr. Ratzburg is president of the
Fourth District Dental society, of which he was formerly both secretary and
treasurer.  He is also a member of the Louisiana State Dental society, and of
the Delta Sigma Delta fraternity (dental), and he is a 32nd degree Scottish
Rite Mason, and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine.  In 1912 Dr. Ratzburg married
Miss Adelina Robinson, daughter of J. M. Robinson, of Bayou La Chute, La.