Tag Archives: 1940 Census
One of the Highest Wage Earners in 1940
Another entry in my Labor Day photo series… One of the interesting things about going through the 1940 census is seeing how much money my relatives were earning in 1939. For the most part, my relatives were earning between $500 and $1500 a year. So, I was surprised to see that my great uncle Joe …
Are You My Great Aunt?
A few days ago, I found a marriage entry that kind of blew me away. My Great Aunt, Margaret (Jackson) Fafri, was known to have married three times. But the marriage entry that I found for her “third” marriage showed that we all were wrong. She was married (at least) four times. In 1944, she …
Making A Research Chart For 1940 Census Research
The minute the 1940 US Census was online I was there! I knew where I wanted to start (E. 25th Street, Oakland, CA), so I didn’t really have to do much preparation. All I needed was the enumeration district. Now that I’ve exhausted the East Twenty Fifth Street Gang, delved a little in Kilauea, Kauai, …