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Name John Thompson
Respondent Yes
Age 49
Estimated Birth Year abt 1891
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Canada
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Map of Home in 1940
Street Whitewood Avenue
House Number 6063
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Residence in 1935 Detroit
Citizenship Having First Papers
Sheet Number 12A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 223
House Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home 5000
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John Thompson 49 Head
Rachael Thompson 42 Wife
Mildred Thompson 69 Daughter
Alberta Seals 21 Daughter
Howard Seals 3 Grandson
Sandy Phipps 39 Lodger
Alice Phipps 26 Lodger's Wife
Paul Weir 2 Lodger's Son

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01868; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 84-953

Source Information

Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

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