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Name Otis Plats [Otis Mays]
Age 28 [22]
Estimated Birth Year abt 1912 [abt 1912] [abt 1918]
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Arkansas
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Adopted Son
Home in 1940 Twist, Cross, Arkansas
Map of Home in 1940
Inferred Residence in 1935 Rural, Crittenden, Arkansas
Residence in 1935 Rural, Crittenden, Arkansas
Sheet Number 9B
Occupation Day Worker Farmer
Attended School or College No
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Unpaid family worker
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
George Bostick 55 Head
Otis Plats 28 Adopted Son
Lou Franks 81 Lodger
Nellie Chairs 45 Lodger

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Twist, Cross, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00132; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 19-13

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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