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Name Charles Phelon
Age 56
Estimated Birth Year abt 1884 [abt 1884]
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Massachusetts
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia
Map of Home in 1940
Inferred Residence in 1935 Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia
Residence in 1935 Dumfries, Prince William, Virginia
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 7B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 145
Occupation Overter Master
House Owned or Rented Rented
Value of Home 40
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 400
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Charles Phelon 56 Head
Julia Phelon 59 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: m-t0627-00570; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 1-497

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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