| Name | Wilma Thomas [Wilma Thoma] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 34 | |||||||||
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1906 | |||||||||
| Gender | Female | |||||||||
| Race | White | |||||||||
| Birthplace | Germany | |||||||||
| Marital Status | Married | |||||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Wife | |||||||||
| Home in 1940 | New York, Queens, New York | |||||||||
| Map of Home in 1940 | ||||||||||
| Street | Onderdonk Avenue | |||||||||
| Inferred Residence in 1935 | Orange, Essex, New Jersey | |||||||||
| Residence in 1935 | Orange, Essex, New Jersey | |||||||||
| Resident on farm in 1935 | No | |||||||||
| Citizenship | Naturalized | |||||||||
| Sheet Number | 8B | |||||||||
| Occupation | Saleswoman | |||||||||
| Attended School or College | No | |||||||||
| Highest Grade Completed | Elementary school, 8th grade | |||||||||
| Hours Worked Week Prior to Census | 45 | |||||||||
| Duration of Unemployment | 0 | |||||||||
| Class of Worker | Wage or salary worker in private work | |||||||||
| Weeks Worked in 1939 | 52 | |||||||||
| Income | 600 | |||||||||
| Income Other Sources | No | |||||||||
| Neighbors | ||||||||||
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Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Queens, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02728; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 41-395
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.
Description
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