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Name Emily Nelson [Emilly Nelson]
Age 42
Estimated Birth Year abt 1898 [abt 1898]
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace New York
Marital Status Single
Relation to Head of House Teacher
Home in 1940 New York, Bronx, New York
Map of Home in 1940
Street Wooducrest Avenue
House Number 939
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 New York, Bronx, New York
Residence in 1935 New York
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 1A
Institution Home For Frendless And Female Guardian Society 936 Woodycrest Ave
Occupation Teacher
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 1st year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 72
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 720
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Carrdy Argrow 59 Superior
George Wadmann 25 Teacher
Emily Nelson 42 Teacher
Alvin Aleen 34 Grandmother
Hedina Aleen 30 House Mother

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, Bronx, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02468; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 3-310

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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