| Name | Ernest Chrestopher [Ernest Christopher] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Respondent | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Age | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1898 [abt 1898] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Negro (Black) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace | St Thomas, Virgin Islands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marital Status | Widowed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Lodger | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1940 | New York, New York, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map of Home in 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Street | Lenox Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred Residence in 1935 | New York, New York, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence in 1935 | New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | Having first papers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sheet Number | 8A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Bellhop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Industry | Hotel | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attended School or College | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Grade Completed | High School, 1st year | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hours Worked Week Prior to Census | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class of Worker | Wage or salary worker in private work | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weeks Worked in 1939 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income | 250 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income Other Sources | No | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02664; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 31-1685
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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