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Name Riley Chennet
Respondent Yes
Age 22
Estimated Birth Year abt 1918 [abt 1918]
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Louisiana
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Avoyelles, Louisiana
Map of Home in 1940
Street Highway 92
Farm Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935 Long Bridge, Avoyelles, Louisiana
Sheet Number 16A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 287
Occupation Farmer
House Owned or Rented Rented
Value of Home 4
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 2nd year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 40
Class of Worker Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 0
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Riley Chennet 22 Head
Audrey Chennet 18 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Avoyelles, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01382; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 5-20

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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