| Name | Berthe Lee Cook [Bertha Lee Cook] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1922 [abt 1922] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Negro (Black) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace | Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marital Status | Single | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Daughter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1940 | Tallahatchie, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map of Home in 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred Residence in 1935 | Tallahatchie, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resident on farm in 1935 | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sheet Number | 10A | ||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Laborer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attended School or College | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Grade Completed | Elementary school, 3rd grade | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hours Worked Week Prior to Census | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class of Worker | Unpaid family worker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weeks Worked in 1939 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income Other Sources | No | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: Tallahatchie, Mississippi; Roll: m-t0627-02068; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 68-27
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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