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Name Palestine Brown [Plastize Drowy]
Age 20
Estimated Birth Year abt 1920 [abt 1920]
Gender Female
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Louisiana
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Daughter-in-law
Home in 1940 Bossier, Louisiana
Map of Home in 1940
Street Benton Road
Inferred Residence in 1935 Bossier, Louisiana
Sheet Number 1B
Occupation Farm Laborer
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 2nd grade
Duration of Unemployment 16
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 28
Income 77
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Warren Brown 42 Head
Leanna Brown 40 Wife
Timethy Brown 24 Son
Henry Brown 19 Son
Blidin Brown 18 Son
Josephine Brown 12 Daughter
Sarah Brown 7 Daughter
Anna Lee Brown 4 Daughter
Henry Brown 2 Son
James Brown 1 Son
Palestine Brown 20 Daughter-in-law
Essie Brown 2 Granddaughter

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Bossier, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01384; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 8-10

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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