| Name | Lena Matlag | |||||||||
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| Age | 48 | |||||||||
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1892 [abt 1892] | |||||||||
| Gender | Female | |||||||||
| Race | White | |||||||||
| Birthplace | Iowa | |||||||||
| Marital Status | Single | |||||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Sister | |||||||||
| Home in 1940 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa | |||||||||
| Map of Home in 1940 | ||||||||||
| Street | Burson | |||||||||
| House Number | 1930 | |||||||||
| Inferred Residence in 1935 | Des Moines, Polk, Iowa | |||||||||
| Residence in 1935 | Des Moines | |||||||||
| Sheet Number | 2B | |||||||||
| Occupation | Waitress | |||||||||
| Attended School or College | No | |||||||||
| Highest Grade Completed | Elementary school, 8th grade | |||||||||
| Hours Worked Week Prior to Census | 45 | |||||||||
| Weeks Worked in 1939 | 50 | |||||||||
| Income | 750 | |||||||||
| Income Other Sources | No | |||||||||
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Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: Des Moines, Polk, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01197; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 100-152
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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