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Name John W Corrough
Age 66
Estimated Birth Year abt 1874 [abt 1874]
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Ireland
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Douglas, Polk, Iowa
Map of Home in 1940
Farm Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935 Blank, Iowa
Citizenship 4
Sheet Number 2B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 34
Father's Birthplace Ireland
Mother's Birthplace Ireland
Occupation Farm Operator
House Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home 5000
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 70
Duration of Unemployment 0
Class of Worker Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 100
Income Other Sources No
Native Language French
Veteran No
Veteran Father Dead No
Military service No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
John W Corrough 66 Head
Blanche Corrough 60 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Douglas, Polk, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01192; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 77-18

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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