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Name Matilda Downey
Respondent Yes
Age 47
Estimated Birth Year abt 1893 [abt 1893]
Gender Female
Race White
Birthplace Canada
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Wife
Home in 1940 Buffalo, Erie, New York
Map of Home in 1940
Street Auburn
House Number 258
Inferred Residence in 1935 Buffalo, Erie, New York
Residence in 1935 Buffalo
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Citizenship Naturalized
Sheet Number 4A
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Dennis Downey 55 Head
Matilda Downey 47 Wife
Timothy Sullwan 32 Roomer
Ruth Sullwan 27 Roomer's Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Buffalo, Erie, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02838; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 64-489

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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