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Name Leland D Gethmann [Leland A Gethmann]
Respondent Yes
Age 38
Estimated Birth Year abt 1902 [abt 1902]
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Iowa
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Lincoln, Tama, Iowa
Map of Home in 1940
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 Lincoln, Tama, Iowa
Residence in 1935 Lincoln
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 1A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 1
Occupation Oil Truck Driver
House Owned or Rented Rented
Value of Home 17.00
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 60
Duration of Unemployment 0
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 1200
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Leland D Gethmann 38 Head
Rebecca E Gethmann 37 Wife
Donna Lee M Gethmann 5 Daughter
Charles W Eilers 27 Lodger

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Lincoln, Tama, Iowa; Roll: m-t0627-01207; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 86-15

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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