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Name Adolph Lavis [Adolphe Davis]
Age 46
Estimated Birth Year abt 1894
Gender Male
Race Negro (Black)
Birthplace Louisiana
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Lodger
Home in 1940 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Map of Home in 1940
Street St Ann Street
House Number 2139
Inferred Residence in 1935 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana
Residence in 1935 New Orleans
Resident on farm in 1935 No
Sheet Number 14A
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939 0
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Maud Shannon 43 Head
Vera Shannon 17 Daughter
Leon Spears 40 Brother
Adolph Lavis 46 Lodger
Clothilde Lavis 42 Lodger's Wife
Rufus Lavis 20 Lodger's Son

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll: m-t0627-01421; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 36-112

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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