| Name | Matilda Downey | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Age | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1873 [abt 1873] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | White | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace | Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||
| Marital Status | Widowed | ||||||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Head | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1940 | Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map of Home in 1940 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Street | Thompson Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||
| House Number | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Farm | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inferred Residence in 1935 | Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||
| Residence in 1935 | Gloucester City | ||||||||||||||||||
| Resident on farm in 1935 | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sheet Number | 8B | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Household in Order of Visitation | 161 | ||||||||||||||||||
| House Owned or Rented | Owned | ||||||||||||||||||
| Value of Home | 2500 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attended School or College | No | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Grade Completed | Elementary school, 8th grade | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weeks Worked in 1939 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income Other Sources | No | ||||||||||||||||||
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Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: Gloucester City, Camden, New Jersey; Roll: m-t0627-02321; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 4-51
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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