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Name Garrett Shlear [Garrett Splear]
Age 59
Estimated Birth Year abt 1881 [abt 1881]
Gender Male
Race White
Birthplace Illinois
Marital Status Widowed
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 Limestone, Kankakee, Illinois
Map of Home in 1940
Farm Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935 Limestone, Kankakee, Illinois
Residence in 1935 Limestone
Resident on farm in 1935 Yes
Sheet Number 7A
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 135
Father's Birthplace Belgium
Mother's Birthplace Holland
Occupation Manager
House Owned or Rented Rented
Value of Home 1500
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 60
Class of Worker Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 0
Income Other Sources No
Native Language English
Veteran No
Social Security Number No
Usual Occupation Manager
Usual Industry Farming
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Garrett Shlear 59 Head
Dee Berg 34 Hired Hand

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: Limestone, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00824; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 46-41A

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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