| Name | Bertha Cook [Burtha Cook] | |||||||||||||||
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| Age | 51 | |||||||||||||||
| Estimated Birth Year | abt 1889 | |||||||||||||||
| Gender | Female | |||||||||||||||
| Race | White | |||||||||||||||
| Birthplace | Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| Marital Status | Married | |||||||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Wife | |||||||||||||||
| Home in 1940 | Montross, Westmoreland, Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| Map of Home in 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Inferred Residence in 1935 | Montross, Westmoreland, Virginia | |||||||||||||||
| Residence in 1935 | Montross | |||||||||||||||
| Resident on farm in 1935 | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Sheet Number | 1B | |||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Housekeeping | |||||||||||||||
| Attended School or College | No | |||||||||||||||
| Highest Grade Completed | Elementary school, 7th grade | |||||||||||||||
| Hours Worked Week Prior to Census | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| Class of Worker | Working on own account | |||||||||||||||
| Weeks Worked in 1939 | 52 | |||||||||||||||
| Income | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Income Other Sources | No | |||||||||||||||
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Source Citation
Year: 1940; Census Place: Montross, Westmoreland, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04301; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 97-5
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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