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Name Normon B Wright [Norman B Wright]
Age 59
Estimated Birth Year abt 1881
Gender Male
Race White [Negro (Black)]
Birthplace Pennsylvania
Marital Status Married
Relation to Head of House Head
Home in 1940 New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania
Map of Home in 1940
Farm No
Inferred Residence in 1935 New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania
Residence in 1935 New Garden
Sheet Number 3B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation 46
Occupation Gard Foreman
House Owned or Rented Owned
Value of Home 2500
Attended School or College No
Highest Grade Completed Elementary school, 4th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census 45
Class of Worker Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939 52
Income 1040
Income Other Sources Yes
Neighbors
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
Normon B Wright 59 Head
Elizabeth B Wright 59 Wife

Source Citation

Year: 1940; Census Place: New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03465; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 15-52

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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